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James McGregor

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My love is Colleen, my present is Matt & Marty, my future is James, Maddy and Ellie. I value integrity, compassion and justice, Jellurgal Land (Burleigh Heads)

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James McGregor
2 years
PM what are you doing about George Christians appearances at anti-vax demonstrations.?
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James McGregor
2 years
As an 83 year old , I want to die from old age and not Covid. I working hard to make that happen but judging from the lack of mask wearing in public(a very simple but effective precaution) I am not getting much support by the general public
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James McGregor
11 months
As an old white man (>80) I’m voting YES . Join me! We can do this!
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James McGregor
2 years
Wonder why every LNP politician, invited by Laura Tingle, to appear on the 7.30 Report - all decline the invite. Hmmm,
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James McGregor
9 months
I’m 84 and today I voted YES! Let’s get it done!
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James McGregor
2 years
The PM tells us he knew nothing of the $500 thousand payout regarding Tudges’ obnoxious behaviour. Doesn’t look like good economic management to me.
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James McGregor
2 years
Sally McManus was more than a match for Waleed Aly on the Project tonight despite his efforts to catch her out
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James McGregor
10 months
As an octogenarian, I’m hearten by the number of seniors I am seeing in posted pictures of meetings for YES. I’m really hoping we oldies will significantly contribute to a better future for our indigenous brothers & sisters by voting YES & urging our friends to do the same.
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James McGregor
2 years
Lisa Millar displayed a profound ignorance of the role of Wivenhoe Dam as a flood mitigation tool and how that mitigation has to be managed in her interview with the Qld Premier this morning.
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2 years
The fact that the PM has set up his wife to take the blame for the Hawaii fiasco provides an accurate character assessment that correlates with all the recent leaked character assessments. What sort of a man does that!
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James McGregor
10 months
I’m wondering why Johnny Farnham’s right to express his view on the Voice is being violently attacked by the No Side. What happened to his right of free speech?
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James McGregor
2 years
I struggle to understand how the removal of the masking requirements in public transport etc. is an exercise in “common sense “ as described by the NSW Premier. Seems the opposite to me.
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James McGregor
2 years
Morrison is hiding all his team while Albanese is giving free rein to his team who are performing at an admirable level. Vote Albo you get this team. Vote Scomo and you get the hidden and absent team
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James McGregor
2 years
Perrottet says 5 days isolation for Covid is safe. In latest research paper LANCET says 66.6% are still contagious after 5 days & 25% still contagious after 7 days. Who will we listen to -medical expertise or a politician.
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James McGregor
3 years
Kudos to the Premier of TAS for taking on the Premier of NSW for refusing to mandate masks - sample basic protective measure to reduce the soaring numbers of cases. Looks like NSW are going to be the super spreaders - Ruby Princess, Delta and now Omicron
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James McGregor
3 years
Just got a phone call re booster shot for my wife - no vaccine available early January- not able to make future appointment - how good is the booster rollout or should we say stroll out . Another failure for our PM
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James McGregor
2 years
Mat Canavan displays his misunderstanding of the Australian preferential voting system on Afternoon Briefing by quoting only the Labor primary vote. The AEC have publicly corrected this misunderstanding
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James McGregor
10 months
Really impressed with the number of seniors I am seeing in the TV footage of the Walk for YES events today. Looks like we oldies are going to contribute significantly to the YES
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James McGregor
3 years
Branson has a dream re space travel. Wish he had a dream about climate change,Covid-19 and work poverty. With his money he could do so much for the planet.
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James McGregor
9 months
I want David Marr as a regular panelist on Insiders… whose with me?
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James McGregor
2 years
Every cent of the 5.2% wage increase implemented by the fair Work Commission to our lowest paid workers will be spent in the economy unlike the tax cuts accorded the rich which will be hoarded.
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James McGregor
9 months
Don’t oppress, vote YES! If you don’t know..educate yourself!
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1 year
If Pell was the greatest Catholic ever in Australia as claimed by Abbott, then the bar is set very very low, actualy it’s on the ground.
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James McGregor
3 years
Australia is only 76% vaccinated - saying we are over 90% vaccinated promotes a false sense of security. We’re a long way from the point of immunity we need to be at.
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James McGregor
2 years
Morrison once asserted that God choose him to be PM.Did Morrison disappoint God and God choose him to be defeated.
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James McGregor
3 years
thanks to the ineptitude of our PM all us oldies who had to accept the Astra Z vaccine now have no protection against Omicron.
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James McGregor
10 months
I’m voting YES
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James McGregor
2 years
The ABC must give the incumbent government much more airspace and much less to the irrelevant Opposition.
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James McGregor
7 months
@grumpyoldfool62 She’s good, Penny Wong is good, Jim Chalmers is good, Tony Burke is good. Good possibilities as I see it.
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James McGregor
6 years
Morrison belongs to a church that radicalises its men to believe they are superior to women, have headship rights over women, demand submission of wives to husbands- patriachial context in which DV thrives. Church has special responsibility to stand up and call out these beliefs
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Scott Morrison calls for Muslims to be have ‘special responsibility’ for terrorism...I’m assuming he has ‘special responsibility’ for white men committing family violence.
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James McGregor
3 years
Dismayed by the blatant bias of the Murdoch media who are controlling the public narrative. This is a greater threat to our freedom than any lockdowns or border closures
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James McGregor
3 years
The Project tonight critical of WA and QLD re closed border and opening percentages. No mention of TAS which has 95 % vaccination requirement for opening. I wonder why. Could it be that QLD & Wa are Labor States and TAS is Liberal.
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James McGregor
2 years
So another cruise ship docks in Sydney with about 100 cases. A patten emerging here. Seems Sydney importing Covid on a regular basis.
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James McGregor
2 years
I’m not looking forward to the “Budget for the Rich” being presented by the LNP
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James McGregor
11 months
@smid00771 I’m >80 & voting Yes and do everything I can on social media to promote YES.
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James McGregor
11 months
Big banks..outrageous profit. Telstra.. outrageous profit, Oil companies … outrageous profit…Power companies.. outrageous profits……big corporations … outrageous profits… the rest of us…Struggling with the cost of living and housing insecurities.
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James McGregor
1 year
1048 Aussies dead from Covid inthe first 3 weeks of2023— about ONE death ever half hour. Just been to a shopping centre and not a mask to be seen except for mine. Apparently the community is okay with the death rate we are paying. What have we become.?
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James McGregor
9 months
There is no stress in voting YES. Only good things will happen!
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James McGregor
2 years
Parliament - 74 Labor, 4 Greens 12 Teal and Insiders today had 4 Liberal leaning commentators. How about some balance ABC
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James McGregor
2 years
Penny Wong overseas again trying to repair the damage to our Pacific Relations by the LNP. Great Foreign Minister.
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James McGregor
3 years
Federal threat to funding for the Olympics in Qld. Whose playing “shakedown “ politics now?
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James McGregor
9 months
What’s happened to Tony Armstrong on the ABC? …haven’t seen him for ages.
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James McGregor
2 years
The Greens must support every climate policy put forward by Labor. They can then act to improve targets. They must not block as they did in the past which stalled our positive climate action for 10 years.
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James McGregor
5 years
Interesting that Dutton forced the people smugglers to change their business model. They have. They now use planes and over 65 thousand have come. Will Dutton now “stop the planes “?
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James McGregor
1 year
Abbott’s waffling on the 7.30 report tonight provides a strong argument for supporting the Voice… Abbott is definitely yesterday’s man and completely irrelevant.
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James McGregor
2 years
So the Insiders is making NO effort to present a balanced panel. Its bias in action.
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James McGregor
3 years
Cannot for the life of me understand how installing more charging stations as per the latest Govt Policy for EVs will bring down their price so that ordinary folk can buy them.
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James McGregor
3 years
Just comparing conditions re food during lockdown with post WW2 x- Tea, butter and meat (and clothing) were rationed and we all were issued with ration books that limited the amount of each we could get. Rationing of Tea lasted until 1950
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James McGregor
1 year
Stan Grant thinks his role as the host if Q+A is to be a participant instead encouraging the participants to share their points of view. We don’t tune in to listen to Stan.
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James McGregor
9 months
Nothing to fear … the Voice is ADVISORY only!
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James McGregor
7 months
Too many of the LNP front bench & other party members were absent during the thalidomide apology today. Shame on them. They should all have been there. Symbol of how the LNP regard those who need a hand up
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James McGregor
1 year
What are the odds that Robodebt doesn’t get a mention on Insiders today?
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James McGregor
11 months
@smid00771 An old voting Yes I’m an octogenarian
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James McGregor
2 years
Has anyone seen the medical advice behind the National Cabinet decision re isolation period. All the medical advice I have seen has been against reducing the isolation period. Are we being governed by economy?
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James McGregor
1 year
Hope the voters of Fadden are mindful about Robodebt and LNP’s responsibility for this atrocity. They need to make sure that the LNP does NOT retain this seat. Failure to do so would make them complicit in this horror.
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James McGregor
1 year
Does anyone actually think that Dutton’s apology re walking out on the Apology is genuine. I certainly don’t.
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James McGregor
1 year
Media are wrong about Victoria, wrong about NSW, wrong about Aston - do they still have any political credibility… is it the end of Murdoch’s influence in Australia’s political scene.I certainly hope so.
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James McGregor
1 year
Barnaby Joyce talking about honesty on Afternoon Briefing… I’m still waiting for the Water Report for which he was paid a fortune and apparent produced an email report that no one can find
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James McGregor
1 year
A sad day for Australia when a neo-nazi group publicly displays its ideology in the Melbourne march today. An event I never believed would happen in Australia.
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James McGregor
2 years
Hilarious that Eric Abetz arguing, on Afternoon Briefing”that the LNP preselected on “merit”when he is an obvious example when this principle has not been applied.
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James McGregor
10 months
>80 and voting YES. Come join me. Let’s make it happen. It’s TIME. NOW!
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James McGregor
9 months
The majority supporting NO doesn’t make it morally right… the majority used to believe slavery was right. It’s wrong
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James McGregor
5 years
The difference between the family from Biloela and others is the fact that 200000 people signed a specific petition asking for they to stay and the whole town of Biloela want them to stay. The people have spoken but the Government is ignoring the will of the people
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James McGregor
10 months
I’m voting Yes! Let’s make it happen! The Time is NOW! The FNP deserve a better future!
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James McGregor
2 years
How can a government that spent 5.5 billion and got nothing for it can claim to be good (superior) economic managers ?
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1 year
I’m an old white guy whose life will be enriched by a successful YES vote ensuring a Voice for the our indigenous brothers & sisters. VOTE YES!
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James McGregor
9 months
Let’s get it done. It’s time for YES. The good of Australia depends on YES. Vote YES!
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James McGregor
2 years
How come the ex-PM who thought he could run 5 portfolios can now claim he was ignorant of the the illegality of implementing Robodebt?
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James McGregor
1 year
@itsJeffTiedrich The US will take the following traditional action to deal with mass shootings
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James McGregor
8 months
@CampbellNewman @amnestyOz My dilemma… who do I believe … Campbell Newman or Amnesty International. I remember well how Newman brought Qld to its knees. Think I’ll go with Amnesty.
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James McGregor
9 months
It's perfectly legal to lie in a political ad. It shouldn't be. Tell the Australian Parliament to pass truth in political advertising laws before the next election. #auspol ADD YOUR NAME to the petition: >
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James McGregor
9 months
It sure is. If cancelling the Commonwealth games was supposed to affect our international reputation image what “NO” will do!
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James McGregor
1 year
788 Aussies died from Covid in the last 4 weeks.
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2 years
Albo impressively addressing the Labor Party right now. Fills me with a lot of hope for Australia emerging from the dark ages of the past 9 years.
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James McGregor
3 years
Misleading reporting- ABC Casey Briggs comparing “deaths in Victoria without vaccination” with “deaths in NSW with vaccination”. Should be “death in Victoria with Vaccination”. Paints Victoria as negative. Apples and oranges.
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@Dempsey57Jackie @michaelbremer1 I’m 84 and definitely voting YES. We oldies want a better future for all Australians and that must include our indigenous brothers & sisters.
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James McGregor
10 months
@MackayIM Some interesting modelling by Burnett Institute supporting the initial assertion
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James McGregor
1 year
Once again the Murdoch media demonstrates how out of touch they are re their predictions re the NSW election results.
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James McGregor
11 months
Some of us oldies supporting YES. Many more of us will support it.
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James McGregor
2 years
Listening toDan Tehan on the ABC this morning it became obvious to me why Morrison is keeping the LNP team hidden. Tehan displayed an profound inability to answer any question appropriately.
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James McGregor
9 months
Let’s join our indigenous brothers & sisters and get this done. It’s time. NOW is the time!
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James McGregor
1 year
NO to the VOICE will ensure there will be no change to the lives of our indigenous brothers and sisters will occur. Things will just stay the same. That will be disastrous. Change is absolutely necessary. VOTE YES.
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James McGregor
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VOTE YES!
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James McGregor
10 months
@captain_stavros There is not one person in the NO list that I admire/respect/value in any way. I have varying levels (ranging from general to very high) of respect/admiration/value for every person in the YES list
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James McGregor
2 years
Dave Sharna arguing for open debate seems to forgotten Peter Dutton frequently moving that the “member should no longer be heard”
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James McGregor
9 months
If you don’t know, don’t stress, vote Yes! The time is now….it needs to happen!
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9 months
How can we have a democracy when lying is accepted as legitimate practice in the public domain?
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James McGregor
10 months
Saw no reporting of the Mundine/Price split on the popular media tonight. What does this say about the Mass Media… bias methinks.
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James McGregor
2 years
All of a sudden the “ dregs of the former government “ are pretending to care about the problems of ordinary people . A bit late .. they had nine years and didn’t give a damn.
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James McGregor
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Let’s make it happen. Vote YES to a better future for our indigenous brothers and sisters
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@strangerous10 How can there be forgiveness when a Pell has never expressed any real remorse about his failure to protect innocent children?
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James McGregor
1 year
Last year 300 died from the flu. Last week about 130 died from Covid. What a comparison.
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James McGregor
9 months
Just saw the Referendum featured on a U.S. PBS News Hour ….. so the world is watching! Our international reputation is at stake.
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1 year
Which family is Tudge resigning to protect?
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James McGregor
1 year
@grumpyoldfool62 All of us supporting the VOICE must continue to speak up, retweet, make our voices heard and ensure that YES is the dominant narrative in the public domain,
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James McGregor
2 years
The silence of the UK Royals re Clarkson’s vitriolic & extremely misogynistic comment re Megan Markle shows us clearly where they stand ——with racism an bigotry
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James McGregor
3 years
Pensioners need to remember this at the next federal election!
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James McGregor
2 years
What are the odds that Dan will get the blame for the contaminated spinach coming out of Victoria?
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James McGregor
2 years
How about all pollies be tested for alcohol while in Parliament House?
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2 years
47 Covid death reported on Saturday 28th for combined VIC & NSW. Living with Covid has a lot of people dying
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