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    Tourists to Australia would have social media accounts vetted under Trumpian Coalition plan

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    1. duc1990 on

      What purpose would this actually serve and how much more work are you planning to dump onto the ABF?

      Customs and Immigration in Aus are slow enough for Aussies at the best of times at Australian airports.

    4. yew420 on

      We need to stop paying wages to the Coalition while they are in opposition. They clearly have no interest in being in power at this point and are just straight up stealing tax payer money for their wages and mouth breather ideas.

    6. -Metagross- on

      Hastie has to love this. Taylor is walking off a cliff. No lessons learned from 2022 or 2025.

    7. Der0- on

      Angus must seeing the tourism affect the Trump policies are having to USA tourism.

      Surely he cannot go lurching to a “I want that!” stance also.

    8. Lazy_Polluter on

      “too many people seek to use Australia’s generosity “for self-serving purposes””

      Yeah, like Angus Taylor

    9. AdDesigner1153 on

      He said on ABC radio that it would be selective based on country of origin etc. So basically exactly the same as what ASIO can already do.

    10. Prestigious-Fig-7143 on

      More security theatre. Opting for ‘looking like we’re doing something’ instead of actually doing something.
      Admire the courage in copying the policies of the most unpopular us president in modern history, though. Bold move.

    13. Troyboy1710 on

      Even after their decimation at the polls for trying to imitate the giant, orange, war monger fuckball, they are still trying to imitate the giant, orange, war monger fuckball.

      Interesting game plan.

    14. TheInkySquids on

      The Coalition must be such a big supporter of Labor, I mean considering they basically ensured another decade of Labor with this on top of the decade from when they imploded at election!

    16. mbullaris on

      I really would like these Australian values to be fully-fleshed out for people to see, particularly if they are changing from what we already have. Migrants already sign up to a non-binding values statement. Taylor wants to make it part of a visa condition ie legally enforceable to allow somebody to be removed if they break them.

      But how would somebody break a value of, say, to uphold our parliamentary democracy or to hold a belief in egalitarianism … policing someone’s values becomes very difficult and problematic very quickly. I’m sure many Australian-born citizens would find it difficult to articulate many of them – should we lock up citizens too if they don’t meet Taylor’s test?

    17. Butt_Lick4596 on

      Lead by example Angus. Why don’t you let us look into your phone first?
      Don’t worry, your multiple self-praising social media alt accounts are public knowledge so there’s nothing left to hide.

    18. maticusmat on

      And to think I thought something trump did was going to be the stupitest political decision I read today. Well done Angus

    19. RedOx103 on

      Yeah, let’s look at how the USA have cratered their tourism industry and have some of that to satiate Sky News.

      Idiots

    20. Fickle-Ad-7124 on

      Just their primary account or their “pretend to be a swing voter” second account too – Angus?

    21. WeaponstoMax on

      Amazing. They’re actually doing it. The Liberals are actually going to tack further to the right. Enjoy electoral irrelevance, spending the whole cycle fighting with PHON for the cooker vote.

    24. 3rdslip on

      The social media accounts of all those private school boys and their hazing rituals and Nazi costumes are going make for some interesting decisions.

    25. macona-coffee on

      Just getting ahead of this.

      Fuck the Coalition and the corrupt pricks that run it.

    26. briberylibrary_ on

      The same changes that have seen tourism to the US plummet? I can’t see this going wrong for our tourism sector at all.

      > include reassessing more than 2,000 Palestinians issued visas

      Wonderful, I’m not going to repeat it here but the article shows Hastie going on a rant about people from Gaza which is just unbridled anti-Palestinian racism. Reminder, to paint an entire group of people with a single brush because of their ethnicity is racist. No people are a monolith.

    27. _RandomScrub_ on

      No mention of immigration powers already available to block entry to Australia. These right wing fucks love to blow a dog whistle.

    28. OzSpaceCadet on

      The Coalition really looked at Trump’s fascist regime and thought it’ll be a great idea to import those harebrained, racist, hateful policies here. Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus.

      Bunch of fuckwits.

    29. Barmy90 on

      What a grim proposal. They are really going hard on the “immigrants have ruined Australia” idea which is not winning them back any votes from Labor / Teals, and not saving them any votes from being eaten by PHON.

      I mean it is just stunningly stupid, you can somewhat effectively dance around the immigration debate by just calling for “less immigration”, phrase it as “putting Australians first” etc. To just come right out and say what they’re saying is unabashedly leaving the dog whistle at home.

      If Taylor is leader by next election then the Coalition won’t survive it.

    30. Endless_Winter on

      The conservatives are like TISM – Ol’ Man River

      Looks to the US and says ‘I want one of those!’

      Project 2025 is live and well in those circles, all from the same Kool aid.

    31. askythatsmoreblue on

      Why stop there? Why not surveil all Australian’s social media post? Better yet, why not use AI to predict when crime is about to happen and arrest people preemptively? Why not just implant everyone with neurolink to monitor their thoughts and opinions?! Think about it, if you’re not doing anything wrong, then you’ve got nothing to worry about. Uncle Angus is going to keep you safe. No one will ever be able to hurt you.

    33. mahzian on

      Will the Libs ever learn that people don’t want a far right party, they want a sensible centre party.

    34. myotheraccount2023 on

      Have the Libs confused the words “tourist” and “terrorist”?

    35. Ok-Sprinkles-3842 on

      Ask Dutton how “copy Trump policies” worked out…

      The Libs really are determined to ensure their political irrelevance aren’t they?

    37. JuniorGrayley on

      Why cater to the stupidest, most uncharitable ways of thinking? What do you actually stand FOR, Angus?

    39. DoctorQuincyME on

      I don’t understand how you can look across at the US right now and decide they have a model worth replicating.

      I don’t think the Liberals realise Trump didn’t get in because he was popular, he got in because the American electoral system is a farce.

    40. jkggwp on

      Even China doesn’t do this lol. Where are the Western libertarian values you claim to champion?