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When will people stop believing the BS propaganda of Labor? For those not paying attention, a few facts:

Penny Wong in the Senate: ‘the US relationship is more important that the environment’.

Former Labor premier Mike Wran has said that ‘Australia is often seen internationally as walking both sides of the street on climate’ and also that ‘gas is a lifeline for the fossil fuel polluters akin to what vapes have become to the tobacco industry’.

It’s been acknowledged that supplying gas to overseas countries is hindering their transition to renewables, never mind the fact that the process used to liquify the gas to get it on the boat uses more gas than all households in Australia.

As far as Labor’s much heralded environment policy goes, it conveniently and disgracefully omits a ban on native forest logging.

In 2018 Labor declared that they would sign the International Ban on Nuclear Weapons and since the last three elections still have not done so.

Continually obstructing FOI requests and fending off continuous complaints about transparency.

Ignoring 31 recommendations for gambling reform. Continuing to support Israeli weapons manufacturers and rejecting calls for sanctions in defiance of the ICJ.

Greens Senator Shoebridge: ‘When will the PM start telling the whole truth about AUKUS and how Australia will be paying to help build the next class of US ballistic missile submarines’.

Under AUKUS, Australia will be contributing to the indefinite maintenance of the US strategic nuclear force and where will the nuclear waste be stored?

We are tightly integrated into the US military and the now-expanding US military footprint on Australian soils which is destroying our security and sovereignty.

If the government really cared about housing and honesty, they would eliminate negative gearing and expensive tax breaks for investors and stop conning the public with policies, which without question has continued to push up house prices for first home buyers, not to mention the 10 per cent increase in homelessness.

Why hasn’t Labor initiated a public housing commission policy similar to the successful post-war policy?

Labor’s housing policy has been bad for renters, and first home buyers, but conveniently will provide public housing for the US military.

In conclusion, people should stop believing Labor’s propaganda machine while following the US into yet another war. Labor should concentrate on lifting the living standards of Australians and showing honesty in caring for the environment and sanction Israel.

Rod Murray, Ocean Shores

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