David Shoebridge grills Def Secretary Greg Moriarty accusing him of shifting ppl who caused “waste, inefficiency & rework” from one new agency to another, then takes aim at Dep Secretary Chris Deeble, reveals he’s one of those shifted around.
“You’re exhibit A aren’t you!”🔥ouch #Estimates
03.12.2025 04:20 — 👍 32 🔁 14 💬 1 📌 2
David Shoebridge slams Aus War Memorial’s Matt Anderson after they put up for exhibition a “staged photo” of war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith “who’s famous for wanting his Kill Count” & edited out a dead Afghan body he posed in front of.
“You edited out the truth!”🔥 #Estimates
03.12.2025 02:24 — 👍 116 🔁 53 💬 14 📌 5
No matter how many times Vet Affairs Dept Secretary Alison Frame repeats that there’s been no changes to claim metrics on their website, her answer just cannot find it’s way into Sarah Henderson’s head.🤯
“As I’ve just updated, we haven’t changed what’s provided on the website” #Estimates
03.12.2025 01:12 — 👍 36 🔁 9 💬 5 📌 3
BREAKING: Bruce Lehrmann is a Loser again and “lost his appeal against a federal court ruling that found on the balance of probabilities he had raped his colleague Ms Higgins at Parliament House in Canberra in 2019.” #Abc #Rapist #IStandWithBrittany
02.12.2025 23:39 — 👍 105 🔁 21 💬 11 📌 3
Home Affairs Sec Stephanie Foster insists refugees in Nauru detention are “not being held”
But turns out they are still surrounded by wired prison fencing & they can’t say whether they are being monitored by a guard.
Sounds like they are being Held to me. #Estimates
02.12.2025 22:37 — 👍 65 🔁 26 💬 4 📌 0
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal says she hasn’t even bothered to ask NSW police how on earth they let a bunch of Neo Nazi grubs parade outside parliament, but promises she will.
David Shoebridge “now I’ve raised it with you, you’re going to put on your next agenda meeting”💥🙄 #Estimates
02.12.2025 01:49 — 👍 176 🔁 63 💬 23 📌 11
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal can’t explain why she releases statements condemning Pro Palestinian protesters but then stayed quiet when Neo Nazis rallied outside NSW parliament
Segal “I take your point”
Not good enough. She’s failed Jewish people and Australians. #Estimates
02.12.2025 01:33 — 👍 110 🔁 40 💬 9 📌 2
Stephanie Foster roasted after admitting has spoken to NACC Commissioner about her Chief of Staff’s corruption case & likely kept No record
Shoebridge “You have a chat with the Commr of the NACC about a corruption investigation about your own COS & u don’t even keep a record”🔥 #Estimates
02.12.2025 01:11 — 👍 146 🔁 47 💬 31 📌 10
Who is the one whispering into Stephanie Foster’s ear?
Charlotte Tressler, formerly PwC 13 yrs, then AFP COO and now at Home Affairs. She’s been previously grilled in #Estimates for not disclosing she had worked for PwC while procuring contracts for them.🙄
02.12.2025 00:52 — 👍 65 🔁 21 💬 4 📌 0
David Shoebridge fires up at Home Affairs Sec Stephanie Foster who “breached the statutory timeline” & provided Senate with “nothing” on NACC’s corruption matter into her dept
Foster “I’m told it was due yesterday”
Shoebridge “‘due yesterday’, was important for us…”💥 #Estimates
02.12.2025 00:51 — 👍 88 🔁 33 💬 13 📌 5
Despite Dept Infrastructure advising they’ve given a report on a Tas project to the local Member AND others inc “The Tas govt”, Sarah Henderson fails to concentrate & accuses them of being “politically pointed”
Henderson “that wasn’t mentioned”
Betts “That was mentioned twice”🙄 #Estimates
01.12.2025 23:43 — 👍 60 🔁 17 💬 7 📌 5
David Pocock has given National Emergency Management Agency’s Brendan Moon a flogging for ‘fobbing the Senate off’ by continuing to hide details of complaints from his staff
Pocock “And then when I say why didn’t u answer on notice, you say you’ll take it on notice!”💥 #Estimates
01.12.2025 23:07 — 👍 100 🔁 33 💬 12 📌 3
Shoebridge later also revealed that Stephanie Foster wrote to the NACC asking if they can keep names of ppl involved anonymous.
The NACC complied with her request but Reed insisted NACC made the decision despite them doing what she asked.
He also couldn’t explain why this case was expedited.
01.12.2025 22:24 — 👍 38 🔁 11 💬 4 📌 0
After FOI docs reveal Home Affairs Secretary Stephanie Foster advised #NACC on Home Affairs corruption matter Operation Kingscliff CEO Philip Reed says has no idea why no records of Commr Brereton’s engagements with Foster were provided via FOI, or if any were kept🙄🚩Outrageous
01.12.2025 22:24 — 👍 120 🔁 46 💬 14 📌 4
Meanwhile, Philip Reed was still very lip tight about Brereton’s secret IGADF role
Shoebridge “You come here to Estimates & I ask the very obvious question, ‘well how many matters did Commr Brereton then step away from as a result of that decision, & u can’t tell me?”
Reed “No”
01.12.2025 21:42 — 👍 50 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 1
So it turns out NACC Commr Brereton is blaming us, the public, for his decision to stop having a secret side-job with the IGADF, bcoz we have caused a “distraction”
🔥David Shoebridge slams CEO Philip Reed who insists the decision had nothing to do with conflict of interest🙄ffs #Estimates
01.12.2025 21:29 — 👍 137 🔁 54 💬 13 📌 2
NACC CEO Philip Reed says they are not looking to extend Geoffrey Nettle KC’s appointment for his work on the Robodebt case beyond Feb ‘26 but refuses to agree “the Robodebt investigation will actually end 6yrs after the totally abusive corrupt scheme concluded…”🤨🚩 #Estimates
01.12.2025 09:21 — 👍 70 🔁 24 💬 7 📌 1
Malcolm Roberts Q backfires after asking CCA Chair Matt Kean if he still stands by a former claim he made that 53% of the world is signed to Net Zero, now that USA/others are out
Kean “No I don’t stand by those previous comments, they’ve been EXCEEDED since then.”💥 #Estimates
01.12.2025 07:18 — 👍 171 🔁 50 💬 16 📌 6
One Nation climate denier Malcolm Roberts asks Climate Change Authority Chair Matt Kean in “what year” power prices will come down.
Kean “According to the ABS they are already seeing those power prices coming down as a result of Renewables.”🔥 #Estimates
01.12.2025 06:18 — 👍 115 🔁 30 💬 12 📌 3
Michelle Ananda-Rajah probes Dept of Climate Change & busts the LNP myth that Emissions are Up under the Albanese govt as Alannah Pentony confirms “Emissions are down” since 21/22 & the last fin yr was “the largest drop in emissions…for any fin yr other than a yr in COVID”💥 #Estimates
01.12.2025 01:12 — 👍 66 🔁 22 💬 5 📌 1
Vic Premier Jacinta Allan asked what she made of Pauline Hanson’s comments where she said she “wouldn’t move” to Victoria.
Allan “Good.”🔥
“That sort of division is not welcome here.” #auspol #Abc
01.12.2025 00:09 — 👍 170 🔁 43 💬 10 📌 2
Kenneth Eagle “we didn’t have the data in the form you requested it”
David Shoebridge “was it in some other form?”
KE “not in the form you asked”
DS “…was it in some other form?”
KE “No”
DS “So you just didn’t have the data”
KE “No”🙄 #Estimates comedy skit.🎭
30.11.2025 23:28 — 👍 157 🔁 51 💬 21 📌 2
David Shoebridge grills the AG dept on their knowledge of FOI statutory timeframes
“I’ll give u a hint, it’s not 84 days”
Kenneth Eagle “30 days”
DS “Do u know the avg no of days your dept took?”
KE “I don’t have that no..:”
DS “Well I do coz u gave the answer on notice…”(84)💥 #Estimates
30.11.2025 23:01 — 👍 101 🔁 30 💬 7 📌 2
Pauline Hanson received the reception she deserved after her racist comments at the anti immigrant rally in Melbourne yesterday, & had to quickly flee from a back exit under heavy security. She knows she’s not welcome. Pack your bags Pauline, you & your type don’t belong here.
30.11.2025 21:55 — 👍 90 🔁 24 💬 10 📌 1
We are meant to believe the NACC is still trying to establish if somebody should be held to account on #Robodebt.
They are now preparing for their Xmas time-off while victims and their families have to see off yet another year without justice. I’ll be thinking of them this Xmas.
30.11.2025 05:30 — 👍 270 🔁 100 💬 18 📌 5
David Speers calls out David Littleproud’s NetZero $9Trillion Lie saying the “authors of that no.” have said it’s wrong themselves
“The more accurate fig. they say is $300Bill”
“The ppl who said that $9Trill, say it’s a big misrepresentation & it shouldn’t be used”🔥 #Abcinsiders
29.11.2025 22:54 — 👍 120 🔁 30 💬 20 📌 2
Jacinta Price Full of it on #SkyAfterDark claims Labor’s plan for
“Net Zero by 2060”🤔🤣could cost b/w “7 & 9 Trillion $”🙄
Experts have already confirmed this is way overblown, & no Jacinta, you’ll still have your “liberty” under Net Zero, as u have since LNP signed us up to it.
28.11.2025 23:43 — 👍 78 🔁 16 💬 12 📌 4
Has Susssssan Ley already said she would repeal them when she wins government? 🙄
27.11.2025 06:49 — 👍 19 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
Sussan Ley expresses her frustration against new environmental laws with a musical performance.
28.11.2025 00:30 — 👍 53 🔁 12 💬 27 📌 7
The Coalition can’t hide their outrage as PM Albanese praises the work of The Greens, including Larissa Waters and Sarah Hanson-Young, for being “flexible” & helping get the job done on Environmental laws.
PM “This was a Yesolition”
#HouseOfReps
27.11.2025 23:58 — 👍 101 🔁 22 💬 5 📌 1
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