Cinema Blend "Every Christmas the same old debates come out to play. Was Ebenezer Scrooge really changed? Did Mrs. Deagle really deserve to die at the hands of Gremlins? Does fruitcake count as a war crime? But one of the greatest debates is over what sort of film constitutes as a “Christmas Movie,” and both Die Hard and Lethal Weapon have been put through that particular wringer one too many times. So let’s settle this all with one simple equation, which if it doesn’t pass muster, should settle the debate for good: If Die Hard is a Christmas movie, that means Lethal Weapon is too."  

I go over that whole idea.  

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From PerthNow "Opposition Treasury spokesman Jim Chalmers slammed the $16bn figure, which is up from $1.5bn in last year’s MYEFO.  

He said the budget update “does absolutely nothing to crack down on rorts” and ignored the issues around stagnant wages.  

“If anything this actually doubles down on the rorts and waste in the budget,” he said.  

“This is a mid-year budget update which has got lots of complacency, lots of self-congratulation but nothing in terms of a plan for wages or job insecurity or skills shortages or the other issues and challenges in our economy.”  

So in this show, I go over some real concerns for the Australian economy in 2022.  

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Its been reported that, "Tens of millions of migrants may be denied COVID-19 vaccines from a global programme because some major manufacturers are worried about legal risks from harmful side effects, according to officials and internal documents from Gavi, the charity operating the programme, reviewed by Reuters.  

"Nearly two years into a pandemic that has already killed more than 5 million people, only about 7% of people in low-income countries have received a dose. Vaccine deliveries worldwide have been delayed by production problems, hoarding by rich countries, export restrictions and red tape. "  

In this video, I discuss that..  

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The Deni Pastrol Times wrote "Overnight, the state government agreed to six amendments after securing a vote on the bill from Mr Barton.  The amendments include the creation of a cross-parliamentary committee as soon as practicable after a pandemic declaration is made, the committee can also recommend the disallowance of pandemic orders.  Parliament will be able to disallow pandemic orders by an absolute majority in a joint sitting of both houses, under the changes."  

Will these ammendments curtail potential abuse. Honestly, as its still being worked on, I don't know.  

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Victoria's Pandemic Powers Bill is in disarray.  

As Sky News reported, "Former Labor cabinet minister Adem Somyurek has remained defiant in his opposition to the controversial pandemic powers bill after the Andrews Government successfully delayed a vote in the upper house.  

The Labor Government moved a motion on Thursday to delay the debate to secure Premier Daniel Andrews more time to pick off only one more cross bencher after Mr Somyurek revealed he would block the legislation.  

With the Andrews Government now scrambling to negotiate an additional vote before Parliament sits again in two weeks, Mr Somyurek said he could not be “bought off”.  

“I’m probably the only MP in this place that cannot be bought off,” he told reporters on Friday.  

“I’m not going to stand again so nobody can buy me off.”  Mr Somyurek, who successfully applied to have his suspension lifted on Wednesday after he was banned for failing to disclose his vaccination status, told the Herald Sun his intention to block passage of the bill.  

The president of the Victorian Bar previously slammed that new pandemic legislation (https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/bills/public-health-and-wellbeing-amendment-pandemic-management-bill-2021) as “appalling” and claims the government “grossly misrepresented” its consultation with the barristers’ peak body.  

Christopher Blanden, QC, said the new laws, designed to replace sweeping state of emergency powers, would give the Premier unprecedented power with little to no checks and balances.  

And now they are in limbo.  

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The Age wrote "On the weekend, thousands of Victorians took to the streets furious with the proposed legislation that will ultimately deliver more accountability and scrutiny and improve a broken system.  

"As it stands, Victoria’s chief health officer is given extraordinary powers to detain people, restrict their movement and prevent anyone from entering the state the moment a state of emergency has been declared."  

And from the Spectator "Civil liberties have never been Dan’s strong suit as we all discovered during the darkest days of the lockdown.  Now he’s got the lawyers up in arms over the Bill, with calls for significant changes being made by the Victorian Bar, the Law Institute, the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, the State Opposition and many others besides. Rich listers have even taken to paid advertising to express their anger at Andrews’ idiotic play for more power."  

"Is it any wonder? Under the legislation, the premier (in consultation with the unelected chief health officer) would have the power to make a pandemic declaration and to extend it in three-month blocks for as long as the two of them felt it necessary. "  

"Additionally, the Bill gives more power to the Health Minister and would bestow on the government (read Andrews) the right to restrict movement, ban public gatherings, close businesses and issue quarantine orders without consultation. "  

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Showgirls Bar 20 has issued an open letter to Fiona Patten. The ask, "Kill the Bill".

It was said in parliament, that the president of the Victorian Bar Council, Christopher Blanden, QC, this afternoon has said this. The Andrews government’s draconian pandemic legislation is so bad that Mr Blanden has said: If the Stasi had these powers, they would still be in force. The Stasi—referring to the East German secret police. 

He said: Once a declaration is made, the health minister is given the extraordinary power to make an order necessary to protect public health, including the power to order detention, restriction of movement ... They can be enforced and punishable if you breach them by imprisonment for an unspecified period of time, effectively at the whim of the minister ... And then they’ve got this bizarre system where the only way you can challenge that is by making an application for review to someone called a detention review officer ... not to the courts. 

hat is absolutely true. 

Clause 165B provides: The pandemic management order powers are as follows— ... to detain a person in a pandemic management area in accordance with a pandemic order that requires the detention of the person (including a pandemic order that requires that the detention of a person be extended). 

For the avoidance of doubt, clause 165BE provides: Requirement to isolate or quarantine not of itself detention So for those of you who were thinking that this is simply requiring returned travellers or the like to quarantine at home, be in no doubt: you are under arrest. These provisions relate to the arbitrary arrest of Australian citizens on their home soil. Arbitrary arrest—that is what we are talking about. That is the magnitude of these provisions.  

This truly is a scary time for our democracy.

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The Age wrote, "The president of the Victorian Bar has slammed the Andrews government’s new pandemic legislation as “appalling” and claims the government “grossly misrepresented” its consultation with the barristers’ peak body.  

"Christopher Blanden, QC, said the new laws, designed to replace sweeping state of emergency powers, would give the Premier unprecedented power with little to no checks and balances.  

“Stasi police would have been more than happy with the range of powers if they were given it,” Mr Blanden told The Age. “It’s extraordinary.”  

The attack on our democracy is significant, and I go over it here.  

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The Atlantic raised some serious questions about liberty in Australia. How long can a democracy maintain emergency restrictions and still call itself a free country?  This should be a hot topic right now, given the risks to Human Rights playing out right now. 

The ABC ran an article going over just some of the violations, which include from the Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006 (Vic):  

- Section 10(c) states that a person must not be subjected to medical treatment without his or her full, free, and informed consent.   

- Section 12 states that every person lawfully within Victoria has the right to move freely within Victoria and to enter and leave it, and has the freedom to choose where to live.   

- Section 13 states that a person has the right not to have his or her privacy unlawfully or arbitrarily interfered with.  

- Section 14 states that every person has the right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, and belief, and that a person must not be coerced or restrained in a way that limits his or her freedom to have or adopt a religion or belief in observance or practice.  

What we are seeing play out right now, could very well change the nature of my community for many years to come. Surely its time for a frank and robust debate about what this future looks like.  

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We've been told for months now that the Government follows the health advice, the science, the experts. Yet the head of the Burnet Institute said they didn't rcommend mandates, despite being named as a source for the mandates Daniel Andrews announced..  

When you think about last weeks 4000 beds denials, hotel quarantine, PFAS soil dumping, and more, no wonder people have trust issues.  

In this episode as well, watch me fumble with the TGA website to get adverse event reports from a few types of medical procedures.   

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