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Julie bishop is nominally a member of the centrist libs, isn't she?
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 00:34 |
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# ? May 25, 2024 14:35 |
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BBJoey posted:Are we talking Bronwyn or Julie? Chess. I'd probably trust a piece that can only move diagonally over any of the big names.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 00:56 |
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You Am I posted:Other than going back to Abbott, there's no one else in the Liberal front bench that's leadership worthy. Pyne is surely losing his seat next election over the way the Federal Government has treated South Australia, Morrison is a joke who only can put things into neat sound bites and slogans and there's no way the right wing will let Bishop be leader. I imagine people were making similar points about the possibility of Abbott becoming Prime Minister pre-Rudd. I don't disagree that the Liberal front bench is a joke but that hasn't stopped them from electing a leader before
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 01:14 |
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Saw Panama story; thought of
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 01:15 |
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tithin posted:The only thing the right want from her is to quit, and with that they're actually in tune with the electorate. For once. I was actually talking about Julie. There's no way in the cold recesses of hell that Bronwyn has a chance, she has burnt the gently caress out of the NSW Lib Right with supporting Turnbull over Abbott for PM
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 01:46 |
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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-05/australians-identified-in-mossack-fonseca-panama-papers-leak/7297964quote:Panama Papers: Fraudsters, former tax officials among Australians identified in Mossack Fonseca leak By the National Reporting Team's Lisa Main and Elise Worthington Updated 58 minutes ago The article has a bunch of links to more information and any of the 'fat cats' who thought they could wait this one out may have misread the temper of the times: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-05/icelandic-pm-refuses-to-resign-over-panama-papers-leak/7298944 quote:(excerpt)Thousands take to streets I can't help but think Aurfa Sidodinis isn't sleeping well at the moment. Speaking of going quietly into the night Cunneen watch has been quiet because there is nothing being said by anybody.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 02:10 |
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Bill Shorten has a weird shaped head.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 02:13 |
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Skellybones posted:Bill Shorten has a weird shaped head. It figures you'd be into phrenology
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 02:15 |
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quote:In June last year, an electrician from Perth emailed Mossack Fonseca asking what he could do to "reduce or zero my tax". http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-05/australians-identified-in-mossack-fonseca-panama-papers-leak/7297964
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 02:24 |
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Considering what the money gets spent on, who can blame people for wanting to minimise or zero their tax?
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 02:30 |
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open24hours posted:Considering what the money gets spent on, who can blame people for wanting to minimise or zero their tax? I can because I bet that's not why they're doing it.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 02:37 |
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open24hours posted:Considering what the money gets spent on, who can blame people for wanting to minimise or zero their tax? If they're wealthy enough to want to avoid tax, they're likely wealthy enough to just pay for access to a politician and lobby for changes to what that money's being spent on.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 02:49 |
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Giving money to politicians only encourages them. I wonder what's more immoral, avoiding tax or paying a politician to pass laws you like? In any case, I find it pretty difficult to get worked up about this kind of thing. The entire economy is set up to encourage this kind of behaviour and the faux outrage from the political class is all a bit much. open24hours fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Apr 5, 2016 |
# ? Apr 5, 2016 03:13 |
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I'm being glib but it makes the people behind the Free Enterprise Foundation and donation funnelling look like complete novices (probably because they are).
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 03:38 |
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open24hours posted:Giving money to politicians only encourages them. It's faux outrage because the Libs want to cut corporate taxes with their usual bevy of excuses - a leak like this just provides further evidence that no, corporations aren't struggling due to a heavy tax burden like Mal would like you to think.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 04:33 |
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MysticalMachineGun posted:It's faux outrage because the Libs want to cut corporate taxes with their usual bevy of excuses - a leak like this just provides further evidence that no, corporations aren't struggling due to a heavy tax burden like Mal would like you to think. It's just a matter of time until a politician brings up the leak as an example of how national tax burdens are too high, demonstrated by the fact companies go to all the work to take the money overseas.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 04:56 |
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That happened ages ago. https://twitter.com/DavidLeyonhjelm/status/717157825110089728
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 04:57 |
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"Legally"
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 05:00 |
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Why cant we have both?
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 05:03 |
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SynthOrange posted:Why cant we have both? Everyone was first against the wall when the revolution came.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 05:19 |
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Also surprising probably no one, a bake sale at UQ to highlight wage differences between men and women by indexing cupcake prices to gender ended up with threats of rape and violence.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 05:56 |
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SynthOrange posted:Also surprising probably no one, a bake sale at UQ to highlight wage differences between men and women by indexing cupcake prices to gender ended up with threats of rape and violence. Did they still do the bake sale?
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 06:04 |
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Oh no I missed it! and was in the wrong state! Now THAT's unfair! TUESDAY APRIL 5 Gender Pay Gap Bake Sale 10 – 2pm on the Grassy Knoll Come and visit the members of the UQU Women’s Collective to purchase baked goods – with a difference. Specific to each faculty, each baked good will only cost you the proportion of $1.00 that you earn comparative to men (or, if you identify as a man, all baked goods with cost you $1.00!). For example, if you are a woman of colour in the legal profession, a baked good at the stall will only cost you 55 cents!
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 06:12 |
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SynthOrange posted:Also surprising probably no one, a bake sale at UQ to highlight wage differences between men and women by indexing cupcake prices to gender ended up with threats of rape and violence. The comments on that article (assuming you're referencing this)sure are something.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 06:16 |
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Kat Delacour posted:The comments on that article (assuming you're referencing this)sure are something. Why did I read that
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 06:25 |
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Kat Delacour posted:The comments on that article (assuming you're referencing this)sure are something. There's always a standing army of fuckwits ready to explain to us all why men have it worse, the pay gap is false and feminism isn't necessary.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 06:39 |
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Reza Barati murder: asylum seeker's accused killer escapes from Manus Island jail One of the two men accused of killing Iranian asylum seeker, Reza Barati, has escaped from custody on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea officials have said. Joshua Kaluvia, a former Salvation Army worker accused of hitting 23-year-old Barati in the head with a piece of wood, is currently on trial, but escaped last Monday. He was due to appear in court this week for sentencing. His co-accused, a then G4S guard Louie Efi, allegedly dropped a large rock on Barati. The incident occurred during violent riots at the Australian-run regional processing and detention centre in February 2014. PNG police spokesman, Dominic Kakas, confirmed to Guardian Australia authorities were now conducting a search for Kaluvia. A warrant has been issued for Kaluvia’s arrest to appear in court by 18 April, the ABC reported. Manus province police commander David Yapu said Kuluvia escaped from “CS compound” shortly before noon on 28 March. However his absence wasn’t noticed until 4.30pm that day when all prisoners were returned to their cells. Yapu also accused the CS officers of negligence for failing to notify his command until Monday, a full week after the escape. “[Provincial police command] Manus was only made aware on Monday 4/4/16 when there was a call over by the national court judge, Justice Nicholas Kirriwon, to check the if [Kaluvia] was in court for his sentence,” Yapu told Guardian Australia. “The judge was told that the accused had escaped from CS on 28/3/16 which frustrated the court. As the PPC on the ground I see that it is a clear negligent by the CS officers,” he said, noting police could have begun searching for Kuluvia a week ago. Yapu said it was the fourth escape from the centre since November. No escapee has been caught. “The case of Joshua Kaluvia is of a great public interest and justice must prevail and seen to be done for perpetrators to be punished with punitive sentences,” said Yapu. The escape comes amid growing tensions inside the regional processing centre as authorities begin the process of separating refugees from asylum seekers with failed refugee assessments... http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/apr/05/reza-barati-asylum-seekers-accused-killer-escapes-from-manus-island-jail
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 07:11 |
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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/your-brisbane/the-tivoli-saved-by-lovers-of-live-music-20160405-gnyuw9.html The tivoli survives the threat of development. Sold for ~9mil and will stay open as a performance/event venue
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 07:41 |
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SynthOrange posted:Oh no I missed it! and was in the wrong state! Now THAT's unfair!
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 07:44 |
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Jack was a misogynist and womaniser. He had to be taken out.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 07:47 |
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SynthOrange posted:Also surprising probably no one, a bake sale at UQ to highlight wage differences between men and women by indexing cupcake prices to gender ended up with threats of rape and violence. Why are white men the most fragile, thin skinned assholes imaginable? I ask this as a white man.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 07:58 |
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hooman posted:Why are white men the most fragile, thin skinned assholes imaginable? That's the price of min/maxing all the stats for gold farming
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 08:02 |
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More like
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 08:07 |
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Because they're able to get away with acting like and doing what every other group would do if they could. See also: rich people.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 08:12 |
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Basically because we're the ones with
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 08:22 |
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The status quo is very bad, except for me, a white man, therefor the status quo is good, and cool
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 08:34 |
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WhiskeyWhiskers posted:Jack was a misogynist and womaniser. He had to be taken out. The feminist cake bake was a political hit.
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 08:49 |
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Uh-oh, something I don't like happened. Better consult the "Every Single Possible Response for a White Male" Playbook! *looks at single sheet of A4 paper* code:
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 08:51 |
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Brick Dust Otis posted:The status quo is very bad, except for me, a white man, therefor the status quo is good, and cool ~boot straps~
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# ? Apr 5, 2016 08:59 |
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Maybe if they taught men how to negotiate better, they could get a better price for their cupcake.
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