I remember this. For months #Howard refused to discuss possible deployment, saying ‘it’s hypothetical & I will not discuss hypotheticals’. Then it was ‘oops too late’. It was brazen.

So much of the poison we see manifest in Australian politics today was seeded & cultivated under Howard. The ‘nation of shareholders’. The demonisation of anyone who was not cis het white Anglo people with well paid work. Reframing social problems as individual deficits. Sending our country to war based on a lie. The tragedy is, as politics, it worked. Howard the cruel, unscrupulous ‘strategist’ is still their hero.

That government caused so much damage. We remember. #AusPol #CabinetPapers #IraqWar

Australia kept quiet about early deployment of forces ahead of Iraq war, cabinet papers show https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/jan/01/australia-kept-quiet-about-early-deployment-of-forces-ahead-of-iraq-war-cabinet-papers-show?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

When did that person drive his 4WD into the front door? That was a #HoWARd protest, too? @MarkDeasy

True to character, Donald Trump is already🔥 flouting ethics laws and norms even before he takes office as president in 2025.

The president-elect is 💥accepting secret donations to fund his transition
while 💥refusing to sign ethics pledges or deliver an ethics plan mandated by the Presidential Transitions Act.

⚠️The transition also has not signed an agreement with the Federal Bureau of Investigation that would allow the agency to do background checks on Trump nominees.

🆘The transition has missed deadlines in September and October despite transition team leaders #Howard #Lutnick and #Linda #McMahon promising to sign memorandums of understanding with the Biden White House that would facilitate the outgoing administration’s collaboration with Trump’s transition team.

According to The New York Times, the Trump transition has privately created an ethics code and conflict-of-interest guidance for transition staff,
but those documents do not include a legal requirement — a statement regarding how Trump will handle conflicts of interest while in office
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-refuses-disclose-funding-transition-1235179059/