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drunkill posted:So, Turnbulls insults at Shorten about sucking up to Richard Pratt today in question time? Well, Pratt died a few years ago but guess which party his family has only donated to in the last financial year? Thats right, the Liberals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YVydihI7XQ The video of this is embarrassing and pathetic on several levels. Shorten looks like a sad boy being chastised.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 11:27 |
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The Labour Shadow AG wrote to the AG asking if he's aware that a minister is breaking the constitution (for making money from the rental of a Post Office I think) and is thus ineligible for his seat. Meaning a by-election and the possible loss of majority government. Uh oh.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 12:28 |
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Comstar posted:The Labour Shadow AG wrote to the AG asking if he's aware that a minister is breaking the constitution (for making money from the rental of a Post Office I think) and is thus ineligible for his seat. Meaning a by-election and the possible loss of majority government. Uh oh. Sounds awkward.
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Comstar posted:The Labour Shadow AG wrote to the AG asking if he's aware that a minister is breaking the constitution (for making money from the rental of a Post Office I think) and is thus ineligible for his seat. Meaning a by-election and the possible loss of majority government. Uh oh. quote:David Gillespie, a Turnbull government minister, under constitutional cloud http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/students-among-worstaffected-by-proposed-newstart-changes-20170208-gu8jt8.html
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 12:44 |
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Man this whole government is not even going to last the year, let alone Trumble staying as
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 12:58 |
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We really have a boring constitution. America gets Free speech, guns, and it being ok to have prisoners as slaves, while we get post offices and wierd arguments about fireworks.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 13:09 |
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Oh and the ACT gets a bit of Jervis bay.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 13:34 |
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quote:Labor's legal affairs spokesman Mark Dreyfus has written to Attorney-General George Brandis about the situation, saying any doubts about Dr Gillespie's eligibility are "a very grave matter", given the finely-balanced Parliament.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 13:37 |
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Wow my hometown in the news... for an incredibly boring reason. Thanks Gillespie.
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 13:38 |
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gently caress
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 13:51 |
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The Liberal backbencher George Christensen has signalled he will break ranks with the Turnbull government to vote for a non-government bill calling for a commission of inquiry into the banking industry. The announcement from the outspoken conservative follows the defection of the Liberal senator Cory Bernardi this week. The...hero...we...need?
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 23:41 |
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Anidav posted:The Liberal backbencher George Christensen has signalled he will break ranks with the Turnbull government to vote for a non-government bill calling for a commission of inquiry into the banking industry. The announcement from the outspoken conservative follows the defection of the Liberal senator Cory Bernardi this week. He's just being difficult for the government. It just so happened that this is the first time his dissenting opinion is better than general LNP consensus (somehow)
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# ? Feb 8, 2017 23:59 |
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https://twitter.com/DavidParis/status/829465431630942208
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 00:12 |
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Wow
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 00:19 |
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Mad Katter posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YVydihI7XQ
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 00:37 |
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Even Tingle was gasping at Turnbull's aggressiveness, quite the disappointment. She has a firm grasp on the long trend, but they must be desperate for entertainment if that's all it takes to cause hot flushes.
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 00:41 |
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Who was it even for? Question time is just for Journalists to laugh at, right? I mean, Joe Slow wouldn't give a gently caress what Trumbles calls Shorten; his political opnion starts and ends with "I just wish they would get on with the job, ay?"
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 00:48 |
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Zenithe posted:He's just being difficult for the government. It just so happened that this is the first time his dissenting opinion is better than general LNP consensus (somehow) Yes, its a long bow but reckon this could add to the federal destabilisation.
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 00:48 |
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https://twitter.com/PmPaulKeating/status/829445533185953792 never change.
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 00:49 |
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Anidav posted:Who was it even for? Question time is just for Journalists to laugh at, right? Yeah he looks like a loving tosser calling out "the politics of envy" while cutting welfare and lining up corporate tax cuts. It's not for people who are paying attention, it's just more "both sides are bad" garbage and news corpse of course praising his performance and who gives a gently caress about the actual policy that was being argued about. Oh he's so alive and fiery pointing out Shorten's ties to big business, which are bad, unlike his own, which are obviously good because he is rich. edit: ^ - Paul Keating says it better than I could ever hope to edit 2: People are going nuts for strongmen in their 70s who can lob a good burn right now, time for a Keating comeback? Cirofren fucked around with this message at 00:55 on Feb 9, 2017 |
# ? Feb 9, 2017 00:52 |
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The PM is only meant to live at Kirribilli House when they are visiting Sydney. Except Howard wanted house on the harbour so he moved in permanently.
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 00:55 |
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Comstar posted:The Labour Shadow AG wrote to the AG asking if he's aware that a minister is breaking the constitution (for making money from the rental of a Post Office I think) and is thus ineligible for his seat. Meaning a by-election and the possible loss of majority government. Uh oh.
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:35 |
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Bill shorten is such a loser, he's not a real rich like me, malcolm trumbul
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:38 |
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Not even a billionaire.
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:39 |
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Katherine Murphy sure is a complete loving hack
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:43 |
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aejix posted:Katherine Murphy sure is a complete loving hack You can say that about 99% of the parliament press
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:47 |
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Who's the 1%
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:55 |
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Pfffffft, ha ha ha Hope the full quote is "I stand up to billionaires, then I kneel down to them, then I start pumping, pumping, pumping... uh, for Australian interest"
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 01:56 |
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You can talk, you can talk, you're brave now motherfucker. Throw his rear end out. He's a poor! He's a poor! He's a poor! A poor, look, there's a poor! Oooo! Ooo... All right, ya see? It shocks you, it shocks you, to see what's buried beneath, you stupid mother fuckers! Fifty years ago we'd have you upside-down with a loving fork up your rear end! -malcom tirbkFLknf
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 02:00 |
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Appropos of nothing, here is a long interesting article about a guy who went to Nauru to work on their government's budget in 2008: https://thomasthethinkengine.com/2016/06/17/treasury-island/
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aejix posted:Katherine Murphy sure is a complete loving hack she straight up has a crush on malcolm turnbull, she visits the press gallery every day hoping to catch his eye
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You Am I posted:You can say that about 99% of the parliament press At least its easy to avoid most of them because poo poo clings together, but when you finish reading someone like Greg Jericho laying it down with a billion graphs with links to source data and everything, and then you read her complete poo poo, it's very disappointing. Why she's still at the Guardian is beyond me but the depressing part is she's probably better than the rest of the press gallery. Tossers.
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 02:13 |
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MysticalMachineGun posted:
I stand up to billionaires, I look them the eye, and I say "don't worry about paying taxes, we'll just gently caress over the poor"
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 02:19 |
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A Coalition senator is threatening to oppose his own government's plan to axe the notorious Life Gold Pass which gives former MPs free business-class travel on the taxpayer saying it's time someone stood up for politicians. Queensland backbencher Ian Macdonald says politicians work extremely hard and don't get paid particularly well for their efforts. Senator Macdonald who is paid a salary of $200,000 a year as a backbencher Hilarious Hills To Die On for $400
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Lid posted:A Coalition senator is threatening to oppose his own government's plan to axe the notorious Life Gold Pass which gives former MPs free business-class travel on the taxpayer saying it's time someone stood up for politicians. HAHAHAAHAHAHAHAH oh my loving god.
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 03:29 |
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Single parents get $19,201 a year max from the government, and they're not allowed to make more than 188 bucks per fortnight or it gets reduced. This guy gets $30k a year in super alone to account for his post-parlimentary retirement, all for sitting on a bench and voting how he's told. The temerity to complain about losing free business class upgrades. I hope he's savaged. Edit: Unemployed people aged 22-24 will lose out on almost $100 a fortnight despite homelessness being at an all time high and public housing (in Victoria) having a 35,000 person wait list. Surely this will somehow be good for the economy. Cirofren fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Feb 9, 2017 |
# ? Feb 9, 2017 03:37 |
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Ever since Bernie Sander's, pretty much every party leader has put on an anti billionaire mask. Comes off as fake. Waste of PR time. Dunno why Turnbull is bothering since he usually waves his business experience like a flag as his apparent strong point.
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# ? Feb 9, 2017 03:44 |
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As I said in our party room the other day: I do not want to indicate what was said in the party room but these are my own thoughts, not the party room’s thoughts especially. It is about time our leaders – all of our leaders, and Senator Di Natale would be a good start – started emphasising how much work politicians do, how much commitment most of the people who sit in this parliament – most, I might add – have. They are here because they believe in Australia and they believe that they can make a contribution to Australia. By the standards in the community they do not get particularly well-paid, and there are hundreds of examples of that. Someone has to stand up, rather than just Senator Ludlam joining the populist theme and denigrating by innuendo everybody in this chamber and the other chamber, and start arguing for politicians, arguing for parliamentarians, saying why they are there. Most parliamentarians – or those on this side – would have done infinitely better financially staying in their legal practice, staying in their business, staying in their veterinary practice, staying in the jobs they had before. That is not why they have come into this chamber. I will be talking on this again in another bill coming up, where I will be opposing my government and again moving amendments.
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Lid posted:As I said in our party room the other day: I do not want to indicate what was said in the party room but these are my own thoughts, not the party room’s thoughts especially. It is about time our leaders – all of our leaders, and Senator Di Natale would be a good start – started emphasising how much work politicians do, how much commitment most of the people who sit in this parliament – most, I might add – have. They are here because they believe in Australia and they believe that they can make a contribution to Australia. By the standards in the community they do not get particularly well-paid, and there are hundreds of examples of that. Good, stay there then you loving piece of poo poo.
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