Luke Skerman

Christian. Husband to incredible Wife! 3rd gen Darling Downs farmer, growing irrigated and dry land cotton, and grain crops. GRFL Board Chairman/member.

[Matthew Camenzuli @Matt_Camenzuli]

It's not the lie that bothers me, it is the insult to my intelligence.

To solve the problem pictured below, the government has invented the cause in their mind. A cause that barely exists and is not taken particularly seriously by the Australian people - namely the NSN or Neo Nazis.

I am not here to defend them or their ideology, let me make that abundantly clear.

But for the government to ban speech they don't like, or to ban political groups they don't like, and to weaponise their position of power against a political movement in the name of social cohesion, is one thing - and not necessarily a good thing.

For them to act as though legislation that is targeted at their wider political opposition - that had precisely nothing to do with the terror attack - will somehow solve the problems with social cohesion... now that is the insult.

A vile attack, perpetrated by a father and son, on unarmed civilians at a religious festival, in a targeted attack that was undoubtably an attack on Jewish people.

That is beyond doubt.

But it was not perpetrated by the hapless Neo Nazis and the White Australia crew.

It wasn't perpetrated by conservative Australians, or those that line up as classical liberals.

It was not perpetrated by libertarians, or any of the others that oppose the Labor government to their right.

But that is precisely who will be targeted by these attacks on speech, assembly and association.

You might think that is fine, because you are not that way inclined. But know this, they will not stop at those groups. At some point everyone, and everything that is not positively in support of their ideas, will be the enemy.

It is a dangerous move by a desperate Prime Minister, who is losing more and more popularity by the day.

Many Australians have had enough of the mass immigration, forced "multiculturalism", and other 'modern Australian' ideas.

Because the real social and economic problems in this country don't get addressed, they get ignored.

This new legislation will only add pressure to the political frustrations Australians have, and adding pressure adds heat.

What's worse, it is rather obvious that the legislation, like the government's rhetoric will not only ignore the real problems, but it will also enable them.

Social cohesion cannot be mandated...

and lies can't be squeezed into truth.

Political movements often form as a reaction to the status quo.

The worse the status quo - the more those movements strengthen.

The Australian government must see a future where things become much worse.

There are things that they can do to make them better, but they don't want to do those things, or they don't know how to.

So rather than do the hard things and address the real issues head-on - acting in the best interest of the majority of Australians - they will simply make speaking out and organising against the government illegal.

But surely in a democratic country, organising politically and speaking out are basic rights.

Evidently not in 'modern Australia'.

We must fight this, even if we don't agree with the views of those we fight for. That is the essence of our democracy and the key to a fair go.

We must use our voices while we still can.

I just want Australia back.

[Steve Baxter (Winston Smith - let's not go there) @sbxr]

Yes. This.

[Kristen Ruby @sparklingruby]

EPIC. Never even heard of this man until today. Whoever he is - he’s now on the map.

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

Tucker Carlson goes grocery shopping in Russia and compares the prices between the USA and Russia.

🔊

[TheBlaze @theblaze]

Tucker goes on epic rant about modern life and nature:

"The ruling party is the party of the childless, the unmarried, the people working for low wages for large corporations and living in tiny apartments in overcrowded cities that are rife with crime."

"Who votes for the people who run the United States right now? People who are working for big banks, living in crowded conditions, very often alone, in big soulless cities, having their food delivered by immigrants, and spending their time glued to a screen. What does that sound like to you? It sounds like prison, actually."

"Who are the people who oppose this? Where do they live and how do they live? Well, they are poorer generally on paper. But are their lives worse if you live in a place where you can see the sky? Where you can make your own food? If you can go outside and identify three species of trees or hear birds, or experience silence, the rarest commodity in the modern world. Those are the people who are not with the program. People who have a daily experience of nature. And those people are much more likely to acknowledge a power beyond themselves and their government. And there's a reason for that because they can see it. When you're living crowded as you would on an industrial farm as a cow, you are not liberated. You are enslaved. Your reference points are gone. You can't see the stars. You cannot see God's creation. All around you you see drywall and screens. And your ability to think clearly goes away."

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

@MartinMurray_Ag All of the tray is behind the rear axel, if you are carrying weight in tray, not ideal.

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

@AlboMP Great🙄more uni degrees telling us how 2 do things,2 people with real world experience,who understand the environment they live and have grown up in,all in an effort 2 keep people who have no idea-who live in concrete jungles happy-The Bush will pay to keep the city happy-again!

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

anyone have any suggestions on a good free/cheap cad program? simple 2d would do, but if it did 3d wouldn't be bad either.

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

@lockrey_tony Hey mate, hope your healing up well!

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

@Danetidf @skermo83 😳

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

@Warraboy @AdamCoffeyNT U need liquid injection!!! Greatest thing for Mungbeans and chickpeas.

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

@Oscarthefarmer Already some sorghum in the ground not far from here.

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

Just wondering if anyone has one of these John Deere Computer-Trak 350 monitors sitting in the shed they would be willing to part with? #ausag

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

@skermo83 @kurilda That it!!!! #copynpaste

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

@data_farming @TimNeale1 @skermo83 check out this rig

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

@agronomy_sharon @BOM_au These are all decisions that would have been made days before they started winding back there forecast....

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

Is it just me, or have @BOM_au over sold this current weather event?? By now we were spoke to be under water. Once again there forecasts have missed the mark! #ausag

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

@agronomy_sharon @BOM_au Yes..I understand that, but how much crop has been harvested wet that will now need to be dried that could have stayed in the field a bit longer, and how much dry planting was done that might be buggered now. I get that we all this is part of farming, but we need more reliability

[Luke Skerman @lskerman]

@BigRedge81 @BOM_au How many failed forecast does it take....not like this is the first.