TNE 106 Retreating Targets

More pandemic tyrants are in retreat with WA Premier Mark McGowan the latest to quit. The US Target chain is the next Bud Light facing a boycott after launching pride products aimed at children. Plus the aftermath of a shocking week here in Victoria on Tim's News Explosion.

Victoria experienced its second earthquake in less than two years last night 3.6 in magnitude. There was minimal damage, unlike the Andrews’ Government state budget which increased land and payroll tax including removing the payroll tax exemption for private schools. Adding to the pain is a 25% rise in power bills for Victorians. The Andrews Government had a women’s budget section if they can define what a woman is.

Extinction Rebellion Week saw climate extremists block traffic on Melbourne’s King’s Way. In response to climate traffic blockers South Australia has rushed through a new protest law increasing penalties for blocking traffic which has attracted opposition from Human Rights groups.

Mark McGowan today announced he would be resigning as WA Premier. With the pandemic over he really lost his purpose. Last week in the aftermath of a school shooting in Perth where thankfully no one was harmed McGowan took the opportunity to announce he would keep them safe from gun violence by rewriting the state’s Firearms Act.

NSW Police Senior Constable Kristian White has been charged over the tasering of 95-year-old dementia sufferer Clare Nowland who passed away last week as a result of the tasering. White who is suspended on full pay allegedly said “bugger it” before tasering Nowland while she was holding a steak knife.

Australia’s very own Twitter Files have revealed the Department of Home Affairs made over 4,000 requests to digital platforms to take down content related to Covid including a meme mocking masks featuring Dan Andrews. School children are now given so-called misinformation education teaching them to trust the mainstream media and not search for the truth online. A surge in Covid flu cases has seen the media and government push another round of vaccines. The WHO is warning a new pandemic could be deadlier than covid. Russia has claimed it has found avian flu samples at a Ukrainian bio lab.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Australia last week where at an event at Sydney Olympic Park Anthony Albanese described him as the boss. Modi is a Hindi nationalist and he was followed in Australia by Sikh counter-protestors who want their own Indian country Khalistan.

Race blackmail on the Indigenous Voice referendum is ramping up. The Liberals were labelled White Australia Party on Twitter for opposing the voice. Lidia Thorpe got into a screaming match with Labor Senator Malarndirri McCarthy about the work of Indigenous police officers. Thorpe told the ABC she is lodging a complaint against the Greens at the Human Rights Commission. The AFL during its two-round Sir Doug Nicholls round unveiled a statue honouring Adam Goodes’ made-up Indigenous war dance.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott announced they would be running for the 2024 Republican Presidential nomination against former President Donald Trump.

June in the Northern Hemisphere is LGBT Pride Month when corporations change their logos to rainbow colours. But US Target has decided to pull a Bud Light releasing pride products aimed at children and displaying them at the front of their stores. Products include a tuck-friendly women’s bathing suit. The backlash has seen Target lose $10 billion USD in share market value. North Face jackets released an advertisement of a bearded drag queen welcoming in a whole summer of Pride.

18-year-old British TikTok social terrorist Mizzy only received a £365 and two-year criminal behaviour order for his videos where he terrifies people into thinking he will kill them and enters their homes. He was platformed by Piers Morgan whom he told the fine will not deter him.

Former ITV This Morning host Phillip Schofield has admitted to an affair with former showrunner Matt McGreavy whom he first met when he was 15. Schofield had attempted to mask this affair which he claims was not illegal by coming out as gay in 2020. Schofield’s brother Timothy was recently jailed for 12 years after being convicted of 11 child sex offences.