🧵 THREAD: HOW THE LIBS COULD HAVE WON… Today is Election Day in...
George Christensen@NationFirstAust
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May 08, 2025
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🧵 THREAD: HOW THE LIBS COULD HAVE WON…
Today is Election Day in Australia.
Polls say @LiberalAus will lose.
Yes, miracles happen—look at 2019—but this doesn’t feel like a miracle. It feels like we’re waiting for a sick man to die.
Here’s how it could’ve been different. 1/18
Today is Election Day in Australia.
Polls say @LiberalAus will lose.
Yes, miracles happen—look at 2019—but this doesn’t feel like a miracle. It feels like we’re waiting for a sick man to die.
Here’s how it could’ve been different. 1/18
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@AlboMP wrecked the joint.
– Grocery and power prices skyrocketed
– A housing crisis
– A broken NDIS
– 1.4 million migrants dumped into the middle of it
And all they offered was a divisive, elitist Voice. 2/18
– Grocery and power prices skyrocketed
– A housing crisis
– A broken NDIS
– 1.4 million migrants dumped into the middle of it
And all they offered was a divisive, elitist Voice. 2/18
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With such a climate, this election was a gift. @AustralianLabor should’ve been buried. But the Liberals ran a dud campaign.
No fire. No contrast. No courage. No reminder to voters why Labor deserved to go.
And now they’re staring down the barrel of defeat. 3/18
No fire. No contrast. No courage. No reminder to voters why Labor deserved to go.
And now they’re staring down the barrel of defeat. 3/18
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The @LiberalAus Party should’ve led with immigration.
A bold, permanent cut—not a weak 25% tweak.
Crack down on the student visa racket.
Take that message into the Labor seats that voted NO to the Voice—where the battlers are.
Those voters were ready. 4/18
A bold, permanent cut—not a weak 25% tweak.
Crack down on the student visa racket.
Take that message into the Labor seats that voted NO to the Voice—where the battlers are.
Those voters were ready. 4/18
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These voters are sick of woke elites.
Sick of overcrowded suburbs.
Sick of rising rents and wages going nowhere.
They wanted someone to fight for them.
They got silence. 5/18
Sick of overcrowded suburbs.
Sick of rising rents and wages going nowhere.
They wanted someone to fight for them.
They got silence. 5/18
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On cost of living, the opportunity was there.
They cut the fuel excise? Not enough.
Cut it entirely. Permanently.
Raise the tax-free threshold to $32,000—the poverty line.
That’s a $2,500 tax cut—10x bigger than Labor’s crumbs. 6/18
They cut the fuel excise? Not enough.
Cut it entirely. Permanently.
Raise the tax-free threshold to $32,000—the poverty line.
That’s a $2,500 tax cut—10x bigger than Labor’s crumbs. 6/18
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The Libs could’ve built a working-class tax revolution.
Introduce income splitting.
Boost the threshold per child.
Make the system reward parenthood and contribution.
But they didn’t go there. 7/18
Introduce income splitting.
Boost the threshold per child.
Make the system reward parenthood and contribution.
But they didn’t go there. 7/18
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“How will you pay for it?”
America gave us @DOGE—@realDonaldTrump & @ElonMusk’s anti-waste office.
Australia needs the DINGO:
Directorate Investigating National Government Optimisation.
Cut fat. Cut waste. Cut excuses. 8/18
America gave us @DOGE—@realDonaldTrump & @ElonMusk’s anti-waste office.
Australia needs the DINGO:
Directorate Investigating National Government Optimisation.
Cut fat. Cut waste. Cut excuses. 8/18
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The NDIS already costs $42 billion—and it’s ballooning.
No one asks how Labor pays for that.
But every Liberal tax cut needs a white paper?
They should’ve laughed and kept going. 9/18
No one asks how Labor pays for that.
But every Liberal tax cut needs a white paper?
They should’ve laughed and kept going. 9/18
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On energy, the Liberals had the right starting point: nuclear.
But they didn’t finish the pitch.
They should’ve ended the renewables cult.
Brought back coal.
Backed it with independent modelling showing lower prices and industrial growth. 10/18
But they didn’t finish the pitch.
They should’ve ended the renewables cult.
Brought back coal.
Backed it with independent modelling showing lower prices and industrial growth. 10/18
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Then came the missed opportunities.
When a UK court ruled that women are biological women, the Libs prevaricated.
They should’ve said “We agree” and declared:
– No men in women’s sport
– No boys in girls’ changerooms
– No more child gender transitions
But they said nothing. 11/18
When a UK court ruled that women are biological women, the Libs prevaricated.
They should’ve said “We agree” and declared:
– No men in women’s sport
– No boys in girls’ changerooms
– No more child gender transitions
But they said nothing. 11/18
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Then came Anzac Day. The Welcome to Country was booed at the Melbourne dawn service.
The media raged. The PM tut-tutted. But the moment called for leadership.
The Libs could’ve said:
Veterans don’t need to be welcomed to the country they fought for. 12/18
The media raged. The PM tut-tutted. But the moment called for leadership.
The Libs could’ve said:
Veterans don’t need to be welcomed to the country they fought for. 12/18
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More than that, Australians don’t need to be welcomed to their own country!
The Liberals should’ve pledged to abolish Welcome to Country at Commonwealth meetings, ceremonies and events.
Simple. Clear. Patriotic.
But they treated it like a media crisis and ran. 13/18
The Liberals should’ve pledged to abolish Welcome to Country at Commonwealth meetings, ceremonies and events.
Simple. Clear. Patriotic.
But they treated it like a media crisis and ran. 13/18
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This was the path to victory:
– Slash immigration
– Slash taxes
– Slash bureaucracy
– Back families
– Defend women
– Fight the woke rot
But they campaigned like middle managers—not leaders. 14/18
– Slash immigration
– Slash taxes
– Slash bureaucracy
– Back families
– Defend women
– Fight the woke rot
But they campaigned like middle managers—not leaders. 14/18
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They tried to tiptoe into government.
But voters don’t vote for whisperers. They vote for warriors. And seeing none—they stuck with the devil they know. 15/18
But voters don’t vote for whisperers. They vote for warriors. And seeing none—they stuck with the devil they know. 15/18
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This loss wasn’t inevitable.
It was avoidable.
The moment was there.
The public was ready.
Labor was vulnerable.
But the Liberal Party didn’t show up to the fight. 16/18
It was avoidable.
The moment was there.
The public was ready.
Labor was vulnerable.
But the Liberal Party didn’t show up to the fight. 16/18
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And yes—you’ll notice I’ve blamed the Liberal Party machine, not @PeterDutton_MP.
That’s deliberate.
Tomorrow, I’ll tell you why.
Follow me so you don’t miss it. 17/18
That’s deliberate.
Tomorrow, I’ll tell you why.
Follow me so you don’t miss it. 17/18
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