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What a load of bollocks. The putting *food* production under severe strain argument used by #PHON and anti-environmental river flows to stop flooding of eenvironmental easements is absolute BS. And News outlets are promotong the lie.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-16/fury-over-easements-for-inundation-bill/106682636?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
“Australia has always exported more agricultural products than it imports, with over 70 per cent of its total value of agricultural production sent overseas.”If you want figures for our exports of agricultural products you can find them here:
https://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/organisations/wto/agricultural-trade#TruthInPoliticalAdvertising #PHON #FarleyMP #AgricultueExports #DFAT #WTO
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CW: AusPol
Hey #Australia's #DFAT, I reckon this is at least 12 hours overdue, and given your Five Eyes inputs, perhaps much much mor overdue than that.
Travel Advice: #USA
Updated:18 June 2025
Latest update:
The Regime Leader in the USA has announced that he will kill the Regime Leader of Iran in due course. The Leader of the USA has called for Iran's "unconditional surrender".This is effectively a declaration of war.
Consistent with our long-held policy, we recommend "Do Not Travel" to countries at war.
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You know growing up in #australia. Taught critical thinking at school. Did #history at high school and having a passion for it I don’t think there was one time where I didn’t think and watch those #USA shows and think there was something very bad about the #USA. After working for #dfat in the early 90s and talking to guys who worked in #washingtondc these ‘fears’ did not abate. The #propaganda fed to us for decades from the USA with the help of our government and media made many Australians complacent, believing an #americandream that most Americans don’t live. We are innocent and easily led. It is good to see people are starting to move away from it but it is weird having them telling me something I’ve noticed for years. As a reminder don’t go to the USA and don’t let your kids. There are so many wonderful places to visit on this planet the USA isn’t one of them.
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The US is literally Interrogating, Strip Searching, Forcing into Cold Showers, Illegally Detaining, putting into Cuffs & Detention Camps and "Disappearing" travelers now, and yet #DFAT here in Australia still says "Yeah it's fine, Travel advice for the US remains 'Green' and 'Safe'" ... WTAF?!!!
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I love working on Election Day. I like working in the polling stations. I like helping people to vote. I think it is a great way to spend the day.
So in QLD it has been the local and state elections and they are run by the #ECQ. It may all be chaotic but having a computer to mark people off provides a speedy process.
The #ECQ run it. They register our details in their system and they pay us. All good.
I’m moving to WA and the #AEC runs the elections.
Why I don’t want to work for the #aec
1. They use books not computers. Makes the days longer and harder.
2. They use a private firm to take your details and pay you. So basically you are a subcontractor. I’m forced to give my private details to a private company.Maybe someone out there can tell me that this isn’t so but i’ve checked multiple times and i’m pretty sure it is.
The federal government is a big out sourcing firm who doesn’t run anything particularly well. It didn’t used to be this bad. I worked for #DFAT when I graduated. Over time they have become a big tax wasting mess. Where giving our taxes to mates to do the job we should be paying bureaucrats to do. You may think the usual trope of bureaucrats waste money but it takes a private company to change millions into billions with the extra bonus of bad unaccountable service. #qantas
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Another major #AustralianPublicService #APS failure on #Abbott / #Turnbull / #Morrison watches.
#EthicalBankruptcy was evident many years prior.
Friend meets with #DFAT Australia's Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade and asks for action against a smaller #Genocide occuring in S.E. Asia.
Public servant asks, "How will us taking action improve trade?".
With there being no prospects of improvements in trade forthcoming the meeting was terminated.Been building for years.
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Some intriguing assumptions folded into this comment:
"... in 2017, the [Australian] DFAT secretary used an address to urge universities to better protect themselves from the rising influence of the Chinese Communist Party, asking students to engage in respectful debate rather than spread propaganda or attempt to gag views they disagree with."
