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🇦🇺 SA Labor MP, Leader Government Business in the House of Assembly, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Energy & Mining, @LFC tragic. Τὰν ἢ ἐπὶ τᾶς
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Didn’t bother you very much when the Liberal Party room removed Turnbull for Morrison & then preselected you…..the voting public didn’t have much of a say during that little exercise?
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I think
@piersmorgan
may have singlehandedly changed government policy & moved the needle. He has been a vocal critic of the UK Gov’s response so far. Something to be said for loud annoying, intelligent, curious & suspicious journalists in a time of crisis. Long may they last!
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Notice we aren’t talking about the PM & his Ministers getting free Rapid Antigen Tests anymore.
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I want to shake the hand of the Lib staffer who suggested to take the PM to the Edgeworth Tavern. What a night.
@ScottMorrisonMP
being confronted by an angry punter at the Edgeworth Tavern tonight
#auspol
@newcastleherald
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In one meeting
@Bowenchris
has done more to help progress climate & energy action than the Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison Governments combined.
We finally have a partner!
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Lucky we have a
@abcnews
National 24/7 news channel that is doing its very best to ignore internationally significant events in Russia. I mean, how could that be of any interest in Australia. Best to stick with current programming rather than be relevant.
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Appalling to see people happy Peter Dutton has Coronavirus.
Seriously people we are all in this together.
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I’ve known & seen
@AlboMP
up close for a long time now. He is a good and decent man. I trust he is the best person to lead this nation.
#AusVotes22
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Who is going to tell him?
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Actually no Prime Minister.
If it’s an Government advertisement then the authorisation should’ve been “Australian Government, Canberra.”
The only legal requirement for the use of the term Liberal Party is if they created the ad.
It seems they did, not the Australian Govt.
It is a legal requirement in Australia to include an authorisation on all video messages used on social media by Australian MPs. The video message simply communicates the Government’s policy decisions and the actions the Government is undertaking to the public.
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So a teacher can have more people in their classroom than their wedding.
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Just received an email tonight from a constituent who was waiting in line for a Covid test at Hindmarsh when a young man in the line ahead of them collapsed. These long wait times aren’t good for people’s health especially if they have a fever & are suffering from Covid.
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When this is all over, people in the UK will be glad they had journalists like
@piersmorgan
applying fierce independent scrutiny on Govt decisions relating to their management of Covid-19.
Good journalism in the right hands is a powerful public good but it’s not always pretty.
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Media 👏
pressure 👏
works 👏
BREAKING: Govt. to provide immediate free car parking for NHS & social care staff for the duration of the Coronavirus crisis.
Thank you for listening
@MattHancock
@BorisJohnson
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Why are we describing politicians by their faith? I know Dom, I worked with him while we were Treasurers of our respective states. We never discussed faith once.
Meet Dom Perrottet — the conservative Catholic and father-of-six about to take NSW's top job
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Not Curtin, Chifley, Whitlam, Hawke, Keating, Rudd or Gillard have achieved what
@AlboMP
has tonight in the modern era.
Just breathtaking.
You can add to that list Menzies, Fraser & Howard.
Albo stands alone.
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70.7% of South Australia’s electricity was generated from renewables in 2022. A new record and up from 65.7% in calendar year 2021.
By comparison, the International Energy Agency estimates
Denmark 68.9%
Ireland 33%
Germany 26%
USA 12%
China 11%
South Australia does it again!
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Someone has just been interviewed on 891 who has been in line for a Covid test for 9 hours!
9 hours!
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BREAKING: A state Liberal MP has told the ABC’s David Bevan that the Premier’s handling of “back to school” will probably cost them the election.
Even Marshall’s Lib MP think he’s doing a bad job!
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.
@JoshFrydenberg
losing his seat is not good for the country.
He is a real loss. The ripple will be a tsunami.
#AusVotes22
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Once upon a time in the Westminster system this usually led to resignation.
Morrison claimed in the parliament today that I have obtained exemptions to travel in and out of Australia, taking quarantine places from other Australians. That is an utter falsehood. I haven't left Queensland since March. Morrison has misled the parliament & he should apologise
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Little known fact- the 2013 incoming Abbott Govt handed the tender for the VIP car fleet to BMW, that sent shockwaves through GMH, (who were certain they had the best offering) so much so they contacted the then Weatherill Govt. They were worried then they were no longer welcome.
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Wow! SA Liberal Environment Minister David Speirs owns shares in a coal company.
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I’ve worked with Scott Morrison.
I like him, he is smart, didn’t often agree with him but nevertheless.
But he had one trait I particularly thought was a problem. He is very stubborn. I think we are seeing that in all its glory with keeping Schools open.
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The very moment the Liberal Party became an international joke caught on camera.
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Gaza has a population of about 2M people, HALF are children, Half!
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BREAKING Marshall Government concedes Government operated websites have redirected members of the public through the Liberal Party’s Nation Builder platform.
I’m still stunned at the size & scope of this scandal.
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Why did Marshall open the borders & let Covid into South Australia without our Hospitals being ready?
He’s trying to put the genie back in the bottle.
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Typical
@QandA
no research on what’s happening outside NSW. SA elections have independent oversight on public statements during election an campaign & the electoral commissioner can order a correction to be published. Why do I still watch this show?
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Okay this is getting ridiculous, it’s hurting my street cred!
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When Marshall said he’d deliver a “stable” government the room at the press club spontaneously laughed.
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A shiver has just gone up the coal generation industry's spine. Solar thermal just won a competitive tender for base load generation in SA.
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Today thousands of volunteers will give up their Saturday to participate in our democratic process, they will stand in the sun, they will hand out how to vote cards & represent their candidates. Be polite, be courteous, they aren’t the enemy, they all just love our state.
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I’ve been told a number of Liberal MP’s have tonight engaged QCs.
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BREAKING: An email address created for only 1 purpose by a real person, signed up to a SA Health alerts, its only activity & suddenly started receiving multiple emails from the Liberal Party.
This scandal will end careers, the question is who!
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Premier just told Parliament it would be inappropriate for him investigate who the Liberal Staffer was who urinated in an office & exposed himself in Parliament House.
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BREAKING Liberal MP Nick McBride has crossed the floor to vote against the Government.
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In my honest opinion there was nothing “rambling” about
@JennyMikakos
tweets at all. If you want to see rambling monologues about Covid conspiracies look no further than some commentators masquerading as journalists on late at night.
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Another humiliation on the policy front for Marshall.
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Well well well. Looks like Premier Marshall & Prime Minister Morrison were wrong.
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BREAKING 3 Lib MPs have again paid money back to the Parliament incorrectly claimed from Country Members Allowance.
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I defy anyone to see the images of Kurdish parents holding their injured or dead children in their arms crying why have we abandoned them & not feel anger. Anger that we asked the Kurds in our name to fight ISIS & now we abandon them to the Turkish military
#KurdsBetrayed
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Welcome Prime Minister!
There are some who speculate that PM
@ScottMorrisonMP
isn’t welcome in SA.
Not from us here in SA Labor.
We welcome the PM to Adelaide & hope he visits as often as he can over the next 5 weeks!
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The Opposition has called on Premier Marshall to resign immediately over the email scandal engulfing his Government.
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I don’t know if SA has realised the significance of the Marshall Government’s lost majority. There are now more non Government MPs than ever, the most since 1997.
Marshall now has only 21 MP’s on the floor of the HoA, he needs 24.
Traditionally he would’ve have resigned.
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Premier makes no apology for his $666M basketball stadium. It will have 11 games a year he says.
E L E V E N !
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Obviously getting very close to the bone. The more questions I ask about data harvesting from state government websites the quicker I am removed from Question Time.
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BREAKING Every regional Liberal MP just voted to stop debate on independent MP Geoff Brock’s Bill to investigate land access by Mining companies on freehold agricultural land.
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Anastasia Palaszczuk is the most successful female state leader in Australia. The only woman to win an election from Opposition. A trailblazer & I suspect because of her work she will not be the last.
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BREAKING Swings to Labor in Bragg against the Speirs Opposition. Amazing work by Alice Rolls, what a campaign.
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Any reasonable citizen who watched
@4corners
tonight would be appalled by our Govt Agencies.
Secret hearings, denied a right to consult a lawyer, using the power of the State to raid lawyers offices & free media, intimidation & revenge.
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Every time I see a BMW carrying the Australian PM or the Governor General, it reminds me of the deliberate decisions made by the Liberals to end Australian manufacturing in the name of right wing economic purity. An error Australian families continue to pay.
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We have lost a giant.
God rest Bob Hawke, a man who loved & served Australia like a loyal son.
Always devoted to fairness, equity & the rights of working men & women.
He changed Australia forever for the better & his legacy will outlast us all & hopefully guide us forward.
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Despite Marshall’s attempt to adjourn Parliament for 5 months until May 2022, the Labor Opposition & the Cross Bench have won the day. We return 30th November 2021.
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I had almost forgotten what a US President’s speech sounded like.
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BREAKING South Australia will be “islanded” from the rest of the NEM until 14/2.
No interconnection for 2 wks
We will see the value of the Tesla Battery, our renewables & our baseload Gas generation & especially, SA’s reserve back up generation the Premier has sold & derided.
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Ask yourself this question, why would any parliamentarian oppose a “Made in Australia” policy?
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South Australia's grid scale Battery in Jamestown has begun charging. Today we lead not just the nation, but the world. Some said it couldn't be done, some even said it shouldn't be done, they're all wrong.
The world's largest gridscale battery - the Hornsdale Power Reserve battery - charged for the first time at 8.36am this morning, reaching 31 MW in 2 mins. Congrats to all who collaborated to achieve this in such a short time!
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I am in awe of
@92Ash_
This young woman has devoted her life to saving others. Ash has been through the ringer. Ash was warned by Govt for speaking out (which is a breach of every democratic principle we hold dear) but Ash wasn’t deterred. I think she is an amazing role model!
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How predictable.
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I optimistically believed I’d return to some detailed & potentially shared content from the BBC or other news outlets on ABC 24 but
@abcnews
instead are sticking to regular re-runs of breakfast & now media watch.
ABC thinks nothing big happening in the world right now, like…
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Premier Marshall over the top with a partisan attack on Peter Malinauskas today. The Opposition hasn’t criticised the Govt’s health response or shut down, indeed we’ve backed them. Today was a poor partisan attack by the Premier.
A Premier should be is so much better than that.
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BREAKING Marshall Govt plunged into crisis. Now a minority government with only 22 MP’s on the floor of the House of Assembly.
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Last time I checked it was an offence to criticise a Royal Commission or a Royal Commissioner.
PM
@ScottMorrisonMP
says Ruby Princess evidence was ‘distressing’ and Bret Walker SC questioning out of line
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The Electric Vehicle Tax imposed by the
@Marshall_Steven
Government has just been repealed.
The last vestiges of the SA Liberals’ war on Clean Energy are coming to an end.
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Can you be Australian of the Year twice in a row?
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Fraser Anning is a dangerous idiot.
Some may believe he speaks for a sizeable constituency in Australia.
He doesn’t.
Our system appointed him a Senator after receiving 19 votes & he now sits in our national Parliament.
The question for us is, what are we going to do about it?
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Well Marshall’s press conference made one thing perfectly clear.
At the election he needs to go.
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So in Church this morning at Saint Anthony’s in Prospect my youngest was misbehaving.
So leaned down & told her to behave, her response will stay with me forever.
“Dad, stop it, you’re embarrassing me in front of Jesus”
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Has anyone seen the Deputy Premier of South Australia? Anyone?
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If a Minister isn’t prepared to (or just can’t) answer questions from media regarding their ministerial responsibilities then they should no longer hold office.
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I have a feeling we won’t be seeing much of the Deputy Premier Dan Van Holst Pellekaan anymore.
To lose one deputy may be regarded misfortune, to lose two looks like carelessness….
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Did the Premier just let slip South Australia has to bid to build the subs?
Why do we need to bid?
We were told the nuclear submarines would be built in Adelaide.
Has Marshall inadvertently let slip the subs build might not be in Adelaide?
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Surely no Minister can survive a refusal to answer questions in a Police investigation, it might be their right to do so personally but politically it must be untenable not to.
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Just in case anyone is in any doubt, Steven Marshall attempted to have Parliament adjourned for 5 months!
Ministers are paid $350,000 a year!
There’s urgent Legislation needed to be passed. Including Covid powers.
Any leader who can’t face parliament shouldn’t be a leader.
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I know facts aren’t important in the SA Lib Opposition but wholesale power prices in South Australia are 60% lower today than they were a year ago.
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No kidding I thought this was a parody.
@TheIPA
wants to..
▪️Scrap Naval Ship building
▪️Exit from our Paris emissions reduction targets agreement
▪️Scrap the NBN
▪️Abolish the Australian Human Rights Commission
▪️Remove IR protections for workers
Congratulations Prime Minister Morrison. Here's what we want to see out of your Prime Ministership:
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This week has changed the course of SA Politics. Data theft on an industrial scale is allegedly occurring in South Australia. Those responsible will be caught. The findings of an independent inquiry will probably define & end many careers.
The clock is ticking.
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Tell
@TurnbullMalcolm
he is the PM of the entire country not just Sydney. Grow up & do your job or get out of the way & let an adult do it.
Turnbull jokes on FIVEaa an AFL GF in Adelaide would be a daytime match, because there's no electricity for the Adelaide Oval lights...
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Stories from the election. Many of my constituents who are Covid positive or close contacts in isolation can’t register to pick up their Covid Pack vote. So far, over 110 people who have mailed their PV applications have not received their ballot papers. Unprepared much Marshall?
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Spectacular performance by
@TonyAbbottMHR
tonight. I’ve never seen anything like it, pound for pound the best wrecker I’ve seen. This man could could tear down a Liberal Nation Government singlehanded then sleep like a baby. Bloody impressive.
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Marshall has said you can’t keep Omicron out.
I suppose he would say that given his appalling unprepared performance as Premier since he opened South Australia’s borders & refused to close them when advised by Prof Spurrier to do so.
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FACT Power prices under the last 4 years of Labor were lower than the average of the last 4 years of the Marshall Government.
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My God. I’m mean the front, the audacity, it is just breathtaking.
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Paul the Ambo just told his story on 891 & anyone listening would have heard the anguish. Ramping must end.
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Victorian Liberal candidate for a South Australian seat,
@GeorginaDowner
has deleted her Twitter site. Perhaps we won’t notice Ms Downer lives in Melbourne, just started a business in Victoria & wants SA’s GST money redirected to WA.
#Auspol
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No matter what your politics is, enjoy today. All of our citizens will today participate in our democracy in a peaceful demonstration of our system of government. Thank you to all the volunteers (be nice to all of them) no matter who they are supporting & enjoy a snag.
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You can’t have a retiring Minister deliver a campaign costings brief, they can’t be held accountable for it in the next Parliament.
Lucas can say whatever he wants & face no scrutiny because he’s retiring on Saturday.
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As polling booths across SA open remember the volunteers standing all day outside offering you a How to Vote card for their candidate are volunteers. Be kind, be polite, they are your fellow citizens or neighbours, they are not your enemy.
#AusVotes2022
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Proudly raised the Ukrainian flag today at my office in solidarity with all those suffering at the hands of Putin’s aggression.
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Are we manufacturing nuclear powered submarines with Australian sovereign capability here in SA or are we assembling nuclear powered submarines we have purchased off the shelf from the UK & the US?
There is a big difference in jobs & investment in the two propositions.
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