I’m slightly in love with the idea of Percy going to college to study Marine Biology and then actually getting a job with it and freaking everyone out with his fish voodoo. Like can you imagine “hey Jackson can see what’s wrong with that seal?”
“he’s lonely Jim”
“what? You didn’t even-”
“I said he’s lonely Jim”
ok even if some teenage girls “look like adults”, there are still obvious differences in mannerisms, voice, maturity, etc. like, after one (1) conversation you can definitely tell whether someone is an adult or not. stop making excuses for pedophiles.
In December 2010, questioned the Gillard government on paying for relatives of asylum seekers who died in an accident to attend their funerals.
In February 2013, wanted increased police surveillance of asylum seekers who had committed ‘antisocial behaviours’.
In September 2013, selected as Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, where he:
launched Operation Sovereign Borders, aimed at stopping all refugee boats from entering Australia
asked for advice on how to refuse giving permanent visas to 700 refugees
slashed Australia’s refugee intake from 20,000 to 13,750
was found by the Australian Human Rights Commission to have failed in his responsibility to act in the best interests of children in detention, with the prolonged mandatory detention causing significant mental and physical illness and developmental delays
has overseen conditions in Manus Island and Nauru so bad that self-harm, mental illness, attempted suicide, and actual suicide is endemic
passed a bill that gave himself the power to return refugees to their place of origin, detain them without charge, and refuse giving refugees who arrived by boat access to the Refugee Review Tribunal
In December 2014, selected as Minister for Social Services, where he:
claimed that new mothers were ‘rorting’ the system and ‘double-dipping’ by claiming both government and employer-paid parental leave schemes
In September 2015, selected as Treasurer, where he:
attacked ‘do-gooders’ who allowed Muslim children to sit out on singing the National Anthem during Muharram (a mourning period where joyful things like singing isn’t permitted)
had a nice cozy lunch with Rupert Murdoch, Lord High Overseer of Australian media (and voted against measures that would prevent too much media ownership concentration)
claimed he had ‘endured bigotry’ due to refusing to allow same-sex couples to marry
brought in a lump of coal to parliament, saying, “This is coal. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be scared. It won’t hurt you”, and claimed that anyone concerned about the environmental impact of coal mining and burning to have “an ideological, pathological fear of coal”
proposed drug-testing sewerage to see if people on welfare were using drugs
got rid of penalty rates for people working on Sundays and public holidays
pushed out cashless welfare cards
voted against a Royal Commission into violence against disabled people
proposed an amendment to the marriage act which would allow parents to remove their kids from classes if they talked about ‘non-traditional marriage’
rejected an increase on Newstart (unemployment), currently sitting on $560 a fortnight, because “my priority is to give tax relief to people who are working and paying taxes” (Newstart recipients currently get $14,560 a year; the poverty line is currently $22,152 a year)
has scrapped billions in funding for homeless and housing groups
supported Trump’s Muslim ban and claimed it was a sign of the rest of the world ‘catching up’ to Australia
latest budget: tax cuts to the rich, reduction in social services to the poor, slashed the budget for environmental protection, the ABC, and foreign aid
Like yeah he’s not Dutton but he’s not a good alternative. Turnbull was a moderate who was constantly being stymied by hard-righters. Morrison is one of those hard-righters.
He’s xenophobic, homophobic, hates the poor and the environment, and is directly responsible for harm and deaths to people in detention, including kids. Nothing about this is good except the possibility that the Coalition is so irreparably fractured that we might get an early election and turf the whole lot out.
