#itson — Public Fediverse posts

Jane Hume is Angus Taylor's new henchperson. Australians can depend on Jane Hume to do all that's expected of a woman in her position.

I keenly await the new Deputy Leader of the Opposition Jane Hume's [Crumb] Maiden Speech on behalf of the Patriarchy.

#AusPol #JaneHume #CrumbMaiden #CrumbMaidenOfThePatriarchy #AngusTaylor #LibSpill #ItsOn

Angus Taylor resigns from Liberal frontbench ahead of expected leadership spill
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/federal-politics-estimates-albanese-ley-herzog/106328310

Ot appears Angus Taylor's handlers have convinced him that he has the numbers to shiv Susssan Ley.

My opinion is that Angus Taylor doesn't have a strong enough grasp of mathematics to do the sums for himself — because if he did, he'd be more cautious.

One wonders if Angus Taylor has been taking advice from the same innumerate people who set-up Peter Dutton for his failed spill against Malcolm Turnbull in August 2018 that handed the party leadership and position of Prime Minister to Scott Morrison.

#AusPol #ItsOn #AngusTaylor #SussanLey #SusssanLey #ScottMorrison #ScottyFromMarketing #PeterDutton #MalcolmTurnbull

A sickness has taken hold of the Victorian Liberal Party. They've had ample time and attempts to find their way out of this mess of transphobia and white supremacy. Today's LibSpill makes it clear that any attempts to fix the problem were made by a minority in the party. Today, the majority voted to amplify the voices of TERFs and nazis.

This is the heart of the issue the Victorian Liberal Party party-room voted on today. They eagerly dived down that slippery slope to extremism. To them, it's the politically expedient path to power. They voted to normalise hate.

What's the role of politicians and leadership in a Representative Democracy? Some say it's the job of politicians to listen to and interpret the will of the people, then act as their voice in Parliament. Another view is that politicians are leaders and ideal thinkers, elected in recognition of their wisdom, and in the hope that they possess the insight to do what's morally best for the wellbeing of the people.
If you think what I said there is a massive simplification, you'd be right: real life is a lot more complicated. Regardless of which school of thought you follow — that politicians are a mere conduit to recite the voice of the plebs, or that politicians are great men who are born to rule with inscrutable paternalism — the Liberal Party of Victoria have lost sight of the party's very reason for existence.

Are they doing their job of representing the will of the people in their electorates? If they are, that says something absolutely sickening about Victorians. Or, are they trying to shepherd the citizens of Victoria by shifting the Overton Window to a new right-wing extreme?

When it's time to vote in the next state election, remember today, and remember this quote from Maya Angelou:
"When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."

#Auspol #VicPol #SpringSt #BradBattin #JohnPesutto #MoiraDeeming #TERF #Transphobe #Transphobia #Nazi #NeoNazis #WhiteSupremacists #LibSpill #ItsOn

Victorian Liberals replace John Pesutto with Brad Battin as leader
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-27/vic-libs-john-pesutto-moira-deeming-brad-battin-jess-wilson/104764726

John Pesutto has paid the price for trying to stop the RWNJ Liberal Party of Victoria from overtly becoming a proverbial Nazi Bar.

Today's LibSpill sees John Pesutto exit the revolving door and Brad Battin getting the role of Leader of the Opposition. In a follow-up vote, Moira Deeming has been readmitted to the party-room because I guess they want voters to know their political party is a safe space for a transphobe who hangs out with neonazis.

Brad Battin's bio shows he failed a brief stint as a baker, and then joined the police, then got into politics. You can expect him to push the usual RWNJ "Tough on Crime" bullshit.

This is Brad Battin's third attempt to become leader of the Victorian Liberal Party. Previously, he tried to beat Michael O'Brien ("Who?") in a spill. Then, he tried again when Matthew "Lobster with a Mobster" Guy resigned following yet another catastrophic loss in the 2022 state election.

#Auspol #VicPol #SpringSt #MoiraDeeming #TERF #Transphobe #Transphobia #Nazi #NeoNazis #WhiteSupremacists #JohnPesutto #LibSpill #ItsOn #BradBattin #MatthewGuy #LobsterWithAMobster

Victorian opposition to vote on John Pesutto's future as leader after four MPs seek special meeting
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-22/john-pesutto-calls-meeting/104755834

The headline on this article used to say: "Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto apologises to Moira Deeming, calls new vote" but it appears there have been further developments overnight. If John Pesutto had a backbone and a shred of integrity, he'd know one does not apologise for calling-out a white-supremacist TERF.

My impression is that John Pesutto made a high-risk powerplay and called for another party vote to give certainty to the result — he knows he can call in some allies who didn't vote last time because they were on holiday at the time. It could have been a decisive result and quelled arguments about it being a close result or using his deciding vote to make a "captain's call". But, it appears the move has backfired, he looks indecisive and weak, the rightwing media smell blood, and his enemies have had time to organise.

John Pesutto had a golden opportunity to show strength of character and strength of leadership. He should have said: "For the good of the party, and for the good of all Victorians, we're telling Moira Deeming to fuck off and die because she's a nazi and transphobe."

However this matter resolves, this will be awful for his political career. Worse, it has the potential to change the official policy of the Liberal Party of Victoria to overtly include white supremacy and transphobia. His internal party squabbles risk changing the political nature of the party and affecting how minorities live in Victoria. RWNJs have been handed another incremental victory in the sense that they have succeeded again in their ongoing mission to Shift the Overton Window.

John Pesutto has brought this on himself.
He failed to avert a LibSpill.
It's on.

#Auspol #VicPol #SpringSt #MoiraDeeming #TERF #Transphobe #Transphobia #Nazi #NeoNazis #WhiteSupremacists #JohnPesutto #LibSpill #ItsOn

Victorian MP Moira Deeming won’t return to Liberal party room after motion fails
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/dec/20/moira-deeming-victoria-mp-crossbench-liberal-party-room-john-pesutto-ntwnfb

Moira Deeming has narrowly missed-out on returning to Liberal party room after a party vote.

As a public figure who espouses transphobia and attended events with nazis and white supremacists, Moira Deeming fits-in well with a certain segment of her RWNJ political party. Recently, she successfully sued the leader of the party, John Pesutto, for stating that she's a neonazi.

If the party had voted to let her back into the partyroom, it would have signalled extreme shift in the party itself. The close result in the vote looks bad for John Pesutto's leadership. He's dodged a LibSpill, and we can't say "It's on" for now, but don't rule it out some time in 2025 in the lead-up to the next state election.

#Auspol #VicPol #SpringSt #MoiraDeeming #TERF #Transphobe #Transphobia #Nazi #NeoNazis #WhiteSupremacists #JohnPesutto #LibSpill #ItsOn

Moira Deeming wins defamation case against John Pesutto, judge orders $300k in damages
https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/b25cf4de0583bfa3203db6ac3be34dcb

It is a matter of fact that Moira Deeming is a transphobe and attends events with Nazis. That she has a reputation worth defending is highly debatable. The courts have found that although she has associated with Neo Nazis and White Supremacists on a multitude of occasions...somehow we shouldn't call her a Neo Nazi or White Supremacist? I don't understand that part.

I think it's unfortunate that Moira Deeming has joined the ranks of RWNJs abusing Australia's Defamation laws and wasting time of our courts/legal system for the purpose of what appears to be a personal vendetta against people who call her out for being a hateful human being.

Some extremists in the RWNJ media are saying John Pesutto has put his job on the line and failed, so one can only assume that a LibSpill is in motion for party leadership and, as they say, "It's on".

Who will be the new Leader of the Opposition in Victoria? That's hardly relevant to politics-watchers and citizens of Victoria because the Victorian Liberal Party have embarrassingly small numbers in Parliament and couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery.

#Auspol #VicPol #SpringSt #MoiraDeeming #TERF #Transphobe #Transphobia #Nazi #NeoNazis #WhiteSupremacists #JohnPesutto #LibSpill #ItsOn

John Pesutto facing possible Victorian Liberal leadership challenge as Moira Deeming defamation trial looms large
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-07/john-pesutto-liberal-leadership-challenge-moira-deeming-trial/104439866

John Pesutto is a RWNJ, but he's taking a principled stand to push back against transphobia and nazis in the Victorian branch of the party.
Moira Deeming is a raging TERF, and even her own kids reportedly asked if she's a nazi. It looks like her fans are talking to the media and undermining John Pesutto, and her fans include Federal power-player Peta Credlin. It makes you wonder how much influence the Federal Liberal Party exerts over the Victorian Liberal Party, and if they're asking "Can we do even more transphobia and nazism?".

#AusPol #VicPol #LibSpill #ItsOn #JohnPesutto #MoiraDeeming #PetaCredlin