How can one molecule of CO2 heat up 10,000 molecules of N2 and O2 in the atmosphere? 5.6.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-08-08 | In estimates I asked the Chief Scientist how heat was transferred from CO2 to N2 and O2, the two molecules that make up around 99% of the atmosphere.I asked this, because this is the basis on which billions (if not trillions before it’s ended) are being spent to justify tearing down our home made base load energy grid in favour of foreign made renewables.I got a word salad in reply and I’m afraid to say the answer to the Question on Notice was also a word salad, that did not answer how CO2 transfers heat.Climate alarmists argue that the increase in CO2 in the atmosphere has increased the temperature by at least a degree resulting in climate change that will cause global boiling.They call the increase of CO2 the greenhouse gas effect. This in itself is oxymoronic because CO2 is a gas and a greenhouse is a solid. Solids trap convection or more specifically a greenhouse traps rising thermals generated as the sun heats the air inside the greenhouse.In the atmosphere there is no solid object that stops hot air from rising. You can easily see that by observing the clouds especially cumulonimbus clouds. Similar phenomena is observed as steam rises out of a boiling jug or an air balloon rises as heat is pumped into it.But back to the question. How does CO2 transfer heat to N2 and O2? The latter two molecules are transparent to radiation so the only way they can get hotter is if they collide with CO2 atoms. In order to adhere to the first principle of thermodynamics and Newton’s third law of motion energy must be conserved.So any energy transferred to N2 or O2 molecules will result in a loss of energy from the CO2 molecule. Assuming the same weight, in order for 1 molecule to heat 10,000 molecules by 1 degree that one molecule must be 10,000 degrees as it will lose energy every time it collides with another molecule. CO2 is 1.53 times heavier than N2/O2 so it only needs to be 6600 degrees. This is still hotter than the Sun and is therefore impossible.Furthermore as the following article states, gases are poor conductors of heat:“Gases are poor conductors of heat because their particles are widely spaced, reducing the frequency of collisions and energy transfer.In solids, the particles are closely packed together, which allows for easy and quick transfer of energy from one particle to another. This is why solids are generally good conductors of heat.However, in gases, the particles are far apart from each other. This wide spacing means that the particles have to travel greater distances to collide with each other and transfer energy. As a result, the process of energy transfer is much slower in gases, making them poor conductors of heat.The process of heat conduction in gases is also affected by the low density of gases. The density of a substance is directly related to the number of particles present in a given volume. Since gases have a low density, they have fewer particles in a given volume compared to solids or liquids.This further reduces the frequency of collisions and hence the rate of energy transfer. Moreover, gases are poor conductors of heat because they have a low specific heat capacity.Specific heat capacity is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of a substance by one degree Celsius.Gases generally have a lower specific heat capacity than solids or liquids, which means they require less heat to increase their temperature. This property makes them less effective at conducting heat.In addition, the random and rapid motion of gas particles also contributes to their poor heat conduction.Unlike in solids where particles vibrate around fixed positions, gas particles move freely and randomly. This random motion means that even when a particle gains energy and moves faster, it may not necessarily collide with another particle to transfer that energy. Instead, it might just move away, carrying the energy with it. This randomness in motion further slows down the process of energy transfer, making gases poor conductors of heat.In conclusion, the wide spacing of particles, low density, low specific heat capacity, and random motion of particles in gases all contribute to their poor heat conduction.”- Why are gases poor conductors of heat? | TutorChaseLong story short, scientists can’t explain how CO2 can transfer significant amounts of heat to the rest of atmosphere because it doesn’t in fact do that. The Greenhouse Gas Effect is a lie.
We dont need to be spending billions on pensions for rich bureaucrats - Senate 9.10.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-18 | Stop the rorts. Our Federal Bureaucracy is out of control. The estimated liability for the Federal Bureaucrat Defined Benefit scheme is $335 billion. This is nothing but a massive theft of taxpayers money. Of the $335 billion: $137 billion is for 40,509 bureaucrats who will get more than $75,000 a year in retirement $91 billion is for 29,094 bureaucrats who will get more than $50,000 a year. David Anderson, the head of the ABC is expected to get around $400,000 a year until he does despite earning over a million a year for the last 5 years. The PeopleFirstParty.au is the only political party who will stop this unjustified rort.#auspol #australia #rort #bureaucracy #bureaucrats #pension #taxpayermoney
Nothing symbolises the demise of our manufacturing sector more than the closure of Holden. Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-17 | Once we were warriors. In 1979 whilst driving an Australian made Torana A9X, Peter Brock drove what many regard as the greatest lap ever driven at Bathurst. On his last lap he overtook a number of cars to set a new lap record and win the race by a record 6 laps. Nothing symbolises the demise of our manufacturing sector more than the closure of Holden. Holden was bought by GM in 1931, beginning their 89-year history as a combined entity.This was the start of Holden's demise as the parent company would send profits offshore rather than reinvest into Holden here. As someone who has analysed financial statements for my working career I can tell you joint ventures always end up screwing the smaller partner because the larger partner always milks the smaller partner via management fees and inter-company charges. Politicians who should have asked those questions were too busy sprouting neoliberal ideology. To top it off the Government put in millions of dollars to help prop the industry up without asking for equity in return. Yet again the big end of town screws the taxpayer. There’s no doubt it is difficult to compete against cheaper manufacturing labour in Asia, but given automation today surely it’s possible. We can’t continue to fool ourselves that rising house values propped up by debt and high immigration is sustainable or a sign of wealth. A country without mechanics is a very poor country indeed. #auspol
Climate alarmism is killing the tourism industry - 17.10.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-17 | I’m in Cardwell on my way to Townsville for tonight’s event. One important industry that never gets enough attention is Tourism. For many regional centres Tourism is an important third leg to Agriculture and Mining. Far North Queensland like so much of Australia has many beautiful locations including beaches, waterfalls and of course the reef. I can assure you that climate change isn’t killing the reef or the many other tourist destinations FNQ has to offer. So thanks to all of our small business operators who work in Tourism. Like many small businesses you are an important part of our economy.#auspol #qldpol #northqueensland #cardwellqld #australiansmallbusiness
Misinformation bill equals censorship to suit the big end of town - Senate 11.10.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-17 | Try not to laugh“Would you not assume there is inherent conflict of interest between what the mainstream media reports as news and what the government wants reported as news given the mainstream media relies on the government for a significant part of its advertising revenue?There’s no conflict of interest between the journalists or the editorial teams……..there are internal mechanisms regarding journalistic integrity and editorial decisions where those commercial decisions do not come into play.”••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••I put this question to free to air media executives in the misinformation bill Senate inquiry. I have been told first hand by journalists that they are not allowed to talk about certain topics because their advertisers wouldn’t like it or they would be threatened with legal action despite the information being true.#auspol #australia #misinformation #media
If renewables are so cheap then why do they have to be subsidised so much? - 11.09.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-16 | If renewables are cheaper why do the two major parties continue to subsidize them?“And it’s why under this government the number of EV charging stations has increased to 900…………all of these investments are made with the expectation of a positive risk based return.”••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••I asked Labor in Question Time why they are forking out $100 million to Ampol for 200 charging stations given Ampol made $235 million last year. There are circa 20 million cars in Australia. If Labor want to shift a large number of cars onto electric they are going to need a lot more than 900 public charging stations. Where are they going to be located and how much more energy will they draw from the grid? At $500,000 a throw for each charging station it’s going to cost the taxpayer a lot of money to fund these batteries. There is no way there is going to be a positive return for taxpayers. It’s just another lie peddled by government to keep you poor in order to fund the fake virtue signalling of the elites.#auspol #australia #renewables #evs #chargingstations
Why doesnt labor care about womens equality when it comes to superannuation? - 19.09.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-16 | Labor love to talk out of both sides of their mouth. Superannuation is a direct function of how much someone is paid. The higher they are paid the more superannuation they have. It’s a mathematical impossibility that low income earners and parents who stay at home will ever save as much superannuation as high income earners. Therefore it’s impossible that Superannuation achieves its goal of ensuring that low income earners ever get off the pension. The fact that the same percentage of retirees are on the pension today as when superannuation began is proof of that. The median superannuation balance for women aged 60-64 is only $158,000. That might last 3-4 years if you’re lucky. Needless to say Labor are trying to cover this up by using taxpayers money to fund the paid parental scheme which is costing billions and is only payable if the mother goes back to work.This is the hypocrisy from Labor when they claim that superannuation will help people live a better retirement. It won’t help them and it doesn’t help women or men who stay home to look after their children.#auspol #australia #superannuation #labor
The TGA approved the vaccines with no safety data then ignored the injuries that followed - 13.06.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-14 | These responses from the excess death inquiry matter because the witness has no vested interest in the vaccine, unlike the TGA who approved them.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••“The lack of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamic data which was available at the time of the rollout of these vaccines is very unique. It is very much the exception in the registration of pharmaceuticals. And it is acknowledged…….. that long term safety data wasn’t known.”#auspol #australia #covid19 #tga #excessdeaths #health
We need to focus on issues in Australia, not in other countries - Senate 8.10.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-14 | Last week the Coalition moved a motion in the Senate condemning Iran attacking Israel. This was on top of suspending the Senate to talk about Israel. Apart from the fact that I doubt anyone on the other side of the world is listening to the Australian Senate it’s incredibly hypocritical of the Coalition to be calling out Iran when the John Howard led Coalition supported the invasion of Iraq on the the basis of made up lies and destroyed the lives of millions of people. It’s also worth remembering that Iran is the State it is today because the CIA overthrew a democratically elected President there in 1953. There is no place for self righteous virtue signalling hypocrisy when it comes to foreign affairs. People’s lives are not pawns on a chess set to be callously and brutally destroyed in the name of scoring political points. As I said in my maiden speech “Twenty-first century foreign affairs have been characterised by belligerent rhetoric and an unwillingness to seek peace through diplomatic channels. This needs to change. Sound diplomacy and strength of position is the foundation of peace.”I should add that after the Iranian Revolution in 1979 as per Marc Rich’s biography Israel kept buying oil from Iran through diplomatic back channels. Unfortunately all war is a racket designed to enrich the elites at the expense of human beings. It’s a game I won’t be playing. We need to focus on fixing problems here in Australia.peoplefirstparty.au#auspol #australia #israel #iran #war #diplomacy
We need a Judicial Commission to hold the Fair Work Commission Accountable - 15.2.23 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-11 | Judges are no more than glorified bureaucrats given immense power with no accountability. It has to stop. “And my question to you minister are were you looking at setting up some sort of review commission similar to ICAC but for judges whereby judges can be held to account for their performance. I think that’s been discussed but I’m not up to speed with it. I have a vague recollection of a judicial commission being committed to.”#auspol #australia #fairwork #judicialcommission #bureaucracy
How is the fair work commission independent when they follow whatever the government says? 15.02.23 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-10 | The behaviour of the Fairwork Commissioners throughout Covid is another reason why we need an Independent Judicial Commission. The judgements of the Fairwork Commissioners in regards to Covid mandates were quite frankly callous, uninformed and just plain wrong. Take some of the downright stupid statements from Commissioner Colman in the Coopers Brewery case: • “[39] First, it is a matter of public record and a notorious fact that ATAGI is an expert body whose role is to provide evidence-based advice on the administration of vaccines to the Commonwealth, and also to the general public. ATAGI’s fifteen members hold senior positions at major universities, hospitals and research institutions around the country. ATAGI’s status as an expert body that provides advice to government and the public cannot seriously be doubted and indeed the applicants did not seek to impugn that status.Wrong. Colman’s job was to test ATAGI’s expertise and advice for accuracy. ATAGI provided no evidence based testing around the safety of the vaccine and ignored well known phenomenons such as original antigenic sin. To fail to do proper diligence shows Colman was negligent in his duty. • “[40] Secondly, ATAGI has been continuously evaluating the epidemiological state of the country in respect to COVID-19 at its weekly meetings and updating the advice that it provides to the public on its website. Its advice has therefore remained current. I note that the formulation of ATAGI’s advice about the effect of vaccines on transmission of the virus changed over the relevant period. In updates from September to December 2021 ATAGI stated that vaccination was an intervention to ‘prevent infection, transmission and severe disease’. A statement on 24 December 2021 said that booster doses were ‘likely to increase protection against infection with the Omicron variant’. Then on 17 January 2022, an ATAGI update stated that vaccination ‘prevents serious disease and death, and reduces disease transmission’.”Wrong. The fact that ATAGI kept changing its advice in such a short period of time as it become evident the vaccine didn’t work shows ATAGI had no idea of what it was doing. • “[41] The fact that there may be views in the scientific community that differ from those of ATAGI about the effect of vaccines on transmission of the virus is neither surprising nor a reason to doubt the reliability of ATAGI’s advices. Wrong. Either Colman’s mental capacity needs to be seriously questioned with this statement or his impartiality. If there are different scientific views to ATAGI then that is a reason to question ATAGIs advice, especially when their initial advice was shown to be incorrect and they kept changing it after evidence showed they were wrong. Experts know in advance what is going to happen, not after the horse has bolted. You can read the rest of the findings yourself below but there is no way Commissioner Colman should be allowed to get away with this judgement. It is seriously flawed and yet again the question needs to be asked - who will hold the judges to account.Quote from:https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/FWC/2022/1931.html#auspol #australia #atagi #accountability
Why do we elect politicians and corporate boards but not the boards of super funds? - 19.09.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-09 | Superannuation boards need to be held to account. “Superannuation sector says the prudential regulator should stick to measuring funds’ success by their returns instead of caving to “bastardised political interference” in governance and performance testing.Launching a vehement defence of industry funds’ controversial governance model. Mr Weaven said the structure where boards are cherry-picked by unions and employer groups was the “secret sauce” to their outperformance even if the Coalition and listed financial services companies wished otherwise.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Well well well. In the last sitting of parliament I asked the Labor party if members of Superannuation funds should be able to elect their board members. As usual I got a non answer but now the rent seeking parasites in the superannuation industry have come out arguing that board members should be cherry picked by unions and employer groups. Furthermore this particular parasite then has a crack at political interference.What an arrogant bastard. Superannuation only exists because of political interference. People are forced to give to superannuation funds because politicians made it law without ever seeking a mandate. And now the parasites who siphon $30 billion a year don’t want to be held accountable via a democratic process of electing board members by members of the fund. Under the policies to be released this week, PeopleFirstParty.au will make it mandatory for Superannuation Boards to be elected by the people rather than selected by the elites. How hypocritical are these people. They are happy to mandate wage theft but refuse to hold elections to choose who and how your money is managed.#auspol
Multinationals need to pay their fair share of tax and stop shifting their profits - 24.06.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-08 | Why are our own politicians selling us out?An easy way to tell if multinationals are shifting their profits offshore is to compare the operating profit ratio of their operations in Australia verses their worldwide operating profit. Pfizer for example had an operating profit ratio of just 7% in Australia verse 35% for its worldwide income. This was on $1.4 billion in sales of which a billion was transferred to Ireland. Australia withholds only 10% on royalties paid to Ireland, despite Ireland having a company tax rate of 12.5%. A total tax burden of 22.5% which is 7.5% less than the 30% applied to company tax in Australia. Sending profits to Ireland saves Pfizer 7.5% of a billion dollars or $75 million. It is therefore clearly obvious that any company will shift profits to Ireland (and numerous other countries with that Australia applies low withholding rates too).For the life of me I don’t know why the ATO allows this to happen but it needs to stop. In this clip I call for an operating ratio test to ensure that Multinationals pay their fair share of tax here in Australia.#auspol #australia #taxation #ato #peoplefirstparty
Judges should be just as accountable as politicians - Senate 18.09.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-08 | Judges need to be held to account.“The Queensland Law Society (QLS) has long advocated for the establishment of an independent judicial commission in the state.The primary aim of such a commission is to preserve public confidence in the administration of justice and to promote the separation of powers. A strong and independent judiciary is fundamental to maintaining the integrity of the judicial system, as well as government and public institutions.An independent judicial commission is a key mechanism for enhancing the openness, transparency and independence of the judicial system.”•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••I strongly agree with the Queensland Law Society. Why should judges be above transparency and accountability. I’ve heard from many legal professionals and constituents who have complained about the legal system and the decisions made by judges. Furthermore given judges are appointed by politicians, greater scrutiny needs to be looked at between those relationships. The concept of separation of powers is quickly diminished if mates are looking after each other. Quote from: https://www.qlsproctor.com.au/2024/09/qls-calls-for-judicial-commission/#auspol #australia #separationofpowers #transparency #justicesystem
The cost of renewables were originally forecast to cost a trillion dollars by the CSIRO - 26.06.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-04 | It’s impossible to cut costs by 50%.“Back in 2017, our analysis estimated that it would cost Australia a trillion dollars to convert to renewables,” says Dr Graham. “The knowledge we’ve gained since then on changes in technology costs cuts that figure in half. It’s now more like $500 billion, which is a pretty good improvement in a very short space of time. And to be clear, the cost would be greater if we decided to rebuild coal.”” 👇•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Seriously! When it comes to renewables, changes in technology have only ever been at the margins. The idea that the costs of renewables has fallen by half, when inflation is rampant has no credibility. Yet this is the ridiculous claim made by our chief scientific agency. How can anyone have any faith in these clowns when they make such outlandish claims. And what a relief - converting to renewables is only going to cost $500 billion. No wonder energy prices are through the roof.Quote from: https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2022/January/technological-innovation-will-drive-change-in-australias-energy-system#auspol #australia #renewables #peoplefirstparty
Health authorities ignored vaccine safety signals - Senate 13.06.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-03 | Why can’t the bureaucrats be this honest?The following dialogue between myself and Dr Chris Neil took place in the Senate Excess Death Inquiry. It shows why there needs to be an inquiry into Covid outside the Senate estimates process whereby Labor collude with the bureaucrats to lie. Dr Neil is a practicing cardiologist and has a PhD in Cardiomyopathy. While the dialogue doesn’t cover anything that hasn’t been covered before it does show the difference between speaking with a professional doctor who sees patients on a daily basis and the bureaucrats in the TGA. Whereas the bureaucrats are only interested in covering up their incompetence, Dr Neil has not been afraid to give a more honest assessment about issues around the vaccine rollout. The current Senate estimates process isn’t working as the government colludes with bureaucrats to cover up their incompetence rather than work as a transparent process to shine a light on government decisions.#auspol #australia #excessdeaths #TGA #covid
Superannuation benefits the wealthy - Senate 19.09.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-02 | Superannuation is a lie. It helps everyone else except the person who owns it.I spoke in the chamber recently in reply to the Coalitions idea that people should be able to access their superannuation to buy a home. If the Coalition was serious about home ownership they would never have increased compulsory superannuation from 4% to 12%. I asked former Treasurer Josh Frydenburg to freeze the rate at 9% but he did nothing to stop the legislated increase to 12%. My view is that Superannuation should be voluntary to begin with. If the Coalition were true to their values they would have done everything to dismantle superannuation but of course they caved into the big banks who made a motza out of it. The returns on superannuation are overblown when matched against the cost of a mortgage. If your mortgage interest rate is 6.3% that means you have to earn around 10% in super pretax to match the opportunity cost of not paying down your mortgage quicker. And that excludes the capital appreciation of a house if you haven’t yet bought a house. Only the PeopleFirstparty.au is interested in actually allowing workers to keep ALL of their wages and out of the hands of the superannuation rent seekers.#auspol #australia #superannuation #peoplefirstparty
Capital gains tax reform will help fund an income tax cut for all Australians - 26.09.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-01 | One of the great inconsistencies in the Tax Act is that there is a 50% discount on profits from capital gains as opposed to wages or profits. It has greatly distorted asset prices (along with immigration) to the extent that younger generations are locked out of the housing market. It has also meant that many land rich assets like farms can’t be paid for from future earnings, so anyone who wants to work hard can’t compete against those who control capital. As a result assets are becoming more and more centralised into the hands of a few, particularly super funds and foreign investors. It is incredibly important that the CGT discount is abolished so that the playing field is levelled for younger generations. The CGT discount currently costs $20 billion, 80% of which goes to the upper 10% of income earners. Abolishing the discount could easily fund a tax cut for people earning between $45,000 and $65,000 of $2,000 each year by lowering the income tax rate to 20 cents. #auspol #australia #taxation #economy #australiantaxreform
Why did they release a vaccine that makes more of the spike protein than the actual virus? - 5.6.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-10-01 | TGA lies to cover up its negligence causing injury and death. “TGA: Covid causes myocarditis at about seven times the rate of the vaccine. Me: Have you got a study for that. TGA: No, we do but I just don’t have it in front of me. And TGA: It’s fairly clear that vaccination against Covid is associated with a decrease in mortality. Me: That didn’t happen in Australia. TGA: It did happen. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••At the last round of estimates it became clear that the TGA were colluding with Labor to filibuster their answers to cover up their negligence causing vaccine injuries. To try and claim the Covid vaccine reduced mortality when deaths exploded in Australia is an insult to every deceased person and their families. Likewise to claim the virus causes myocarditis at a rate 7 times higher than the jab knowing the spike protein was optimised to be toxic is also an insult to everyone who has suffered from myocarditis, pericarditis or POTs due to the jab. But unlike like the TGA who use studies conducted by people who receive support from Pfizer (study referred to), real world data showed that deaths and cardiac presentations jumped before Covid was even in the community. So how does this bloke justify his claims? But that is what we are dealing with when it comes to bureaucrats and weak politicians in this country. They will ignore injury and kill people in order to avoid responsibility and protect their jobs. There is no greater evidence of the leadership crisis we have in this country than acknowledging the violence these people inflicted on the Australian people. To help stop them please sign up to www.peoplefirstparty.au#auspol #australia #covid #covid19 #tga #myocarditis #excessdeaths #health
Nuclear energy costings should be made public - 26.9.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-30 | Time to use our home grown resources.Last week I told Tom Connell that I supported the Government owning nuclear power plants for two reasons:a) I’ve always believed Government should own base load energy infrastructure assets relating to energy and b) Australia needs to adopt nuclear technology as its been shown to be a very cheap and reliable form of energy. Unlike subsidies for renewables which goes into the back pockets of rent seekers, money invested into a Government owned energy asset will eventually provide billions of dollars in income. Especially Nuclear Power plants that have an effective life of between 50 to 70 years. Revenue from Coal fired power stations have been an important source of income for the State Government for decades. There is no reason why Nuclear can’t be the same. Furthermore like Coal, Uranium can also be a valuable export, unlike renewables which have to be imported at great cost to the taxpayer.#auspol #australia #nuclear #coal #energy #renewables #netzero
Buyer beware. Consumer law must keep up with technology - Senate 24.7.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-30 | We need to streamline the bureaucracy.“Do you have any regulatory tools in any situation or can you only raise it to a higher authority………we do have regulatory tools but they relate to our economic function……..sorry to interrupt you but what does that mean………that actually means we might regulate a number of wholesale telecommunications services…………what about retail, do you regulate retail at all……..wholesale only……..so who regulates retail?…………I think I heard an ACMA colleague say before it was a complex regulatory environment, so it does beg the question who is in charge of what doesn’t it.”••••••••••••••••••••••••••••When it comes to the bureaucracy it’s a complex regulatory environment all right. Everything is complex, expensive and inefficient. The sooner politicians get serious about reforming our federation the better. We don’t pay taxes to get stuffed around by big business working hand in hand with big government to shaft the little guy. This line of questioning was around the closure of 3G services and trying to figure out who is responsible for what in the telecommunications area. If you listen to the full clip, especially towards the end, you can see just how complex the bureaucracy in just one specific area of telecommunications can be and as a result how difficult it becomes to hold any one department or person to account. It’s not just the duplication of services between Federal and State Governments that need to be streamlined but also within the Federal Government as a whole. I have no doubt billions could be saved and processes improved if the bureaucracy was rationalised. Only peoplefirstparty.au is serious about dealing with Government waste and over regulation.#auspol #australia #accc #bureaucracy #regulation #3gshutdown
The major parties need to harden and release their tax policies - Sky News 26.9.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-27 | Yesterday I was asked by Tom Connell on Sky News about what it was like being an Independent Senator. I replied it gave me a lot more freedom to talk about the policies I am passionate about. It’s also an opportunity to compare a politician with conviction and vision to the sad sack of sock puppets currently running the show. Take this week’s discussion around tax policy. Albanese is ducking for cover on whether or not he will get rid of negative gearing and capital gains. Meanwhile the Coalition is criticising him for squibbing, whilst not actually saying what their policies are. Why can’t either side just come out and say what they believe in and provide a path forward in terms of policy.The answer of course is that our current politicians don’t have a plan or believe in anything. Coming out with policies just before an election doesn’t cut it. It doesn’t give people enough time to understand it. I’m happy to debate anyone who thinks capital gains should be taxed at half the rate of income. All the discount does is push up asset prices making it harder for working people to get ahead.I would much rather cut income tax for working people, small businesses and retirees.#auspol #australia #taxation #australiantaxreform #albanese #labor #peoplefirstpartyau
Labor isnt serious about tax reform & profit-shifting by multinationals - Senate 18.9.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-26 | Labor have no answers. Now that I’m an Independent Senator I can finally ask questions in Question time. (The Liberal party never allowed myself or Alex Antic to ask questions.) If the Australian government wants to repay the massive debt it has, it needs to stop profits from going offshore. One way to tell if Australia is being ripped off is to look at the operating profit ratio declared by a multinational in Australia verses what it’s worldwide operating profit is. Pfizer, in 2022 for example, had an operating profit ratio of just 7% in Australia v a worldwide operating profit ratio of 35%. This is clear evidence that Australia is allowing Pfizer to shift profits offshore that are breaching the arms length transfer pricing rules. The ATO should take a closer look at this. The other issue that needs to be addressed when it comes to multinational tax avoidance are withholding tax rates. The withholding tax on royalties paid to Ireland is 10% which added to the company tax rate of 12.5% means the total tax on profits sent to Ireland is 22.5%, 7.5% less than the tax on profits been retained in Australia. Given a billion dollars was transferred to Ireland this is a lazy $75 million that Pfizer can avoid in tax just through a few accounting entries. The easiest way to stop profits going offshore is to lift withholding taxes so that it costs more to shift the profits offshore than retain the profits in Australia. I’ve attached the withholding tax rates below in the link. As you can see Australia is not charging enough withholding tax on royalties. Only the www.peoplefirstparty.au has the skill set to actually reform Australia's tax system. Please register your support.More ate: taxsummaries.pwc.com/australia/corporate/withholding-taxes#auspol #australia #taxation #australiantaxreform #albanese #labor #withholdingtax #peoplefirstpartyau
Its no longer the party of the worker, Labor is the party of the rorter - Senate 14.8.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-25 | The Labor Party has stopped fighting for the people.I recently called out Labor’s failure to stand up for workers in the chamber. If they really wanted to help workers with the cost of living they would let them keep their wages and stop coercing mothers back into the workforce. The same goes for the Liberal party who claim to believe in free choice. If that’s the case why do they support compulsory superannuation. The answer is of course that both major parties put the interests of the big end of town in front of the people. It’s why we need a party who will put the people first. Register your support at www.peoplefirstparty.au#auspol #Australianworkers #Labor #PeopleFirst
We need to spend less on frivolous university degrees and more on skills and trades - 13.08.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-24 | How much money is being wasted on unnecessary University degrees? In the same way there is too much taxpayer money being wasted on unnecessary jobs in the bureaucracy, the same goes for University Academia. Rachel Gunns PhD on the intersection of gender and breakdancing shows just how frivolous Universities have become. Australians cannot afford to have their taxpayer dollars wasted on this frivolity. They desperately need a tax cut to provide some cost of living relief. It’s time funding for Universities and Bureaucracies were slashed to help pay for income tax cuts.#auspol #australia #costofliving #taxcuts
Gambling destroys lives and families. Senate - 19.09.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-23 | Last week I lent my support to banning gambling advertisements. There is no need to encourage online gambling, especially sports betting at a time when children are watching television. It’s completely irresponsible and just another example of how the major parties have caved into giving vested interests what they want in return for donations.#auspol #australia #gamblingads #ban
Why are people taxed on the cost of living? Senate - 11.09.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-23 | Last week I spoke in the chamber about the need for cutting income tax for low income earners. If businesses can get a tax deduction for the cost of doing business I don’t see why wage and salary earners can’t get a tax decision for the cost of living, especially if the tax is going to push people below the poverty line. There are millions of people earning low to medium wages who are only just making ends meet. Yet they do very important jobs that keep the wheels turning in society. They spend their life putting their nose to the grindstone, never complaining but quietly fighting. Treasury has been screwing these guys by overestimating the cost of tax cuts. People on lower incomes will spend any tax cut they get, so most of the money they receive will end up back in Treasury. It’s why I’m pushing hard to cut income tax for all Australians. You can register your interest in helping out at peoplefirstparty.auNote: The income tax on $50,000 is $6,788 not $10,000 as I said in my speech.#auspol #australia #taxation #costofliving #peoplefirstparty
The TGA wont give me a straight answer on suspected deaths - Estimates 05.06.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-19 | The Bureaucracy needs to stop obfuscating during estimates. People deserve answers. Especially when it comes to deaths caused by Government negligence. Completely disgusting behaviour here by both the TGA and Senator Marielle Smith. I asked a simple question as to whether or not the TGA are ruling out all reported deaths as not being caused by the vaccine. I then get deliberate obfuscation by Prof Lawler who after driveling on for 3 minutes then decides to hand the question to another TGA employee who then serves me up more obfuscation. When I try to call their delay tactics out the head of the committee, Marielle Smith then stops from asking for the question to be answered. For context this question was asked at around 10:50pm after I had sat in the room since 9am that morning. I was finally allowed a 5 minute block of questions, upon which the bureaucrats deliberately chewed up time to prevent me from asking more questions. Marielle Smith needs to be reminded that estimates are for questions to be asked by the Senators, it’s not for long winded lies by bureaucrats to cover up their incompetence. And the answer at 3:10 in was that they can’t rule out all 1,000 deaths being caused by the vaccine. Took some work but we got there.#auspol #australia #covid #covid19 #tga #excessdeaths #health
My Canberra Wrap Up 19 Sept 2024 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-19 | Just wrapped up two busy weeks in Canberra as an Independent Senator! I’ve been pushing hard for inquiries on cutting unnecessary red tape, tax reform, and building infrastructure. While not all motions got up, I'm still fighting for what matters. Also proud to have launched the People First Tax Policy this week. Now back to my electorate before heading off on a regional Queensland tour. Keep sending me your concerns – I’m here to fight for you!👉 www.gerardrennick.com.au/policies-taxation-reform#auspol #peoplefirstpartyau #canberrawrap
The major parties dont understand monetary policy and now we have a productivity crisis! - 12.8.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-19 | The debate around monetary policy in this country is hopeless. The two major parties are arguing over how many boards should the RBA have, when they should be asking why unelected officials are changing the price of paper, instead of directing credit into infrastructure projects that might actually do something about the lack of supply in Australia. Over the last two weeks I’ve tried to get inquiries up into removing inefficient bureaucrats and building infrastructure yet the two major parties aren’t interested. I will repeat they aren’t interested in real reform. As I write this the Federal Reserve has just dropped interest rates by a half a percent two months out from an election. There was no need to cut by this much so quickly, 25 basis points maybe but not 50. It’s just more proof that central banks, especially the Federal Reserve aren’t independent. Western economies are going to follow Japan into a zero interest rate world where the government ends up being propped up by unsecured money printing. Changing the price of money whilst doing nothing about building infrastructure, is all about control. It does nothing to serve the people.#auspol #australia #monetarypolicy #productivity #infrastructure #bureaucracy
Short selling consistently increases before capital raisings - Senate 04.06.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-18 | “You will often see a significant increase in the number of shorts before a capital raising which suggests insider trading. Do you track that as well and the behaviour of the ASX…………overall what I can assure the committee about is our overall market cleanliness around continuous disclosure is actually very good.” ••••••••••••••••••••••••••That’s just another load of rubbish right there. Insider trading is rife on the ASX especially in regard to capital raisings. Time and time again you will see the number of shorts increase before a capital raising as insiders sell pre announcement at a higher price before picking up shares in the raising at a lower price. ASIC and the ASX won’t do anything about it though as they collect fees from the brokers who undertake the raisings. It’s a great big club and you ain’t in it:#auspol #australia #insidertrading #asx #asic
The federal government could build the Snowy Hydro, why cant it build national highways? - 12.9.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-16 | As usual, politicians aren’t interested in fixing up our dysfunctional federation or highways.••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••“I give notice that on the next day of sitting, I shall move that the following matter be referred to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References committee for inquiry and report by 10 December 2024:The proposal for the Australian Government to assume complete responsibility for federal highways with particular regard to:(1) the funding, construction, and maintenance of federal highways;(2) the training and utilisation of military engineers to construct and maintain federal highways; andany other related matters.”••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••Australia needs to fix up its inefficient and ineffective bureaucracy. The manner in which Federal Highways are managed is dysfunctional. The Federal Government funds 80% of Federal Highways but the State Government is responsible for building and maintaining them. The State Government therefore has no incentive to control costs. Katy Gallagher needs a history lesson when she says there are constitutional impediments to the Federal Government building Federal Highways. The Federal Government built the Snowy Hydro using the Defence powers under S51(6) of the Constitution and I quote: “However, limitations in the Australian Constitution meant that the Commonwealth Government was limited in the powers it could exercise, without the agreement of the States. Subsequently, the Commonwealth Government introduced legislation into the Federal Parliament under its defence power; and enacted the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Power Act 1949.Ten years later, the relevant States and Territories introduced their own corresponding legislation and in January 1959 the Snowy Mountains Agreement was reached between the Commonwealth and the States.”Like Dams, our Federal Highways should be seen as vital to the defence of the Nation. Instead of immigrants going to University they should be made do 5 years National Service in the Military Engineers, getting a trade while building infrastructure such as Federal Highways. That would be a lot more useful than driving Ubers in the city.Quote from:en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowy_Mountains_Scheme#auspol #australia #highways #federation #snowyhydro
Billions spent on the PBS scheme - Senate Estimates 15.2.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-13 | “I can provide you with aggregate data about rebates provided from the medical companies to the government but they’re covered under commercially confidential deeds for individual medicines.”•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••“A court has dismissed an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission appeal in a case in which it alleged Pfizer had used its market power to limit competition for its cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor.The ACCC said on Friday it was considering the judgment and remained committed to pursuing cases involving "misuse of market power".“The ACCC brought this appeal because it was concerned that Pfizer's use of its market position as supplier of the top-selling branded atorvastatin immediately before generic products were able to enter the market harmed the competitive process and therefore consumers," chairman Rod Sims said in a statement.The drug Lipitor generated annual sales of more than $700 million for Pfizer in Australia before the company's patent expired here in May 2012, the ACCC said when it launched the case against Pfizer in 2014.The ACCC alleged that Pfizer had offered big discounts and rebates on Lipitor to pharmacies that bought up large quantities of the drug and agreed to limit re-supply of competing generic atorvastatin products.”••••••••••••••••••••••••••••"The most popular type of statin has been atorvastatin, which has the brand name Lipitor. It has topped the list of highest expenditure drugs on the PBS for the last decade, costing Australian taxpayers more than $7 billion in total, which has gone to Pfizer, the company holding its patent.But the expiry of this patent last year means that Pfizer no longer has an exclusive right to sell atorvastatin; many other firms can now produce equivalent formulations of the drug, which are known as generics.In most countries, governments have moved to make large savings by using low-cost generics. For a widely used drug such as atorvastatin, generics can cost 95% less than the price of the original drug.A typical dose of atorvastatin (40 milligrams), which went off patent in many countries last year, now costs just a few dollars a month in England, Sweden and New Zealand. In fact, the generic form of atorvastatin is exclusively provided in New Zealand by Pfizer for around $2 a month.But wait…Not in Australia. The pricing agreement with the government specified a reduction of only 16% (to around $50 per month for a 40mg dose) and that this price would fixed for 18 months.As the price of these drugs internationally is so much lower, generic manufacturers offer large discounts on the wholesale price of the medications to pharmacists. And pharmacists get to pocket the difference.Each time a script for atorvastatin is dispensed, the government pays $50 to a pharmacist to cover the wholesale cost of the drug. If the pharmacist actually purchases generic atorvastatin for $10, she keeps the extra $40 per script flowing from discounts.The windfall gains from discounts come on top of the $600,000 (on average) the government pays every pharmacy each year for dispensing medications and other incentives, through its agreement with the Pharmacy Guild."••••••••••••••••••••••••While it’s important that people get affordable access to important drugs, when $17 billion of taxpayer funds is spent on the PBS it’s important the price being paid for patented and off label drugs is fully disclosed. Unfortunately that’s not the case, so the taxpayer gets exploited especially in regard to the cost of off label drugs. The Health Department should not be covering up how much the taxpayer pays for individual drugs. The secrecy suggests we are being ripped off.Quotes from:https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/accc-loses-appeal-against-pfizer-over-lipitor-sales-20180525-p4zhkc.htmltheconversation.com/looking-for-an-easy-260-million-in-savings-reform-the-pbs-15137#auspol #australia #pbs #offlabel #pfizer #statins
Youre taxed but the big guys arent - Senate 11.9.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-12 | Find the full Hansard here: https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Hansard/Hansard_Display?bid=chamber/hansards/28064/&sid=0228
ASIC needs to be tougher on white collar crime - Senate Estimates 4.6.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-12 | The Corporate Sector is no better than the Bureaucracy when it comes to accountability. ASIC argue they can’t process all the complaints that come their way and that victims of white collar crime should litigate. The problem with that of course is that people who have been ripped off can’t afford the legal fees and there is no guarantee of success in court. A better idea would be if people started getting locked up for committing crimes it might act as a deterrent for others. But as usual the people who should be doing something about it I.e. the regulators do nothing about it. ASIC need to get tougher on white collar crime.#auspol #australia #asic #whitecollarcrime #finance
Labor and Greens reject motion for Federation Convention - 11.09.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-11 | Labor and The Greens have just rejected my plan to cut red tape and shrink government bureaucracy. They're more interested in control than solutions.#auspol
People First Party Policies - Senate 10.09.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-11 | Yesterday in Parliament, I spoke about the key policies I’ve introduced through the People First party—solutions designed to empower hardworking Australians and their families. Unlike the major parties who focus on issues rather than solutions, I will set out a way forward to get Australia moving again. These five key policies will reduce the bureaucracy, cut through red tape, and put money back in your pockets, More importantly it will give Australians and their families greater control over their lives. 1. Cut income tax. I want to raise the ‘tax-free threshold’ from $18,200 to $40,000. This will give low-income earners a $3,500 tax cut. People working hard just to make ends meet shouldn’t be taxed below the cost of living. 2. Direct childcare payments to parents: Shift workers, part-timers, and rural families need flexibility. Why are we forcing parents to stick to rigid childcare systems that don’t fit their needs? I’m calling for direct payments to parents so they can decide how best to care for their children—whether it’s a nanny, a friend, or another flexible childcare solution such as the parent. 3. Fixing superannuation: It’s not working. After 30 years, we still have half of retirees on a full pension, even while we spend billions on tax concessions and fees. People should be able to control the way in which they manage their finances. 4. Cutting bureaucratic duplication and waste: The state and federal governments are duplicating bureaucratic roles, costing taxpayers billions. I’ll fight to streamline government, and I’ll also push to means-test the gold-plated pensions of retired public servants which is costing taxpayers billions of dollars every year. 5. Bringing back a public bank: We sold the Commonwealth Bank for $8 billion in 1992, and now it makes $10 billion a year. Banks are closing branches in the regions, and people are being left without proper services. It’s time to reintroduce a public bank and reform our monetary policy. The major parties have drifted for too long fighting over issues rather than promoting solutions that provide real direction and vision. I won’t stand by while everyday Australians struggle under outdated systems. I’m here to fight for policies that make a difference. Let’s fix the system and give Australians the leadership they deserve.
Whos going to pay for the excess power for electric cars? - 01.07.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-11 | Myself: Will the private sector step in and provide the battery power needed or will that be something that the taxpayer has to underwrite.CSIRO: I don’t think we have a view of who is paying for it in terms of whether it is tax payer funded or private. Next minute: “The Australian Government announced a $100 million investment to expand electric vehicle (EV) fast-charging infrastructure nationwide. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) awarded the funding to Ampol.This investment will support sustainable initiatives, including EV charging stations, hydrogen refuelling infrastructure, solar PV, and the development of low-carbon liquid fuels.Through the funding, Ampol will implement over 200 new public DC fast-charging bays at its service stations by 2025. This expansion aims to accommodate the growing number of EVs on Australian roads, which currently exceed 200,000.Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, emphasised the importance of meeting the demand for EV charging.”•••••••••••••••••••••••••Typical. Because charging stations are so expensive, service station owners in the private sector won’t buy them as they aren’t profitable. So Albanese and Bowen have to pay the service stations using your money to install them. Renewables aren’t cheaper.Quote from: https://afma.org.au/100-million-investment-to-boost-ev-fast-chargers/ #auspol #australia #renewables #electricvehicles
Cutting down on bureaucratic waste will lead to better roads - 09.09.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-10 | Yesterday I called for the 80/20 funding of Federal Highways to be abolished in favour of full funding by the Federal Government. As another accident on the Bruce Highway shows, the deadly point scoring over funding between the Federal and State Governments need to end. Too many lives are being lost or injured on our roads because of delays and underfunding. Furthermore I believe it’s time we got our military to take responsibility for building Federal Highways. (And eventually other sovereign infrastructure.)This would give our children a pathway back into gaining apprenticeships and re-skilling our workforce. We cannot continue to rely on foreign corporations to build our Infrastructure. And we cannot continue to allow people to die on our roads.#auspol #australia #infrastructure #roads #funding
The TGA admits the novel cationic lipid in the pfizer vax was not studied - Estimates 15.02.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-10 | Agreeing to what is safe isn’t the same as testing what is safe.“Genotoxicity of the cationic lipid ALC-0315 in the Pfizer vaccine was not studied however the human dose of this nanoparticle is below the internationally agreed threshold of toxicological concern that are delivered for less than ten doses a year.”••••••••••••••••••••••••This is just a straight out lie. Firstly no studies on humans using ALC-0315 was ever been carried out where they were administered a dose of ALC-0315 ten times in the year so they wouldn’t know what a safe level is. Secondly, these vaccines were the first drug to ever cross the cell membrane using the process known as transfection. How do they know what the impact to the organelles inside the cell were?Thirdly, the way the lipid reacts with the other three lipids and the mRNA needs to be studied as drugs will react differently depending on how they are designed. Fourthly Internationally agreed by whom? The regulators who are paid by big Pharma? If they lied about the jab stopping transmission why would anyone trust them on any other matter. The fact is that every drug is unique. You have to test every new drug over a long period very thoroughly. Agreeing to take short cuts, doesn’t cut it.#auspol #australia #covid #covid19 #tga #health
Banking is an essential service. Branches must stay open - Senate 25.6.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-09 | Banking is an essential service. It’s why we need a Public Bank.Earlier this year the Senate RRAT committee handed down its recommendations from the inquiry into closure of bank branches in the Regions. The key finding was that a Public bank should be started by the government combining the physical presence of the post office with the payment systems of the RBA. In short most of the Infrastructure is already in place to make this happen. All it takes is the willpower to do it.As I state in my speech, Banking is an essential service like health and education. The best way to ensure its delivery is through a public/private model of delivery similar to what we have with health and education. Private banks can offer higher quality bespoke services at higher prices while a public bank can offer standard services at a cheaper cost. The Public bank would be self-funding and aim to make an ROE of 5-6% v 10% for the private banks. Additional services like Insurance and Superannuation accounts can also be provided. The inquiry found that certain sectors were particularly vulnerable to bank closures. These were: 1) Businesses who need access to cash 2) Retirees who no longer feel comfortable using the internet or are vulnerable to scams3) Regional communities who have to travel hundreds of kilometres to the next branch or don’t have access to the internet 4) Immigrants with poor English who need help with setting up bank accounts Banks are profiting from closing down branches via 1) fewer running costs 2) greater merchant fees by forcing people to use credit cards 3) reduced CO2 emissions enabling them to meet their net zero targets (in other words the regions are the ones suffering thanks to the woke inner city mind virus) The only party to fully support a Public Bank is peoplefirstparty.auYou can check out my other work at www.gerardrennick.com.au#auspol #australia #banking #publicbank #keepbranchesopen
Superannuation is communism - Senate 1.7.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-09 | It’s time the people took back control of their money.Superannuation is centralised wealth controlled by a few boards who aren’t elected by the people.Nothing encapsulates just how dumb witted the neoliberals in the Liberal party are than superannuation. At the same time neoliberals like Howard and Hewson were sprucing free market ideology, the communists in the Labor party introduced Superannuation. A very clever way to get control of most Australians savings whilst enslaving them to even more debt. Rather than defend the right of people to control how they spend their money, when Howard and Costello took office in 1996 they actually increased the rate of superannuation rather than abolish it. By 2002 the rate of Superannuation had jumped to 9%. They did this because of pressure from the big banks who also saw the money that could be made by clipping the ticket on superannuation. CBA bought Colonial Mutual, NAB bought National Mutual, Westpac bought Bankers Trust and ANZ did a joint venture with ING. In short both parties sold out to the big end of town - big unions and big banks. Today 40% of people retire with a mortgage (up from 10% in 1992) yet the same percentage of retirees (50%) are still on a full pension. A trillion dollars of your superannuation is invested offshore. The only winners out of this are the paper shufflers in the big city ivory palaces who skim $30 billion a year out of superannuation in fees and use the $3 trillion of your capital to promote ideology not productivity.The losers are the people.#auspol #australia #superannuation #communism #capital
Are overseas students meeting the English requirements? - 6.8.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-06 | Me: What standards do you put in place to ensure that foreign students have adequate English skills when they are undertaking studies. I get two major requirements - one is the English issues and I hear back from a lot of local students who say that a lot of assessment courses are group assignments whereby certain students aren’t pulling their weight and therefore the actual teacher of that subject is not pulling their weight because every student is not being assessed on that assignment or has to perform the assignment.University rent seeker: Senator I can’t respond to anecdotal examples. Me: That’s an anecdote I’ve been hearing for well over a decade. University Rent seeker: Well certainly, from unnamed academics. •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••I’m pretty sure I’m not Robinson Crusoe when it comes to hearing about group assignments being done by one or two students while the others bludge and students who can’t speak English. The other issue I forgot to ask about was online assessment where students virtually have no contact hours whatsoever. If our University sector is so great at training why do we have to import so many immigrants to fill the skill shortage.#auspol #australia #universities #immigration #foreignstudents
$18 billion spent on Covid vaccines & treatment. Why? - 5.6.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-05 | “You can’t have it both ways, you can’t say two doses of the vaccine is effective and then go out and buy 12 doses costing extra billions of dollars. Senator, I do think we have to be careful about recreating the past, in the present……………so that was a precautionary approach.”•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••That’s a new line I’ve not heard before: “we have to be careful about recreating the past.”Is that double speak for: “we stuffed up and don’t want to be held accountable?”As for the precautionary approach, I don’t seem to recall too much precaution was being taken when people were reporting injuries. Gaslighting yes - precaution no.#auspol #australia #covid #covid19 #tga #excessdeaths #health
How can the Stroke Foundation say Covid Vaccines don’t cause strokes when they cause clots? 13.6.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-04 | How can you be called as an expert witness when you haven’t done any research? At the recent Excess Death Inquiry I asked the Stroke Foundation why they believe the vaccine protected people from strokes. A claim they made in their submission. On further questioning they made this claim based on advice from the Health Department but had done no research themselves on the mechanism of the vaccine. This is a typical feature of “expert” world whereby the so called experts are really just useful idiots who repeat the narrative of whoever is paying them. This is negligent, as people rely on these experts thinking the person knows what they are talking about when in actual fact they are parroting lines. It’s worth noting the I had an argument with John Skerritt early on whereby he refused to acknowledge that the vaccine could cause strokes even though he acknowledged it caused clots. Clots lead to strokes so it’s ridiculous to argue they don’t cause strokes.#auspol #australia #covid #covid19 #tga #health #strokes #bloodclots
A gold mine has been blocked due to cultural sensitivity - Senate 20.08.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-03 | “Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has been accused of 'rewriting history' after denying she stopped a gold mine dead in its tracks by making a controversial ruling on Indigenous heritage.Earlier this month, Ms Plibersek decided to protect land deemed to have significant Aboriginal heritage value from being dug up for a wastewater dam required for the proposed McPhillamys gold mine near Blayney in central west NSW. However, Ms Plibersek said claims she had killed off the mine were 'misinformation'.Let's be very clear here, I have said that the gold mine can go ahead but that the company needs to find a new site for the tailings dam,' Ms Plibersek told the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday.•••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••I recently spoke in the chamber about how spurious indigenous cultural heritage is killing progress in the country. The idea one or two people with a touch of aboriginal in them can halt a multibillion dollar gold mine is absurd. Typical reaction from Plibersek to try and weasel her way out of it.Quote from: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13786387/amp/Tanya-plibersek-environment-mininster-mcphillamys-gold-blayney-nsw.html #auspol
We need to reform our financial system - Senate 14.08.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-09-03 | We need to reform our financial system if we want to make houses affordable again.How our financial sector is regulated is a very important but poorly understood topic. Changes to the way our financial sector was regulated had very serious and detrimental impacts to our country, albeit it has taken a number of decades for these impacts to be felt. Clearly this topic is a question of degree. You don’t too much regulation but at the same time you don’t want reckless behaviour that ends up in markets crashing or an uneven playing field. Three areas where financial deregulation failed in the 1980’s are:1) The complete lifting of capital controls. In 1985, the major banks had $8 billion in foreign debt. By 2008 the major banks had $800 billion in foreign debt. Most of this money was lent against housing causing house prices to rise to 12/13 times average earnings up from 4/5 times earnings. This meant two parents had to go back to work which created the institutionalised child care sector. This is turn lead to a decline in education levels. 2) Derivatives no longer had to be hedged. This meant that financial speculators (using your superannuation) sitting in their inner city ivory palaces could control the price of commodities and metals rather than producers and consumers. This caused greater volatility in the markets and drove smaller players out of the market allowing big players to get a larger share of the market and ultimately profits. Many of these players were foreigners who displaced Australian producers. 3) State banks were allowed to engage in merchant banking. This was reckless to say the least. As a result, both the State Bank of Victoria and SA collapsed because they were allowed to engage in high risk lending that a decade before was not allowed. In summary, we need to restrict how much foreign capital banks can borrow and stop speculative derivative trading. If a public bank is created it should never be allowed to engage in high risk lending.
We need proper scrutiny of the pandemic - Senate 14.8.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-08-30 | This is a long clip. In the recent sitting of Parliament there was a motion to hold a Royal Commission into the Governments handling of Covid. You’ve heard it all before. Gaslighting, abuse, ignorance and no accountability.#auspol #australia #covid #covid19 #tga #ahpra #excessdeaths #health
Implementing these policies will put people first - 27.8.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-08-30 | Earlier this week I spoke to ADH TV about the policies I would like to see implemented by government. They are: 1. Lifting the tax free threshold to $40,000 which will cut income taxes by at least $3,000. 2. Pay childcare directly to the parents. 3. Make superannuation voluntary. 4. Abolish renewables on farmland, national parks and oceans, abolish renewable subsidies and Federal Government departments already run by the State Governments. 5. Create a Government Retail Bank, Infrastructure Bank and Insurance Office. I will provide greater detail about these policies over the coming days and months.Note these are key policies. There are other policies I will be also promoting.#auspol #australia #peoplefirstparty #gerardrennickpeoplefirst #childcare #superannuation #tax
This is my best chance of staying in the Senate - 26.08.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-08-29 | This week I resigned from the LNP in order to run as an Independent Senator at the next Federal election so I can continue to fight for the Australian people. In order to get my name above the line on the Senate ticket I will have to set up a party which I hope to call People First. I will post further information over the coming few days in regard to the issues I will be fighting for and how to help out in the campaign so please stay posted. If you wish to register your interest you can do so at the link below. www.peoplefirstparty.au#auspol #australia #peoplefirstparty #gerardrennickpeoplefirst
I will always put people first (Covid Response Inquiry Bill) - Senate 22.8.24 Senator Gerard Rennick 2024-08-28 | Here is the full version of my reply to Senator Tim Ayres diatribe against people wanting an investigation in the government handling of COVID. You know the one where he called us conspiracy theorists 22 times in one speech. It’s worth nothing that under the prior government, when Labor was in opposition, a Select Committee on Covid led by Katy Gallagher called for a Royal Commission into Covid. So it’s complete hypocrisy for them to now abuse people who do want one. Personally I’d prefer a Senate Inquiry as I don’t trust the Judges or Albanese to set one up with a broad enough terms of reference. Either way the people deserve a voice and greater transparency over what caused and still is causing a great deal of hardship.They also want to see officials who caused unnecessary hardship held accountable.#auspol #australia #covid #covid19 #tga #ahpra #atagi #excessdeaths #health #peoplefirstpartyau
