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Kathleen is an #ADHD #Australian mum who writes about #homeschooling #2e #profoundly #gifted #disabled children. She/her.
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Exactly, tax the multinationals and invest in unis, scholarships, research & development, and production. The time is now!!!
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The strongest move?
Anchor yourself in verified facts.
When they contradict themselves, don’t bend — expose the pattern.
Confusion is their tool. Clarity is yours.
#Contradictions #Menticide #FightDisinformation #CognitiveDefense
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Labor won most of the booths in that area but not by as much as the areas that were removed from Chisholm. Plus you've got to factor in the pre-poll vote which is huge now and leans more to the right. My estimate is that the margin was cut from 6.4% to 3.3%.
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Sorry about typo
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Though that bit of Higgind generally swung left - Greens and Labor booths
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Dutton was immigration minister in 2015 when Border Force announced it would be approaching people in the streets to check their visa status - an operation only halted following mass protests and outrage.
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It's not so much dead cat theory (trying to divert attention away from a major story) it's really about just making yourself the story
Every week, regardless, Dutton will say one outrageous thing that has zero credibility, simply to hijack the news cycle and centre himself in it and the headlines
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Also worth remembering that it does not require a change in Australia's Constitution re; deporting people. It simply requires legislation, not a Constitutional referendum.
Dutton knows that.
Do any Australian media ask educated questions anymore, or do they just breathlessly repeat shite?
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property rights (IPR).
Here’s how it works: the U.S. thrives on exporting ideas — Hollywood movies, Silicon Valley tech, iconic brands. These products rely on airtight copyright and patent protections abroad. The idea? Loosen those protections. Countries hit by U.S. tariffs could stop
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🔋Explainer
Imagine a "pressure point" in a wrestling match — that's what measures on IPR (intellectual property rights) strategy is all about. Instead of trading blow-for-blow with tariffs that hike prices for everyone, he suggests targeting a soft spot in the U.S. economy: intellectual
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There are government funding and grants here too, but not enough to cover costs. So universities supplement with high fees from foreign students. It distorts a lot of things.
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Don't know if they do it in EU, but there is always low-level intimidation of lecturers to tone down teaching history or anything on SE Asia. Very hard to fight against when Unis so heavily rely on Chinese foreign students.
Sorry if my tone on this was flippant. It is actually awful.
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Actually, would like our gov. to actually fund it itself. But if wishes were horses...
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Absolutely not. They are *worse* than the US, because they are better at intimidation. Would much prefer EU, Japan or S. Korea.
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Silliest awful thing today was US trying to tell Aus Universities they have to follow weird (illegal) US rules. One of which was no funding from China at the universities...bye bye US research.
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Oh for FFS. “Some Liberal MPs told the ABC they believe the party's standing with women had improved under Peter Dutton.” What next? “Pope is the best, say Catholics”? Do they even have editors at the ABC? Just shut it down and spare us the agony.
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I’d like to see 100% on the yank tanks.
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The Free trade agreement with the US was a good deal for the US. They gave up bugger all.
We have leverage. Use it
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This has the advantage that, unlike retaliatory tariffs, it would increase Australian welfare rather than decrease it