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The boat with illegal arrivals was turned back before any members of the new government were sworn in therefore they had no part in the decision. The turnback was done under existing laws enacted by the previous government.

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The winner of the debate depends on which party one votes for. The winner will only become PM if two things happen, firstly that the voters in their electorate choose to vote them back in and, secondly, if the party decides to keep them as leader. On that leadership question, I’m appalled that one of the teal independents has stated that she will only support the coalition if Morrison is not the leader. These teal people, most of whom are not short of a quid, want to wreck the economy with an impossible 60% carbon target by 2030, force everyone to buy an EV and now they want to tell the voting public who they will choose to be PM.  My wish is that one of the parties gains at least 76 seats and no independents will force either major party to dance to their tune. We have seen this movie before and it wasn’t pretty. Julia Gillard made that famous statement about no carbon tax which she believed and the Greens forced her to adopt a carbon tax as a condition of their support. She didn’t lie but the Greens made her change Labor’s policy which rebounded on Gillard.

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It is presumed that Albanese has declared that he has no allegiance to Italy, the homeland of his father, and has documented proof of such a statement?

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I wonder what your age is, Marten, I’ve lived through more election than I care to admit and each and every one of them, regardless of which party was in power, had extra funding leading up to the election. The “sweeteners” are never in safe seats, only swinging seats and seats with a wafer thin margin.

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How right Beemee, Australia has a trillion $ debt, budget deficits for years to come and all the media can come up with is the transgender garbage about men who want to be women athletes. That group is probably 0.000001% of the population and it’s a headline issue. Surely the economy and security is more important? Everybody has a past, even me, and what is the use of dragging things up that, in the overall scheme of things are irrelevant? It all should come down to which side is better to run Australia, the rest is fluff.

 

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Good one, PlanB, did you also write the ads about the government giving aged pensioners a cash card and restricting their withdrawals? Stuart Robert was the minister who stopped RoboDebt when it was found to be illegal by the courts, not Ruston.

And Farside, perhaps giving that quote its full context would show that Ruston was talking about those recipients who have been recommended by the Family Responsibilities Commission. Further, there was an  amendment to the legislation stating that no recipient of the age pension … will be placed on the cashless debit card, with the exception of those who volunteer or are referred by child protection, social workers or the commission.  

I note that Labor will cancel the system that was designed to protect vulnerable families where the money was used for alcohol and gambling, not for food and clothing for families. That will be a backward step.

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On the latest topic, the person who was filming the PM and ended up with a tirade of personal abuse has been identified as an active member of the Labor party. His efforts brought criticism of the Labor party and not the PM. The man at the Edgeworth Tavern was listened to by the PM and his minders took him aside to try and identify the actual problems. The man has since been quoted as saying that he was a lifelong Labor voter but will not be voting Labor this time.

The comment about holding a hose was 3 years ago and, as someone has written, the PM took his family away on a promised holiday and left someone in charge who didn’t do his job.

 

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The Greens are a great concern with their policies that firstly cannot be implemented and, secondly, will destroy Australia. How does any government legislate to single out those who are wealthy? What will be the criteria to measure wealth and what will be the lower end of that measure? The Greens want to stop all mining and gas exploration immediately and want a 50% reduction in CO by 2030 which will greatly reduce the income from taxes and royalties which will need to be replaced and that will be higher taxation. Base load power will stop as there will be no fuels to keep power stations operating and there goes the last vestiges of major manufacturing in Australia.

Labor has declared that it will not collaborate with the Greens to form government in the event of a hung parliament but Bandt not only wants to support Labor but also wants a ministerial position for a Green member. I recall a previous Green/Labor agreement being signed with much fanfare and sudden;y we had a carbon tax. Gillard has been wrongly accused of lying with her pledge about not having a carbon tax under the government she led. A lie is, by definition, an intentionally false statement and the carbon tax only came to be because the Greens insisted on it as a part of the agreement. What will the Greens want if they are required to join with Labor this time? The Greens deserve to be last on any voting slip regardless of which way one votes. They will destroy Australia.

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Oh, KSS, you have given me a great idea. Hubby can state that he chooses to be known as a woman, we get divorced because I claim I don’t want to be married to a woman and we both get single pensions. He will my lodger, get a rent subsidy and the rent will be just below the amount I am allowed to earn without affecting my single pension.

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We recently binge watched Line of Duty and rate it very highly. Rating shows 1 to 10 is certainly a very personal choice and it would be fair to say that very, very few lists would be identical. My husband and I can’t agree on number 1 let alone another 9.

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The debt that has been created was to deal with the economic side of the pandemic and has kept a lot of businesses afloat and, more importantly, kept a lot of key staff for those businesses so that they could continue trading as quickly as possible. The vaccines have had to be paid for and not only has the cost of the vaccines been carried by the government but the cost of administering the doses so that those of us who chose to have the vaccine have done so free of cost. When the debt is compared with GNP it is quite within reason and our international credit rating is still high.

The Chinese problem started because Australia asked a simple question about the origin of COVID-19. China resented the question and immediately started its bully boy tactics firstly through the barley exports and subsequently through other trade goods. As a proud Australian, I’m pleased that our government has stood up to the bullies and has quickly moved to find other markets for our produce and ores. The signing of the AUKUS agreement together with the Five Eyes agreement should make China think twice about any military action against Australia. China has been spoiling for a fight for many years and has tried to take over the South China Sea as well as islands that do not belong to them.

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I use Goliath brand, an Aldi product, and that decision is not intended to start an argument about which brand is better. I would, however, like to offer a couple of suggestions that have made my use of cling wrap easier. Firstly, I change to position of the roll so that instead of the cling wrap unrolling from the top, it unrolls from the bottom and secondly, I push the tabs located either end of the box in to anchor the roll.

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