"Dutton himself is badly confused... Does he want more migration or less? Does he want to fix workforce shortages or exacerbate them? The answer seems to change depending on which bit of his pamphlet you read." @keanebernard.bsky.social on Dutton's MAGA mess www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/13/p... - ThreadSky

rachelwithers.bsky.social • 47 days ago

"Dutton himself is badly confused... Does he want more migration or less? Does he want to fix workforce shortages or exacerbate them? The answer seems to change depending on which bit of his pamphlet you read."

@keanebernard.bsky.social on Dutton's MAGA mess
https://www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/13/peter-dutton-liberal-party-immigration-policy/

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wolftickler2000.bsky.social•47 days ago

He certainly likes having a dabble each way. He has no actual policies. Its all about division.

Advertising with pics of him with Gina, & pics with Gina with Farage, Trump, Hanson will decimate him.

skwisgaar.bsky.social•46 days ago

With the tagline: “No vision, only special interests”.

krabappel.bsky.social•47 days ago

I recall PK skinning him on his climate stance just after the last election.

Will he face a proper grilling over immigration before the election? I doubt it.

ericbanana.bsky.social•47 days ago

Or he uses to wipe his head.

walthawtin.bsky.social•35 days ago

Whatever gets votes, he's not fussy.

One thing you need to know about Dutton is that, like Trump, he's not an ideologue. He just wants the power.

theboof17.bsky.social•47 days ago

Delusional, despicable, divisive & desperate Dutton. Murdoch/Stokes/🦏 Rhinoarse LNP crime families own the racist Misogynists, thieves, rapists, pedophiles, evil liars Tehan Ley Cash Joyce Taylor Sukkar Price McKenzie O'Brien Hume. Repugnant miserable corrupt reptiles. Never forget & never forgive.

killens.bsky.social•47 days ago

If he became a sweaty mess in Mt Waverly, the safest place in Victoria for him, he's going to need to toughen up a bit. He seemed quite befuddled and confused.

methusheilah.bsky.social•47 days ago

A strategy employed by #Trump. Tell your supporters and others, whatever they want to hear even if what you say is contradictory nonsense. Whatever it takes to get elected.

kbincanb.bsky.social•47 days ago

see also
👇
So completely & clumsily
#DesperateToBePM32

methusheilah.bsky.social•47 days ago

I’d be watching who the Catholic Church is backing as they clinched the victory for Trump. Evangelicals too as they got behind Morrison and a major cooker force.

kbincanb.bsky.social•45 days ago

There's a long list of those who need watching Maggie - the knowns & the unknowns - just bundle them all up & call them the
'Give me. Give me. Give me.'
crowd.
😐

meditatingbird.bsky.social•47 days ago

Dutton is taking a leaf out of Trump’s book… tell them what they want to hear (lies are part of the narrative) then don’t do a damn thing unless they are a billionaire then he will sell his soul and his country to them!

joelmcourtney.bsky.social•47 days ago

He's what everyone wants him to be. As long as it's not challenged by the press, and he gets away with "Dutton says …" on everything it's going to work.

maryo123.bsky.social•47 days ago

Now we know why he won't face the press club, utterly useless.

A speech without policy can even make Spud sweat.

yesterdays-spiro.bsky.social•47 days ago

Dutton is completely incompetent, but according to most ‘media’ outlets he’s a viable option for PM it’s utterly astounding that we have got here

mattkarger.bsky.social•47 days ago

Bit or a leaf-blower this bloke.
Makes a lot of noise but leaves a bigger mess.

sassycarrie.bsky.social•47 days ago

Migration is for jobs nobody wants to pay decent dollars for but full control over who is allowed in so they can be blamed when it suits him. Which is funny bc I think I just described Australian politics from both sides. What’s also wild is how ppl only read the pamphlet they agree with.

davedun.bsky.social•47 days ago

Our mix of migrants is quite different from the States, as is our economy. We’re a settler colony, so the racism is there but I’m not convinced that a MAGA carbon copy will play the same way here.

kbincanb.bsky.social•47 days ago

Hanging on the wall at #MOAD - among many extraordinarily spot on 'toons

No doubt, and as we speak, one of these darling truth tellers is knocking together one about 'expensive Panadol policies'
😩 🤕

stepmit.bsky.social•47 days ago

He’s not confused IMO. He sending out two messages. He (and his funders) need migrants but he (and his voter base) want immigrants to remain in their place. I.e., lower status than white Australians.

mg42024.bsky.social•46 days ago

So Trumpian, isn’t it!

lisazed.bsky.social•47 days ago

That’s because he doesn’t actually believe a word he says.
He doesn’t need to worry about facts & truth, that’s something only the left values & holds itself accountable to!

howardwalter1.bsky.social•47 days ago

wouldn't it be 'nice' if they actually committed to something, including the why and the how of whatever that something is.....all Dutton ever has done and still does is say 'No" - but that is as far as he prepared to venture, he offers nothing specific and/or tangible as an alternative.....

jennyjforster.bsky.social•47 days ago

No one has ever accused Spud of being the sharpest knife in the drawer. He’s good on slogans but if any journo comes out of their adoring LNP stupor long enough to ask about immigration implications, he’s done.