The Gas Lobby Attacked Me Personally + ASIO Can Now Legally Abduct You + I Spent $80,000 to Beat the Gas Cartel at Their Own Game! + Give Us a Fair Squeeze
The Gas Lobby Attacked Me Personally: NDIS Fraud & Gina's BRS Statement
THE SCAM: The NDIS fraud isn't the dodgy providers - it's the design. The government funds the scheme but outsources delivery to thousands of private operators. One incentive: profit. Inflate costs, recommend unnecessary services, clip the ticket at every stage. Built to be rorted.
THE DAMAGE: Disabled Australians are left vetting providers and spotting scams - on top of managing their disabilities. Costs have blown out so badly the government can't prosecute all the fraud without grinding the courts to a halt. Now the narrative is shifting: we "can't afford" the NDIS. That's not a warning. That's a setup.
THE COVER-UP/OUTCOME: The Liberals let this rot, then weaponised the scandal to make the scheme unpopular. Labor responded with inquiries and task forces - without touching the root cause: privatisation. The real fix stays off the table. Corporate media runs the individual fraud stories. The systemic failure stays buried.
Punter Citations:
ABC - The NDIS's wider reputation is at an all-time low. How did we get here?
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ASIO Can Now Legally Abduct You (And You Can’t Tell Anyone)
THE SCAM: ASIO can now detain and interrogate anyone without a court warrant — just the Attorney-General's rubber stamp. No judicial oversight. No suspicion of a crime required. Kids as young as 14 can be pulled in. Both major parties signed off. No sunset clause.
THE DAMAGE: No right to silence — refuse to answer and face five years in prison. You cannot tell anyone you've been taken. Lawyers can attend but can't advise you of your rights. Secret detentions. No public trace. No recourse.
THE COVER-UP/OUTCOME: In 2003, Albanese warned these exact powers would enable "the mistreatment of ethnic minorities, the suppression of dissent, and the detaining of wholly innocent Australians." His government just passed them permanently. The Howard-era version had a sunset clause. This one doesn't.
Punter Citations:
Michael West - Civil liberties. Senate to approve extraordinary ASIO powers
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I Spent $80,000 to Beat the Gas Cartel at Their Own Game!
THE MISSION: Force foreign-owned gas corporations to pay fair tax on Australian resources — and get a seat at the table that's been reserved for corporate lobbyists.
THE TIMELINE: Two years ago, Konrad started making videos about Australia giving away half its gas for free. Thousands of punters got behind it — enough to fund the campaign full-time. First move: tried buying a $3,000 ticket to a gas industry lobbying dinner to get in the room. Denied. Next: got a Parliament House pass and started lobbying politicians directly — until the AFP suspended it after he approached the PM. So the campaign went public. 2,000 supporters raised $90,000 for billboards across Australia. Then came the sticker campaign. Then a fundraising dinner that pulled in $75,000. With that money, a job was posted on Seek, 40 people applied, and Rachel was hired — Australia's first ever crowdfunded citizen lobbyist.
WHY IT MATTERS: Foreign gas corporations pay less tax than Australian teachers. Politicians leave government and go straight to work for the companies they regulated. Mining cartels donate millions and spend millions more on propaganda. Norway built a $3 trillion sovereign wealth fund from the same resources. Australia gave half of ours away for free.
Give Us a Fair Squeeze
THE MISSION: Getting Free sauce into every pie shop in Australia, why? To call out the gas scam.
THE UPDATE: We reached out to Berenberg, Rosella, Heinz, and Master Foods. Most said no, Heinz asked for more information. In the meantime, the campaign went grassroots: stickers are now live on the website, punters can buy them and slap them on sauce bottles in their local pie shop themselves. We started a crowdfunding campaign to $5,000, enough for 200 free sauce bottles, and 550 free stickers.
WHY IT MATTERS: The May budget is weeks away. The government will decide whether to finally fix the PRRT — or quietly let the gas cartel off the hook again. The sauce campaign keeps the pressure on. Every sticker in every pie shop is a reminder that Australians are watching, organised, and not going away before budget day.
