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This was posted by Senator Babet, United Australia Party, Victoria. One of our few genuine representatives who actually care for the country.
The direction in which this country is heading is disturbing. The Uniparty have made a mockery of representative democracy.
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That’s an excellent quote. At least someone knows what is going on.
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Two minutes with Australia’s richest man: politics, legislation and tax.
Australia’s richest man, Kerry Packer, speaking on the stupidity of legislation, politics and tax.
“If anyone in this country doesn’t minimise their tax, they want their head read, because as a government, you are not spending it that well, that we should be donating extra…:
Kerry Packer
You made the rules in 1986 – I didn’t try to sneak around the back door or sneak underneath this. These rules were made in 1986. I read the rules, said “what am I allowed to do?” and that’s exactly what we’ve done!
Now why do you want to change the rules again? This is the first – What’s happened with this operation going on now is exactly what those rules were put in place for! It’s the first time it’s been used. It’s exactly what they were put in place for and we have obeyed them absolutely.
Why do you want to change the rules again?
I mean since I grew up as a boy, I would imagine that through the parliaments of Australia, from the time I was 18 or 19 years of age to now, there must be 10,000 new laws been passed and I don’t really think it’s that much a better place and I’d like to make a suggestion to you which I think would be far more useful:
If you want to pass a new law, why don’t you only do it when you’ve repealed an old one?
I mean this idea of just passing legislation legislation every time someone blinks is a nonsense! Nobody knows it, nobody understands them
you’ve got to be a lawyer with books up to here, purely and simply to do the things we used to do … and every time you pass a law you take somebody’s privileges away
There’s nothing wrong with minimizing tax!
I don’t know anybody who doesn’t minimize their tax – you were doing so in ways that were that were contrary to the spirit of the law.
Well I just got through telling you what I thought about that! I am not evading tax in any way shape or form now, of course, I am minimizing my tax and if anybody in this country doesn’t minimize their tax they want their heads read because as a government I can tell you that you’re not spending at that well that we should be donating extra
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Biden’s pardon of his son was completely open-ended for any and all federal crimes he may have committed over a ten year period, even if they have not yet been discovered. (Biden can only pardon federal crimes.)
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The upside is that he can no longer “plead the fifth” in any Congressional inquiry. He can’t incriminate himself because he’s been pardoned for all his federal crimes, known and unknown. If he refuses to answer questions he can be held in criminal contempt and sent to jail. Hopefully Trump’s team will get him to answer all those difficult questions everyone wants answers to.
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Telling lies is legal.
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Lying?
For governments, it is Standard Operating Procedure.
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Can’t wait for the Trump’s J6 pardons.
And Trump’s man in charge of the FBI.
There will tales to tell.
Load up on popcorn.
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Last time, just before he left office Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, son-in-law Jared’s dad, along with 73 others, let’s hope Biden can beat that
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All this does is confirm, in the minds of Americans, they did the right thing in ousting a corrupt regime from power and especially The White House!!!
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Doing such a blatant “all future discoveries” type pardon is almost certainly open to reversal by SCOTUS.
Biden is trying it on … I guess he has nothing to lose at this point.
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I’m a day late but it seems the GayBC thinks the veterans suicide report is about army ladies getting hot and heavy with army guys and then realising boys will be boys and there’s money in it and guys shouldn’t be in the army cos they might hurt someone and even if they didn’t the GayBC will make up stories and add extra gunshot noises as proof.
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I see a new growth industry …. Selection processes for future defence leaders will soon include “psychometric testing, particularly emotional intelligence measurement”. Combined with https://bettinaarndt.substack.com/p/justice-denied – I have serious doubts about the problem – solution linkage, but jobs for the, well get on
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There were no directly related recommendations but one of the submissions from a psychiatrist pointed that some are not even suicides but medication mismanagement – they haven’t taken ALL of the pills, just too many. Particularly when drinking is combined with meds. But no rocking the pharma boat on that angle in the inquiry that I read.
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“Wikipedia has become one of the most viewed websites in the world, but can it be trusted as a reliable source? Co-founder Larry Sanger is now warning the public not to trust the website he helped to create. “You can trust it to give an establishment view,” Sanger admitted as he explained that the website’s original design has been destroyed.
Wikipedia was originally created as an open online resource that was committed to neutrality. Between 2004-2009, Sanger said Wikipedia was a pioneer in delivering news from a non-biased perspective but that quickly changed. Users had the ability to edit various pages and debate the information from both sides of the platform, but now it is nearly impossible for the average person to participate. “If you make any edit at all you will be sternly warned or kicked out,” Sanger said, noting this often happens on articles that are “unimportant.”
Sanger believes Wikipedia is completely influenced by the establishment and has turned the site into “a battleground for a version of the truth,” as host Freddie Sayers pointed out. One blatant example is President Joe Biden’s Wikipedia page. Biden’s page has very little criticism or anything “remotely resembling the Republican point of view,” the co-founder commented. Instead, Biden’s Wikipedia page “reads like a defense council’s brief” with no mention of the alternative point of view. In stark contrast, Trump’s page was written from a Democratic point of view and harshly criticizes the former president. In fact, the page accuses Trump of crimes that he has not been charged with committing.” In contrast, Biden’s page fails to mention the Ukraine controversy or any other debacle during his time as vice president or president. Sanger flatly states that Wikipedia is “reliable on the establishment viewpoint,” which is ironic considering its Libertarian co-founders were anti-establishment.”
https://youtu.be/l0P4Cf0UCwU
Now they can add Sleepy Joe’s latest piece to Pardon his own Son, Hunter Biden, as another “fantastic achievement” of his and the Neocn’s Administration. Top stuff Joe and Co.
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If someone is slandered in Wikipedia as a ‘conspiracy theorist’, I get a lot more interested in what they are saying….
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The re-post of Senator Babet’s thoughts by David above shows that there is hope for the future even if it’s currently isolated.
With people like Jacinta Price and Warren Mundine there is hope but with the Payman – Thorpe duo there’s only incessant cries of me me me and poor fella me.
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FWIW
“Globalist Prime Minister Albanese Says Elon Musk’s Criticism of Australian Policies To Thwart Free Speech in Social Media Is Only Meant to ‘Push His Own Agenda’ as X Owner”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/globalist-prime-minister-albanese-says-elon-musks-criticism/
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Victoria ranks last for business amid state spending splurge
GEOFF CHAMBERS
Victoria is the worst place in the country to do business, with the state’s dismal budget performance and anti-competitive policies led by Daniel Andrews and Jacinta Allan putting Australia’s second biggest jurisdiction behind the pack.
A report by the Business Council of Australia on Tuesday shows Victoria ranks last across all states and territories in terms of overall settings for doing business in the country.
After 10 years of Labor rule in Victoria, the Allan government now boasts the highest debt and worst credit rating across all Australian states.
BCA chief executive Bran Black, who is pushing Jim Chalmers to accelerate and expand the Albanese government’s productivity fund supporting states and territories, said Victoria must “address its regulatory environment, which is putting a handbrake on the economy”.
“Victoria has some of the least competitive property tax settings, payroll taxes and business licensing requirements in the country — it fundamentally needs to look at how these are holding back its economy,” Mr Black said.
From the Comments
– I have been in business for almost 40 years and have the misfortune to operate out of Melbourne, Victoria. I have never seen business conditions as bad as they are now, even compared to those during the recession we had to have. This year will be our first trading loss which has put significant pressure on all aspects of the business and its people.
Our land tax bill more than doubled this year as our broke government uses us to fund its incompetence. Hoping for a change of government next year which may help to improve confidence. Not surprised business insolvencies are at record levels.
– If an election was held in Victoria tomorrow, Labor would still win. Most Victorian voters aren’t too smart, they obviously think the massive debt accumulated is the government’s problem.
– @Peter it’s not that they aren’t smart. A large percentage rely on labour largesse for their living. Construction Unionists working on useless big build projects, the exponentially growing number of public servants, left wing students, left wing academics and those on the receiving end of all those seemingly infinite woke policies.
They created a captive voter pool. It’s now almost impossible for the libs to unpick.
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