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Team Humanity ~ #Veterans #CheckYourMates ~ #FlicksNoChills 🍿 Pers Account. #VoteYes100Words

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Ray Martin
3 years
A thread .... We knew it would be bad. It’s been a body blow that has literally floored some of us. Some have admitted themselves to care. Partners don’t know what to say to their loved ones. We are as family, close. It’s as if a family member has committed a murder. 1 of 14
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… to me and should be to everyone here … Silence. Long pause. ‘It was just a joke Ray’ ‘It’s neither funny nor acceptable’ Simple message to all men. Denigrating women is not funny. Call it out in ANY setting.
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About a year ago I was at a formal meeting. All men … Before the proceedings were officially opened a man beside me proceeded to ‘joke’ about a pregnant woman … that some others knew. I cut him off at the knees with ‘Stop. That is entirely inappropriate. It’s offensive …
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Ray Martin
4 years
My young daughter in Melbourne has been subject to months of lockdown, restricted exercise, curfew, disruption for her study plans and in a restricted area; all for the sake of her and the community’s health! I’ve got two words for you @DanielAndrewsMP Thank you 🙏🏻
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2 years
Tonight the two men who are vying to be the Australian Prime Minister, post 21 May, are going head to head in their first debate, which is being broadcast on a privately owned and partisan network but not on one of our two free to air public broadcasters ... Why?
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4 years
Anderws stayed til the questioners were spent. They literally ran out of questions. He answered every one. Accountable. Present.
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2 years
Can’t afford aged care but can afford 12 nuclear subs Can’t afford climate action but can afford multi billion $ fossil fuel subsidies Can’t afford public servants for Veterans’ claims but can afford a 500mil upgrade of the AWM What we cannot afford is this Govt #auspol
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2 years
History will not be kind to Scott Morrison
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2 years
The number of times we have been short of Army tanks since the Vietnam War? Nil The number of times we have been short of aircraft to fight fires since then? Countless. Which one have we just committed $3.5 billion to? #auspol
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Ray Martin
3 years
What a mistake we made at the last election 🗳 #insiders
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2 years
I’m more worried about over age and overweight men playing photo op footy with kids than I am about trans women playing in women sports …
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4 years
‘To lose a PM during a crisis maybe regarded as a misfortune, to lose the same PM during another crisis looks like carelessness ... ‘ #auspol #WheresScotty
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4 years
The same bloke that built a chook pen for his two girls has the power to release the other two young girls that he has detained offshore. He built the chook pen for Lily and Abbey on the weekend. He could direct the release of Kopica and Tharunicaa today. #auspol
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2 years
I’ve followed Australian politics since I was 14 in 1969. Menzies Holt McEwan McMahon Whitlam Fraser Hawke Keating Howard Rudd Gillard Abbott Turnbull Morrison By far the worst I’ve seen has been Morrison. Without doubt. Hands down. He has to go … #AlboForPM
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3 years
19,000 Australians voted twice in the last election! … Sorry? 1900 voted twice. Pardon me? Correction. 190. My mistake. Wtf? A total of 19 did. FFS! #VoterSupression
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2 years
14 of us for lunch today. Quick vote count. Albo 10. Greens 2. Scott. You’re fucking kidding Ray? Zero … #auspol
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2 years
I was in the Army when Gough deployed RAAF & RAN to Darwin in ‘74. Hv been involved in multiple ADF provisions of support since. BOTH sides of #auspol hv generally done this well. Cyclones,fires,floods. The Morrison national response is the worst I’ve seen … #insiders 1/2
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2 years
Dutton hasn’t been the PM before, the Acting PM, Deputy or the Treasurer. Is he even qualified for the job? 🙂
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3 years
In 40 years in the ADF, with eight Prime Ministers during that time, never saw one receive a red carpet and an honour guard for an internal visit to a base. Until now. Did I miss one? #insiders #auspol
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3 years
This will be the first Australian Government brought down by women. Deservedly so. #auspol
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3 years
7 has dumped her. Excellent. Don’t let that stop you from dumping 7 for bringing her here in the first place.
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2 years
If you’re a Labor supporter, support Labor & ‘attack’ the LNP If you are Greens supporter, support the Greens & ‘attack’ the LNP If you are Labor or Greens supporter & are publicly attacking each other you are supporting the LNP - by default Focus on the target … #auspol
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2 years
Dear Federal Public Servants. And other employees working for the crown. Gather your notes. Don’t let them destroy those files. Ensure dates, time, places and who directed you is well recorded. #ICAC is coming. #auspol
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3 years
Can any one recall ANY of our previous Prime Ministers, with one Captain’s Call, pissing off a major ally, our largest trading partner AND our potential adversary with one broken contract and one unratified “announceable” before? Anyone? Or have I missed one? #auspol #insiders
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2 years
Dear Ita, Please roster Laura Tingle on - in the @abc730 Host Chair - next Tuesday. Regards Australia #auspol
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2 years
Opening up borders. Restarting international flights. Dropping QR check ins. Dumping masks. Opening up venues. Has anyone told the virus about this?
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4 years
Dan Andrews isn’t complaining about the press pack. He stands there and answers their questions til questions are exhausted. Day in day out. He’s also accepted the buck stops with him. I want to see the PM be similarly questioned. No more. No less
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2 years
Yesterday we paused to remember the loss of 521 Australians - over a 10 year period - during the Vietnam War. In the last 10 DAYS, Australia has lost a similar number of people to Covid, with barely a mention. Lest we forget …
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Ray Martin
4 years
Compare the Pair Two women with spray cans in their possession allegedly defaced Captain Cook statue. Charged. (As you would expect) Rio Tinto admits to destroying 45,000 Aboriginal Cultural site. No charges. (As you would expect) Oi oi oi ... #auspol
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2 years
I thought Albo was on as guest, to answer audience questions, but tonight on #qanda it became Speers v Albo. Albo romped it in …
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2 years
Hundreds of signs defaced, destroyed & or replaced by fake signs over multiple electorates on one night ~ 5/5/22 Organised, orchestrated & funded. An operation that took some time lead, plan & then execute. A deliberate attack on our democracy. #auspol @AusFedPolice
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3 years
Lest #auspol forgets … #priorities
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3 years
A dozen of us standing in a queue at the airport. 11 of us have have masks on. The other, a Senator has not. How hard is it? 😷 #auspol
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3 years
In the seven years following the fall of Saigon Australia accepted about 60,000 Vietnamese refugees. A proud legacy of Malcolm Fraser. What will Scott Morrison’s legacy be after the fall of Kabul? He could begin today by releasing every Afghan in detention here. #auspol
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3 years
I ‘signed away my rights’ when I joined the ADF & served for 40 years here & overseas. I receive a pension & a disability payment. 300,000 veterans & war widows won’t accept our payments being ‘managed’ via the #CashlessDebitCard And neither should anyone in our country ...
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4 years
‘We believe that a student's merit, rather than a parent's wealth, should decide who should benefit from the community's vast financial commitment to tertiary education.’ Gough ‘72 #auspol
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3 years
They’d rather sink themselves than expose Porter to scrutiny. What does he have on who?
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3 years
How many days in a row do you have to turn up to #qt drunk as skunk before your colleagues on all sides say … ‘Enough’ ?
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2 years
Compare the Pair Visiting a war zone Ukraine in an official capacity while on duty is Not the same as sitting in the sun on a beach in Hawaii while on leave … There is NO comparison. #auspol
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4 years
So let me get this right. In our biggest crisis since 1942, Parliament has adjourned til August and Albo has still not been invited into the ‘National Cabinet’? Who is holding the Govt to account? @AlboMP must be in National Cabinet #auspol
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5 years
Thoughts Saddened that neo-Nazis walked though our streets Appalled that a Senator joined them Impressed by Vic Police keeping the peace Kudos to those who PEACEFULLY said no to neo-Nazis Thousands of diggers gave their lives fighting Nazis .. Lest We Forget #auspol
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2 years
No one could have predicted that a PM walking around unmasked & shaking hands with the elderly, military people, potential voters, his Cabinet colleagues, personal staff and protection team, while feeling off for days - could have gotten or passed on Covid. Give him a break!
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2 years
Hey @ABCTV and Radio #insiders #TheDrum #QandA #rnbreakfast et al Request please. Can we give News Ltd journos and commentators a break from your programming and bring in some independent or or other voices please? That is all. Cheers
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Ray Martin
4 years
Rather than funding $150k + ‘extensions’ for the rich why aren’t we building homes for the poor and homeless? #auspol #qanda
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Ray Martin
2 years
Has a PM ever conceded before the election? #auspol
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3 years
So let me get this straight. They’re on 15.4% & we are on 9%. They’ve promised us 12%,have knocked that back twice & reckon they want us to have more to live on, but don’t want us to grow out nest eggs,while all the time not talking about their own 15.4%? Is that right? #auspol
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8 months
I have lived in Northern Australia for decades & served with hundreds of Aboriginal and Torres Strait service personnel I’ve gone out of my way to talk with many Indigenous mates in the last few months The need for The Voice is compelling I accept the call to #VoteYes
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2 years
🧵 Never Assume In 40 yrs in the ADF as a military officer, commander & strategic planner I had the duty of briefing a wide range of politicians across the political divide. Mostly those to the Govt of the day. And at the direction of the Govt:the Opposition #auspol #qt 1/21
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3 years
There once was a man from The Shire Who was called out in Rome as a liar And now in Glasgow With nowhere to go From the pan ~ straight into the fire #COP26 #auspol
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2 years
My advice for the #auspol Election 🗳 in 2022. Under no circumstances vote for anyone who wears an Australian flag 🇦🇺 as a face mask 😷 Cheers
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2 years
Hang on. The PM is not shouting, smirking, snarling and turning his back on the Opposition. Is this #qt ?
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2 years
Reminder. He went on a planned overseas holiday when three states were in flames & the situation was deteriorating. His team obscured the fact that he had gone. He sat on a beach as the country burned. He “cut his holiday short’ after two volunteers were killed in the crisis …
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2 years
On reflection how would you describe that performance on 730 last night - in a word. I'll start ... Manic
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2 years
Time to hold our media to account #auspol
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2 years
As a Queenslander in Brisbane caught up in the floods today I’d like to thank Scott for shifting that sandbag and Duts for the go fund me page. Well done boys. Slow hand clap 👏🏼
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3 years
I’m old enough to remember when PMs personally fronted up to our public broadcaster and were prepared to face scrutiny and stand on their record … Those were the days hey? #auspol #Insiders #abc730 #qanda
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4 years
I don’t mind if our PM is a man of faith,no faith,or undecided. His /her choice However I do mind if he ‘signs’ our Nation up to his god I’ve seen what has been done around the world in the name of various faiths & witnessed where no god stepped up to help No thanks #auspol
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2 years
The last PM not to address the #npc prior to an election was Billy McMahon in 1972 It’s an omen … #auspol
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3 years
So, if an alleged rapist in Cabinet is not required to stand down, would an alleged murderer in Cabinet be required to? Just checking ... #Auspol
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2 years
If the Indue card is so bad that it is ‘not going to apply for pensioners - and veterans (who are being - mostly -exempted) why not just abandon it completely? Why then continue to pursue it and traumatise other cohorts of vulnerable people? #auspol
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1 year
Instructive today how the passing of Father Bob has seen an outpouring of grief from so many ordinary Australians and so little comment from otherwise righteous and prominent Christians. Their silence has been deafening … Did Bob embarrass ‘em?
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Ray Martin
2 years
Is anyone else finding this line of attack on the Ministerial Code of Conduct - from the LNP - absolutely laughable? #qt
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Ray Martin
3 years
I’m old enough to remember the Rudd ‘national apology’ and witnessed both black and white people weeping in the Townsville mall watching it on a big screen. 13 years on and we have progressed to changing one word in the anthem. And expect people to be grateful ... #auspol
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2 years
If your Media Organisation was NOT at last nights PM free drinks event please declare yourself … #auspol
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2 years
I’ve lived under every one of them. Little doubt Ray is right on the money here … #auspol Ps. This is not a well done Angus tweet!
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2 years
So I hear there is a Chinese ship just (250 miles) off the coast, throwing kids overboard, smuggling baby powder, and buying up all our farming land and crewed by enslaved child labour - steaming towards their new home port of Darwin … 🙄 Desperate 8 days to go 🗳 #auspol
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2 years
Why doesn’t he just buy a house?
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4 years
#insiders ‘We’ really did choose the wrong bloke didn’t we?
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Dutton: The ADF doesn’t trust Labor to manage Defence. Having served a long career in Defence under both parties there was very little difference. For a serving MINDEF to attempt to politicise the non partisan ADF is very poor form. #qt 1/2
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2 years
Labor has been in Opposition for 9 years. Why haven’t they fixed this bloody mess? #auspol
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3 years
Bloody Kiwis ... Offer to take our refugees. Offer to broker a truce between us and China. What next? Offer up their bloody PM to run our joint?!! 🧐 Hmmm ... #auspol #nzpol
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5 years
Riddle me this ... If it was Akeem & Mohamed organising a hate rally at the beach tomorrow rather than Neil and Blair - wouldn’t they have already been rounded up by now? #auspol
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4 years
Sunday AM @ABCTV Bingo Card 🤓 🧢 I reject the premise of your Q I’ve covered that previously We are meeting & exceeding targets We’ve always acknowledged climate effects This is the biggest ADF deployment ever What’s important is what’s happing now #auspol #insiders
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4 years
I would get the anger directed at Daniel Andrews if he was acting like Trump or a number of US State Governors & he was downplaying the problem, saying ‘numbers looked good & all is in control’ But he is doing the opposite of that & putting Victorian lives first! Support him
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2 years
#Insiders Hard for Labor to win a second term. How on earth do the Liberals come back in three years under a leader like Dutton?
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2 years
So did a Minister of the Crown receive a confidential briefing from one of our top security agencies this week, about alleged foreign interference in our democracy and then use that information for political advantage, thereby playing directly into the hands of the foreign power?
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4 years
@TheRickWilson From Australia. A ‘mate’. If you get ten years for pulling down a statue. What do you get for destroying a democracy?
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8 months
A few things that WON’T be happening when we #VoteYes and the Voice gets up The UN won’t be taking over We won’t have to sing The Internationale We won’t have to give up our backyards There won’t be a new ‘Aboriginal State’ You’re the voice - try and understand it …
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4 years
Having served in areas where dictatorships are in place this is both an appalling and innacuate thing to say. What is shameful is elements of the media undermining necessary measures being put in place to bring the outbreak under control.
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Shameful what's occurring in Victoria. Effective dictatorship declared. Devastating, destructive power of the state on full display. Respect for the individual clearly irrelevant. What's the point in being alive if you can't live?
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2 years
Did the former Government know the big power cost increase was coming? #auspol
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2 years
I recall when the LNP described the Pink Bats rollout the worst public policy failure in Aus history. 4 tragic deaths. They launched an RC into it when they got into office. The multiple public policy failures of the Morrison Government have led to hundreds of deaths. #auspol
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5 years
How could the ‘most successful’ multicultural nation on earth produce a man that could commit such an act? The same way we accept thousands of people in indefinite offshore detention for years A generation of leadership exploiting fear for political gain #AusPol #insiders
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2 years
It appears that far greater thought, planning, detail and preventative measures went into the PM’s VISIT to Lismore ~ than went into the national mitigation and disaster response itself … #auspol
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1 year
Just a reminder - After he became Defence Minister in 21, Dutton cancelled a well advanced ADF plan to give military bases dual Indigenous and English names. A number of our Barracks already proudly have Indigenous names. He is utterly consistent ... #TheVoiceToParliament
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2 years
#insiders Our next Foreign Minister is so impressive.
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Ray Martin
3 years
Never ceases to amaze me how many of our politicians and indeed commentators who call for our youth to be patriots and expect them to answer ‘the call’ when the balloon goes up, have never served in the ADF themselves … Go figure hey. #auspol
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3 years
‘WE will decide who has a Merry Christmas in this country and who doesn’t ... ‘ The Party 🎉 #HomeToBilo
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#VoteYes100Words #Yes23 A couple of days ago I put out a call to #veterans and those in the wider defence community who intended to #VoteYes I invited them to let people know why they were voting yes … Here is why I am voting Yes … ✊🏻✊🏾
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4 years
Queenslanders often cop stick for our ‘redneck’ views Today we ignored Murdoch, dismissed One Nation, laughed at Clive’s millions, rejected the LNP’s dog whistling to lock up Indigenous kids in the North and re-elected a party that put our safety first Go figure ... #QLDvotes
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2 years
‘I haven’t been at Hillsong now for about 15 years’ * … * Give or take 🙄
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4 years
Breaking: ABC announces programming shakeup. Insiders to switch to comedy catalogue and Mad as Hell moves into News and Current Affairs.
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2 years
I’d like to see an Independent be the speaker. Experienced parliamentarian. Cleanskin. Someone like Andrew Wilke? Above the fray. Non partisan… Why not? #auspol
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4 years
I’m old enough to remember when 4 tragic & preventable deaths effectively brought down Ministers, a PM, a Government and launched an RC ... The ‘Pink Bats fiasco’ was regarded by the MSM as one of the worst disasters of execution of a policy of any #auspol Government ever ...
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2 years
At some point are we going to hear a public utterance from Anyone in Government about the inappropriateness of wearing Australian military uniforms at politically motivated protests or events? Peacefully protest sure. Do it in civvies. #auspol
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8 months
#Yes23au The Usual Suspects! Nurses, teachers, women, kids. Unionists, veterans, new Australians, old Australians, business owners, priests, public servants, students, butchers, bakers & candle stick makers. All Walking With Indigenous Australians in support of A Voice …
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3 years
There once was a man with a Little Blue Book He held it up high and said take a look We now have A PLAN And yes, I’m The Man But all we could hear was gobbledygook … #qt
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Ray Martin
4 years
Only just finally watched the Hazzard outburst. Christ. Absolutely not acceptable in any circumstances. Tired and frustrated doesn’t cut it. It’s unacceptable abuse. And other men saying he’s not a bad bloke. No. Any other workplace he would be gone.
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Ray Martin
1 year
So it’s come to this in Australia. Neo Nazis openly throwing ‘salutes’ and protected by police. What a shameful day.
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Look what the pigs let happen in front of Parliament House. Same Nazis from the Grampians. #posieparker you can’t hide, you got Nazis on your side #acab #FCKNAZIS
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2 years
My profile pic is of me asking a question on #qanda during the time when the audience asked the questions - not the host. Tony Jones.
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Ray Martin
4 years
Compare The Pair Two ‘boadcasters’ ... One has 783 mil cut from their budget in 7 years. The other received 882 mil in tax breaks. One is the National & Emergency Broadcaster. The other determines who governs us and other ‘democracies’ worldwide. #auspol #SaveOurABC
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3 years
The Twitter mob forced the resignation. How about the msm do your jobs and find out where the money is from?
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