KPMG CEO Andrew Yates had his chance to admit he misled Senate on Power Mapping but instead treated us with utter contempt by submitting what looks like fake evidence. U Can Be Jailed for Misleading Senate. We should Not have to put up with it. Gimme a
#jailyatesy
if you agree?
Commissioner Holmes: “I want to acknowledge that the Twitter coverage of these hearings has performed a remarkably useful & important public service in giving people access to the evidence.”
Wow.
#RoboDebtRC
NDIS Press Conference - Dylan Alcott, wow.
To Probyn’s question:
“First & foremost, we’ve had 4 questions about the NDIS & they’ve all been negative things about it. I’m starting by saying, the NDIS is bloody awesome.”
Please listen on. 👏👏👏👏
Laura Tingle blasts Dutton for claiming Labor is politicising the LNP’s
#Robodebt
scandal & reminds him of the way his Liberals politicised the chasing of debts “particularly by Alan Tudge” who “outrageously exposed the details of individuals…for political purposes”💥
#Insiders
Phil Coorey concedes on
#Insiders
that Scott Morrison is “completely compromised” & “severely damaged”
Laura Tingle interjects: “And he lies about things”
Correct 👏👏
#RobodebtRC
Laura Tingle says a ‘No’ result won’t “necessarily do any good for Peter Dutton” but it will “fire up the conservatives”
“It’s a further push towards this idea that you just attack, you just tear down & you have nothing positive to say about virtually anything”💥
#abc730
#Yes23
Truth Bomb Alert 🚨💣💥
Kerry O’Brien says he wants Australians to remember when voting at the Voice Referendum that they are on “Stolen Land” & if you think we need to do more of the same but just do it better
“For God’s sake wake up to yourselves”
Noel Pearson schools Liberal Dan Tehan on why legislation for
#TheVoice
is supposed to be drafted after the referendum, as with former referendums, accusing him of “conflating the creation of legislation with the adoption of a constitutional referendum”💥
#QandA
#Yes23
Happy New Year Everyone! Wishing all a joyful 2023 & want to give a big THANK YOU to all for their friendship & support in 2022. I put together a clip of some of Scummo’s infamous slips at the
#RobodebtRC
by the great work of Commissioner Holmes & Justin Greggery KC. Enjoy! 🍾🥂
Linda Reynolds must be feeling pretty stupid at the moment. Imagine that, trying to sue someone who the court has found to be a rape victim, whom she called a lying cow. What a nasty treacherous bully. Credit to all who’ve always stood with Brittany.
#IStandWithBrittany
Noel Pearson on Sky News gives Peter Dutton a thrashing over his stunt in Alice Springs
“I’de say to Peter Dutton, what did you the last 9 years you were a cabinet minister?”
“Why wasn’t he banging the drum in those 9 years?” 💥💥💯
#TheVoice
Kerry O’Brien says it “does not wash” to keep doing the same thing & that the Voice is our first real “chance”
O’Brien also calls out politicians who say Indigenous ppl will “abuse” their responsibility & reminds us of the real abuse of power we have today.💥
Brilliant. 😌👏👏
Katherine Murphy calls out Dutton & the No campaign’s “deliberate” strategy for “conflict” & hits the nail on the head on the struggle for reconciliation through a Voice
“If racism sets the standard for what we can & cannot do in this country, we’re in a bad place”
#Insiders
Sarah Ferguson thumps Opposition Leader Dutton over deliberately delaying the release of big increases to energy prices until after the election. Just, wow. 🔥🔥🔥
#abc
I know Commissioner Catherine Holmes is not on Twitter but can the
#RobodebtRC
media officer pass on our thanks and that we hope she keeps her presence known publicly once in a while coz we just can’t get enough? Thanks 🤗
Barbara Pocock accuses KPMG CEO Andrew Yates of Lying after he insisted KPMG does not engage in Power Mapping, Pocock stumps with a KPMG Power Map💥 showing special rships with PS & their ratings.
“You said you did not do it!”
“We are sick of the cover ups in here!”🔥
#Estimates
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young grills ABC executives for not speaking up sooner even though “NewsCorp have been attacking the ABC for years” & asks why they give a platform to NewsCorp Journos when they have “such disdain for the public broadcaster”💥🔥🔥
#SenateCommittee
Bruce Lehrmann Rape Trial update:
Police now giving evidence claiming that Morrison’s government REFUSED to provide them Parliament CCTV footage from the night of the alleged incident, because they didn’t believe it would be:
“proceeding to a criminal investigation”
The old
#Insiders
- 2017
Barrie Cassidy rips Peter Dutton a new one over his attempts to falsify key facts about what caused a disturbance on Manus island.
Barrie not letting the Spud off the hook in this one. Got creamed!
Michaelia Cash has been blown away by Brittany Higgins who has shared transcripts of conversations with Cash’s former Chief of Staff Daniel Try. Shows discussion of the alleged rape & that they knew for some time. Cash has previously denied this. She has questions to answer.💥💥
Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo doesn’t hold back & calls out the “disgusting” No campaign that has “lied to the Australian ppl”
“I’m sure that’ll come out in the analysis”
“History will reflect poorly on Peter Dutton, Pauline Hanson, all of those that had opposed this”💥
#TheVoice
Dan Andrews shuts down journalists asking for his response to Spud’s attack on Victoria for the treatment of Pell:
“I think there’s absolutely no need for me to dignify his commentary by providing any further response, which is why I’m not.” 👍
Jan Fran via Instagram says ABC’s explanation that they sacked Antoinette Lattouf for posting a “controversial” Human Rights Watch report “does not make any sense”
“Just hours before Antoinette posted about this HRW report, the ABC itself covered the exact same story!”
LNP Minister Karen Andrews says the Energy crisis we are having is Labor’s fault because:
“The Labor government has had 9 years in Opposition to prepare”
“There is no excuse”
what’s your excuse Karen after 9 years of majority government? FFS 🤦♂️
Leading Journalist Kerry O’Brien grills Liberal Kerrynne Liddle who suggests journos are afraid to ask the LNP’s “tough questions” on the Voice & says
“The Voice has never had that chance, Indigenous ppl have never been given that chance, THAT is the moment that we face”👏👏
Penny Wong on her way into a conference is bombarded by journos asking about the Higgins case
Wong reminds them that when the “DPP discontinued the prosecution” they did so because the case presented a “significant & unacceptable risk” to Higgins’ “life”
Tells them to back off
Commissioner Holmes on the traditional media’s coverage:
“Been patchy”
“It tends to flare when an Ex Minister is on the stand”
Thanks to everyone. Honestly. It’s everyone. Your input & own tweets shouldn’t go unnoticed.
We really are the best media team in the country. ❤️
Simply Unacceptable that
#ABC
were happy to report on alleged rape victim Brittany Higgins’ leaked text msgs but refuse to report that she has since spoken out & provided bombshell evidence that Michaelia Cash lied about what she knew at the time.
#IStandWithBrittany
#RobodebtRC
report coming this Friday. I couldn’t more eager for the release of Commissioner Catherine Holmes’ work. Nobody’s BS got past this Commissioner, & she was also able to show an incredible kindness to those affected by the deadly scheme. What a Great Commissioner ❤️
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews absolutely crucifies PM Morrison over his lack of support for Victoria and funding for the Vic Suburban Rail Loop which Labor is committing billions for. What a take down! 😂
#AusVotes22
PM Albanese burns Peter Dutton in
#QT
for avoiding media interviews.
🔥🔥🔥
“To be fair, this week, he’s done 2 media interviews”
“The weekly interview with Ray Hadley, he holds him to account every Thursday” 😂
“And last night, that tough interrogation from Paul Murray” 🤣
Linda Reynolds suggests she should be the victim in the Higgins case because she was left
“broken” “sobbing” & “inconsolable”
And praised Anne Ruston, her “saving angel” who she says took care of her during a difficult time.
What a gaslighting, lying cow she is.
It’s been Revealed that Fmr AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin had written to Parliament in 2019 saying it was “unacceptable” that the AFP “wasn’t notified” at the time of Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape. And that it was “concerning” at the way Linda Reynolds’ “office was cleaned”💥
Barnaby Joyce has lashed out at the ABC demanding they “apologise” & “accept responsibility” for “creating a nightmare” for “Alan Tudge’s children”, after media coverage of the disgraced former minister
Has Barnaby ever demanded anyone take responsibility for
#Robodebt
victims?
Malcolm Turnbull calling out
#MurdochGutterMedia
on falsehoods about
#TheVoice
isn’t the 1st time the former PM rattled their feathers. Here he is on
#QandA
in 2020 frying NewsCorp’s Paul Kelly on Climate.
Kelly “How dare you…lecture me”
Turnbull “I am lecturing you, yep!”🔥
Furious Peter Dutton snaps after being asked what evidence he has of a ramping up of child sexual abuse in Alice Springs & why he is rejecting the views of Peak Bodies….
…But before he can be completely humiliated the broadcast is abruptly cut short.
#ABCNews
Paul Fletcher who lined up to kiss Scummo’s ring has lashed out at Labor for “demonising” Scott Morrison. Says he isn’t a bad chap but Labor made him look evil going into the May ‘22 elections. 🙄
I actually think Labor didn’t demonise him enough if you ask me.
After Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John is stopped by Stan Grant while speaking about AUKUS, he doesn’t let a 2nd opportunity pass him by & goes on to tear former US Republican Richard Spencer new one. 🔥🔥
#qanda
Zali Steggall obliterates Bridget McKenzie saying the LNP “sought to politicise migrants” after attacking Labor over a wrongly charged asylum seeker, tells McKenzie they are “unfit as an opposition” & slams Sussan Ley for trying to “politicise a case before the court”💥
#auspol
Sussan Ley has lashed out at Dr Jim Chalmers on Sky News claiming he is not qualified to be a Treasurer because despite his PHD in Political Science he needs to have a
“PHD in Economics”
Frydenberg, Morrison, Hockey, Costello, no PHD’s at all b/w them, let alone in economics 🙄
Michaelia Cash blows up in the
#Senate
after the government secures the support of The Greens, David Pocock, Jacqui Lambie & Lidia Thorpe to pass all important wage theft, same job same pay & other closing loopholes IR legislation. Great job Tony Burke.👏
Senator Marielle Smith slams Liberals for attacking Katy Gallagher on a matter where a “Liberal staffer” reported “an alleged rape by another Liberal staffer, in a Liberal Minister’s office” & calls them out for asking “questions they never dared to put to themselves”🔥
#Senate
I wonder how seriously RWNJs such as Tony Abbott who are running around spreading misinformation on
#TheVoice
would be taken today if we had crunching journos like Kerry O’Brien asking the questions. Media please pick up your game.
#abc730
After LNP’s Sam Birrell tries to justify racist attacks on Indigenous ppl by the No camp at the CPAC event as “freedom of speech”, Zoe Daniel doesn’t hold back
“With respect to Sam free speech & hate speech are not the same thing”💥 & goes on to say why she’ll
#VoteYes
👏
#QandA
Dr Jim Chalmers criticises “relentlessly negative” Peter Dutton for portraying other
#RBA
Governor candidates Steven Kennedy & Jenny Wilkinson as tainted. Chalmers says he is “bordering on the pathological” & won’t take public service lectures from “the Party of
#Robodebt
”💥
#ABC
Clare O’Neil doesn’t hold back & stuns Peter Dutton following his failures as outlined in the Nixon Report
“The truth is, what this report shows is not only that we have a broken migration system but that the Opposition Leader is 100% a complete Fraud!”💥🔥
#QT
Bridget McKenzie is facing new allegations of Rorting after a court has revealed funds from a $5.5mill grant she approved days b4 the ‘22election were transferred to the brother (& bro’s wife) of fmr QLD LNP Pres David Hutchinson. Labor says it’s “considering its position”
#NACC
Just listening to Bill Shorten giving Alan Tudge an absolute smashing over his
#Robodebt
scam in
#QT
Paul Fletcher unsuccessfully tries to gag debate.
Go Bill.
#RobodebtRC
#RobodebtRC
Disability worker Sandra Bevan who was tormented over an illegal RoboDebt was given an opportunity to finally express herself as a witness at the commission.
These are the real effects on some of our best Australians. What a great mum you are Sandra 😥❤️
Greens Senator Jordon Steele-John gives an incredibly powerful & beautiful speech in the Senate, crucifying Transphobes & Racists in parliament whilst bringing light to the ongoing injustice our Trans kids face. Thank you Jordon 😢❤️
Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians NT’s Malarndirri McCarthy slams Peter Dutton & demands he either report any child abuse he is aware of in Alice Springs to police “immediately” or shut his trap & cut the bullshit. Well said Malarndirri!! ❤️
#abcnews
#RoboDebtDC
Scott Morrison keeps attempting to trespass into parliamentary privilege, but after being already reprimanded, he keeps doing it again 🤦♂️
Commissioner eventually let’s loose & gives him a well earned lashing.
💥🔥🩸
Francesca Albanese calls out
#NPC
host Tom Connell for not keeping a “straight face” while claiming Israel isn’t targeting civilians just bcoz they warned them to flee.
Albanese explains that forcing civilians to flee is not only “unlawful” but there is also “nowhere to go”
My grandfather (whom I was named after) - has last night passed away peacefully in his sleep at an exceptional age of 101. Whilst I’m so proud of him, & will always hold his lessons deep in my heart, I’m still in some shock and devastated. I loved him. 😢😖😔
PM Albanese scorches Dutton on Sunrise for politicising the Higgins story & says if he wants to talk transparency he can start by releasing the Gaetjens Report into the incident which the LNP keep locked away.
Outgoing Kochie puts it on Natalie Barr’s “agenda” to follow up 😂👏
Deborah O’Neill reveals shocking details that under Peter Dutton, Home Affairs arranged for KPMG to audit controversial co. Paladin who they contracted, but that the audit was conducted on “the wrong company”😳
Stephanie Foster can’t explain how nobody even noticed.
#Estimates
PM Albanese blasts the former government’s “Deliberate policy… to Restrict people voting” which prevented a massive No. of people from voting in the NT.
“This was straight out of the Right Wing Republican playbook.”
Confirms he will be investigating the matter with the AEC.
John Paul Janke says Peter Dutton’s decision to reject his invitation to
#Garma2023
is an “insult” to Indigenous leaders. Janke confirms the invitation to Dutton & Jacinta Price was “from the Yothu Yindi foundation, not by Albanese” & condemns the “missed opportunity”
#insiders
Sussan Ley left humiliated after insisting there’s Constitutional Risks with
#TheVoice
but cannot name any expert who agrees, going on to suggest const. experts aren’t relevant
Speers “You’re talking about const. Risk, surely you gotta listen to some constitutional experts?”💥
How has Sussan Ley managed to avoid facing a single question from the media about why she intentionally kept Australians in the dark about the damaging findings from the Environmental Report she kept hidden? Incredible.
Brittany Higgins has called out Linda Reynolds saying she “continues to harass” her through “the media & in the parliament.” Higgins says Reynolds’ attacks on her settlement are “just headlines”💥
“This has been going on for years now. It is time to stop”😔
#IStandWithBrittany
Watch as Deborah O’Neill humiliates each head of McKinsey by explaining that bcoz they run unregulated, they should stop referring to themselves as ‘Professionals’
“Consultancy is not a Profession”
“Sounds like the Wild West to me”
“Anything goes!”🔥
#Estimates
Jane Hume on Sussan Ley’s dog whistling tweet. says “the only people who have been talking about that tweet are either journalists or Labor staffers”
If you are not a journalist, and not a Labor staffer, R/T to let
@SenatorHume
know she got it wrong (again).
Working away at
#RoboDebtRC
stuff, 📝🎥 that’s the only reason I’m a little quiet. Hope everyone is well. Here’s a lovely shot of Senior Counsel Assisting, Justin Greggery KC that I stumbled across. Just love this guy ❤️ Damn he was good, sliced & diced better than a chef 😂
Nick McKim roasts Woolworths CEO Brad Banducci for refusing to answer on Woolworths’ Return on Equity figures.
McKim “Are you struggling with the ordinary English language meaning of the words that I’m using in my questions?”💥
#Senate
[1/3]
Dr Monique Ryan sends a shudder through the Coalition by receiving huge applause on
#QandA
slamming them over their “politicisation” of Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape in parliament. Says it’s been an “active deferent” for women watching on.
“I actually thought it shameful”💯%
David Shoebridge releases bombshell evidence that AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw was “intimately involved” in the crafting of
#PwC
contracts with his “mate” fmr NSW commissioner & PwC Partner Mick Fuller which “was not minuted” to “work out how PwC can get money from the AFP”😳
After receiving External Legal Advice in 2018 that Robodebt’s use of Income Averaging was Unlawful, DSS’ Principal Lawyer Anne Pulford says she has absolutely no idea what she did with it. Greggery KC steps in to press, Commissioner finishes the job.
#RoboDebtRC
PM Albanese has called on Peter Dutton to “explain” why after being notified of a suspect being under investigation for bribery by the AFP, Home Affairs still went ahead & provided the suspect with multimillion dollar taxpayer funded contracts - “on his watch”🤦♂️😒
Not a single boo which shows what everyone thinks of Sam Newman’s attempts to invoke Racism towards Indigenous people & in sport. Nothing but respect for Welcome to Country in tonight’s Pies v Giants AFL final. 🖤💛❤️
#AFLFinals
#Yes23
After sitting through a series of speeches from RWNJ Senators demanding restrictions on what children should be allowed to read, wear & do, Sarah Hanson-Young unleashes the ultimate takedown in the
#Senate
“I assume they get all their ideas watching Fox News late at night!”💥
Sky News reporter Julia Bradley tries to stump Dan Andrews on the cost of the Suburban Rail Loop but ends up taking a lesson from the Premier instead. Another Murdoch Media Fail 🤣🤣🤣
Commissioner Catherine Holmes has not let Scott Morrison off the hook & given him a huge whack in her
#Robodebt
Report saying he
“allowed Cabinet to be misled” & “FAILED to meet his ministerial responsibility”💥🔥🔥 Whilst we’ve said it many times, he really must Resign Now.
Human Rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson says AUKUS is:
“The brain child of Scott Morrison, and given what we know about Scott Morrison’s brain, we should…”
<immediately cut off by Stan Grant with a rude interjection>
Wish we heard the end of that, ffs.
#qanda
Zoe Daniel says she’s “extremely disappointed” in the media for reporting on the High Court decision on detainees “as if it was the govt’s decision” & lashes the LNP for their reaction saying it’s “at best misinformed & at worst an attempt to manipulate public opinion”🔥
Angus Taylor fails in his attack on Labor over Veterans not getting a Pension increase:
“They’ve excluded the Veterans altogether”
“Why exclude Veterans?”
“They’re being penalised”
“Why would we exclude Veterans from this? It’s extraordinary!”
L Jayes: “Veterans are included”🤣
After 2 more failed attempts by LNP’s Paul Fletcher to block evidence from the
#RoboDebtRC
, he can’t stop Bill Shorten revealing Stuart Robert’s evidence, where he threw Scott Morrison under the bus & insisted that:
“The member for Cook make him do it” 🔥🔥
#QT
#RobodebtRC
Greggery: “How is it fair to someone, to have a Debt alleged against them on the basis of income that is Notional, rather than what they Actually earn?”
Watch Former DSS Manager Russell de Burgh’s big struggle to concede Robodebt was Unfair & Contrary to the Law.
As soon as Morrison ceases denying he’s a dictator, Attorney General Mark Dreyfus steps up to speak.
But the Coalition don’t want to hear anyone but Morrison. Watch their shameful walk out, while Dreyfus blasts the former PM’s continued denial & hiding from the plain obvious.
Greg Jennett asks Sally McManus on
#AfternoonBriefing
if Labor’s IR reforms are so big that they are “the biggest revamp in IR laws in a decade?”
McManus “That is true, it’s absolutely true, it’s the biggest revamp in a decade. Mind you, not much has happened in a decade.”🔥💥
Home Affairs Secretary Stephanie Foster is under fire after it’s revealed she inappropriately released details of asylum seekers’ criminal records to Shadow Home Affairs minister James Paterson. Gee I wonder why she would do that? And why she hasn’t been instantly sacked?
While in Paris, former PM Turnbull speaks to the French about new PM Albo:
“He’s an honest man & he’s got a reputation for being honest. He never had a reputation for being deceitful & untruthful & he’s very competent”
“He is not Scott Morrison & that’s a big advantage” 💥💥💥
13 REGIONAL INDIGENOUS LEADERS have combined to call out Peter Dutton
“Mr Dutton did not respond to our request to meet in Canberra, or to our invitation to visit our Regions so we could show him why constitutional recognition through Voice is the CHANGE WE NEED”💥💥💥
Peter Dutton says Labor has gone against the Solicitor General’s advice on the Voice.
Speers: “how do you know?”
Dutton: “well I, I, I have a better understanding I suspect”
Speers: “were you in the room?”
Dutton: “No” 🤨
#InsidersABC
Whoops, the dog whistling did not work, Labor wins Dunkley, and now Sussan has the huge headache of having to explain her racism to the Human Rights Commission. 👏👏
Jane Hume tells
#Insiders
that she has serious concerns that Labor’s Fed ICAC will cause politicians to
“take their own lives”
Wonder if she also shares same concerns for any crook out there who may be found guilty? Or only her crooked work friends? 😒
Bruce Lehrmann under heavy heat by Dr Matt Collins SC - after BL claimed on Wednesday he did NOT buy Brittany Higgins a drink at the Doc Hotel on 22 March 2019, Collins SC stuns Lehrmann with a photograph from the hotel. BL immediately folds:
“I apologise I was wrong”
Outraged Australians have called on the Albanese govt to completely overhaul the ABC after leaked WhatsApp msgs reveal a dark side to the national broadcaster with journalists being dumped at the drop of a hat when pressured by political lobbyists.
#ItaMustGo
Nick McKim says the reason we aren’t talking about asylum seekers in a compassionate way is because Peter Dutton “salivates when a boat arrives” & “feeds on people’s suffering” 🔥💯 %
#afternoonbriefing
David Littleproud has lashed out Victorians for re-electing Dan Andrews:
“I just ask Victorians, think of what the rest of the country thinks of you.” 😳
Hmm. Rest of the country hates us for re-electing Dan? Or is this just more proof that Liberals hate Victorians?
PM is asked why he continues to defy ASIO who have repeatedly asked to stop politicising Australia’s National Security for political gain. Essentially tells ASIO to Back Off. “Public Servants don’t run the government.”
He is in Dangerous territory now.
#AusVotes2022
Antony Green sends Dutton in a spin by explaining how to vote on
#TheVoice
“ppl actually using ticks & crosses is virtually NIL - bcoz everything says YES or NO”
“This isn’t some A.Albanese plot, these are the same rules that J.Howard had in 1999”
“It’s been there for 40 yrs!”👏
PM Albanese roasts the LNP for turning Australia’s “fibre based 21st century” NBN into a “tinpot operation”💥& for believing “copper was superior to fibre”
“They purchased enough copper to go around the earth not once, but twice”, with a cost blowout of “at least $27billion”
#ABC