Queensland’s Human Rights Commissioner made an excellent start in his Submission on the Government’s new Public Health and Other Legislation (Extension of Expiring Provisions) Bill 2022. Sounds great, doesn’t it? Well, not so fast… On page 8, everything suddenly takes a very dark and dangerous detour. According to the Commissioner: “the current framework can be significantly improved… by enacting PANDEMIC LEGISLATION like that in Victoria”. Wait, what??

Because of the Morrison Government's refusal to challenge the states over vaccine mandates it has been left to everyday Aussies to take matters into their own hands. One group of Aussies, made up of 24 airline staff, is doing exactly that and is taking their fight against vaccine mandates to the federal court. Recently we have seen a number of high profile organisations drop mandates. This includes the South Australian Police, Gold Coast City Council and Surf Lifesaving Queensland. I'll be backing the Aussie Freedom Flyers' Magnificent Qantas24 in their legal challenge and even chipping in to show my support. (Photo by Fidel Fernando on Unsplash)

Watching how the media has covered the latest round of mud slinging and finger-pointing in the aftermath of the floods in QLD and NSW has been really disgusting. People are sick of the lies and the games, they just want politicians and the media to tell the truth and do their job!

“Such significant human rights limitations” cannot be allowed to continue unchecked—Queensland’s human rights commissioner Scott McDougal has warned the state’s lawmakers a “vacuum of oversight” could undermine public faith crucial to responding to future pandemics should they extend the chief health officer emergency powers. He told the parliamentary committee on Monday that it should reject the Palaszczuk government’s move to extend powers by a further six months and instead replace the temporary measures with “fit-for-purpose, pandemic legislation” that was “transparent, accountable and more compatible with human rights”.

Apple and Google gave an awesome demonstration of their enormous power and reach recently, when they cut off the Russian people’s access to all their online payment platforms and apps.

Pauline Hanson is committed to supporting a 50% reduction in excise tax on petrol and diesel in Australia - Pauline Hanson's One Nation

Scott Morrison won the last election by bashing Bill Shorten on his climate policies, especially a net-zero emissions commitment. After getting elected for not buying into the climate nonsense, Scott Morrison unexplainably signed us up to net zero despite CSIRO confirming there was no change in the ‘Science’™.

Have you noticed how, for the first time in many years, COVID hasn't been dominating the headlines?

There is a façade of legality over this ongoing use of emergency powers in Queensland to further the government’s political objectives and undermine the rule of law. The inadequate institutional and constitutional frameworks within which such emergency powers have been used in Queensland has made this unhindered exploitation of emergency powers by the Executive Government dangerously easy. If allowed to continue I believe it will lead to no less than the radical overthrow of our way of life and political system. We need to restore balance and accountability to the policy-making process in Queensland. And we need to reject this reigning culture of fear before it’s too late, start re-opening our economy responsibly, end ‘government by decree’ powers, abolish the hated vaccine mandates, and restore Queensland’s democratic voice by restoring the power of the Legislature and all its functions.

It has long been warned that when western nations shut down or limit their oil, gas and coal industries it simply allows other nations to take advantage and reap the profits.