Rita Mallia
@silentrita
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Proud trade unionist and CFMEU offiical and member.
Joined September 2011
45 years to the day.. give or take... our first overseas show ... got there the day before so all a bit of a blur due to my first experience of jet lag still... some kind of fun....
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“So there we were, just me and my toy, having a quiet babycino after a nightmare week at daycare and this creepy old dude squats down beside me, grabs my toy and tells me how good coal is. Spare me.”
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High time for a Royal Commission into the AFP, including their Heydon RC dirty tricks task force. Or maybe a Federal ICAC with jurisdiction over AFP? #auspol #ausunions
AFP officers colluded in corruption and the coercion of others. AFP can’t say if any have been charged! @AusFedPolice @ACLEIGovAu @KKeneally #policeofficer #corruption #law Sacked AFP officers accused of being in ‘mafia-style group’ https://t.co/dHa5cAulpD via @dailytelegraph
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What a f****** joke. ScoMo and his cronies have set up a protection racket for their corrupt banking exec mates. Dodgy execs won’t receive fines for ripping off consumers yet CFMEU officials are slapped with huge penalties for keeping workers safe. #auspol
afr.com
Big fines for financial services executives of up to $1 million have been scrapped under draft legislation designed to improve individual accountability.
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Heritage is meaningless in NSW if we let Willow Grove go
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The people don’t have a Plan B for this Parramatta treasure. It’s the proponents of the Powerhouse behemoth who need a Plan B.
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Australia's biggest workers compensation system faces looming financial disaster
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An investigation into Australia's workers compensation system reveals how "immoral and unethical" practices are leaving many workers sicker than when they entered the system.
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Disturbing conversation between employer and QBE insurance over workers compensation revealed https://t.co/u5Q7laomhl via @ABCaustralia
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An investigation into the handling of workers compensation claims by one of the country’s biggest insurers, QBE, gives a rare insight into practices including altered evidence, doctor shopping and...
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Should the government keep running up debt to get us out of the crisis? Overwhelmingly, economists say yes
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44 of the 50 leading economists surveyed by Economic Society and The Conversation back running up more debt to support the economy. Only three do not.
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The challenge being how to use a global health crisis as a pretext to cut workers wages, trouser more exec bonuses, pay even less tax. Like a lounge of egg sucking goannas. #auspol #ausunions
Several @AusChamber member CEO’s ‘zooming’ with Treasurer @JoshFrydenberg today Discussed wide range of COVID-19 response & planning issues CEO’s acknowledged positive Gov’t (s) & National Cabinet contributions 👍 Also mapped out some challenges ahead #auspol
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Meanwhile... Why is George Pell allowed to travel to Sydney from Melbourne when the rest of us are all is isolation and lock down? Surely he must be subject to the same rules as everyone re travel?
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I make no comment about today’s High Court decision. But I have a message for every single victim and survivor of child sex abuse: I see you. I hear you. I believe you. https://t.co/gu9Tkw2CLu
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High Court 7-0 after not viewing video evidence has overturned a 12-0 jury verdict and effectively found a miscarriage of justice. Let that sink in. Now let's see sealed evidence to the Royal Commission other matters involving Pell.
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Get out the mobiles. Film them then let the media shame them.
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