Andy Capp - Rattus rattus - Wurundjeri Woiwurrung

Josh Frydenberg asked, “How did they come here?” Sajid Akram arrived under Howard. He received a gun licence under Abbott. His Aus born son was assessed and cleared by ASIO under Morrison, with Frydenberg in the Cabinet. That’s the answer, Josh. /2

The Liberal opposition looked at this unfathomably dark moment and saw political terrain. Not duty. Not restraint. Josh took that thinking to its logical extreme - treating tragedy as leverage. Ferguson called it on 7.30. “I’m offended” Josh said. And that was the tell. /end

Monis was granted asylum under Howard. Under Abbott, he was charged over his ex-wife’s murder, yet granted bail, despite prior convictions for harassing bereaved defence families. He carried out the Lindt Café siege while on bail. I think I know what Josh would've done. /7

I’m astonished and concerned the ABC has employed Latika Bourke. Few journalists have been as openly partisan or as fundamentally compromised.

When you misrepresent the expert you’re relying on, both your credibility and the article’s credibility collapse.

Josh Frydenberg’s credibility collapsed last night, and you went down with it. That the Liberals would stoop to such grotesque political exploitation in a moment of national grief is disgraceful. If this issue mattered as much as you now claim, there was nothing stopping you from introducing a bill. But you didn’t - because this was never about outcomes. It was about opportunism. teapawt.net/Aaronsmith333/status/2…

Sky’s desperation to rehabilitate Josh Frydenberg has been obvious - even as he cynically leverages tragedy to claw his way back into politics. 7.30 exposed him for exactly who he is, and this thread brings some relevant receipts. teapawt.net/Aaronsmith333/status/2…

Calling peaceful protesters opposing the Israeli government’s genocide "incubators of hate" is reckless, divisive, and irresponsible. Politicians should be quelling division, not deliberately inflaming it.

Brilliant by @DaveMilbo in The Shot. For the sake of our democracy, we cannot be led through these deadly waters by opportunistic vultures, nor by authoritarian psychopaths that routinely use tragedy to stomp the boot down ever harder, all under the guise of safety and “freedom”. theshot.net.au/uncategorized…

The Libs repeatedly attacked 18C. Abbott took repealing 18C to the 2013 election after Andrew Bolt was found to have breached it. Now Libs oppose hate speech and blame Labor for not strengthening laws they spent years opposing. Ideology when it suits, amnesia when it doesn't.