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The Fiberal Party of Australia - Lies & Misdemeanours

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"Liberal Party Senator for Tasmania Claire Chandler has drawn the ire of her parliamentary colleagues after she asked voters to contribute to an anti-trans “Action Fund” that she says will be used to fight “radical” politicians, activists and lobbyists on tentpole “free speech” causes.

In an email to constituents sent Friday morning, Chandler called on voters to make donations to the $27,000 fund, which she said would help her amplify the voices of those whose “opinion” and …

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The Fiberal Party of Australia - Lies & Misdemeanours

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"Former minister Marise Payne has told a royal commission into robodebt she doesn’t know how early concerns over the scheme’s legality were left out of later policy documents.

Senator Payne was human services minister at the time the program was formulated, working underneath then social services minister Scott Morrison.

She appeared as a witness before the commission in Brisbane on Tuesday.…

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If all goes wrong simply blame others

Scott Morrison has disputed that public servants felt pressure not to inform him of legal risks about the robodebt scheme, telling a royal commission they had an “obligation and duty” to warn ministers of problems and it was “distressing” they never did.

Source: Robodebt inquiry: Scott Morrison says it’s ‘distressing’ ministers not warned about scheme’s legal risks | Royal commission into robodebt | The Guardian

Scott Morrison has told the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme that he is ready to apportion blame for the disastrous policy, saying it was his wife’s idea to illegally pursue thousands of Australians for debts they didn’t owe.

Source: Jenny to blame for Robodebt, Morrison says | The Shovel

Kevin Gallagher was paid $37m over five years, more than Santos booked in profits, while they paid zero tax, raked in $20bn income from government gas permits, and never complained once about the $50bn of public subsidies to the fossil fuel sector. What’s the scam?

Source: Kevin from Santos loves public hand-outs, loathes tax, lashes Labor’s little gas price limit as “Soviet” – Michael West

David Ettershank figured he would never have the opportunity to drive drug reform in Victoria. And then on Wednesday, everything changed.

A new leaf? Push for Victoria to lead the way on cannabis legalisation