Day 19 cont 🇮🇩⚔️

“No foreign power has a military base in Indonesia, or permanent access to any of its domestic bases. #Indonesia has enshrined in its constitution a commitment to a “free and independent” foreign policy, which is premised on non-alignment.”

Ever been to Jakarta?

Down the main drag is a gigantic statue visible for kilometers as a reminder of Dutch liberation. I bet 🥔🤓 has never been to Indonesia.

#AusPol / #PeterDutton / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals / #Jakarta <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/apr/17/russia-indonesia-airbase-putin-wider-ambitions-analysis>

Day 19 cont ☢️🛢️🏭🏦🏢🏢🏢💰💰

“He (#PeterDutton) cites #DataCentres in the US where those #tech companies are having conversations with nuclear power providers:

The beauty of an #investment like #nuclear into the #Hunter region for example is you can attract the data centres which is exactly what is happening in the US. #Apple and #Oracle and #Microsoft, or these #companies are willing to spend tens of billions of dollars but they are only having conversations with #NuclearPower providers.”

#Straya gov cant #science or #compute, the LNP are garbage at business. Nuclear generation is #toxic. #Multinationals avoid tax.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Iberal / #Nationals / #Business / #AI / #ArtificialIntelligence <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/17/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-coalition-labor-income-tax-cost-of-living-leaders-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-68006d1c8f08bcf9ff4832be#block-68006d1c8f08bcf9ff4832be>

Day 19 cont 🌀☀️🌧️🗺️🔥

“I don’t know because I’m not a #scientist and I can’t tell you whether the #temperature has risen in Thargomindah because of #ClimateChange or the #WaterLevels are up.” — #PeterDutton

Obfusticate, deny, lie. It’s not a belief, the #ClimateEmergency can be observed, measured and modelled using … #Science.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/17/australia-election-2025-live-peter-dutton-anthony-albanese-coalition-labor-income-tax-cost-of-living-leaders-debate-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-6800404e8f089c7bf64d6374#block-6800404e8f089c7bf64d6374>

Day 18 cont 🥔🤓🎙️🔊

“Dutton told host #PatriciaKarvelas (#ABCAustralia) that if “negotiations were taking place, then surely Australia would have been consulted”, and if not, that would have been a “catastrophic failure”.

Karvelas pushed Dutton on whether the president had announced this, or whether there were any public statements on the issue. Dutton said:

There’s commentary I have seen reported from the #Indonesian spokesperson. That’s obviously come from the administration. There are reports of negotiations or discussions that have taken place between Russia and Indonesia. Pushing again, #Karvelas asks, “Where have you seen the Indonesian president confirm this? Aren’t you verballing him? He hasn’t talked publicly about it”.

Dutton digs in:

There’s comment that’s come out of the administration, out of the #Prabowo administration ... Dutton says it a third time, that there are “public reports”:

There’s public reports in relation to the claim that’s been made. There’s been a lot of activity between #Russia and #China and #Indonesia, et cetera. That’s a matter of public record.”

If you can’t win and you have no foreign policy, make 💩up about our political allies (Indonesia).

#AusPol / #PeterDutton / #propaganda / #slogans / #ForeignPolicy / #LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/16/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-coalition-labor-housing-cost-of-living-bandt-greens-ntwnfb?page=with%3Ablock-67fecd2e8f08bcf9ff482418#block-67fecd2e8f08bcf9ff482418>

Day 18 cont 🚘🚘🚘🚘💨💨💨💨💨💨

April 11: “Federal Opposition (#LNP / #Liberal / #Nationals) to scrap #emissions fines for #NewCars in #Australia if elected.

Car companies would no longer be #fined for selling too many #HighEmissions #vehicles in Australia if the Federal Opposition wins May 3's #election, it has been confirmed.”

#AusPol / #leadership / #PeterDutton / #ClimateEmergency <https://www.drive.com.au/news/federal-opposition-to-scrap-nves-fines-report/>

Day 17 cont 🎃🥔🤓

“Donald Trump 🎃 was seen only months ago as a disruptive force who brought huge danger to #AnthonyAlbanese at this election campaign.
But things changed when the US president brought chaos and confusion to world markets and became an economic risk to #Australia with his #tariff policies.

Now we have hard #data on how this is reshaping the #election – and ⚡️hurting #PeterDutton🥔🤓⚡️ at the halfway point of the #campaign.”

For all those who can’t read behind the lines? #Straya is not #Merica.

#AusPol / #Liberal / #LNP / #Nationals / #Coalition <https://archive.md/uxUDT> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-thought-trump-was-dragging-down-peter-dutton-now-we-know-why-20250414-p5lrox.html> (paywall)

Day 17 cont 💰💰💰💰

“The shadow treasurer, #AngusTaylor, has been questioned on why the opposition leader #PeterDutton, indicated before the election there would be no #TaxCuts before announcing a one-off $1,200 refund for 10 million Australians in the #Coalition’s campaign launch on Sunday.”

A formal policy would have thought through these decisions making reversals less likely. The member for #Hume is the opposition Treasurer.

#AusPol / #LNP / #Liberal / #Finance <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/apr/15/australia-election-2025-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-coalition-labor-poll-housing-interest-rates-rba-taylor-chalmers-ntwnfb?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67fce2438f0825dc3aa15705#block-67fce2438f0825dc3aa15705>