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Pauline Hanson is Back will she have Abbott Jailed?

10 Other Things Pauline Hanson Should Call For A Royal Commission Into

By on July 4, 2016

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One Nation Leader and likely new senator Pauline Hanson has wasted no time in reminding Australians of what we’ve been missing over the past 20 years, calling for Royal Commissions into both Islam and Climate Science.

In the spirit of Royal Commissions into ‘things that scare us a little because we don’t understand them’, here are 10 other things that Ms Hanson should use more taxpayer money to investigate.

  1. Why it always looks like the wheels are going backwards instead of forwards on car commercials
  2. What actually happens to the holes from doughnuts
  3. PayWave
  4. Why automatic doors at supermarkets sometimes don’t work, even when you’re standing right in front of them
  5. How people on Masterchef can be both cooking, and talking about their cooking from a different studio, at the same time
  6. Why on some new clothes dryers, the door stays locked for a little bit, even after it’s finished
  7. Whether the phrase ‘security at aisle 2’ at Coles is actually an ASIO code for something else
  8. How the Australia Post guy gets the letters out of the post box, given they’re all the way down the bottom and you can’t fit your hand through the slot
  9. Snapchat
  10. How Google knows you will type the phrase ‘I’m scared of brown people’ before you even type it
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Clarke and Dawe: The electorates to keep an eye on – Clarke and Dawe – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Meet Burton Ernie, pollster and social researcher.

Source: Clarke and Dawe: The electorates to keep an eye on – Clarke and Dawe – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Breaking the Dog Whistle – » The Australian Independent Media Network

You can’t blame the Liberals and their communications strategists for believing the demonization of refugees is a vote winner. The rise of Pauline Hanson, who stole votes from the Liberals, Howard’s success with Tampa and ‘children overboard’ in 2001 and Abbott’s ‘stop the boats’ election win in 2013 have given the Liberals a sense of…

Source: Breaking the Dog Whistle – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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Dutton’s comments divide in an effort to conquer – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Why on an issue as sensitive as refugees do Coalition ministers seek out differences rather than emphasise unity? Is it because they would – for base political purposes – prefer the issue to consensus?

Source: Dutton’s comments divide in an effort to conquer – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

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Election 2016: Illiterate farmer defends refugees against Peter Dutton attack

Asylum seeker who went from Nauru detention to giving scores of people jobs says asylum seekers have compelling reasons to work hard.

Source: Election 2016: Illiterate farmer defends refugees against Peter Dutton attack

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Turnbull On Panama Papers: “Virgin Islands Most Logical Place To Set Up A Siberian Mining Company”

By on May 12, 2016

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has hit back at suggestions he was part of a tax avoidance scheme centred in the British Virgin Islands, saying the decision to base the Siberian mining company there was purely for geographical convenience.

“Look, when you’re setting up global ventures, you have to be in touch with the local markets in which you’re operating,” Mr Turnbull said. “So when it came to setting up an HQ for an operation in central Russia, a small archipelago in the middle of the Caribbean was the logical choice. I mean where else could you reasonably run a Siberian gold mine from?”

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He said the location had absolutely nothing to do with tax. “Now I know people would have preferred if we’d set up that company in Melbourne or Sydney – even Moscow. But the fact is you’ve got to be in amongst the action, ready to make the most of opportunities. And the fact is we could be there, right at the mine, at the drop of a hat. In 48 hours door-to-door. 40 if the connecting flights were good”.