MEDIA RELEASE: No justice for injured Grosvenor coal miners is a disgrace

It is a disgrace that the QLD Workplace Health and Safety prosecutor did not charge and make accountable the Grosvenor Mine operators for the badly injured casual coal miners in the mine explosion in May 2020.

Senator Roberts said, “Anglo American have a duty of care to its workforce, and it is inexplicable that an explosion can occur, five miners get badly injured and almost die, and there is no accountability back to the operator.

“Anglo American are treating its casual coal miners as literally being expendable with no serious consequences of their neglect to the keep the mine safe for workers now and in the future.”

Senator Roberts has listened with casual coal miners in NSW and QLD and some of the serious mining incidents can be traced to the culture of disrespect and exploitation of coal mine workers. The culture of penny-pinching, fear and intimidation is especially prevalent in the growing casual / labour hire segment

Senator Roberts said, “It is a gross injustice that casual miners are discouraged from reporting safety issues for fear of losing their jobs.

Queensland Coal Mining Safety and Health Advisory Committee consists of majority membership of mine owners / operators and unions, and neither group represent nor have any interaction with casual coal miners.

Senator Roberts said, “The casual coal miner does not have a place at the table, nor any representation, on key committees that determine safety standards and address safety concerns.

“The Labor Palaszczuk government has no integrity when it comes to keeping casual coal miners safe.”

https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/media-release-no-justice-for-injured-grosvenor-coal-miners-is-a-disgrace/

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Companies have been using labour hire contracts to cut wages and benefits for workers. Our One Nation 'Fair Work Amendment (Equal Pay for Equal Work) Bill 2022' will put an end to this unfair abuse.

Transcript: https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/one-nation-introduces-equal-pay-for-equal-work-labour-hire-bill/

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RESERVE BANK WANTS A CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY IN AUSTRALIA

A Central Bank Digital Currency goes hand in hand with the idea of a Digital Identity. With all of your information and money stored online, central banks or governments could turn off your access to money and society in the blink of an eye.

The last time I asked the Reserve Bank about a Central Bank Digital Currency, there seemed to be no real plans. Conveniently they are now considering it, just as the feared Digital Identity Bill proposal is being pushed by Government.

Transcript: https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/reserve-bank-wants-a-central-bank-digital-currency-in-australia/

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Hi all, starting a specific thread for your thoughts and information on the World Health Organisations latest pandemic agreement. It is a shocking assault on our democracy. Tell me your thoughts/send your information on this thread

Due to flood damage the building my office is in cannot be accessed by my staff or I so we won't be able to man the office phones. Like many others still cleaning up and being re-inundated with floodwaters again it may be weeks before we can regain access.

I've been cutoff from my home since Saturday and hoping to get back soon, have been helping the cleanup in Dayboro, Cashmere, Brendale and Eatons Hill today in the meantime. My thoughts with everyone affected by this disaster that is ongoing in Queensland and spreading south through New South Wales now as well.

If you're able to assist please consider volunteering for the Mud Army or just getting involved wherever you can: https://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/community-and-safety/community-safety/february-2022-severe-weather-event-council-updates-and-impacts/mud-army-20

In the meantime, please send your enquiries to [email protected] instead of calling our office. Stay safe.

Companies illegally backfilling risk assessments to justify jab mandates.

Workplaces jumped the gun and implemented jab mandates for employees without doing their legally obligated risk assessment. When caught out, some have tried to ‘backfill’ their risk assessment, to make it look like they had done the process properly in the first place.

As the Fair Work Ombudsman has told me, on the face of it this would be fraudulent under Workplace Health and Safety laws.

If you suspect a workplace has backfilled or retrospectively made a risk assessment for a jab mandate after implementing it, you should immediately report them to the Work Health and Safety Regulator in your State.

Transcript: https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/companies-illegally-back-filling-risk-assessments-to-justify-jab-mandates/

Services Australia burning $90.7 million for flash riverfront city office


Services Australia is pressing ahead with plans to move to convert 5 suburban offices into one riverfront high-rise office. The fit-out alone will cost taxpayers $89 million. After that, the leasing costs for the high-rise office will be $1.7 million a year more expensive than Service Australia spent on leases for the entire financial year.


How on earth can an extra $91 million cost be justified as ‘value for money’ for taxpayers? I certainly don’t feel like it’s money well spent.

Transcript: https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/services-australia-burning-90-7-million-for-flash-riverfront-city-office/

70% of Australian COVID deaths had a pre-existing condition

Recently the Government changed its tune, but you used to be a conspiracy theorist for pointing out there was a difference between dying with COVID or from COVID. Now with the official release of Australian Bureau of Statistics data we have it confirmed just how many of those who died had other contributing factors.

It’s just another tick on the list of things we’ve been saying all along that the Government has tried to deny the truth of.

Transcript: https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/70-of-australian-covid-deaths-had-a-pre-existing-condition/

After being in the Mud Army in 1974, 2011 and a number of other cleanups 2022 was no different for me. This was a the cleanup around St Lucia last week, as you can see our diggers were also in full action.

The community spirit was in full swing everywhere I went in Ipswich, Brisbane, Gympie, Dayboro and Maryborough over the last week. It just shows we can still count on our neighbours and community when it matters.

$2 a litre fuel would cost less than $1.15 without Government taxes.

With the cost of fuel in Australia topping over $2.00 a litre its worth looking at how much Government makes the pain worse.

Government collects GST on all fuel transactions at 10%. While at $2.00 a litre now, the fuel price would only be $1.80 if the Government wasn’t taking GST on it.

The government also charges 44.2 cents a litre in fuel excise, an extra tax on fuel. Without the fuel excise and GST, the current price of fuel would be about $1.36 a litre.

But those are just the direct taxes. The money you use to pay for your fuel, your income, has already been taxed by the Government as well. The median income in Australia is around $50,000 a year. At this rate the government charges an average income tax of 15.4%, so you’ve got less money to pay for your fuel. It’s even more if you earn more

Take away all of these Government taxes and a litre of fuel that costs you $2.00 a litre today should only cost $1.15. The actual tax rate is MUCH higher given the endless amounts of additional tax Government charges throughout the supply chain, this is just a rough and conservative calculation.

I guess it all depends, do you think the Government is spending your money well?

The Murray Darling Basin plan has been a disaster for regional communities. Overwhelming complexity, water being flushed out to sea and bureaucrats thinking they know better than everyone else have caused enormous damage.

Despite the evidence, the government and MDBA refuse to take responsibility for the mess they’ve made.

Transcript: https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/menindee-lakes-sdl-water-acquisitions-and-lock-zero-mdba-part-1/

Australians across the country are fed up with the Government's overreach into people's lives. Candidates like Tamera are putting their name up for you to make a change.

https://youtu.be/BZcwPU4L1oE

One Nation will always stand for freedom

One Nation candidates are putting their hands up across the country. Here's a video I filmed at the Convoy to Canberra with three of our candidates all making a stand for freedom in the next election.

If voters change the way they vote, we can change the Parliament and scrap the mandates.

One Nation inspired Election Audits could make next vote the safest in history.

There has been a lot of concern that our upcoming election could be stolen. One Nation and I were also worried about this. Last year One Nation introduced an electoral reform bill which introduced audits of our elections and generally changed our electoral laws to prevent elections being stolen.

The Morrison Government under Minister Morton eventually agreed on the need for our bill and introduced a series of electoral reforms that implemented everything we asked for, except voter ID which remains before the Parliament.

Australia’s elections will now be audited before the election, and again after the election. With the other checks and balances introduced in this round of reform it is simply impossible for a federal election to be stolen.

One Nation is proud of the work we did to ensure Australian federal election integrity.

Every registered Australian voter is now free to participate in the electoral process, as a candidate, poll worker, supporter or donor confident in the knowledge that your efforts will not be wasted.

The result of the next Federal election will be the will of the people.

You can see a history of hard work and questioning I did on this over a long time here: https://www.malcolmrobertsqld.com.au/?s=election+integrity