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@Paul__Templeton Ok, even accepting your point of view, how is it that having opposing points of view is incompatible with a system of government that allows citizens to make a choice either way? Parties don't need to agree, just win a majority and govern on the basis of their own policies. 🤔

It’s not reductive — it’s precise. This isn’t a normal Left vs Right political disagreement. It’s a fundamental philosophical incompatibility: One side believes the state is sovereign and can lawfully redefine the nation, its identity, and its people without consent. The other side believes the state only exists to serve the historic Australian people under the original constitutional compact. Australia’s system was never designed for the state to become sovereign over the people. That shift happened through judicial reinterpretation (Engineers’ Case) and legal positivism — not through any democratic mandate from the Australian people. So yes, when the managerial state claims the right to fundamentally change the country without consent, rejecting that claim is not “rejecting democracy.” It’s defending the original Australian compact. There is no middle ground between “the state owns the nation” and “the nation owns the state.” That’s the actual divide.

A lot of people are getting upset by these posts, so let me be very clear. This is not about Left versus Right. This is about two completely different philosophical positions that cannot coexist: * One side believes the state is sovereign and can redefine the nation, its identity, and its people at will. * The other side believes the state exists to serve the historic Australian people under the original constitutional compact. These are not political disagreements. They are fundamentally incompatible views of reality. Only one of these philosophies can ultimately prevail. The state has spent decades pushing its version without ever asking the Australian people for their consent. That’s why the tension is growing. This isn’t about “left-wing” or “right-wing.” This is about whether Australia still belongs to its own people — or whether the managerial state now owns the nation. There is no middle ground between these two positions.

@Paul__Templeton @OMGTheMess How did they change the intent of the Constitution? Labor would love to deny entry to the Isis brides. But they would get sued by those women's lawyers. Because the Constitutive is so clear that the courts will enforce it. Justice is blind, it doesn't bend to popular opinion

If it wasn't for legal positivism allowing the elite to gain control and change the original constitutional intent, the government could put it to the referendum. The philosophical changes to how law is taught say it's a good thing to allow evolution to the interpretation of the constitution. I don't disagree, but what we now have is an absolute mess. We have gone from a very high trust society to a point that now is the lowest level recorded. The system needs radical reform but the current dominant philosophy embedded through all the major parties, executive and courts won't do this. Lawyers have done this.

Laws exist to deny these ISIS supporters a passport Why were they not used?

Here's a test for Sydneysiders.. Where was this photo taken? My apartment is the location, but in which street and suburb? 🤔😁 #QUIZ #Sydney

@Salty_Plumz @goodfoodgal Registered where as a corporation? That's how registers work, they're publicly accessible. So, would love to see this source 🤔. Why is it I know you have no legal training given this post?

@goodfoodgal In any other corporation, (and Australia IS registered as one) the people responsible would be held accountable and fired. Why do we put up with this shit? These people have to be jailed. It's outrageous. They go home and laugh that they're getting away with this shit.

Criminals.

@BarackObama When someone sends a message of tolerance which aims to promote the rejection of violence, please accept it. This is yet another abhorrent event showing this era's hate which I fear our descendants will study in future years with dismay. What legacy can we leave instead?

Although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind last night's shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it’s incumbent upon all us to reject the idea that violence has any place in our democracy. It’s also a sobering reminder of the courage and sacrifice that U.S. Secret Service Agents show every day. I’m grateful to them – and thankful that the agent who was shot is going to be okay.

@newagemaker1 @Thejimpenman Different issues. Agree student debt is a travesty as a budget source. But the economics & trade dynamics behind gas exports are complex, so I struggle to believe an X keyboard warrior has a better strategy than our govt who has no interest in not capturing all gas profits 😏

@luke7776 @Thejimpenman Newsflash - When the Aus. Govt. gets more from student debt and alcohol, we can conclude that Australia ISN'T getting its fair share.

Japan stockpiles 200 days of fuel. China stockpiles 4 months. Australia has almost none. We sit on enormous coal, gas and oil reserves. The government blocks us from using these reserves. National security failure dressed up as climate policy.

@SteveMacDonal17 @TimHannan @elonmusk They might actually help though 😅

@TimHannan @elonmusk you might want to take a break from drugs as well🤡😳

If they’re willing to die to assassinate, imagine what they will do if they gain political power

@newagemaker1 @Thejimpenman

@Thejimpenman Explain how most of Australia's gas is exported, how half of it doesn't even attract any royalties, and how the Japanese govt makes more out of our gas exports than Australia's govt does? Explain why we have to reimport our own gas to make up shortfalls

@roller2426 @Thejimpenman Because Japan builds homes which have to be replaced every 30 years Max, and still use kerosene as a key heating source even today? Plus nuclear plants at risk of destruction from tsunamis? Nah!

@Thejimpenman Japan are sophisticated. Australia is the land of sheeple.

@MarkoMatvikov @DrDunnyKruger Geez, maybe some of those countries have attributes Australia aspires too, but there are major downsides too. Singapore is so strict, you can't even spit! Japan's economy and birth rate are tanking. China controls everyone. Australia has somehow figured out how to survive 🇦🇺😊

I’m inspired by different things in different countries, but we need to chart our own course. Singapore, Japan, US, Nordics, China all have things I’d want to see more of here - I know that’s a list that can seem contradictory, but the point is to take the best parts and leave the worst parts.

I can't stand how aimless we are as a nation. We don't seem to ask where we're going. We basically just fight about which fires to put out along the way. What population do we want? Why? What happens when we get there? Most of us seem to agree GDP growth at any cost has its downsides - yet this is what our major parties prioritise. We can all agree high unemployment is bad - but what's the point of working if you're drowning in financial quicksand? Shouldn't the objective be to grow our economy with a stable population? Shouldn't we strive to build sustainable systems with increasing living standards? Do we want a big Australia or a great Australia?

@Ministerformen9 @RobMessenger2 @Adam_Creighton @AlboMP Authority and executive power only exist if a law defines them... So, are you saying only individual citizens can pass laws or exercise any authority, if we take those functions away from MPs and departments? Sounds like a recipe for anarchy 😬

when we empower politicians with law, their top priority is self-protection & preservation of same, antithesis of building a nation. You need to disconnect authority & law making, this is only way to keep politicians honest and focused. Who is going to jail for Snowy Hydro 40B blow out or Vic GOVT union travesty ? Why are public servant still allowed to serve who played ANY roles in these or any other GOVT fiasco ? Why are politicians allowed to lie with impunity? Should there not be consequences ? You see what happens when theres not..... There is no justice or fairness in this country, and it wont happen until you transfer power and increase accountability and transparency

After almost four years of the Albanese government, it’s time to declare it worse than Gough Whitlam’s. theaustralian.com.au/commentary/mov…

@Ministerformen9 @RobMessenger2 @Adam_Creighton @AlboMP Thanks for the detail, I appreciate it. I am interested how law making can continue in this scenario if the elected party cannot pass legislation.. Btw, I'm not volunteering to take on the dull task of negotiating legislation, MPs get paid enough to at least take that on 😝

1)Remove preferential voting 2) Undo changes put in place to make life impossible for alternate parties 3) Only allow taxpayers to vote 4) No voting rights for immigrants until 15 years without any crimes and paying taxes 5) Remove law making from political parties, create accountability 6) Each Vote is a referendum where 20-50 items of nation importance are voted on removing powers from politicians 7) stop party voting, present each candidate with a report card before next election on what they supported

@VeryInsig @RobertStevenso9 Makes sense, why support a party in decline? But the elephant in the room is any Oz right wing party will struggle to capture the imagination of the younger generations. Unless they moderate & stop the hard-line rhetoric. Their choice, will they recognise their fate or not? 🙄

@RobertStevenso9 Exactly right. Every conservative should stop voting for the Labor-Lite Liberals and start voting for One Nation.

Does Australia need the Liberal Party? My view is that our country would be much better off without it.

@Ministerformen9 @RobMessenger2 @Adam_Creighton @AlboMP Isn't that what elections are for? If you have a better electoral system, let's hear it 😝

@RobMessenger2 @Adam_Creighton @AlboMP This only happens because of 2 party system which must be dismantled. Power needs to be returned to the people, take control of law making , then start to hold these treasonous criminals to account

@PatDannes78 @mark16pg @Adam_Creighton Even the LNP like Medicare.. What's your problem with it?

@mark16pg @Adam_Creighton Whitlam destroyed the country with Medicare, the Lima Declaration and the dole.

@Searchingpgz5 @OMGTheMess Ok, you're entitled to your view. I'm just a bit shocked how angry people are about the NDIS which fundamentally aims to do good and help the most in need.

@luke7776 @OMGTheMess Why would you dismantle it The objective of the LNP is to let what the ALP made destroy the fabric of Australia. See the LNP paid off Australia’s debt but Labor let borrowing rise to a trillion dollars. The LNP will not want government until Labor pays off that debt.

Am I the only one not defrauding the NDIS?

@OsherFeldman Mmm.. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth. Don't you think the govt would have bought more diesel if they could? But hopefully not at any price. Remember Australia is only one country, with relatively little global sway. Any success in securing extra supplies is a win, surely?

Why can’t the government be straight with Australians? For those unfamiliar with the scale of our fuel use, this sounds huge-millions of litres. In reality, it’s barely more than a day’s national diesel consumption.