Federal Labor Member for Fremantle. Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy, and Emergency Management. Authorised by J Wilson, ALP, Fremantle.

Fremantle
It hurts because we put all our 💜 behind Freo, sharing the whole adventure with the hope and joy that comes on that journey - but also the bewilderment and pain. 2026 was one of the Dockers greatest seasons - massive team effort, skill, resilience, belief. Let’s go again.
the biggest heartbreak, the biggest amount of love for every single one of you 💜 we’ll be back. #foreverfreo
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the most emotional video you’ll watch today 🥹 the moment Shauny Mac found out. #foreverfreo
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Watch this forever. Fremantle forever. 💜💪🏼⚓️
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Jordan Clark can remember the exact moment. It wasn’t when his trade papers were lodged at AFL House, or when he cleared out his locker at Kardinia Park. It was when a Cats fan stopped him in the street and offered some curt feedback. MORE: bit.ly/3UJNXfk
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so incredibly honoured to run out in this Colleen Hayward x Kevin Bynder design over the next two weeks as the Walyalup Football Club 💜 #KalyakoorlWalyalup
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Too right it is! 💪🏼💪🏼💜💜
Dancing Dudley 🕺 Isaiah Dudley is the round 23 @Coles Goal of the Year nominee.
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For too long, food delivery workers fell through the cracks without fair pay, sick leave or basic protections. We've changed the law, because every worker deserves a fair go.
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GET THE FACTS: Australia's gross debt as a share of GDP is substantially lower under us than what our predecessors forecast in 2022. Gross debt in the last financial year was almost $200 billion lower than what we inherited. Responsible economic management is the hallmark of the Albanese Government.
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Replying to @DHughesy
Thank you, Dave. I appreciate you reaching out to ask what you got wrong. The clip we’re discussing is less than 90 seconds long. What I’m about to do demonstrates Brandolini's Law: where the amount of energy required to refute bullshit is an order of magnitude greater than that required to produce it. Or, in this case, it takes around 600 words to correct 90 seconds of your economic fan fiction. 1⃣ Between 0 and 30 seconds You begin by confusing government debt with the Future Fund and appear to suggest that the Future Fund can't exist along side Govt debt. They’re different things. One can exist without the other, and in Australia they do. Australia's Future Fund was established in 2006 with an initial govt investment of about $60B. Its first annual report, in 2008, showed assets of around $64 billion - not the $100B you suggested. Then, at around 27 seconds, you talk about the Future Fund as though it ceased to exist (you used the word 'had' as in past tense). It still very much exists Dave. In fact, it's grown every single year since it was created. Today it's worth around $270 billion, or over $330 billion once the other funds under management are included (eg Medical Research / Housing Australia / Drought). So before we're even 30 seconds into the clip you've managed to confuse government debt, the Future Fund, its size, and whether it still exists. That’s a lot of economic history to get wrong in under 30 seconds. 2⃣ Around 32 seconds You then claim Kevin Rudd used the Future Fund to "flush money through the economy". Again, that’s simply false. The Future Fund wasn't used to fund the stimulus. It wasn't used to build school halls. It wasn’t used for any of the things you’re describing. In your defence, you do briefly flirt with the possibility that you don’t actually know what you’re talking about. Sadly, it was a very short-lived relationship. The GFC stimulus was funded through government borrowing. For context, construction approvals were collapsing, more than a million Australians worked in construction, and the objective was to stop unemployment exploding during the worst global financial crisis in generations. You're welcome to argue that was the wrong policy (but you didn't). You’re not entitled to rewrite where the money came from. 3⃣ At about 44 seconds You say, "I might be wrong". I concede you were correct during this part of the video. 4⃣ From 44 seconds onwards You make a series of broad claims about the GFC response. Yes, government debt increased. That's true. What you omit is that Australia's stimulus largely went directly to households rather than primarily rescuing financial institutions, as happened in many other countries. The aim was simple: keep people spending, businesses operating and Australians employed while global demand collapsed. It's known as counter-cyclical fiscal policy. Whether you agree with it politically is your business. The specific outcome for Australia isn't contested though - Australia was one of only two economies in the OECD to avoid recession during the Global Financial Crisis. There's no reality where that wasn’t a comparatively impressive outcome. The money didn’t need to "trickle down". The entire point was that it started at the bottom. 5⃣ Government debt Throughout the clip (and in life generally) you repeatedly return to the theme Labor is responsible for Australia’s debt (which btw is comparatively low). Here are the actual numbers of net debt added by each Govt since 2007. > Rudd/Gillard: about $190 billion over six years. > Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison: about $366 billion over nine years, around two-thirds of which pre-dated COVID. > Albanese: about $75 billion over four years. Those figures don’t support the story you've been telling people. And that’s really the issue. This isn't about getting one date wrong or misremembering one statistic. Nearly every claim in your 90-second clip turns out to be either wrong or misleading. If you're going to publicly lecture Australians about economic history, the bare minimum expectation is that you’ve first acquainted yourself with it. Because once the errors have been pointed out, as they have been to you multiple times, every repetition stops looking like an accident and starts looking like a strategy. Given your very public coffee with Angus Taylor last week, perhaps people are entitled to ask what that strategy might be.
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The minimum wage has gone up $12,000 a year under Labor. Around 3 million workers just got another pay rise. And every taxpayer just got another tax cut. This is the cost of living relief that millions of Australians need and deserve.
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Missing important context. Wages in Real terms have fallen during the outlined period. x.com/i/status/20740…
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GET THE FACTS: IMF data shows that Australia has surged up global rankings for the best budget management to have one of the three strongest balances in the G20. Under our predecessors in 2021, Australia ranked just 14th. Responsible economic management is a hallmark of this Albanese Government.
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We’re delivering more tax cuts and cost of living help and we’re delivering real change to the tax system to make it fairer for first home buyers and to address the legitimate concerns people have about their place in our economy.
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Today, the Parliament will pass historic housing reforms which level the playing field for first home buyers, and give a tax cut for every one of Australia’s 13m workers.
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We're making sure hard work pays off and everyone has the opportunity to get ahead.
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Says everything about Tim Wilson that he’s weaponising a dishonest scare campaign against the tax changes he called for multiple times in the parliament, and in his own book. See for yourself here.
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GET THE FACTS: New ASIC numbers show there are more than 26.7k new business registrations on average every month under Labor, much higher than under our predecessors, and insolvencies are almost half what they were in the Howard Government.
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Boxing corner flags like it’s ‘06. Nestory Irankunda just took us back. This is Socceroo heritage.
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It’s 3 weeks until 14 million Australians get another tax cut. Labor is delivering more tax cuts for workers and a fair go for first home buyers.
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A big step in delivering momentous reform to ensure housing is affordable for younger Australians, and to ensure that the vast majority of Australians who earn a living from wages don’t face a higher tax burden than those who earn income from investments.
BREAKING: Our legislation to deliver more tax cuts for workers and a fair go for first homebuyers has just passed the House. Labor's five different tax cuts will benefit the average worker by up to $2816. This is the most significant reform of the tax system in over a quarter of a century, and it's all about helping more Australians get into homes and get ahead.
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This week and this government is all about higher wages and lower taxes for workers, and a fair go for first homebuyers.
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