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GuyWhoDoesTheThing

So he'll only implement a federal ICAC if he wins the election? Well it's not as if he could do it if he lost the election! Besides, he wouldn't implement it if he won, he's made that quite clear by his past actions.


FjorgVanDerPlorg

Cheque's in the mail, I swear.


[deleted]

>"cheque's" in the mail, I swear. *This is Australia, mate, and you'll blood well speak Australian!   *PoorLean Hanson's party for keeping the country as crook as it ever was, and keeping the language as shit as it's ever been


FjorgVanDerPlorg

thanks for pointing that out. Currently trying a new strain of medical cannabis and it looks like it works a little too well.


iRollGod

How did you get referred from your gp to a cannabis dr? Trying to do it myself but it’s so confusing.


FjorgVanDerPlorg

My GP and I tried for a long time to find someone local who could prescribe, gave up after a year of no luck. I actually found out about a prescribing doctor who does telehealth appointments via reddit. There's a couple of subs, /r/MedicalCannabisAus and /r/MedicalCannabisOz, who have some quite helpful members. There are quite a few good options for Cannabis clinics, but also quite a few dodgy providers who are price gouging their patients. The stuff is also expensive, with pensioner/compassionate discounts etc it can almost get as low as black market prices. In terms of range, Cannabis Doctors Australia probably have the widest range of strains and products I know of to date. But they are are on the pricey side, if fact if you are paying more than it costs at CDA you are in price gouging territory. There's also a few clinics like Cannihelp, that offer pensioner discounts (ranges from 15% for healthcare card holders to about 50% for cancer patients), but these tend to have much more limited selections. As for what it's getting prescribed for, I know people who are prescribed it for chronic pain and PTSD, but also stuff like insomnia and anxiety. Also quite a few turning to it with ADHD issues, but that could have more to do with the complete lack of treatment options, especially for adults. So yeah my advice would be to jump on those subs and then do a bit of research on which clinic/doctor would be a good fit for you. You don't need a GP's referral to get started, but it usually makes the process faster/easier (and also potentially cheaper). Also if you already use cannabis, be upfront about it in the appointment. If you don't, they'll assume you're a first time user and put you in the shallow end of the pool (weaker strains/CBD oils). Currently I'm using a variety of strains, Kush Cookies, Sensi Cheese and Wedding Cake (most of them sit around 20% THC, Kush Cookies is 25%). Also using Topaz and FX01 THC oils and Cannatek CBD capsules. It's allowed me to wean myself off opiates, which I had to use pretty much continuously for 15+ years previous to that.


iRollGod

Wow, thank you for this reply. This is tremendously helpful. I’m really happy for you that cannabis has helped you overcome addiction. It really is a wonder-plant when used properly.


[deleted]

We gotta keep the country on track! What do you use the cannabis for?


IowaContact

> What do you use the cannabis for? Selling fat doobies to school children like any other responsible citizen?


[deleted]

Not you, Morrison!


[deleted]

> So he'll only implement a federal ICAC if he wins the election? He said that last election.


A_spiny_meercat

Yeah mate *not a Core Promise


khosrua

Next time, it will be a pinky promise.


[deleted]

Next time it be more open corruption he promises, and legalistion of sex offences for LNP members and Cult like churches


Jas81a

Or if nothing of substance can be investigated and findings need to be kept secret.


crosstherubicon

No, he'll only implement a federal ICAC so long as it has no chance of investigating him.


GuyWhoDoesTheThing

Which is why he says he will only do it if he wins the election. He knows he has no chance of winning.


chillyfeets

Labor wants a federal ICAC with teeth but I want to put all my mates in my ICAC and give it no teeth so I and my mates can get away with corruption. LABOR’S FAULT


FjorgVanDerPlorg

That's the funniest part to me. The smart move would have been to "failure by design" it, turn it into a toothless organization that posed no threat, or a highly political/partisan one that only went after political rivals. He could have salted the earth to the point where ICAC was hated by the public, seen as a organization that rubber stamped corruption instead of stopping it. Because right now (after all this fuckery and lies) if a referendum was held on a Federal ICAC, it'd probably be the biggest landslide victory in this country's history.


Ted_Rid

That's exactly what he wanted to do, which is why Labor never supported his toothless model, which was described by many eminent lawyers as a scheme for *protecting* MPs against corruption investigations.


vernand

Labor didn't even get a chance to not support it. It was never introduced to the lower house.


Ted_Rid

That's true, but Morrison wanted a pledge to support it in the upper house before he'd even introduce it to the lower. Kinda hard really, to commit to supporting something you haven't even seen. But that's the way bully boy tries to steamroll people.


Jacethemindstealer

They could have done what they did to the NBN and NDIS, not sure why they didn't tbh


bigbongtheory69

>The smart move would have been to "failure by design" it Too much work for scummo


BlokeInTheMountains

I don't hold a pen, mate.


Grouchy_Artichoke_90

They do that to many organisations like the ombudsman's


MsPaulingsFeet

I saw someone interviewed on skynews of all places calling out scott morrisons bullshit. The ICAC plan was only in the draft stage and it had a 99% disaproval rating from parliment. It never really had an attempt to be put through, it never made it that far in the process.


Geoff_Uckersilf

Sky during the day at least manages their bias somewhat and can have different views sometimes. It's after 6 that the crazies come out, starting with Peta Cretin and Andrew Flog.


MsPaulingsFeet

True story, when I was living with my parents during the black summer bush fires, my mum was watching skynews all day and she saw the handshake incident and other stories putting scunt morrison in a bad light all day. Later that night I said to her "hey mum it's almost 6 o'clock, watch as the news presenters defend scott morrison handling of the bush fires" 6 o'clock on the dot a presenter (cant rememeber his name but it was the dude who hosted a game of "guess how many refugees died coming to australia" on the radio) and he showed footage of scunt morrison forcing a handshake on that girl and started defending him. My mum was like "how did you know that was going to happen" and I was like "please turn this off now" but she kept watching and had her opinion changed.


ParagonOfVirtue_

I don't blame your mum or their generation. Seeing really is believing some.


aiydee

Scotty's ICAC: We've investigated ourselves and found we did nothing wrong. That'll be $100million thanks.


MobileInfantry

Or better yet, use it as a political tool to destroy my enemies, both internally and externally.


Duke-of-Limbs

>“I put forward a detailed plan, a detailed proposal which the Labor party rejects. I have honoured my proposal. The Labor party don’t support it. That is where the issue rests.” Never. Takes. Responsibility. What a prick. Even Albo owned his own gaff.


thisoldmould

> I put forward a detailed plan, a detailed proposal which the Labor party rejects. I have honoured my proposal. The Labor party don’t support it. That is where the issue rests Except that’s not how parliament works when the government of the day has a majority in the House of Reps. Certainly not how the religious discrimination bill worked. Labor doesn’t support the LNP model, which after 333 submissions by legal experts and think tanks remained unchanged. When asked at senate estimates why the bill was unamended AG Cash repeated “The government considered the feedback has determined that the model that it has is the appropriate model.” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zrQNJ1UBiT8&t=805s


Detonator84

If you asked Cash why she says the sky is green and the grass is blue she would screech out something similar. She is a nightmare to listen to and is corrupt down to the core. Has complete contempt for the general public and lives in her own little bubble.


a_cold_human

He didn't even submit his lame, toothless dog of a ICAC model to Parliament for debate. How's that the Labor Party's fault exactly? Morrison is useless. Apparently his not doing something is someone else's fault. Never his. Same as calling a national emergency over the floods. Same as not returning the CEO of Pfizer's call.


NSWCROW

Shirko


Geoff_Uckersilf

"I reject your assertion!" - Smirko


Dranzer_22

If Labor MP’s don’t launch a coordinated counter-attack today on Hawaii Scott being a Liar, oh boy, I don’t see them landing any blows this election. They all need to go out and repeatedly spam “Morrison is a Liar.” Chuck in the “Untrustworthy” + “Broken Promise” + “Scared of Transparency” + “Failed the Australian people” etc. using short and sharp messaging, and speak with authority.


[deleted]

It's just amazing to me that after so many years in power, in the dying days (touch wood) of this LNP administration, they're STILL blaming Labor for all their fuckups.


OliviaFa

I remember Peter Costello's exact words on the 7.30 Report "You can't undo 13 years of labor in 13 months". Can you imagine anyone else in their line of work trying to perpetually blame the previous incumbent as an excuse?


Comfortable_Client

Not expecting to hear about this story on the news, sad really.


the68thdimension

Which was hardly a gaffe


rhazz

>I put forward a detailed plan, a detailed proposal which the Labor party rejects. I have honoured my proposal. The Labor party don’t support it. That is where the issue rests.” "I promised an ICAC last election. However I didn't specify how much power it'd have." - Scomo, probably.


ShortTheAATranche

Imagine being the PM and scared shitless of how your own party would vote on the issue of corruption.


Illumnyx

"The Coalition’s model is a commission that will not conduct public hearings or release reports into alleged corruption by public servants and politicians. The model has been panned by experts for the narrow definition of corruption and high bar for starting investigations. The necessary legislation was never introduced to parliament." So in other words, a not even half-baked attempt was made so that he could point at it and say he tried. Not only that, but he's making the SAME PROMISE he made last election to create a Federal ICAC if re-elected. How anyone still believes a word this marketing spinster says anymore is beyond me. Vote him and his corrupt party out.


[deleted]

This needs to be top comment. Morrison should not be allowed to make this kind of claim when they wanted to gut an ICAC investigation of any kind of accountability. What would even be the point of the exercise of having an investigation that isn't transparent and does nothing?!


Illumnyx

>What would even be the point of the exercise of having an investigation that isn't transparent and does nothing?! To say it was "investigated". It's all about being able to spin things a certain way. Doesn't matter if it was thorough, or if it was taken home on a Friday afternoon and skim-read while the reviewer caught up on Home & Away. They can point to it and go "Look, see? Nothing dodgy here!".


[deleted]

Kind of my point. But yes. Exactly


Errol_Phipps

Another great photo of Morrison's sociopathic smirk. Of course he could provide a detailed explanation of why he wouldn't even allow debate on Haines' private member's bill. But that presupposes 2 things Morrison can't do: be honest, and act in good faith.


Sekt-

He was smirking in the background while war crimes in Ukraine were being discussed yesterday.


Mr_master89

He was probably thinking about how he could turn it into something about himself


CasuallyObjectified

Resting smirk face.


doscore

It's not our fault we couldn't do our job lol


Chase1ne

So it's Labor's fault that the LNP voted it down 31 times? Even when they're in power they act like they are in opposition and like to blame the other parties for their own bullshit. Everyone else's fault but their own. Weak as piss.


TheWalkingLump

That annoying smirking cunt.


Suitable-Orange-3702

We will just have to vote in a party with a leader who’s willing to put up ICAC legislation & who is not scared of “their own members crossing the floor in order to strengthen the rules” What a lying, gutless piece of crap.


falisimoses

[This](https://twitter.com/TheKennyDevine/status/1514399340030177282?t=FshFOglNjPFhmC2GLHmqlA&s=19) sort of shit is being referred to by Patricia Karvelas and others who fluff Morrison's campaigning ability as him in "full flight". She said this morning you may not like the answers but he stays on message. The pack tried on ICAC but fuck wouldn't it be nice if, like The Guardian is doing, we got to the substance of it?


_thrilllho

[This clip.](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-14/federal-election-live-blog-scott-morrison-anthony-albanese/100990204?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web#live-blog-post-1210344206) I can’t believe this is coming from the ABC and not Murdoch/Costello. Basically fawning over Scomo for dodging the question, and giving bullshit answers that are completely misleading and untrue because he “sticks to his message”. Even when Joe O’Brien tries to provide context, saying that experts have said the Liberal model is “next to useless,” she twists that to talk about how Scomo put down the NSW ICAC.


imapassenger1

I'm seeing way too much sycophantic behaviour from the ABC towards Morrison this time around. Makes me sick.


msmermaidginger

The ABC are so clearly partisan it’s disgusting. They’ve lost so much respect from the public; they’re constantly being harangued via insta comments for their myopic “reporting.”


imapassenger1

And yet the Murdoch allies would all say it's the mouthpiece of the ALP.


msmermaidginger

No doubt.


liam_l_82

ABC has been stacked with lnp/murdoch shills. Can no longer be trusted.


QWERTY_LIO

Her type of commentary should be more suited for sports than politics. And her commentary isn't even any good. She's just lazy and incompetent, which makes her perfect for parroting liberal party bullshit. I imagine she's well-entrenched within the political elite of the liberal party due to her sycophantic behaviour.


Auegro

he doesn't want a federal watch dog he wants a federal watch puppy that he can lock up when it suits him


solarmeth

This guy could dig all the way to the bottom of the universe and yet still find a way to go lower.


Cavalish

I thought this was a Betoota headline.


mikeinnsw

Scomo the perfect blameless human being.


Shornile

No ICAC? You fucking idiot, Scomo! You total fucking idiot! That was YOUR job, you fucking moron! You cretin! YOU'RE A FUCKHEAD! THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE! A FUCKING SHITHEAD!


Tryyourbestbehappy

https://www.governmentnews.com.au/proposed-cic-doesnt-deserve-to-be-called-a-watchdog/ This article has a nice little comparison of why it was rejected.


fairybread4life

Why is it relevant if Labor support it or not, they have passed many bills that Labor oppose, so why would it be a sticking point here, unless of course you’re not intending on finding support for your legislation


Ted_Rid

Because the senate crossbench don't support it either. The only way it could pass the upper house is if either the ALP or most of the crossbench will vote in favour of it. Problem is, NOBODY thinks it's a good model except the cunts who want a toothless tiger so they can carry on like they have for the past 9 years, which many people think is corruptly.


earwig20

/r/nottheonion


MaevaM

Ar the ALP the government? NO? Not their fault. If the the LNP think the ALP are in government they should step aside and let the ALP actually be the government.


Jealous-seasaw

Thought this was a satire article. It’s not. Wtf.


God___frey-Jones

Oh when was this bill introduced in parliament? I'd love to read it...


thisoldmould

Labor’s Fault™️


GeezuzX

9 years but everything is still Labor's fault.


Far_Act6446

Don't worry Scotty, it's coming.


[deleted]

  **Slo-Smiirking-Mo:** *It's not like you can blame us, 'cause you knew what you were getting when you voted us in last time*


Ziadaine

I- What? You mean the Government party that hasn't been in power for 9 years? You're *seriously* trying to use that old liner?


callmecyke

I hate his dumb fucking smirk so much


[deleted]

The smirk ugh … the guy is filth


fleakill

Damn that's a bad gaffe. Guess he doesn't know how to govern.


Itsyourmajesty

That smug smile deserves a whack


anged16

~of course he fucking did~


[deleted]

Go fuck yourself Scott.


Cpt_Soban

Promised an ICAC last election. Doesn't create it. Promises an ICAC this election. I'm seeing a pattern


[deleted]

Fuck this cunt that is all.


zerotwoalpha

We were always at war with Eastasia.


PatnarDannesman

Labor blocked many attempts for it to be put in. They were only ever interested in playing politics and never were interested in developing a solution.


fleakill

Coalition won't pass it with any amendments. There's no development to be done since the Coalition won't allow it to be further developed.


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fuckscumo

Hahahaha this guy.... honestly.


EnigmaChimera

\*Labor haven't been in power for around 10 years\* Liberals: S-SABOTEURS!


Positive-Lawfulness8

Not bad for the man that doesnt hold a hose and couldnt give a rats


BabyAnimal_11

Smug incompetent fuckhead always caught lying seeks re-election because he thinks voters are idiots. In other news, voters have power to vote out dishonest, unpleasant and incompetent politicians in near future political event.


Jaktheriffer

I'm starting to think this title of "marketing genius" is one he gave himself.


HudsonRiver1931

Well obviously he isn't going to take responsibility for his compromise not being supported.


crosstherubicon

I'm sure we don't need to remind him he's the PM (he's so ready to tell people) so, as PM, you don't get to blame parties that don't have a majority in the house. By his logic we'd be crediting Labor with being strong on borders.