David Marler

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2024-09-19 03:31:43

Populist politicians ignore research to use incarceration "as a last resort", writes retired magistrate & economist Jim Coombs. If we as a nation keep locking up 10 year olds & kids with adults then we're just going to churn out hardened criminals. #qldpol
https://johnmenadue.com/lock-em-up-or-maybe-not

2024-09-18 07:00:55

There is only one thing that frightens me more than Peter Dutton smiling. It's Jarrod Bleijie. #qldpol
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2024-09-17 09:04:01

Asked about the recent 4.7 earthquake near Muswellbrook & the proposed nuclear reactor, Barnaby Joyce said he was at the RSL club the next day. "A chimney fell over and maybe a couple of windows broke out." #auspol https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/sustainability/literally-science-barnaby-joyce-dee-madigan-trade-verbal-barbs-over-nuclear-power-stance-on-abcs-qa/news-story/146fd28d8bed5095fb1471291a5a3dd8

2024-09-15 09:50:24

As the Queensland election campaign gets underway, Matty is cosplaying North Qld separatist & having a bit of a crack at state politics. However, his LNP colleague David Crisafulli has agreed to Steven Miles' signature transport policy. #qldpol
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2024-09-14 22:19:28

Qld LNP OL David Crisafulli is expected to unveil his ghost bus today for the state election campaign. #qldpol https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/ghost-bus-the-scomo-express-hits-the-runway-rather-than-the-road-20181105-p50e2g.html

2024-09-14 02:36:06

What if instead of prosecuting kids as adults, lowering the criminal responsibility to age 10 & suspending the human rights act, we had a bit more of a look at the early education side of things? Might not completely solve youth crime problems. #qldpol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-14/this-school-used-to-be-violent-now-its-a-model/103706666

2024-09-13 06:31:05

APS commissioner apologises for the damage to people from the Robodebt scheme which resulted in 97 breaches of the public service code of conduct. 12 of those were by DHS secretary Kathryn Campbell & 13 by secretary Renee Leon. Sanctions are limited to current staff. #auspol
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2024-09-08 00:28:58

South Australia doing exceedingly well on the renewable energy front. Peter Dutton & David Littleproud will be out to wreck it. Really don't want the Qld LNP controlled federal Liberal Party taking over the state party right now. #saparli https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/08/south-australia-renewable-energy-targets-international-template-solar-power

2024-09-05 01:02:43

ABC News Qld in 2014 looking into the claims by the Newman government that crime dropped by 10% (later inflated to 11%) but finding it was really 2.1%.
David Crisafulli likely to do similar with youth crime stats by shifting kids to adult crime. #qldpol https://youtu.be/4gMThEHcLek

2024-09-01 04:26:23

Despite Peter Dutton not attending the state Liberal Party meeting, Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff talked him up as PM next year. He predicted a "blue wave" after the CLP (orange & black) win in NT & is certain David Crisafulli will be Qld Premier. #auspol https://www.aap.com.au/news/premier-talks-up-peter-dutton-despite-non-attendance/

2024-09-01 00:18:51

A Peter Dutton nuclear energy goto is Ontario. The energy mix is 51% nuclear, 25% gas, 21% hydro & 3% wind. It powers 2 million homes but has produced 3 million waste bundles stored onsite. Power bills are mid-range among Canada's provinces. It will cost tens of billions to refurbish. #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-09-01/what-australia-can-learn-from-canada-nuclear-experience/104271600

2024-08-30 09:34:40

I think what the Qld LNP will do if they get control of Queensland in October is disrupt the renewables progress as much as possible & chase away investors from the state. David Crisafulli will be under constant pressure from Peter Dutton. #auspol
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/29/australias-electricity-grid-to-remain-reliable-if-renewable-projects-delivered-on-time-and-in-full-aemo-says

2024-08-26 08:52:30

Peter Dutton has linked the right to disconnect to the Greens to productivity downturn to the RBA Governor to higher interest rates. We're in an age where any old claim will do it seems. #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-11/peter-dutton-vows-repeal-right-to-disconnect/103453148

2024-08-18 04:43:43

The NSW Liberal Party council election nominations saga has reached the "integrity of democracy" stage. Urgent legal action against the NSW Electoral Commission threatened. #nswpol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2024/aug/18/australia-news-live-david-littleproud-insiders-palestinian-visas-nsw-liberal-party-extension-rejected-logies?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-66c177d78f083bf3c32b919e#block-66c177d78f083bf3c32b919e
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2024-08-18 02:02:00

Asked if he supports the government's Future Made In Australia plan, David Littleproud attacks renewables, industrial relations & Andrew Forrest. David Speers explains the tax production credits apply if the company is producing. Resumes with attacks on subsidies. #auspol
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2024-08-18 01:33:16

David Littleproud corrects himself on a government set renewables "cap" to "mix". A Qld LNP dominated federal government likely to create uncertainty for Australia's renewable energy investors while distracting with nuclear reactors & attacking "born billionaires". #auspol
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2024-08-18 01:20:11

Qld LNP federal MP for Maranoa, David Littleproud, once said he wanted his seat to become the "renewable energy electorate". He talked up solar & wind being wanted by Western Downs shire. So what's changed? #auspol
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2024-08-18 00:18:15

David Littleproud on Insiders indicating some sort of Coalition policy on the education curriculum & mentioning his father Brian was a teacher. He was also a member of the Joh Bjelke-Petersen government. Education minister after Joh's demise. #auspol https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/warwick/it-was-like-royalty-coming-to-our-place/news-story/8a3405044806421c08b9e8353ad90490

2024-08-17 06:03:26

Peter Dutton has constantly insisted that he's the strong man on national security. While he was alarming of external threats throughout his tenure as Home Affairs minister a terrorist group was radicalising inside his home state of Queensland. #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/17/how-the-trains--brought-terror-to-wieambilla-shootings-ntwnfb

2024-08-17 02:16:38

Hornsby Mayor Philip Ruddock will not contest the NSW council elections after losing a preselection ballot. He's endorsed councillor Nathan Tilbury for the role. Tilbury resigned from the Liberal Party 2 days before the failed nomination scandal. #nswpol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/17/nsw-councillor-nathan-tilbury-all-smiles-after-leaving-liberal-party-days-before-nomination-fiasco-ntwnfb

2024-08-15 21:48:35

David Crisafulli was making payments to liquidators of Southern Edge Training while a shadow minister & as OL. He's avoided questions on a 2019 report indicating the company was trading insolvent when he was director by referring to a 2018 speech. #qldpol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-16/david-crisafulli-paid-200000-settling-claims-from-liquidators/104229440

2024-08-02 22:50:54

"To the people of WA, under the government I lead there will be no Makarrata, there will be no revisiting of truth-telling, and the $450 million dollars the government wasted on the Voice was an outrage." Peter Dutton rejects bipartisan call. #auspol https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/albanese-says-global-demand-for-green-resources-is-the-best-economic-opportunity-for-remote-communities/kdf6gs48o

2024-07-30 09:48:40

Revelations today that Qld LNP OL David Crisafulli may have been a director & CEO of Southern Edge Training trading insolvent before it collapsed in 2016. Of the Qld commercial TV networks tonight, Ch7 & Ch9 did not report on it. Ch10 aired 26 seconds of coverage. #qldpol
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2024-07-27 08:15:21

Peter Dutton prepares the Victorian Liberal Party to take government & pledges to eradicate indoctrination from classrooms. The party will consider removing the state nuclear ban & rescind commitments to net zero emissions. #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/27/coalition-has-a-real-chance-to-oust-labor-government-at-next-election-peter-dutton-tells-party-faithful

2024-07-27 01:20:47

Steve Price & Campbell Newman kicking off the age-old death tax scare campaign for Victoria. Steve has threatened to leave again. #springst
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2024-07-26 03:49:18

The 2022 Richards Inquiry recommended Queensland end the practise of police investigating police & establish an independent integrity commission. However, it hasn't progressed beyond the parliamentary committee & this term of government is nearly over. #qldpol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/26/queensland-corruption-watchdog-criticises-labor-for-stalling-progress-on-police-integrity-body

2024-07-25 23:12:25

Qld LNP's hard right man Jarrod Bleijie has labelled pill testing as "soft" & weakening of drug laws. However, operators of the clinics see it as intervention. Many try drugs at schoolies for the first time. #qldpol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/25/pill-testing-schoolies-gold-coast-queensland-government-roll-out

2024-07-22 22:06:45

Despite Qld LNP OL David Crisafulli denying nuclear energy is planned, Peter Dutton announced a small modular reactor for Mount Murchison near Biloela in the Queensland state seat of Callide & federal seat of Flynn. It's the first site he's visited so far. #qldpol https://x.com/7NewsCQ/status/1815310826128978347?t=h7PDMcuAyx5m3KIR15lesA&s=19

2024-07-15 10:04:15

Trumpism has it's roots in kayfabe & neokayfabe. Donald Trump grew up watching McMahon family wrestling. Later it was Vince McMahon who taught him how to captivate a crowd. Everything you see is fake except the bits you think are real. https://edition.cnn.com/2024/02/13/business/vince-mcmahon-wwe-netflix-wrestling/index.html

2024-07-14 22:13:42

"They are putting these on a trajectory that will ensure they reoffend". Through the use of flying squads, Qld Police Taskforce Guardian targeting youth offenders is making arrests but the problem is it's putting young, new kids into the system. #qldpol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jul/15/queensland-youth-crime-crackdown-watch-house-detention-system-law-changes-ntwnfb

2024-07-08 08:04:41

Senator Tim Ayres with a couple of important points on the Qld LNP conference in relation to nuclear energy.
(OL David Crisafulli refuses to take it as policy to us Queenslanders in October. The Qld LNP driven Coalition are going to force this on Australia). #auspol
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2024-07-06 22:21:23

Peter Dutton has declared to the Qld LNP that the nuclear energy plan is policy, describing it as "visionary". Qld state OL David Crisafulli will be forced to accept the plan. David Littleproud insists all Australian premiers will accept their mandate. #auspol
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2024-07-06 01:53:14

Flashback to the Qld LNP state conference of 2017. The motion to ban headscarves for Muslim school girls was passed. #qldpol https://youtu.be/W5asFMz5L10

2024-07-06 01:45:53

How Ch7, Ch9, Ch10 & SBS covered Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja accusing Peter Dutton of bigotry & Islamophobia over the "Muslim candidates from western Sydney" comments. #auspol
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2024-06-28 07:44:50

Senator Bridget McKenzie was on ABC News earlier this afternoon claiming no country runs on 100% renewable energy. There are 7. Albania, Bhutan, Ethiopia, Iceland, Nepal, Paraguay and the Democratic Republic of Congo. #auspol
https://planetark.org/newsroom/news/seven-countries-worldwide-now-achieve-100-per-cent-renewable-electricity

2024-06-26 08:33:26

Queensland had three different premiers in 1989 - Mike Ahern, Russell Cooper & Wayne Goss. In 2020, Mike Ahern spoke about his time as premier. In addition to implementing the Fitzgerald Inquiry, he received the first warnings about climate change. #qldpol https://youtu.be/A6Vw1grUPVE

2024-06-25 07:16:24

It's state of origin week. If you live outside Qld or NSW & are wondering who to support, the Queenslander! chant is a 3/4 beat increasing in tempo. All Qld children are taught to resist our NSW overlords. #Origin
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2024-06-23 22:02:07

Stop the repudiations of Peter Dutton. Campbell Newman has popped up to assist old mate David Crisafulli out of his tiny target shell & back nuclear reactors for Qld. There's no renewable energy policy despite pretending to back emissions reduction. #qldpol https://www.skynews.com.au/opinion/outsiders/david-crisafulli-repudiated-peter-dutton-over-nuclear-policy/video/76def82e142dab11a640657efe1e34bf

2024-06-22 04:51:55

Qld LNP shadow energy minister Deb Frecklington is currently shouting down pumped hydro. It's not that long ago she was OL hellbent on the Bradfield water scheme. 2 years after the election the science came in - would have been $20b down the drain. #qldpol
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/water-scheme-beloved-by-the-nationals-would-pump-20-billion-down-the-drain-20220908-p5bgdu.html

2024-06-16 09:18:43

Peter Dutton blames unions for the housing crisis in Australia. Something about the "stop & go people", the CFMEU, John Setka, bikies brawling on building sites and the threatening of the AFL. #auspol
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2024-06-13 06:02:17

No action in Tourism Australia NACC referral. "Prior to the referral, the matter had already been fully investigated, the employees terminated and the funds repaid, so there was nothing that the commission could now usefully add to the process." #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-13/nacc-drops-probe-into-tourism-australia/103974138

2024-06-11 23:06:09

Peter Dutton's coal to nuclear plan is inextricably linked to the Qld LNP's congenital climate change denial & all pretence is gone. The tactics of fear dissemination, uncertainty & doubt are all there in his 2030 target claim of "unachievable". #qldpol https://reneweconomy.com.au/dutton-confirms-nuclear-push-and-climate-denial-go-hand-in-hand-the-pretence-has-gone/

2024-06-10 09:05:42

"We do not manufacture or export missiles or any components that are used in other countries." Chief executive of Varley Rafael Australia, Ben Walter, says the Hunter based company doesn't export weapons or components to Israel. #auspol https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/10/australian-company-varley-rafael-australia-israel-parts-missiles-gaza-war-palestine

2024-06-10 04:39:30

David Littleproud has accused Mike Cannon-Brookes & Simon Holmes à Court of self-interest in Australia's climate change response. He highlights transitioning coal power plants to nuclear as a way of achieving the Paris Agreement & warns of 3% interest rate rises & agriculture tariffs. #auspol
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2024-06-10 01:23:34

No details today on the coal energy to nuclear plan or where reactors would go. In Queensland, to enact the policy the Qld LNP would need to change state legislation & prolong the use of the public owned coal power stations. The state election is scheduled for October. #qldpol
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2024-06-07 02:32:04

Peter Dutton asked where Victoria's nuclear reactors are going but he begins talking about the Victorian government's debt, no road upgrades, no school investments & no more police. Unfortunately, the ABC feed is cut before we get to the nuclear answer. #auspol
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2024-06-06 11:57:10

Walloped by a man with a pamphlet? Queensland is about to get Newmaned. Most media has accepted David Crisafulli's small target strategy. Not really questioning him about what he's going to do as premier, just brooding over the polling numbers. Apathy & complacency. #qldpol
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2024-06-06 11:10:50

The Robodebt royal commission began before the NACC existed. If you were starting from scratch now, you wouldn't call a RC, you'd refer it to the NACC. Justice Catherine Holmes' work is exemplary. The NACC has effectively peer-reviewed it & said, this is the report we'd produce. #auspol
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2024-06-05 08:44:52

Be on the lookout for fake Chris Kenny and fake Bridget McKenzie giving financial advice. #auspol
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2024-06-04 05:21:49

"Electrons on the grid in a 10-year period." Shadow energy minister Ted O'Brien pledges nuclear reactors for Australia & is asked if the Coalition will release it's coal to nuclear energy details before the mid-winter parliamentary break. #auspol
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2024-05-31 22:30:38

Bruce Lehrmann will represent himself in his appeal against his defamation loss. #auspol https://x.com/10NewsFirst/status/1796438958466834731?t=6OUjtyG9o11br4ENvgu8bg&s=19

2024-05-26 22:13:09

WA Liberals will go to the next election supporting extending coal & gas power. They'd consider a nuclear energy business case from Peter Dutton for the future. #wapol https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/2024/05/26/wa-liberals-reject-dutton-nuclear-plan

2024-05-22 03:36:51

Qld LNP's David Littleproud still wont reveal the details but he now says nuclear reactors will be built "close" to the existing coal power stations. They are targeting 6-7 sites. (The easiest ones to secure would be the Qld owned ones with David Crisafulli as premier.) #qldpol
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2024-05-21 23:23:25

CSIRO estimates nuclear power to be at least 50% more expensive than wind & solar power backed by batteries. Brace for more derision from Peter Dutton but the better way would be to release his coal to nuclear plan with the Queensland sites. #qldpol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-22/nuclear-power-double-the-cost-of-renewables/103868728

2024-05-21 04:41:05

Peter Dutton is telling Australians the housing issues only began 2 years ago. It's been a worsening problem for decades. The Coalition could have addressed it if they wanted to. This was the Hockeynomics response in 2015. #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-06-09/joe-hockey-accused-of-insensitivity-over-sydney-house-prices/6532630

2024-05-21 03:37:14

Colin Boyce is the former Qld LNP MP for the state seat of Callide & current fed MP for Flynn. He's volunteered the electorates for nuclear reactors. Under the Qld LNP, coal power would be extended while hindering the state's renewables progress. They have begun targeting power hubs at Gladstone. #qldpol
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2024-05-16 01:04:18

Gina Rinehart doesn't want this portrait of her seen.
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2024-05-13 08:46:24

Tonight's Ch7 report from Townsville. The list of nuclear reactor sites for North Queensland have been made public by the group advising the Qld LNP. Peter Dutton & David Littleproud will need David Crisafulli as Qld premier to make the state legislative changes. #qldpol https://twitter.com/7NewsTownsville/status/1789932341898493999?t=pU3tHdwC65ZnqFaCtWRsQg&s=19

2024-05-12 08:14:36

If you haven't already, you'll start seeing the Qld LNP ads with the state director authorisation at the bottom or end as B Riley. Ben was suspended in 2013 for 6 months for taking a pair of RM Williams boots from a stand outside the LNP convention. It was dismissed as a prank & he was soon back rising through the ranks. #qldpol https://www.smh.com.au/national/disgraced-young-lnp-star-comes-back-to-the-fold-20140126-31gtd.html

2024-03-13 05:44:03

"This wouldn't cost the Australian taxpayer a cent." David Littleproud knows a bloke in central Queensland that is ready to pop a small modular nuclear reactor into their mine giving them a 14% premium for their coal. It'll pay for itself, he claims. #auspol
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