It was a long time coming but the Queensland Council of Civil Liberties finally came out swinging this week with a blistering attack on the Government’s new Bill extending its use of ‘emergency powers’. The QCCL President said in his submission that “The concept of a permanent state of emergency is inconsistent with the whole concept of a liberal political order” and that “Freedom has enormous value in our society and that includes the freedom to take on some risk.” In warning that there's now a real danger of these extraordinary powers becoming ‘normalised’, he emphasised that, “These are the most Draconian powers that have ever existed in Queensland, including in wartime.”

The Morrison Government and their advisers in the TGA and ATAGI must respond promptly to the shocking allegations outlined in the Open Letter from the Covid Medical Network. The Morrison Government must come clean and respond to the CMN and hand over their policies, minutes, advices and the data that they relied upon to so significantly affect the health and social fabric of Australia. This CMN letter, written and supported by doctors, clinicians, researchers and stakeholders must be treated seriously. It is just another reason that One Nation is calling for a Royal Commission into the COVID Health Response.

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?