Posts by RHW@mastodon.au
(DIR) Post #ASghftkJQ1pW9v4ycC by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-02-15T01:00:31Z
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@3wombats Finally getting to the real reason Morrison was kicked out of Tourism Australia. Not least surprised. Thanks Jommy TeeDocuments reveal Liberal lobby firm Crosby Textor was slung a secret deal at Scott Morrison’s Tourism Australia
(DIR) Post #ASrNe4G5VAMDq6Lp7A by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-02-20T04:45:54Z
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"But kowtowing to job providers nearly broke me. Most were box-tickers who just fed you through the system to get their payments, but one who was particularly vile made my life a misery. Every fortnightly visit ended up with me going home in tears from her snide remarks and judgmental attitude. If I complained, they had the power to stop my payments, so I just weathered it.'#Labor have to do better and stop these immoral job agencies profiting by pretending to help people get jobs but not actually looking for any, or contacting employers & advocating for job seekers.They bulky & insist jobseekers apply themselves for 20 or more jobs while sending them on useless compulsory courses the agencies run and double dip fees from govt all the time. Or else farm them out for free 'voluntary' labour in so called charities. This is corruption on a blatant scale .Many like Sarino Russo w #LNP govt connections had huge contracts for years.The way the #CES operated was honest, humane & effective. Bring it back, employ more trained decent PS to run it properly. Turn Jobseeking back to a SERVICE NOT A PUNISHMENT. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/20/i-used-to-be-part-of-the-working-class-now-im-part-of-the-working-poor?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
(DIR) Post #ASt3ibCHMxBCO6NAVk by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-02-21T00:12:16Z
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@TheHardyBoyCats @victor What did you do to deserve those judgmental stares? Forget the extra breakfast?They are beautiful.
(DIR) Post #AStDfoknVZNB6dpZbc by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-02-21T01:46:44Z
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'If a resurrection of the disgraced leader they ousted looks implausible, we know anything is possible from this Conservative generation, since they have previously inflicted austerity, Brexit, Johnson and Liz Truss on the country.'Hope #Morrison doesn't aspire to a personal Second Coming.😫https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/feb/20/legacy-boris-johnson-dishonesty-commons?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
(DIR) Post #ASwzm6Tfu2Br5SlTPM by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-02-22T21:46:59Z
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@lowqualityfacts I swear those veg k ife slicing skills are achieved by speeding up film..😉
(DIR) Post #ATB0E60hxB6BxY0DLs by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-02-27T22:27:34Z
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@krutor @Natanox @brainnotonyet @SocialistStan It's a US conversation. That's why its guncentric.
(DIR) Post #ATB0E7VwMXfychcffk by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-02-27T23:22:24Z
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@markusl @krutor @Natanox @brainnotonyet @SocialistStan I write from Australia where we finally got rid of a RW govt after 10 dreadful years. But the damage to community & economy they wrought will take many years to reverse. But Australia has very strict gun laws and only available for limited purposes w strict licence, registration & storage control. Watch w horror US non stop killing, both deliberate & accidental, schools & public massacres, having to shop w people open carrying. Familes proud of an arsenal in their home, gun obsessed people. The need for tiny kids to experience gun drills is horrendous. As for the restrictive laws being enacted in many states, could not bear to live in or visit country that US has become. It is sad, it used not to be so extreme as now.
(DIR) Post #AVnWodJestoER9qex6 by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-05-19T01:46:22Z
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@Penelope 🤣🤣🤣Are these her ownld clothes ?
(DIR) Post #AVsIu6A2NLMchmBf2O by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-05-21T09:04:04Z
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@Penelope This may need a CW because it is vile like the vile hunters, some people need a warning because it is distressing. Maybe "Warning - Dead Baby Elephant but please boost to show the killers"?
(DIR) Post #AWGueS6wz3VB5Wewa0 by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-06-02T06:00:03Z
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@Penelope Those are the robot doubles
(DIR) Post #AWnsgiQ0hVxzQ0Clk0 by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-06-18T02:56:45Z
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@Grandalf @Penelope The IPA slither in to exemption of income tax under Section 50.5 of the ITAA by claiming they are an educational research institution.'The advancement and promotion of education are charitable. Charitable organisations for the advancement of education include schools, colleges, universities, research and scientific institutes, scholarship trusts, school building funds and parents and friends associations.'So donations by big business & industries have ready made tax deductions as well as the IPA itself being tax exempt.
(DIR) Post #AWntATWWe0RduURWXw by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-06-18T03:01:34Z
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@Grandalf @Penelope This may be too small to read but it is a horrendous list of IPA political.policies they work on. Some they achieved and this is a very old screenshot from an old education campaign on Twitter to warn people during the #LNP govt, partic about media control and privatisation
(DIR) Post #AWpqXrUNnQpxLrovui by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-06-19T01:38:04Z
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#Auspol #voicetoparliament YES - now to the referendum- and pretty sure that will be for a YES👏👏👏👏👏Voice referendum bill passes parliamentThe chamber has divided.The yes vote wins (as expected and there is a lot of applause. A standing ovation from the gallery.Yes: 52Noes: 19
(DIR) Post #AYuAoznS7JmkF6kja4 by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-08-20T00:19:15Z
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@JenniferJorgenson Truly need to know more😁 What fun. Does anyone live there?
(DIR) Post #AZqoS6qeRSLU8hNY24 by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-09-17T07:15:44Z
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Support for #YES23 all around the capital citiesThis is encouraging and wonderful to see. First time I cannot join in something that matters so much and it really bothers me, but legs won't allow. So boosting as many photos as I can to remind those undecided how so many good fair minded Australians already know that #YES vote is so important. Burney tells pro-voice rally crowds ‘history is truly calling’ – as it happenedhttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/sep/17/australia-news-live-voice-to-parliament-ron-barassi-tributes-warren-mundine-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
(DIR) Post #AZuFyLpn54YXFwobKa by RHW@mastodon.au
2023-09-18T22:18:22Z
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@tamaaya #Auspol #VoteYes I am concerned at this NO trend.being discussed, but still wonder how accurate these polls can be. Looked up Essential Poll in Guardian and cannot find actual number of people polled, where they live etc. More to consider than just % of people who actually answered the phone and then agreed to questions.For example, I am over 80 age, white, urban and absolutely a YES. Am definitely progressive & many similar friends. But I won't answer unknown phone number so never get polled for anything.There are indications Indigenous people themselves saying NO. Just how far and wide did pollsters go to ask questions? Did any really remote First Nations get phoned?Journalists play on uncertainty to create headlines.They may end up being right, which will be an appalling indictment of our national ethics and humanity, but don't give up hope.
(DIR) Post #AtPTg7DiwWwDgbPtJ2 by RHW@mastodon.au
2025-04-24T05:09:02Z
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#auspol Andrew Leigh said “this is insane”:"Even if Dutton closed the head offices in Canberra of 12 departments — Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry; Attorney General’s; Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water; Defence; Education; Finance; Foreign Affairs and Trade; Health and Aged Care; Home Affairs; Prime Minister and Cabinet; Treasury; Veterans’ Affairs – he’d still have less than 41,000 job cuts. Dutton makes Doge look restrained."Dutton's deliberate ignorance of the need for public servants is unforgivable. He didn't hesitate to expand his nasty little Empire of Home Affairs, when he could play the big important 'Law and Order' Tzar, with his black uniformed Border Force. No wonder he wants sycophant Pezzullo back.But cutting any dept that gives genuine help or service to the public in any other way is fair game.Australia election 2025 live: Canberra-based Labor MP labels Coalition’s plan to cut 41,000 ACT public service jobs ‘insane’https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/24/australia-election-2025-live-labor-coalition-teal-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-policy-cost-of-living-voting-spender-pamphletntwnfb?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
(DIR) Post #AtPTmbEKHSHUUsn33Y by RHW@mastodon.au
2025-04-24T05:40:56Z
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#auspol Voted early at #Belconnen Community Centre. Thank you to all the helpful volunteers and AEC employees. I dutifully did my 'below the line' for the Senate. We had some here even worse than the Liberals.🤣🤣
(DIR) Post #Au6aZvKdnrWKlx7D96 by RHW@mastodon.au
2025-05-15T01:19:31Z
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#auspol Pleeeeeeease, let's all 🤞 for Zoethis would be the ultimate triumph
(DIR) Post #AvPjQaoeOiGErVtK6a by RHW@mastodon.au
2025-06-23T04:25:49Z
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#auspol'Israel, the only nuclear-armed state in the Middle East, is widely believed to be modernising its arsenal. It remains outside the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT), but is estimated to have 90 nuclear warheads. Israel has never officially acknowledged that it possesses nuclear weapons.'Australia urged to press US to ‘act responsibly’ as threat of nuclear disaster rises amid Israel-Iran conflicthttps://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jun/21/australia-urged-to-press-us-to-act-responsibly-as-threat-of-nuclear-disaster-rises-amid-israel-iran-conflict?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other