Scott Koopman

When airlines suggest Air Services Australia would be ‘incentivized’ by paying fines for delays, yet the airlines say compensating passengers for delays ‘won’t work’… methinks it’s just an airline money-grab. smh.com.au/national/austr…

@salltweets Just remember that only people the Australian Christian Libby defines as god-created womb-bearers are capable of being parents in any capacity. 🙄

As Australia’s sex discrimination commissioner rightly goes viral for insisting that men who claim to be women need pregnancy protections in law, it’s important to put into perspective what is happening to the law: Men are getting protections they don’t need (pregnancy) while taking away protections women do need (single sex spaces & sport, etc). This is incoherent and is an embarrassment for legislators with every day the law remains this way. What you can do: email all MPs & Senators informing them that you want the sex discrimination act fixed - BACK THE BILL.

@davidtoniolo @blowingtom2 @Truth_onFire @grok Dude, I have a husband and kids I love… the best life.

@blowingtom2 @caringkiwi @Truth_onFire @grok Been unable to live yours that way :(?

I moved away from Australia, officially migrating to Switzerland, and it happened to land just before the CGT changes passed. Very happy with my decision. I'd only been residing in Australia a few months of the year for some time now. My business is international and does nothing in Australia - its customers are European and Asian. None of our staff are Australian anymore (aside from myself). The move was mostly about life. I ski, I hike, I ride downhill - Switzerland wins on all of that over the other low-tax options. It puts me around people I'm more aligned with: pro-capital, optimistic, building things. And it has me far closer to where the work actually is - half my client visits are in Germany. Tax was a factor too, I won't pretend it wasn't. But it was the last reason on the list, not the first. I love Australia. I was prepared to pay high taxes there to do my part. But its general and increasingly recent disdain for capital, for economic freedom, and the cultural shift against "the rich" had become too great for me to tolerate. I can pay high taxes. But I can't pay high taxes to people who hate me for the success I've happened to find. I worked very hard, took a lot of risk, and dealt with the shame of making what were seen as ill-advised life decisions in the eyes of my family and many of my friends for years. And on the other end, I found myself with a little luck that carried me through to a place I couldn't previously have imagined. I don't take full credit for my place in life. I was born in the right place to the right people - not rich, middle class, an accountant father and a stay-at-home mother, good parents who raised me right in a stable household - and even at the right time. But I took the opportunities luck gave me and ran the best race I could from there. I want everyone to reach financial independence. I want the world to grow wealthier. I can contribute to that vision. I will not, however, do it for people who despise the journey it takes to get there. Because that's what the resentment really is. It isn't principle - it's pessimism and envy. And more often than not it's fomented by people who were ambitious themselves, who set out to build something and fell short of their own expectations, and turned that disappointment outward - onto the people who made it, and onto the system itself.

@davidtoniolo @blowingtom2 @Truth_onFire @grok So what you’re saying is, you have developed a business where most of your clients are in Germany, travel halfway around the world is a nuisance, and you’ve relocated to be closer to your clients so you can service them more conveniently. Plus you like skiing.

@caringkiwi @blowingtom2 @Truth_onFire @grok At my company. Yes?

@davidtoniolo @blowingtom2 @Truth_onFire @grok So you got a job in Switzerland.

@caringkiwi @blowingtom2 @Truth_onFire Huh? I'm on the ordinary tax regime. @grok can you kindly explain Switzerland's ordinary tax regime and lump sum tax regime for foreigners? The key differences and use cases

@davidtoniolo @blowingtom2 @Truth_onFire So employed by someone else, not your own business?

@caringkiwi @blowingtom2 @Truth_onFire Of course I can work here 😊

@blowingtom2 @davidtoniolo @Truth_onFire Dude is going to pay a minimum of AU$800K a year in Swiss tax…and is not permitted to work in Switzerland.

@davidtoniolo @Truth_onFire Yeah ok, champ. You probably should read Switzerland migration laws before making up stories.

@sophieelsworth LOL one person (ONE!!!) had a rant at an event with a packed auditorium. Facts matter…

Julia Gillard has been heckled at a prestigious UK writers’ festival event and accused of destroying women’s rights following the controversial Tickle versus Giggle case. heraldsun.com.au/news/national/…

@fritsspits88784 @LyleShelton Lyle?

@caringkiwi @LyleShelton Coming from a man who is okay with actually abusing and bullying young women..

Kirralie is fighting in Court today because she called out biological men playing in women's soccer. She was ordered to pay $95,000 in damages. Her appeal is being heard today and tomorrow. End 🏳️‍🌈 madness, Vote 🗳️ 1 Family First. #IStandWithKirralieSmith

@Vanessa87278368 @RachaelWongAus @The_Nationals This bill was drafted by the ACL. Every woman should be concerned.

@caringkiwi @RachaelWongAus @The_Nationals That’s exactly what a man would say.

It feels like there’s been a shift today. 💥 This morning, @The_Nationals MP Alison Penfold introduced a bill to amend the Sex Discrimination Act and restore sex-based rights and protections for women and girls. 💥 Her speech was excellent, and unlike similar bills, hers was not stopped in its tracks. 💥 Then, at a press conference, she and Senator @mattjcan stood shoulder to shoulder with @salltweets - THE WOMAN who represents every woman and girl who has been vilified, punished or harmed as a result of the lie that men can be women. And Sall of course, was her usual brilliant self 👇 📣Every federal politician must work together to GET THIS DONE: womensforumaustralia.org/FixTheSDA cc: @AlboMP @AngusTaylorMP @PaulineHansonOz @larissawaters #FixTheSDA #IStandWithSallGrover #Auspol

@RachaelWongAus @The_Nationals Hey @WomensNN… there are NEVER any problems in society when we limit people based on their genitalia. 🤦🏼‍♂️

@IssyIssyIssyOi You don’t speak for me Issy. This bill (drafted by the Australian Christian Lobby) is a complete perversion of the Sex Discrimination Act’s intentions. The Act is not to create fortresses around certain categories. That’s dangerous and you should know better.

Brilliant from Alison Penfold down under 👏🏼. My only issue with her excellent speech was use of ‘LGBTQIA+ Community’. No #NotInMyName. But maybe she’s not aware of the massive cuckooing by these same people over recent years to lesbians and gay men.

@HarbrowMic47186 @GreenTyler27 Does ‘emotionality’ exclude someone from leadership, Mick? 9news.com.au/videos/pauline…

@GreenTyler27 I totally agree @GreenTyler27. But I don't necessarily appreciate an opening speech with tears and sharing of one's sexuality. I just think it's not appropriate and turns me off. I will still vote One Nation but glad he's not in my electorate. We need leadership not emotionality.

I think this actually proves a very important point. One Nation being the most right-leaning major party in Australia does not mean every member has to fit some cartoon “far-right” stereotype people online invent. You can support lower immigration levels overall while still liking immigrants as individuals. You can be conservative and be gay. You can support engineering-backed energy policy that actually delivers reliable and affordable power for Australians without that having anything to do with sexuality or ideological tribalism. Most normal Australians care far more about whether the lights stay on and whether they can afford groceries than whether politicians fit neatly into online labels.

@GreenTyler27 Quite right, Tyler. One Nation is a broad church for antisemites, homophobes, wife beaters and rapists too. abc.net.au/news/2026-04-0…

@RoadknightThe ‘Heckled by their own’ why, because only the Left can write? What a dumb statement. There was one idiot who started yelling. One. In a packed auditorium. One. 🙄

The Left always end up eating their own. "Julia Gillard has been heckled at a prestigious UK writers’ festival event and accused of destroying women’s rights following the controversial Tickle versus Giggle case. "In front of a packed crowd at the annual world-famous literary event, the Hay Festival at Hay-on-Wye in Wales, the former prime minister spoke about the importance of women being treated fairly and the challenges they face in politics. "But the evening panel discussion, which this masthead attended, took an embarrassing turn for Ms Gillard as it was wrapping up – she was heckled by a visibly annoyed attendee sitting several rows back from the stage. "Unlike many other panels at the popular literary festival no opportunity was given for the crowd to ask questions in the final minutes of the panel discussion. "This drew the ire of the female attendee who stood up on her chair and yelled out, “What about Sall Grover” to Ms Gillard. "The female protester held up a giant banner that read, ‘Julia Gillard, DESTROYER OF WOMEN’S RIGHTS”." heraldsun.com.au/news/national/…

@009Kat @PMalinauskasMP @AshtonHurn Yes, it is a fringe issue dominated by religious extremists who often cross over with other bigotry (transphobia, homophobia, racism) and veer towards Nazi-style nationalism. Our society deserves better than a takeover by these zealots.

Hey @PMalinauskasMP do you still consider women’s sex based rights a “niche issue”? @AshtonHurn

@RachaelWongAus @The_Nationals This bill is a complete perversion of the Sex Discrimination Act as originally conceived. The SDA was created to remove discriminatory barriers in society, not to create exclusionary fortresses.

@Aimee35990577 @RachaelWongAus @The_Nationals It’s not name-calling, Aimée. It’s a statement of fact.

@caringkiwi @RachaelWongAus @The_Nationals The issue at hand matters a great deal to me, Scott. Your name calling attempts do not.

@Martina The problem with advancing legislation drafted by extremist religious lobby groups is who they will exclude next, Martina. Lesbians are not high on their fan list, except when you promote their cause. Then you’ll be discarded. Margaret Atwood said it best.

I am so sorry. I thought Tom Steyer was a serious man. I thought he was a smart man. I was wrong. This is beyond stupid. Wtaf???