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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
Citylink could have been back in public hands now (2026), there was a clause in original 1995 contract on profits which meant that was possible, but your Government made a deal with Transurban in 2015, without asking the Victorian people , to extend the tolls on Citylink, the most profitable fully private toll roads in the world, till 2045. This was done in exchange for Transurban funding the construction of Westgate Tunnel, a project your Govt was told by 50 experts not to agree to, as it was a terrible design. You ignored the experts. The tunnel is empty and useless. It was meant to cost 4 Billion but cost 11 Billion. The taxpayer ended up funding a lot of that 11 billion. The state is almost 200 billion in debt. All your corporate and union mates are richer. Victoria is so much poorer. We cannot afford 4 more years of @VictorianLabor thievery.
BREAKING: Labor will cap public transport fares at $30 a week.
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
- In France they leave pallets of glass bottles to use in riots - During the BLM riots they left pallets of bricks - During the ICE protests throughout America they left stacks of bricks to throw at law enforcement Same playbook, same people funding it. It’s a communist takeover
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
Ben Carroll's new directive for police cautions to replace charges for teens is now in force. A knife fight at Westfield Doncaster saw the youths simply cautioned. A machete brawl between teens at Woolworths Mordialloc resulted in police arresting the offenders, but no charges laid. #springst
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
Media Release: One Nation will reverse Dr Chalmers’ budget experiments One Nation will fix Dr Jim Chalmers’ destructive budget experiments by reversing his capital gains tax and trust changes. One Nation will also protect negative gearing for up to two investment properties and vows to fight any plan by the Treasurer to impose death taxes and taxes on the family home. One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson said Australians were paying for a Treasurer who had no idea what he was doing and the Albanese Labor government who just cannot stop spending and driving up inflation. “Dr Jim Chalmers is experimenting on the Australian economy, and everyday Australians are his guinea pigs.” Senator Pauline Hanson said. “He’s playing with your home, your rent, your business and your savings. When his experiments fail, Australians will pay dearly. “He has smashed business confidence, cut off business investment and helped send the property market into free fall. “Already, more than 1,100 households who bought through Labor’s expanded five per cent deposit scheme are now estimated to owe more than their homes are worth. “Labor encouraged them into the market, then pulled the rug out from under them. “They botched the ATO credit card ban and lied about their involvement. They were forced to back down on their widow tax. Now accountants warn Labor’s trust changes could cost Australians billions in unnecessary advice and restructuring. “Labor couldn’t run a corner shop. But they know how to send one broke. “One Nation will restore the 50 per cent capital gains tax discount and scrap Labor’s proposed 30 per cent minimum tax on trusts. “The status quo of allowing unlimited taxpayer concessions for property tycoons was not working for Australians. The Liberal plan to back the broken model protecting property moguls makes no sense. “One Nation would continue to allow Australians to negatively gear up to two investment properties. “Anthony Albanese has pulled the ladder up behind him on young people trying to break into the property market, protecting tax concessions for existing properties. This includes the Prime Minister’s own ocean view clifftop house in Copacabana, the hundreds of properties held by his own cabinet and the thousands of properties held by property tycoons. “The Labor government must answer whether members of cabinet who benefited from grandfathering negative gearing concessions recused themselves from voting on the measures given their conflict of interest. “Australians should be able to work hard, invest and get ahead. For many young Australians, an investment property was one way they could get a foot into the property market. “One Nation will end this disastrous experiment and reverse Chalmers’ destructive budget experiments. “And we will draw a line around the family home and stop any plans for Labor’s death taxes. “It’s not enough that you already work several days a week to pay for Labor’s uncontrolled spending. Because Labor cannot control their own spending, they will keep coming back to shake you down for more. “My warning is that your family home, your super, and what you leave your children will be in the firing line next. “Labor broke its promises on negative gearing and capital gains tax. Why would Australians trust anything they say? “One Nation will never impose a death tax. We will never impose a tax on the family home. “You should not have to spend your life paying for Labor’s spending addiction, then have them send your children the final bill.”
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
So it turns out that @AnikaWells, the lady who wants to censor her political enemies at home and the entire Internet globally, lied about her misuse of public money for personal travel. And it's not even her first time. No wonder these lying crooks are desperate for censorship.
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
Replying to @TRobinsonNewEra
The only way to Save Europe is a Revolution!!
Pour moi, c'est l'image la plus horrible de ce 17 octobre: Un couple d'octogénaire dépouillé de tout, en pleine rue, laissé à moitié nu. Comme si les Rolex, les Vuiton, les Hermès, les Dior, les Sephora pillés n'étaient pas suffisants pour la revente. L'image qui devrait être un signal d'alarme pour tout l'occident. L'image d'un pseudo président qui a perdu le contrôle. Qui a totalement échoué envers son peuple. L'image d'une gauche radicale qui a sacrifié votre propre identité pour faire de votre pays une zone de guerre, aux arrières-plans culturels qui n'ont rien à voir avec les vôtres. Cette image est effrayante!
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
Pour ceux d’entre nous qui aiment la France, cette nuit a été tragique, surtout après l’effroyable vandalisme culturel survenu à Limoges. Les barbares ont gagné. Et le président Macron brille par son absence. Si l’establishment français, parfaitement inutile, continue sur cette lancée, il ne sera même pas nécessaire de procéder à un second tour lors de l’élection présidentielle du printemps prochain : Mme Le Pen obtiendra 50 % des voix dès le premier tour. Une tragédie est en train de se jouer.
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
A must-watch minute from @elonmusk predicting and explaining the causes for the destruction of France.
I keep going back to this interview as we watch France burn… The Far Left interviewer frame Elon and us as “Far Right” for being against exactly what is happening today. Elon’s every word was proven correct. Her view was proven wrong. The Media is the Enemy of the People.
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I have always been so impressed with france having one of the world’s best healthcare systems. University is free essentially and so many more Drs trained. Yet when I went to hospitals, they searched your Taxi for bombs because terrorism is real. I have colleagues whose children were at the Bataclan when so many were murdered by terrorists. Destroying their schools, their cities, their town halls. Their churches is devastating. Fully subsidized education is fantastic. We want more of it, but who’s going to pay? I love Japan, where children are taught to clean their own schools. I am praying for the people of France that their government can get these destructive riots under control. They have infinitely better public services than we do in Canada. xitter.cf/xbehmzkls/status/21114…
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
Drew Pavlou 🇦🇺🇺🇸🇺🇦🇹🇼
@DrewPavlouOct 17
French communist rioters burned down the Limoges Town Hall. 143 year old building, survived both World War I and World War II and the Nazi occupation of France.
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
Warsaw, just now. 1:35 a.m. France vs. Poland tonight.
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Quick Fire Questions with the Prime Minister 🇦🇺😂
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
Labor really hates small business.
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This is problem. You work hard your entire life to get to the top tax bracket… Then have a couple of kids and get destroyed financially. No wonder the birth rate is so low…
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
The government is claiming it can fund aged care only by cutting healthcare support for pensioners. But the reality is that it could find savings elsewhere, including by removing the diesel fuel tax credit, which subsidises industries such as coal mining and large data centres, or by ensuring oil and gas exports are taxed more fairly. Instead, this government has chosen to target older Australians. Why? theaustralian.com.au/nation/…
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
They say it out loud. How do folks not understand this?!?
Sheikh Abu Hamzah, speaking in Australia: “Muslims didn’t came to Australia to live among the infidels, they came to establish Sharia Law on the government.”
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Eric Cosman Jr. II retweeted
YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS UP Melbourne sheikh reportedly linked to FlyDubai terror suspect - pictured with Victoria’s POLICE MINISTER The same sheikh publicly dehumanised Jews Islamist extremism festers, while our political leaders pose for photos @BenCarrollMP @VictoriaPolice
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MAJOR WIN The Albanese Govt has been forced to backflip and demand the return of $308,000 in taxpayer funding which they had given to an extremist, Islamist organisation. Congratulations to Suzan, Jason, Jessica and the Daily Telegraph for exposing this scandal. AJA President Robert Gregory said: “AJA welcomes the decision to terminate this grant. Australian taxpayers should never have been put in the position of funding an organisation that spreads hate and undermines social cohesion. The Daily Telegraph deserves credit for exposing this scandal, but the fact that Jewish leaders had to raise the alarm before the government acted points to a serious failure in the vetting process. The community deserves answers about how this grant was approved in the first place. There must be accountability for that failure. Australians will rightly be asking how many other organisations spreading hate are receiving taxpayer funding. Government funding is a privilege, not an entitlement. Proper scrutiny must take place before a single dollar of public money is approved.”
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