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Maureen Jones retweeted
When does @AlboMP put a leash on his Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal. This is Australia ,not Israel , and she should not have carte blanche to impose her Zionist agenda on Australian Society. Her latest anti progressive ideology rant is a step too far.
Maureen Jones retweeted
The Israelisation of Australia. Segal’s report is an attack on democracy. Abolish the job.
michaelwest.com.au/the-israe…
Nothing to do with identity or faith. Its not rocket science its the GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE.
Maureen Jones retweeted
Segal is at it again, demanding to police the universities, the ABC and SBS. She is an arrogant menace .
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Maureen Jones retweeted
Let’s face facts Australia Pauline Hanson could not pass a Year 3 NAPLAN assessment…even with assistance.
When is this charade ending?
100% owned by Zionists.
Jess Wilson's husband. What a nasty piece of work he is.
Aaron Lane: Liberal candidate forced to quit over inappropriate tweets abc.net.au/news/2014-08-01/p…
Maureen Jones retweeted
A vote for @Jesswilsonmp is a vote for a genocide supporter who will put Zionist demands before every other Victorian.
No supporter of the genocidal apartheid state of Israel should sit in any Australian parliament.
Australians do not support the incineration of babies in tents.
Rubbish!
BREAKING: A major civil war has erupted inside the Albanese Government, with a leadership spill officially brewing within the Labor Party.
In a stunning and unprecedented move, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has gone into survival mode, publicly pointing the finger directly at his boss, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as the primary reason Labor’s popularity has completely plummeted.
Make no mistake, the lines have been drawn, the factions are fracturing, and a leadership spill is coming.
Here is exactly how the civil war is playing out:
Jim Chalmers openly name checked Anthony Albanese and other senior ministers, declaring that everyone is responsible for their own “parts of the shop”
Translation?
He is refusing to take the sole fall for Labor’s catastrophic economic failures and tanking poll numbers.
In what is being viewed as direct code for internal warfare, Chalmers’ comments firmly dump the blame for Labor's cascading crises onto his colleagues:
He ripped into Finance Minister Katy Gallagher for the ballooning public service.
Had a dig at Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke for national security and immigration failures.
Blamed Foreign Minister Penny Wong for diplomatic blunders.
And then stunningly, Anthony Albanese for the absolute disaster of the lot.
With yet another interest rate hike tipped for Melbourne Cup Day, Chalmers is desperately trying to shield himself from the impending fallout of a faltering economy and soaring inflation.
And typically, as the domestic front burns, Albanese is preparing to jet off to Antigua and Barbuda, leaving behind an increasingly toxic, agitated cabinet and a deputy chair relationship that is completely fractured.
The defensive posture from Chalmers proves he knows the ship is sinking.
The blame game has begun, trust is entirely gone, and a challenge for the lodge is now inevitable.
Had a six in front of it when your mob was in power!!
Maureen Jones retweeted
The RW #MSM are shrieking.
FOUR. POINT. THREE. PERCENT.
"RBA set to act and increase interest rates again!"
But NOWHERE in all this squealing do we see a comparison with the Morrison/Frydenberg government, which, incidentally, benefited from almost $7 BILLION* in RBA dividends during its final term.
LABOR HAS RECEIVED NOTHING SINCE TAKING OFFICE IN 2022.
Read that again.
FRYDENBERG'S never-back-in-black budgets benefited from BILLIONS in dividends from the RBA.
Albanese and Chalmers? ZERO.
WHY, you may ask?
Well, here's something worth examining.
During COVID, the RBA purchased a staggering $281 BILLION in Commonwealth and state government bonds, substantially REDUCING government borrowing costs.
And don't take my word for it.
The RBA's own September 2022 review states:
"The decline in government bond yields as a result of the BPP purchases in the secondary market led to government debt being issued at a lower (fixed) cost than otherwise."
It also acknowledges that the benefits to LNP Morrison/Frydenberg government finances were MATERIAL.
And what happened to the RBA's balance sheet after those purchases?
A WHOPPING $36.7 BILLION ACCOUNTING LOSS IN 2021–22.
The financial consequences of the bond purchases remained on the RBA's books, while the Morrison/Frydenberg government had benefited from lower borrowing costs. That $36.7 billion was effectively shielded from the Frydenberg financial folly.
And here's the REALLY interesting bit.
The RBA itself acknowledges that the net cost of its Bond Purchase Program would reduce the dividends paid to the government.
Which brings us right back to those numbers.
MORRISON/FRYDENBERG: ALMOST $7 BILLION. (No Surpluses - just coffee mugs)
ALBANESE/CHALMERS: ZERO. (2 Surpluses)
And the RBA has subsequently increased interest rates repeatedly, placing enormous additional financial pressure on Australian households.
⛐𖧀 ▓ Funny how that little financial history rarely makes it into the screaming headlines.
Video below. THE MEDIA are gaslighting the Australian public.
Footnote: The exact figure for RBA dividends paid to the Commonwealth between the May 2019 and May 2022 federal elections was $6.923 billion (A$6,923,000,000), comprising payments of $1.685 billion, $2.567 billion and $2.671 billion. Source: RBA Annual Reports 2021 and 2022.
Bond Purchase Program and financial consequences: RBA, Review of the Bond Purchase Program, September 2022; RBA Annual Report 2022. i.e FACTS.
Maureen Jones retweeted
"How the Israel lobby cancelled one of Australia’s top doctors and why it matters."
— Nick Hanna
The Israel/Zionist lobby is truly evil.
This is an amazingly stupid intervention by any government. Rewrite the rules! Australia got nothing from this investment bar a few lousy jobs. Fix it!!!
Maureen Jones retweeted
I've always been very careful to separate the Israeli people from the conduct of their disgusting politicians and the actions of the Israeli state. BUT... any electorate that fails to give a resounding defeat to Netanyahu and his gangster government is beyond the pale. Also, polling shows that 70% of Israelis reject forever a Palestinian state and 82% support the forced expulsion of all Palestinians from Gaza.
So, sad to say but Israel, its leaders and its people are a rogue, outlaw nation. UK must separate itself from this travesty of humanity. I don't want any of my taxes going to support Israel in any way and expect a majority of Britons agree with me. Cut Israel loose. Abandon it to its own sordid decline into degradation.
Maureen Jones retweeted
Every Australian needs to watch @DavidShoebridge’s today’s NPC @PressClubAust address
ESPECIALLY his exchange with questions at the end. This is what lack of bullshit looks like. This is how I want to be represented.
Shoebridge could single-handedly lift media standards
Maureen Jones retweeted
La parte mala es que Israel puede cambiar de presidente 500 veces, y los 500 serán terroristas genocidas.
