Adam Brandt is deputy leader of the Australian Greens.
Why is there such a zeal to monitor what people do online?
-- HYPOCRITE LABOR JOINS LIBERALS TO RUSH THROUGH LEGISLATION Brandt says the public is told that there will be protection for journalists in the Bill and Labor says they'll back up the Liberal government, but no amendment has been circulated in the chamber or made publicly available and the Labor Party is prepared to take the LNP government on faith; but Greens are not. Why should parliament be required to vote on legislation without a chance to properly look through amendments: this is complicated & giving people protections from these kinds of laws is complicated. COMMENT Government intent on giving journalists protections? Got to be kidding. The police state is already violating the liberty of journalists. I'm shocked. |
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March 18, 2015
AUSTRALIA: AFP Access Journalists' Metadata / Australian Greens - STOP Data Retention
July 24, 2014
How low can Tony Abbott go?
AUSTRALIA - TONY ABBOTT'S MO
"Sometimes it’s better to ask forgiveness than permission"
SMH ArticleTony Abbott briefed Rupert Murdoch on paid parental leave before party room PUBLISHED: 11 hours 7 MINUTES AGO | UPDATE: 5 hours 50 MINUTES AGO
Madonna King, the author of Hockey: Not Your Average Joe, writes neither the Coalition party room nor the businesses who would pay a levy to fund the expensive scheme were consulted before it was announced in 2010. But Mr Abbott “conferred with one leading business figure, the media proprietor Rupert Murdoch, who had been in Australia the month before”.
“They were encouraged to support it, notwithstanding that it represented a tax impost and was skewed to be of most benefit to parents outside their middle-Australian readership,” the book says. ... The book discusses two contentious policy issues – the Green Army and the paid parental leave scheme – which it asserts involved Mr Abbott making significant policy announcements without discussing them at all, or at least in any detail, with his shadow treasurer. ...
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SMH Article Tony Abbott's green army enlisting now March 2, 2014 |
Just when you think Abbott and the Liberal party couldn't sink any lower ...
An independent blogger indicated that the Greens may oppose the PPL in senate and that without their support the Liberals won't get the legislation through [Source - here].
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