#QLDpol

[sydneysageivashkov]

the qld council elections are like. comically stupid. one of the gold coast councillors is currently under suspension because he was accused of murder and if re-elected he will still be suspended because he will still be accused of murder. some guy in toowoomba is railing against escooters because they're woke. andrew laming the guy who pushed over a ten year old in a fun run and lost a meme war with a simpsons page has a real shot at being elected redlands mayor. the former deputy police commissioner is running for cairns after resigned because he referred to his friend as a vagina whisperer. half of moreton bay can't even vote because most positions are uncontested.

this is democracy manifest.

#auspol #qldpol #I swear I heard something about one of sunshine coast's candidates being a cooker too but I can't find anything about it now

[a-sad-secret-death]

#you know I had to #auspol #qldpol #destiel #destiel meme

[robpyne]

Thank you Amy MacMahon - Greens MP for South Brisbane for listening to our concerns around housing, youth crime and climate. If only we had more reps like her who really care about people. #cairns

#socialism #greens #australian greens #taspol #qldpol #justice #social justice

[nando161mando]

"How long until the QLD Police officer on holiday with a murderer and a war criminal, also kills someone in custody? Police investigate themselves and keep their jobs, don't expect any different this time."

#bali #qldpol #qldpolice #queenslandpolice #qldgov #queensland #australia #war crimes #war criminals #benroberts-smith #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #fuck neoliberals #neoliberal capitalism #anthony albanese #albanese government #army #navy #airforce #air force #military #military industrial complex #class war #1312 #acab1312 #acab #all cops are bastards

[humandisastersquad]

heads up fellow queenslanders, qld health is no longer posting every covid contact tracing site since they're overwhelmed (thanks nsw) BUT some awesome people have put together several facebook pages to crowdsource it instead. Here they are so far and i'll update as they're created (plus feel free to add to the post, especially if there are interstate ones as well)

SEQ (list of sites in spreadsheet)

FNQ

Toowoomba & surrounds

Gympie & surrounds

Sunshine Coast

Noosa & surrounds

Bundaberg & Wide Bay Area

Logan and Scenic Rim

Southern Downs

Central Queensland

Mackay and Whitsundays

Townsville & surrounds

Gold Coast

Here's a handy map for covid exposures around the country (+NZ)

Also Coles, Woolies and Aldi are posting exposure sites at their stores across the country

Stay safe everyone 😷😷😷

*EDIT: Updated as of 30/12/21

#auspol #qldpol #queensland #covid 19

[a-sass-in]

#queensland #qld #auspol #qldpol

[biscottibitch]

I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF IM ALLOWED TO DRIVE DAD TO WORK TOMORROW IN THE LOCKDOWN

#this is fucking ridiculous #mine #qldpol

[spilledparchment]

I'm in hecking HELLA STRICT lockdown from 6pm tonight - holla!

#auspol #qldpol

[newbeginningsliamj]

Empathy Tweets 20th June 2020

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#human rights #qldpol #refugees welcome #auspol #empathy #climate change

[un4kaustralia-blog]

The #$%^&* Royal Commission

These days, every week there are calls for a Federal ICAC, or another Royal Commission, or Board of Inquiry, or internal review, or report into another scandal.

These are always being called by one group in an effort to either attack an opponent or appease some members of the constituency.  That is why we had to have a Royal Commission into trade unions and why we have had about a thousand commissions into black deaths in custody and bridging the gap, but very little changes.  

 Seems like the system isn’t working, doesn’t it?

 Because it isn’t.  The problem we have is that the fundamentals of our Westminster based government are broken.  

 We have institutionalised the bias by creating a system for lobbyists and money to be paid to politicians. This makes sure that the bias happens all the time and for everything.  Like I talked about in my first post, you have to get the money out of politics, if you ever want to fix the government.

 What’s more successive governments of both persuasions have made the public service into a political play thing.  Many positions have become highly politicised, with senior executive staff changing based on which side of politics is in power.  What’s more we have seen a hollowing out, over the last 20 years, of any real policy capability in most governments around Australia.  In part this is so that the government can spend a lot more money on consultants. So instead of employing a person in house to give advice, they remove the position and but the same advice back at 4-5 times the price from a Big 4 Advisory house or one of the hundreds of second tier boutique advisory facilities that specialise in Government advice.  These are generally staffed by ex-public servants and many of them have ties to lobbyists, donate to political parties, or employ ex politicians in senior management positions.

 A foundation of our government is supposed to be the independent, non-partisan civil service that provides frank and fearless advice to the decision makers of the day based on significant experience, capability and high moral standing.  Instead the central agencies of the public service have, in part become a place that employs the party faithful to engage consultants to give the advice the politicians want to hear.

 This means that instead of having the best and the brightest developing policy reform and leading the development of new strategies for our Nation and State, we get political hacks that are focussed on growing their powerbase and bringing in money for the party.

 How do we fix it? Easy – get rid of private money from politics and properly invest in building a public service that can actually do the job properly and without fear of intervention and recrimination from politicians.

I think that a good Audit office with broad ranging responsibility would also be a good thing, to provide proper transparency on the machinery of government.  This could help get rid of some of the closed shop, shonkery that occurs in places like the LGAQ, the Infrastructure Sector and the building and property development sectors.  But I will save that for another article.

  JIm

#qldpol #auspol #government #governmentfail

[sydneysageivashkov]

ew

#and when the lnp get in in october and promptly axe 14000 public servants and privatise a bunch of shit??? what then queensland?????? #qldpol #auspol

[a-sad-secret-death]

#happy qld city council election szn #auspol #qldpol

[robpyne]

#culture #leftist #society #progressive #climateemergency #Leftists #cotu #auspol #qldpol #socialist #socialism #views #news #social #politics

[nando161mando]

Slackbastard: Southern Cross Soldiers + Tyler Cassidy + slackbastard + Google = 0

"I recently stumbledupon a recent (September 2023) podcast interview by veteran crime reporter John Silvester with two of the police involved in the death of Melbourne teenager Tyler Cassidy in Northcote in 2008. Having made some posts on the subject …"

via @slackbastard

#anarchism

#slackbastard #ausgov #politas #auspol #tasgov #taspol #australia #anarchism #Southern Cross Soldiers #Tyler Cassidy #google #John Silvester #podcast #northcote #vicpol #vicgov #melbourne #qldpol #qldgov #queensland #rap #hiphop #music #nickfolkes #lukeconnors #darrinhodges #martinfletcher #cronulla #cooma #shermonburgess

[humandisastersquad]

jeanette young is This Close to just hunting down anti-maskers for sport and i for one support her

#auspol #qldpol

[internetbt]

#auspol #qldpol #qldvotes #ausvotes #auscore #straya #one nation #pauline hanson