- spujb ( @spujb@lemmy.cafe ) English21•6 months ago
non-us political meme 🗣️🗣️
- naevaTheRat ( @naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 14•6 months ago
This guy is fucking terrifying. He’s rabbidly racist, ex cop, anti migrant.
He changed customs to “australian boarder farce” who’s logo was literally a faceless man in paramilitary outfit.
In his inaugural speech to parliament (you can read the transcript here: https://www.peterdutton.com.au/about/maiden-speech/) in 2002, a time of some pretty dark excesses of the court system and police murders he said "and I have seen the sickening behaviour displayed by people who, frankly, barely justify their existence in our sometimes over tolerant society. "
He literally thought that queensland in 2002 was over tolerant. We incarcerate the native people at one of the (if not the) highest rates in the world.
Over.
Tolerant.
- snrkl ( @snrkl@lemmy.sdf.org ) 12•6 months ago
Well. In a one on one call with him once (he’s my local member) I asked him why we could not protect individual rights with a charter of human rights.
I would describe the tone of his response as visceral… He said to me:
"[I don’t trust the courts in interpreting legislation like that. I would not want to give them an inch. Just look what they’ve done down in Victoria.]{paraphrased}
[As far as I’m concerned, the parliament is perfectly placed to decide what is, and is not a human right, and if you disagree with me, you can vote me out… ]{direct quote}"
I assume the VIC reference was to the judges that had been appointed most recently with track records of upholding human rights…
- Minarble ( @Minarble@aussie.zone ) 7•6 months ago
Please do everything you can to remove him from your local electorate!
- snrkl ( @snrkl@lemmy.sdf.org ) 9•6 months ago
Sometimes the best thing to do is just get out of their way…
- UnfortunateDoorHinge ( @UnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zone ) 9•6 months ago
Years ago on twitter some random disabled guy called Dutton a “rape apologist”, and got sued to oblivion and utterly destroyed his life and family.
This guy is a monster.
Luckily he thinks he can become prime minister without the “woke left city dwellers” (most Australians live in cities), and is pushing a ludicrous nuclear energy agenda that is devoid of financial or environmental logic. So I’m fairly confident Albo will get re-elected.
- naevaTheRat ( @naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 5•6 months ago
Never underestimate labor’s ability to build a gun and shoot themselves in the foot with it.
- UnfortunateDoorHinge ( @UnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zone ) 3•6 months ago
Tasmania election, the Labor leader immediately conceded defeat and didn’t want to entertain the idea of forming a coalition with anyone, especially the Greens. I mean like, what a loser, by her own choosing.
- naevaTheRat ( @naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•6 months ago
Labor is fucking allergic to working with the greens because the greens have ideals.
Sure sometimes they’re a bit stupid but of the parties with a regular presence in the houses they’re the only ones not dragging us to hell.
- cobra89 ( @cobra89@beehaw.org ) 5•6 months ago
Dude straight up looks like Voldemort.
- Hedlosa ( @Hedlosa@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 5•6 months ago
To keep with the Aussie tradition, let’s all sing the pub version of will I ever see your face again by the Angels while looking at this article headline.
- Smorty [she/her] ( @Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 4•6 months ago
‘How many times do I have to tell you? I am not a monster!’
Edit: fixed bad autocorrect
- snrkl ( @snrkl@lemmy.sdf.org ) 3•6 months ago
Is this real or fabricated?
- Minarble ( @Minarble@aussie.zone ) 3•6 months ago
As a bonus he is the minister responsible for allowing the varolia bee mite into the country as Border Force stopped training detector dogs for bee and honey imports on his watch