Senor Tron posted:

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Dutton condemns threats

Labor MP Anne Aly, the first Muslim woman to be elected to Parliament and an expert in counter-terrorism, said the Immigration Minister's comments were "extremely disappointing" and feared they were made in malice.

Dr Aly linked Mr Dutton's comments to death threats she and her family received along with an email telling her to go home and "take all her terrorist friends with her".

Mr Dutton condemned the threats, but said Dr Aly should be asking questions of her party leader.

"I would condemn anybody that has made any death threat, of course I would," he said.

"But again, the question she should be asking Bill Shorten is why did he seek to whip this up into an issue of political advantage for himself?"

Ora Tzo posted:

Could this be part of Abbott's plan to get back in?
Dutton did support him against Turnbull in the last spill? They're working together?

Malcolm firing Dutton is just fodder for Abbott to use to claim he could run things better.

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Scientists successfully teach gorilla to read at a Daily Telegraph-level
The great ape has now sadly become Islamophobic.

ZOOKEEPERS AT DUBBO’S WESTERN Plains Zoo are delighted to announce this morning that scientists from the nearby TAFE college have successfully taught Glenn, a four-year-old juvenile gorilla, to read at a Daily Telegraph-level.

Named after Narromine-born cricketer Glenn McGrath, the gorilla was the first to be born at the zoo. His birth heralded a new beginning for the nation’s gorilla breeding programme.

“It’s a truly remarkable achievement,” said Head Ape Keeper, Debby Frog.

“Glenn has always been a bit slower than the other gorillas we have here. While his cousins have recently been observed using tools for the first time, which is a major cognitive milestone in a gorilla’s development, Glenn has not,”

“But he’s now the only gorilla in the world who enjoys reading the Daily Telegraph, which is just amazing.” she said.

Originally published as “Ape reads, two die in horror crash near Gilgandra” in The Daily Liberal.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Pauline is having a serious meltdown.

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Peter Dutton says Labor has 'misrepresented' his remarks about Lebanese Muslims

‘The facts here are indisputable … I’m on safe ground because I’ve relied on the facts,’ immigration minister says

Peter Dutton has claimed to be a victim of Labor’s “misrepresentation” of his comments about Lebanese-Muslim immigration in the 1970s – while continuing to argue that the facts are “indisputable”.

The immigration minister told 2GB and then journalists at a press conference in Canberra on Thursday that the Labor leader, Bill Shorten, had “sought to completely misrepresent what I said” about Malcolm Fraser’s decision in the 1970s to allow Lebanese Muslim migrants to come to Australia.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Aside from the aforementioned meltdown about people calling her Racist, One Nation got tricked hard by the Coalition today. They agreed to vote for the increase in the passenger movement charge (from 55$ to 60$ every time someone travels out of Australia) on the condition that it would be frozen (I.E no more increases) for the next 5 years. After the vote Penny Wong got up and pointed out the freeze was meaningless because in the future the parliament could just increase the charge and remove the freeze, she went on to say that One Nation had been tricked and so on.

Then Pauline got up, absolutely furious, going on how about it was all so complicated and she had only been in parliament for a few months and blah blah blah. Not sure if she was mad at Penny, the coalition or both. Meanwhile Her Senator Culleton is in Lala land again.

Gridlocked posted:

What is the aforementioned meltdown? I haven't seen it yet

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Senator Hanson, anyway, had moved on to offering her knowledge of constitutional matters. Specifially, Section 51 (xxvi), the one that excluded, until 1967,  the Parliament from making any laws affecting Aboriginal people - thus, for two thirds of last century, ensuring Indigenous people were not considered worthy of any place in federal law.

Mountains of opinion have been written and spoken by eminent lawyers and High Court judges about this "race power" section, but Senator Hanson had her own - and you'd have to say, unique - take on it.

It wasn't about Aboriginal people at all, she said.

It was to do with the Chinese and the Afghans "and the opium and the immigration

Milky Moor posted:

What's the backpacker tax?

Cartoon posted:

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal determined that backpackers are not allowed the tax free threashold. Unless parliment enacts special legislation they will be taxed at 34(?) %. A negotiation was done and 22(/) % was 'agreed'. When the legislation was put lambie said 10.5(?)% and Labour jumped on it like a starving seagull.

SMILLENNIALSMILLEN posted:

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...124-gswjxp.html

An excerpt


Theres more

Gridlocked posted:

What is the aforementioned meltdown? I haven't seen it yet

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Walter was barred from legally representing others in Queensland in 2011 after acting in at least 10 cases where a judge said he ran the same “peculiar” but futile line of legal argument challenging state and local authorities over legislation including tree-clearing controls.

He argued unsuccessfully during bankruptcy proceedings that legislation passed in Australia since 1966 is unconstitutional because it has been signed by governor generals who were paid in dollars, not pounds as specified by the constitution.

Gargan argued the same point to press the former officer’s case in a letter to the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, in April.

He urged Turnbull to call a “referendum to normalise the currency” as “no legislation since 1966 has been legitimately approved by any governor general because none of them have been paid in legitimate currency”.

Lid posted:

The man Cullenton threatened a magistrate over

There's so much more and it is hilarious

ewe2 posted:

Actual freemen on the land, classic case. Reminder that people voted this moron in.

butthold posted:

Gee, it's almost as if Pauline Hanson isn't qualified to be a senator.

ewe2 posted:

Actual freemen on the land, classic case. Reminder that people voted this moron in.

butthold posted:

Gee, it's almost as if Pauline Hanson isn't qualified to be a senator.

NPR Journalizard posted:

I think I got my hopes too high with how well Ricky turned out.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Ricky owns the sawmill now

Guardian posted:

Tasmanian town may rename cricket oval after Donald Trump

The small town of Westbury in Tasmania is considering changing the name of its cricket ground to the Donald J Trump park in a gesture of friendship toward the US president-elect.

Councillor John Temple suggested the name change at a Meander Valley council meeting this week, noting that Trump was “likely to be the greatest agent of change this century”.

Despite the chortles of his fellow councillors, Temple assured Guardian Australia it was a genuine suggestion.

He cited the importance of the Australia’s military alliance with the US and the relative exposure of Tasmania as an island, should anyone decide to attack.

“It is in our best interests to extend the hand of friendship to the new president of the United States, who is not a politician and will likely come at things from a different perspective,” he said.
The response, Temple said, had been mixed.

“The personal conversations I have had have all been positive,” he said. “I have seen things on Facebook calling me an idiot.”

Temple said he suggested the cricket ground not because he believed Trump had any great affection for the sport, but because the oval, known for the giant stumps that serve as a gate to the grounds, happens to be opposite his workplace.

According to local paper the Examiner, the extent of Trump’s interest in cricket is that he briefly followed former Australian test batsman Damien Martyn on Twitter.

The Examiner noted Temple’s suggestion was followed by another question by councillor Bob Richardson, who sought official clarification on whether Trump had promised to “make America great again” or “make America grate again”.

It’s presumed Richardson spelled the pun for the transcript.

It is, Temple conceded, unlikely that naming an oval after Trump would induce the property mogul turned politician to visit the small town of 1,500. After all, there are so many other buildings bearing his name.

If Trump did visit, he would be the most famous person to visit Westbury since 1954, when the Queen and Prince Philip drove through on their inaugural visit to Australia.

According to Temple, some in the town still talk about it.

It is anticipated a presidential visit would have a similar impact.

There is precedent for renaming sporting areas in the Meander Valley council area, shire president Craig Perkins said. The Deloraine football ground changed its name to the Bendigo Bank football stadium after a particularly lucrative sponsorship deal.

“Maybe if he [Trump] wanted to throw some dollars at the cricket club they would agree to change the name,” he said.

Perkins said he had assumed Temple was joking and did not intend to pursue the suggestion, saying: “I would be surprised if that actually came to fruition.”

But he said Trump was welcome to visit regardless. “If he wanted to come over I’m sure we could talk the cricket club into getting him in the batting line-up,” he said. “He wouldn’t be the starter, I don’t think.”

Perkins said he had raised the idea with Trump on Twitter, but “he hasn’t replied yet”.

The suggestion has been referred to the council’s workshopping committee.

ewe2 posted:

It's fascinating how Queensland this all is. It's just a big authoritarian racist corrupt white trash inferiority complex state, and reliably throws up this kind of politician.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Ricky owns the sawmill now

ewe2 posted:

It's fascinating how Queensland this all is. It's just a big authoritarian racist corrupt white trash inferiority complex state, and reliably throws up this kind of politician.

thatbastardken posted:

Rod Culleton is from WA though, so it's not just qld

Gridlocked posted:

As a native Queenslander this makes me feel very sad