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Recoome
Nov 9, 2013

Matter of fact, I'm salty now.

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Why does this guy look so sad?

it's tough being a paragon for the white race

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Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Patriotpete was at that rally

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

Kommando posted:

fill me in.

I'll give you a hint: it's not wars or climate change, those are good excuses but not immediate reasons.

Frogfingers
Oct 10, 2012
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-po...130-gu1atu.html

The Age posted:

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has refused to follow the lead of other world leaders and criticise Donald Trump's harsh new immigration measures, saying he would not "run a commentary on the domestic policies of other countries".

Speaking publicly a day after his first phone call with Mr Trump since the billionaire businessman was sworn in as US President, Mr Turnbull said that if the policies were found to be harming the freedom of Australians to travel to the US, the Australian government would take it up with their American counterparts.

But in contrast to the leaders of Britain, Germany, France and Canada, Mr Turnbull declined to condemn or express disagreement with the new US executive order, which imposes a range restrictions - some temporary and some indefinite - on refugee intakes and other immigration to the US. This includes a three-month ban on virtually all citizens from seven majority-Muslim countries entering the US.

There you go. There's the death knell for the libs. Agree all you like with the offshore death camps, nobody likes Trump and nobody with a future wants to look cozy with him. They might dump Turnbull but they won't dump strong borders, and have now successfully wedged themselves.

In other news, the libs also doubled the debt since taking power somehow.

hooman
Oct 11, 2007

This guy seems legit.
Fun Shoe
"won't run a commentary on the domestic policies of other countries"

Those are some historically loving scary words.

open24hours
Jan 7, 2001

Well he's not about to criticise someone who (supposedly) agreed to take our refugees. They'll get decades of political mileage out of that.

hooman
Oct 11, 2007

This guy seems legit.
Fun Shoe
"Scott Morrison has declined to criticise Donald Trump’s contentious travel ban, saying it is up to the United States to determine its border control arrangements, and noting the rest of the world is now “catching up” with Australia’s harsh deterrence policies."

gently caress me.

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

Frogfingers posted:

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-po...130-gu1atu.html


There you go. There's the death knell for the libs. Agree all you like with the offshore death camps, nobody likes Trump and nobody with a future wants to look cozy with him. They might dump Turnbull but they won't dump strong borders, and have now successfully wedged themselves.

In other news, the libs also doubled the debt since taking power somehow.

Man that's some head buried in the sand poo poo from Turnbull.

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar
I said earlier that I expected to see Trump's policies put in place here over the next ten years, which is the usual length of time Australia follows behind the US.

Looks like the LNP jumped aboard the express train with this one.

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/825903889069191176

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)
He looks like a bald old Keating.

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

Frogfingers posted:

In other news, the libs also doubled the debt since taking power somehow.

Well those planes won't fly themselves, at all. They probably have paywave though.

Lid
Feb 18, 2005

And the mercy seat is awaiting,
And I think my head is burning,
And in a way I'm yearning,
To be done with all this measuring of proof.
An eye for an eye
And a tooth for a tooth,
And anyway I told the truth,
And I'm not afraid to die.
Nando's franchisees across the country are in open rebellion against head office moves to get them to renovate – or lose their stores for nothing.

Many say they have been quoted hundreds of thousands of dollars to renovate their stores, with head office making franchise renewals conditional on renovations.

norp
Jan 20, 2004

TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP

let's invade New Zealand, they have oil
Most of the stores in WA were updated in the last 18months or so, I assume this is some subset of franchisees

Comstar
Apr 20, 2007

Are you happy now?
I've been to their head office (it's surprisingly small). It needs a renovation.


In other news, Trump *always* betrays and lets down those who relay on him. How will Trump let Turnball down?

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Former member for Logan Michael Pucci resigned from the LNP over the weekend to take up a role with One Nation. Picture: Liam Kidston.
Former member for Logan Michael Pucci resigned from the LNP over the weekend to take up a role with One Nation. Picture: Liam Kidston.
QLD Politics
Fourth LNP member defects to One Nation

Sarah Vogler, The Courier-Mail
16 minutes ago

A FOURTH LNP member has joined One Nation, this time as campaign director.

It can be revealed former Logan MP Michael Pucci resigned from the LNP over the weekend to take up the role in One Nation today.

Mr Pucci told The Courier-Mail he believed One Nation wanted to look after the best interests of Queenslanders.

He joins sitting MP Steve Dickson and former MPs Sam Cox and Neil Symes who have also defected to the resurgent minor party ahead of the next state election, likely this year.

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008


https://media.giphy.com/media/nHc3PBhqDLtcI/giphy.mp4

Recoome
Nov 9, 2013

Matter of fact, I'm salty now.

Anidav posted:

Former member for Logan Michael Pucci resigned from the LNP over the weekend to take up a role with One Nation. Picture: Liam Kidston.
Former member for Logan Michael Pucci resigned from the LNP over the weekend to take up a role with One Nation. Picture: Liam Kidston.
QLD Politics
Fourth LNP member defects to One Nation

Sarah Vogler, The Courier-Mail
16 minutes ago

A FOURTH LNP member has joined One Nation, this time as campaign director.

It can be revealed former Logan MP Michael Pucci resigned from the LNP over the weekend to take up the role in One Nation today.

Mr Pucci told The Courier-Mail he believed One Nation wanted to look after the best interests of Queenslanders.

He joins sitting MP Steve Dickson and former MPs Sam Cox and Neil Symes who have also defected to the resurgent minor party ahead of the next state election, likely this year.

This is all labah's mess, mista speakah

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
Pauline is going to drain the Billabong by bringing in ex-LNP stooges.

Negative Entropy
Nov 30, 2009

Recoome posted:

I even missed it but apparently there was a wave of right-wing demonstrations (lol) in several places across the country, but the Invasion Day/Trump poo poo has basically starved it of any publicity/oxygen. The "rally" in Brisbane Logan looks like it only got around 20 or so people (event page as been taken down, a sign of a great protest). Looks like there were a few cops watching over the place (even the special 4WDs). Here's some photos of the happy campers!!


Hey look it's the person who was so homophobic they got kicked out of the homophobe party


Look familiar? He should! Here he was with his stupid misspelt sign back in 2015!!! Here's the reverse. Add another I to religion, bub!


Ban the Burk


Bikie or white supremacist? FTW either means "gently caress the World" or "Forever Truly White"

Haven't seeing pictures from Martin Place yet.

Fakeedit: Looks like they were targeting the Islamic centre nearby! What a surprise!

My ex gf worked at that faith centre, teaching English to migrants and disadvantaged Australians.
she said they worked really hard to learn.

One was a 40 year old fourth generation Australian truck driver who dropped out of school so early he could not read or write above a third grade level, and just worked for his dad's trucking company until his dad died. Now the business owner he needed literacy.

An old Greek Nona wanted to improve her English because centrelink was making her look for work but she couldn't handle resume writing or interviews, she was about 60 and her speech had fossilised so she would always sounda foreign witha-da broken English.

There were two Afghan refugees, women, who always smiled and were so very eager to learn and integrate. One had her left ear cut off by her ex husband, he went to jail and she went to Brisbane. She said she wore the hijab still because she was embarrassed.

Fanatic
Mar 9, 2006

:eyepop:
Is this lady related to Julia Gillard? http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...130-gu1dg1.html

The resemblance is uncanny

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Queensland is about to be more terrible isn't it? We're about to get a LNP Minority with One Nation aren't we?

Or... A One Nation Majority????





Jesus Christ how horrifying.

Coq au Nandos
Nov 7, 2006

I think I would say to my daughters if they were to ask me this question... A shitpost is the greatest gift that you can give someone, the ultimate gift of giving and don't give it to someone lightly, that's what I would say.
Hey guys let's check in with the Young Liberals.

https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/826026128615694337

Ok cool.

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

Coq au Nandos posted:

Hey guys let's check in with the Young Liberals.

https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/826026128615694337

Ok cool.

"Guys, Klan night is tomorrow night"

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)


White power

asio
Nov 29, 2008

"Also Sprach Arnold Jacobs: A Developmental Guide for Brass Wind Musicians" refers to the mullet as an important tool for professional cornet playing and box smashing black and blood

Anidav posted:

Queensland is about to be more terrible isn't it? We're about to get a LNP Minority with One Nation aren't we?

Or... A One Nation Majority????





Jesus Christ how horrifying.

News ltd already started so yes?

http://online.isentialink.com/theaustralian.com.au/2017/01/29/87431550-2003-46ee-9225-1c91596a93b2.html

Palaszczuk ministers disclose cash meetings

Queensland Treasurer Curtis Pitt failed to report 13 closed-door meetings with business. Picture: Annette Dew
The Australian12:00AM January 30, 2017Save
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has been forced to “encourage” three of her ministers to publicly disclose 27 cash-for-­access meetings with businesses at last year’s Labor state conference.

Ministerial diaries show 56 companies, including banks, property developers, coal miners, and lobbyists, paid at least $5000 each for 144 meetings with 14 members of Ms Palaszczuk’s cabinet at the Gold Coast event in October, tipping more than $280,000 into the party’s coffers.
But Treasurer Curtis Pitt, Education Minister Kate Jones and Domestic Violence Minister Shannon Fentiman initially failed to report 13, 11, and three closed-door meetings respectively.
The meetings were disclosed only after questions from The Australian prompted the Premier’s ­office to scold her ministers for the oversight. Party-related meetings do not have to be disclosed under the rules, but all Labor ministers published the details of their cash-for-access meetings in 2015.
“In the interests of transparency, ministerial offices are ­encouraged to list one-on-one meetings with businesses at the conference as was done for the 2015 conference,” a spokesman for Ms Palaszczuk said.
One of Mr Pitt’s previously ­secret meetings was with Plenary Group, a major infrastructure ­investor and developer that specialises in public-private partnerships and received a massive contract from the Newman government to build 10 state schools.
Mr Pitt also met coal miner TerraCom, major Chinese development company Wanda Ridong, and Suncorp.
Audit and advisory giant KPMG’s donation bought the most access of any company, ­securing 10 meetings with ­ministers.
The firm has been awarded a slew of government contracts under the Palaszczuk government, including being hired to advise on the merger of state-owned power assets, the delivery of the Cross River Rail project, the state’s domestic and family violence services and the previous government’s boot camp ­program.
KPMG’s professional services competitors Ernst & Young and PwC each paid for five meetings with ministers, while Singaporean sugar company Wilmar and ­accountancy firm Grant Thornton each scored six.
Labor’s business observers program was revived in 2015 with Ms Palaszczuk’s blessing after it was axed by former premier Anna Bligh in 2009, following an investigation by The Australian into government integrity.
Last year, the $5000 basic package bought companies lunch with Deputy Premier Jackie Trad and federal Labor’s transport spokesman Anthony Albanese on the Friday, dinner with Ms Palaszczuk and her cabinet that night, and breakfast with federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten the following morning. It also included the prized, but brief, one-on-one meetings with cabinet ministers.
Ms Trad and Mines Minister Anthony Lynham were in the highest demand, each taking 19 meetings. Eighteen companies paid for access to Energy Minister Mark Bailey, while 16 bought ­Environment Minister Steven Miles’s time. Businesses missed out on personal meetings with Ms Palaszczuk, Transport Minister Stirling Hinchliffe, and then-police minister Bill Byrne when ministerial business got in the way.
Ms Palaszczuk was hosting a domestic violence summit with Ms Fentiman, Mr Hinchliffe was dealing with the unfolding Queensland Rail driver shortage crisis, and Mr Byrne was being briefed about the murder of a Brisbane bus driver.
Spokespeople for Mr Pitt and Ms Fentiman said the failure to publish complete diaries was due to an “administrative error”.
Ms Jones said her office manager determined that because the meetings were party business, they did not have to be declared under the rules.

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

YESSS BRING THE QUEENSLAND END OF DAYS, PREMIER ASHBY SHALL RULE HIS FIEFDOM AND ALL SHALL TREMBLE.

Skellybones
May 31, 2011




Fun Shoe

Comstar posted:

I've been to their head office (it's surprisingly small). It needs a renovation.


In other news, Trump *always* betrays and lets down those who relay on him. How will Trump let Turnball down?

Turnbull will wake up one morning, look out the window and discover that all the refugees he'd sent to America have been dumped on his lawn.

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

Comstar posted:

In other news, Trump *always* betrays and lets down those who rely on him. How will Trump let Turnbull down?

He's already selling him F35's.

DancingShade
Jul 26, 2007

by Fluffdaddy

ewe2 posted:

He's already selling him F35's.

"Just wait until he finds out what we're charging for spare parts in a few years time" - Trump

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Coq au Nandos posted:

Hey guys let's check in with the Young Liberals.

https://twitter.com/MarkDiStef/status/826026128615694337

Ok cool.

Amazing that they shut down the event just because some people to the left of them turned up

Konomex
Oct 25, 2010

a whiteman who has some authority over others, who not only hasn't raped anyone, or stared at them creepily...
It's all coming to plan, first we let One Nation win Queensland, then we send all the poo poo people there, then we let the cyclones and floods and spiders murder them hunger games style.

I can only assume this is whats happening, otherwise who would vote One Nation?

The Before Times
Mar 8, 2014

Once upon a time, I would have thrown you halfway to the moon for a crack like that.

Konomex posted:

It's all coming to plan, first we let One Nation win Queensland, then we send all the poo poo people there, then we let the cyclones and floods and spiders murder them hunger games style.

I can only assume this is whats happening, otherwise who would vote One Nation?

Don't forget building a wall around Queensland and making the Queenslanders pay for it. Call it an Abbott-proof fence.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
I am not paying for some wall. I will open up a casino where Queenslanders can pay a fee to enter a maze that eventually leads outside of QLD to escape but there are many obstacles.

open24hours
Jan 7, 2001

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/01/30/abc-pacific-shortwave-exit-diplomatic-misstep-0

This is so dumb. They're always going on about how Australia needs to make a place for itself in the world and to grow its soft power, and they get rid of something like this to save a pathetically small amount of money. We're being outclassed by New Zealand for Christ's sake.

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

Enjoyed this little bit of positioning from the Guardian's daily email:

Tasmantor
Aug 13, 2007
Horrid abomination
New Zealand has been classier for a fair while.

Anidav
Feb 25, 2010

ahhh fuck its the rats again
Lmao Shorten is loving up that Australian journo at this press conference

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

Tasmantor posted:

New Zealand has been classier for a fair while.

The landscape is pretty over there (at least in the South Island) and they recognise both the First People of NZ and Same Sex Marriage.

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Amoeba102
Jan 22, 2010

North Island is pretty great for landscape too.

Amoeba102 fucked around with this message at 03:17 on Jan 31, 2017

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