Phillip Evans

@DeniseEllen7 @salltweets The legislation needs to be changed to be more explicit about biological sex: it must take precedence over gender identity.

@salltweets The AHRC position is that excluding transgender women from lesbian events constitutes unlawful discrimination. The Commission maintains that biological sex definitions cannot override protections for gender identity under the Sex Discrimination Act for public gatherings.

The Australian Human Rights Commission has said it out loud to a court: if a male identifies as a woman and feels attracted to woman then he is a lesbian and must be recognised as such. In a strong field, it’s the stupidest thing they’ve ever said.

@JohnBB40921542 @firstfusilier The point he’s trying to make is that higher education should be free, thus zero student debt and no loan repayments. Instead, the expense of higher education should be met by taxing the resources industry.

The Labor government collects more revenue from our children paying back their HECS debts than it does from the tax on Australian natural gas. Thanks kids, you’re the backbone of the Australian economy. Choices matter.

@tomaskew7 @matt_barrie @RizviAbul Yes, there’s significant inertia in the system. Perhaps omitting that from Abul’s policy recommendations of so many years ago helps explain the mess we’re in today.

@matt_barrie @RizviAbul Dudes never heard of the lag effect🤷‍♂️

Over past 18 months, net migration has fallen by around 200,000 but inflation has increased over the same period. So did lower migration drive up inflation?

@Jesterhat1 @iggy648 @AusPoll6 That may well be so.

@pmke @iggy648 @AusPoll6 They’ve missed their electoral-relevancy boat (kinda like they missed out their whole lives). Already Millenials and Gen Z are the now largest voting cohort and won’t let Gen X get what they want.

Federal voting intention (Gen X) 🟧 ONP: 35% (+16) 🟥 ALP: 33% (-8) 🟩 GRN: 8% (-) 🟦 LIB: 6% 🟦 LNP: 4% 🟩 NAT: 2% ⬛️ OTH: 12% (+6) Two-party-preferred 🟥 ALP: 55% (-2) 🟦 L/NP: 45% (+2) (Previous poll included combined 26% L/NP vote) RedBridge/Accent | 22-29 Jan | +/- 5-12 Dec

@iggy648 @AusPoll6 Correct.

@pmke @AusPoll6 "The Silent Generation refers to the demographic cohort born between 1928 and 1945..." I take it you don't mean this silent generation?

@iggy648 @AusPoll6 Because that won’t address the underlying issues.

@pmke @AusPoll6 So you think that after relentlessly pushing up prices for the whole of this century, Gen X are generously going to vote ON to reduce immigration to reduce rental costs for their grandkids? Why don't they just reduce the rent they charge? That'd help reduce rents.

First, Gen X have adult kids, and some grand kids, and generally aren’t narcissists. We can see that future generations have it much harder than we had it. Second, Gen X aren’t afraid of a little discomfort/inconvenience if it means “righting the ship”. Third, Gen X don’t have time for dishonesty and really hate being taken for fools. Our current crop of representatives have repeatedly crossed both lines. I’d like to think it was only a matter of time before “the silent generation” made themselves heard. Perhaps now is that time.

@AusPoll6 I find it a bit counterintuitive. Gen X is the Gen that has bought up the most investment properties throughout this century. If ON stops immigration, their rental income will go down. Foot shooting? Where's the logic?

This isn't a social media problem; this is a poor character problem. I don't see how you can conflate the two (unless the poor character was induced by prior social media usage). TBC: I don't support the social media ban and hope the e-bike riders are caught and dealt with under the law.

Ban social media for kids, “get outside and do stuff” they said!

@JohnRuddick2 I believe this is the text John referenced: openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/cor…

We have around a dozen journals from British officers etc who arrived in Australia in 1788. We then have endless diaries, letters and official reports for the early colonial period. We also have the letters of foreign visitors to Sydney at this time. When these are read the thing that leaps out is how many Aboriginals chose to happily live among the white man … and how welcomed they were. Females especially preferred to get away from tribal violence. The two groups were fascinated by each other. There was mostly goodwill, respect and friendships. This is why when the Aboriginals heard about Christianity most voluntarily became believers. At the time of the Bicentennial 80% of Aboriginals identified as Christian. The British would often head out from Sydney Cove on a three to four day trek to learn the terrain … and always be accompanied by Aboriginal guides who happily shared their knowledge of the bush. If they bumped into another group of Aboriginals along the way the guides would explain, ‘these guys are cool.’ Some conflict came when the white man built thriving farms at Parramatta and then the Hawkesbury. It wasn’t ‘heroic resistance to an occupation.’ It was petty crime. Like all pre-agricultural societies, Aboriginal society had no concept of private property and so no concept of theft. The farmer had worked his guts out to clear land and then plant a crop or raise livestock and so felt acutely cranky if his produce was then stolen. Most Aboriginals quickly learnt to respect property rights and many happily became employees on farms. Life pre 1788 was short, nasty and brutish. The best insight we have is the account of escaped convict William Buckley who spent 30+ years living as part of a tribe. They did have some fun times … but the bad times were frequent and severe. There’s a free PDF on the web somewhere - absolutely gripping. A small minority of activists today have calculated that the more they invent lies about the past, the more money they’ll get.

@75merc @TheIPA @grok can you substantiate this claim?

@TheIPA No it's not that's bullshit? The LNP'S Trillion Dollar Debt that Albo inherited. Has been reduced by almost 200 Billion since the Labor Gov won office? Don't just blindly believe Murdoch BS. Look it up for yourself, it's easy.

“I hope that the Coalition has a big ambitious economic growth agenda.” Australia’s debt and deficit crisis is getting worse by the day and we are leaving it to future generations to clean up the mess. We need ambitious leadership to grow our economy. Daniel Wild with Peta Credlin: bit.ly/49OIZnb

Income splitting and reduced income taxes both apply only to income within that household - if they aren’t already paying tax there’s no taxpayer burden. It’s a great policy. Baby bonus and childcare subsidies should be replaced by tax breaks instead. This kind of tax reform needs to happen across all welfare in Australia: change government hand-outs to tax breaks wherever possible and see what a difference it makes to the budget and also people’s attitude to work.

@Matt_Camenzuli @JohnRuddick2 So my money ahave to go to whores because they want kids??! This is nuts. How about removing the baby bonus and childcare subsidies. No waste of taxpayers money on this

Australia wont exist in a generation if we don’t solve the baby drought … so what to do? Had a nice dinner with @Matt_Camenzuli and others tonight. Matt suggested 0% income tax for families with four kids. Discuss.

A warrant for arrest must be served. Why would we keep paying someone while they are hiding from the police??! It is imminently sensible to withhold government payments until the warrant is executed.

@gomichild @GeorgeTakacs Charity is not a responsibility of government at all. The very suggestion that society can, or should, simply outsource its humanity to a bureaucratic organisation is appalling. Charity is the responsibility of every individual. It has nothing to do with government.

Charity is a failure of government.

No, what they’re saying is that highly nuanced edge cases in a tiny minority of the population don’t warrant upending all of society. Please keep studying the edge cases and helping those impacted live meaningful lives, don’t try to impose nonsensical and damaging rules on the rest of society. Most importantly, don’t confuse and injure other vulnerable people who may not have the wherewithal to comprehend the nuance of your intellectual understanding.

Time to tell some politicians what a woman is.

@craigkellyAFEE @Lachie_JZ This is a fact sheet, not a contract. It may be a little naive to assign a legal interpretation to the language it uses. We’ll need to keep an eye on legislation passing through the federal parliament to see how this agreement really affects Australia.

I think you need to check the definition of word "WILL". The agreement doesn't say "might" or "could: or "Will consider" it simple says "will invest". And remember the so-called "private" supers include industry funds controlled by Labor mates and theres already thousands of pages of government regulation regarding super funds.

THE DEAL: ALBANESE GOT PLAYED While the mindless drones in the media have been celebrating the deal struck between Trump and Albanese, without having a clue about the details, we can now see that Albanese was completely played by Trump, and this "deal" will be very costly to Australia. Under the terms of the deal released by the US Embassy in Canberra, Australia is required to invest an extra 1 trillion dollars ($1,000 billion) in the USA by 2035. That’s $100 billion a year for the next ten years of Australian wealth that, instead of being invested in Australia to create jobs here, will instead be shipped offshore to "create tens of thousands of new high-paying jobs for AMERICANS." And what are we getting in return? The factsheet released by the US Embassy states: "The Export-Import Bank of the United States is issuing seven Letters of Interest for more than $2.2 billion in financing, unlocking up to $5 billion of total investment, to advance critical minerals and supply-chain security projects between our two countries." So it’s 1,000 to 5. Under this deal, Australia has to invest $1,000 billion in the US, and the US only invests $5 billion in Australia return. Has there ever been a more one-sided deal? This is the cost to Australia of the weak and incompetent Albanese, and selfish individuals like Rudd, who should have immediately resigned when Trump became President again. Trump knew that Albanese was so desperate to be seen doing any "deal" and that corrupt media could report as a "success" for Albanese, that Trump could make the terms as totally favourable to the US, and the weak, incompetent Albanese would be happy to sign. Australia has been dudded in this one-sided deal, and the hopelessly incompetent Albanese and Rudd are to blame. And as usual, don’t expect any of this to reported by the corrupt and dishonest Australian media. And don’t expect the hopeless weak and cowardly Liberal Party to say anything. au.usembassy.gov/fact-sheet-pre…

@EliasBiz In that case you’ve had a pretty amazing life.

My life's biggest regret is not listening to better music earlier.

@PaulAlb28619274 @sussanley @BenFordhamLive They can return and should be prosecuted under Australian law.

@sussanley @BenFordhamLive Are you saying that Australian citizens cannot return to Australia?

.@BenFordhamLive is right. The Albanese Labor Government lied about ISIS brides returning to Australia. But new evidence shows they knew months in advance and still misled the public. Either they facilitated the return, or they’ve lost control of our borders. This isn’t just secrecy. It’s a scandal.

@PeterTRoberts @sussanley @BenFordhamLive And consequently prosecuted for breaking Australian law. @grok: Which Australian laws were broken by the ISIS brides and what are the consequences of breaking those laws?

@sussanley @BenFordhamLive These are Australian citizens with the same rights as all of us, including the right to return.

If you care about the facts, one former IDF Major General is the subject of an ICC arrest warrant. No current serving IDF General is wanted for war crimes. The ICC also issued arrest warrants for three current Hamas leaders but two were withdrawn when the subjects were killed. The outstanding warrant is for Mohammed Deif. None of these people are Australian or committed crimes under Australian law (although, if they did what they've done in Australia, they would definitely have broken our laws). Totally irrelevant to the discussion at hand around how to treat terrorists and their supporters on Australian soil.

@pmke @sussanley The IDF generals are wanted for war crimes.

Labor is letting ISIS brides slip back into Australia under so-called ‘self-managed returns.’ That is wrong. It must be our government, not the terrorists themselves, that decide if, when and how they ever come back.

@toe_knee_deee @sussanley Let’s be clear: ISIS is a listed terrorist organisation and has been for over a decade. Australia does not identify the IDF as a terrorist organisation. Under law, the ISIS affiliates should be treated quite differently. Refer nationalsecurity.gov.au/what-australia…

@sussanley Does the same apply to Australians who joined the IDF death cult?