AUSTRALIAN SENATE VOTES NOT TO INVESTIGATE EXCESS DEATHS

It sure did, but not quite as Phillip Altman explains.

I enjoy

phillip.altman

work, he wrote a good piece a few days ago regarding a vote on a motion (see below) proposed by the Australian Senator Ralph Babet of the United Australia Party (UAP).

AUSTRALIAN SENATE VOTES NOT TO INVESTIGATE EXCESS DEATHS ! OMG !

I wasn’t totally surprised to find that the Labor and Greens had voted against it, but was surprised that so many coalition senators had voted in favour of the motion. Apart from the motley crew of Rennick (LP), Antic (LP), Hanson (PHON), Roberts (PHON) and Babet (UAP), the rest don’t seem to give a shit, even stooping to the all time low of heckling the vaccine injured. I was pleasantly surprised by the coalition members change of tune and the total lack of guts from the conspicuously absent Jaquie Lambie Network (JLN) and Independent senators. So much for holding the major parties to account.

But is it really what it seems? Babet’s motion looked a bit weak in my mind, “… the Senate acknowledges …” is that all he’s asking for? Where is the call for a committee? You don’t investigate by acknowledging. Maybe that’s just the first step, you can’t rush these things, but we want answers not acknowledgments. This smelt fishy!

MOTIONS

Australian Bureau of Statistics: Mortality Data

Consideration resumed of the motion:

That the Senate acknowledges that:

(a) there has been a concerning number of excess deaths in Australia in 2021 and 2022, as evidenced by recent all-cause provisional mortality data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics; and

(b) there is a need for further inquiry and scrutiny as to the reasons for these excess deaths, including why dementia and diabetes have seen significant increases in recent years

The motion was defeated by a slim majority: 30 votes to 29.

Wow! What a bunch of commie leftists those Labor (ALP) and Green (AG) senators must be to not even agree to acknowledge excess deaths? Outrageous! What a disgrace! Lucky we have the coalition on our side to save the day.

Here’s Phillip naming and shaming the evil doers, look at the photos of those good guys and bad guys (ALP & AG). Remember their names, never forget who’s on your side.

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT EXPOSED

CUNNING STUNTS

How about if I told you the real action was the day before, when a vote on the motion below was proposed by the same Australian Senator Ralph Babet of the United Australia Party (UAP)?

COMMITTEES¹

Select Committee on Australia's Excess Mortality Appointment Senator BABET (Victoria—United Australia Party Whip) (11:22):

I move:

(1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Australia's Excess Mortality, be established to inquire into and report on: (a) current Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showing excess deaths in 2021 and 2022, with particular reference to:

(…)

and how did they vote: 35 (31 majority) to 4

Question negatived.

Here is a nice link that shows you how they all voted and who was absent etc.

https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/divisions/senate/2023-03-23/2

This how I expected them to vote. Phillip’s article surprised me, I didn’t expect the vote to be that close 30:29. Turns out it wasn’t. This is how your elected representives vote when it really counts 35:4. There was bipartisan support for this whole shitshow. Why would you expect the coalition to point the finger at themselves? Do you expect any of them to want the truth to come out.

They already know the truth. Hence, no inquiry!

Yes Minister -The Real World of Politics?

Political satire at its best. These clips may be old but they’re still relevant. Enjoy!

“A basic rule of government is never look into anything you don’t have to, and never set up an inquiry unless you know in advance what its findings will be”

-Sir Humphrey Appleby

1. Senator BABET (Victoria—United Australia Party Whip) (11:22): I move:

(1) That a select committee, to be known as the Select Committee on Australia's Excess Mortality, be established to inquire into and report on:

(a) current Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data showing excess deaths in 2021 and 2022, with particular reference to:

(i) all-cause provisional mortality data reported by the states and territories to the ABS, and

(ii) the difference between all-cause provisional mortality data for 2021 and 2022 with the preceding years of 2015 to 2020 (inclusive); and

(b) the socioeconomic determinants on health that might have contributed to these excess deaths, such as mental health, cost of living, or other such factors,

(c) any other identified factors contributing to excess mortality,

(d) the process of death certificate issuance in each state and territory; and

(e) any other related matter.

(2) That the committee present its final report by the last day of sitting in March 2024.

(3) That the committee consist of six senators, as follows:

(a) two senators nominated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate;

(b) two senators nominated by the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate;

(c) one senator nominated by the United Australia Party; and

(d) one senator nominated by other minority party or independent senators.

(4) That:

(a) participating members may be appointed to the committee on the nomination of the Leader of the Government in the Senate, the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate or any minority party or independent senator,

(b) participating members may participate in hearings of evidence and deliberations of the committee, and have all the rights of members of the committee, but may not vote on any questions before the committee; and

(c) a participating member shall be taken to be a member of a committee for the purpose of forming a quorum of the committee if a majority of members of the committee is not present.

(5) That the committee may proceed to the dispatch of business notwithstanding that not all members have been duly nominated and appointed and notwithstanding any vacancy.

(6) That the committee elect as chair the member nominated by the United Australia Party and, as deputy chair, a member nominated by the Leader of the Government in the Senate.

(7) That the deputy chair shall act as chair when the chair is absent from a meeting of the committee or the position of chair is temporarily vacant.

(8) That the chair, or the deputy chair when acting as chair, may appoint another member of the committee to act as chair during the temporary absence of both the chair and deputy chair at a meeting of the committee.

(9) That, in the event of an equally divided vote, the chair, or the deputy chair when acting as chair, have a casting vote.

(10) That the committee have power to appoint subcommittees consisting of three or more of its members, and to refer to any such subcommittee any of the matters which the committee is empowered to consider.

(11) That the committee and any subcommittee have power to send for and examine persons and documents, to move from place to place, to sit in public or in private, notwithstanding any prorogation of the Parliament or dissolution of the House of Representatives, and have leave to report from time to time its proceedings and the evidence taken and such interim recommendations as it may deem fit.

(12) That the committee be provided with all necessary staff, facilities and resources and be empowered to appoint persons with specialist knowledge for the purposes of the committee with the approval of the President.

(13) That the committee be empowered to print from day to day such papers and evidence as may be ordered by it, and a daily Hansard be published of such proceedings as take place in public.