1. One of my 10 Big Lies is definitely bustin’ congestion, always a smoke n mirrors tactic to smother the appearance of cronyism in allocations of substantial money to illicit purposes, that had not gone through proper protocols & were inferior to alternatives
2. Second big lie, it is incredible that Frydenberg is still claiming that the economy and budget were in a good state and that the Corona crisis was well handled. He mishandled the fires, rorts and Corona, and so buggered up stimulus, so the big liar is Frydenberg is competent
3. The third Big Lie relates to the NSW debt wall which is now coinciding with the federal debt bomb. Berejiklian is pushing ahead with projects that have no legitimacy, the strings being pulled from Hong Kong. So the Big Lie is that Sydney has a credible infrastructure pipeline. A nice aspect of this is that both treasurers lose massive chunks of their skin and Tim Wilson is embarrassed over his puny wolf games
4. Libs care abt Australia It is obligatory for senior Libs to say they are “of Menzies”, Sinodinos, Morrison, Turnbull. Today’s posting on IPA ▶️ shame. Greiner was muted in Canberra. So the next Big Lie is the Libs care about Australia.
5. The Ministry of silly walks is not a myth, transport attracts nutters who think that old & new things do not need to be justified. Trams and fast trains are examples. Greiner said in 2012 transit is not transformative. The 5th Big Lie is petticoat politics delivers good results. Shock horror but that is reality, business idiots used to call for a transport Tsar which bred bumbling fascists under Labor, the great thinkers had solid educations, the worst the dilettites like Turnbull & urgers like Berejiklian’s team
6. The 6th Big Lie is that political appointees help implement a new government’s policies. US systematises strata of them with varying restrictions. Australian governments do it but the effect is often different, to not change policies. This perverse effect is profound now in NSW
Labor’s political appointments were dwarfed by Turnbull/Morrison. The consequences are horrendous through cycles of infrastructure, bushfire, rorts and failed stimulus, and I argue Australia. I truly could not make this up. Working on limiting the influence of external bodies on government policy! I assure you that effectively includes the medical community and local government. Gary Johns! Eats coal for brekkie. That’s the Libs & Labor in a nutshell
7. The PM is not responsible for quarantine, aged care, supply of meds & PPE, hands off borders, did not avoid fire chiefs, supported National Cabinet - not, Premier cares for every citizen. There is much comment on this point in different contexts. LG law provides that elected and appointed officials can be surcharged for the cost caused by their negligence. Is there any other way of forcing accountability?
8. Contempt for women, Baird v Skinner & Cusack, post-Turnbull ejection of Julia&Julie, Morrison v Ardern, Budget blindspot which escaped attention of the mesmerised women in Cabinet, church alignment w Trump
9. we can trust the media,
10. elected and appointed officials, against own statements of ethics. I am building to a roar