Albo confirmed they will not be releasing the manifesto video by Bondi terrorists Sajid and Naveed Akram
In it, they kneel in front of an ISIS flag and explain their motivations for their attack on Bondi.
I am told it completely contradicts the Australian Federal Police Commissioner, who had this to say:
Anthony Albanese tries to defend Anika Wells lavish spending with taxpayer funds by saying “she paid it back”
Reporter “she broke the rules”
Albanese “she has paid back the money”
Reporter “if you get caught doing the wrong thing, you just pay it back?”
Albo “yes”
Warning: Dontvtry this with the ATO
Well, that was wild. I'm at the Australian Parliament and just left a meeting with two staffers for the governing party. They told us that the government needed more power to censor things like the upcoming US execution of Nidal Hasan.
When I asked why they needed to censor that video, one said it was to prevent copycat killings. Copycat killings by governments? I asked. Er, no, they said. Copycat killings like of a backpacker, several decades ago.
So, under that logic, I pointed out, the government should censor things like last year's Bondi massacre, where two Muslims killed 15 people, no? Well, that was news, they said. Didn't they realize their bill would allow the government to censor news? They didn't seem to know, or care.
They also admitted that they did not know that the bill would allow the government to create and operate an unlimited number of fake social media accounts to attack its political enemies and spread disinformation. Having presented them with information they had never heard about a bill they had clearly not read, they emphasized to us, strenuously, that they were moving forward with the bill.
So there you have it. The government wants the power to arbitrarily censor scenes of violent crime, or violence, for any reason. And it wants the power to use an unlimited number of fake accounts to wage offensive disinformational warfare against the Australian people.
Given that the Bondi massacre last year increased public opposition to mass migration, and support for the populist One Nation Party, it seems obvious that the government wants to censor such events in order to protect its political power.
It's quite telling how obediently governing party members insist such a law is needed without even knowing what's in it.
@OMGTheMess Together they can still shitcan any labour push... even if he pulls preference votes from ON (i.e voters who have left indepenant candidates for ON) LNP will also still push hard with shit policies and lose voters to ON, so why not pick them up on prefs?
Many older Australians want to keep working, whether for extra income or just to stay active, but income test rules can reduce pension payments as earnings rise. Supporters of easing the limits say it would reward effort and help with living costs.
If it smells, it’s Wells!
Absolutely no one believed the Minister held an official meeting at the pub, and now she’s been caught out.
The Prime Minister needs to explain why he’s standing by Anika Wells, or sack her.