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)
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
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.
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.
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!
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?
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.?
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.
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 “?
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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?
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
@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.
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.
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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.
@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.
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.
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.
@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
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.
@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,
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