Capital gains tax shouldn’t exist.
I risk my money. I build the business. I make the investment. I do the work. I take the risk.
So why the hell should the government take a cut ?
They risk nothing. They do nothing. They just take.
Parasites.
Australia is on a dark path to censorship.
The Digital Duty of Care Bill would let the eSafety Commissioner and some Australian university researchers use "sock puppet" accounts under fake identities.
These accounts could observe, download or record material. They'd also be able to interact with other users in limited ways.
The people running these accounts would have immunity under this bill, meaning the accounts could not be deleted by platforms for using a deceptive identity.
Aussies must push back on this bill.
It starts off with observation, but give them this power and it will eventually expand into surveillance and control.
This is the most obnoxious piece of legislation ever dumped onto the floor of the Federal Parliament.
It is the kind of power grab you would expect from a fascist or communist regime: handing government bureaucrats the authority to build an army of fake sock-puppet accounts to manufacture and pump out official propaganda.
That is not online safety. That is state-sponsored deception.
It’s an international embarrassment to Australia. It has sullied our reputation.
Everyone involved in this grotesque totalitarian scheme has no place in public office.
The eSafety Karen has demonstrated that she is an anti-free speech zealot - a sickening control freak, who wants to control what "the Australians" can hear, see and think - things the First Amendment would prevent her from doing in her home country. She is last person that should be given such powers. Instead should be sacked, and deported on the first plane.
The minister behind it, Anika Wells, is a proven serial rorter of her travel entitlements.
Combined with this bill and her arrogant demeanour, she has shown she is unfit to hold any public office.
This is a hill to fight and die on.
This legislation must be defeated.
Even if you disagree with my politics, imagine your opponents holding these powers.
Every Australian of all political persuasions needs to rise up and defeat this.
To the barricades.