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.

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

Lid posted:

Politics is a social service not the financial iccupation it has come with the uni student train of kids going through unipolitic politik gaming to get money and no ideals

Graic Gabtar posted:

Firstly, Macdonald can get hosed. I am quite happy for former PMs to get a Gold Pass. You would hope that they might have some contribution to make post office and that should be facilitated. E.g. I'm more than happy for Keating to zip all over the nation handing people's arse to themselves. Everyone else as I've said, everyone else can get hosed.

To the other point. I know politicians might trade off private sector money for power of office glory and it elevates plenty of dipshits to money they could never earn in the world. Honestly though, the money is probably not that great to incentivise more quality candidates to throw their hats into the ring treating it as a genuine job and not just as some shiny arse who can't believe their loving luck.

starkebn posted:

There are hundreds of people better off than parliamentarians!

norp posted:

The speaker did comment on the prop not being allowed if you listen to the video.

adamantium|wang posted:

https://twitter.com/JoshButler/status/829534898541039616
https://twitter.com/mpbowers/status/829536501822164992
https://twitter.com/axmcc/status/829536671716683778
https://twitter.com/murpharoo/status/829534075224416256

https://twitter.com/PoliticsFairfax/status/829547748638683136

ewe2 posted:

https://twitter.com/PmPaulKeating/status/829445533185953792

never change.

quote:

Get a job with Adani and infiltrate coal project, activists urge supporters
Galilee Blockade, which opposes the $16bn Carmichael mine, urges followers to apply for jobs with the Indian company

Synthbuttrange posted:

Is that what they mean by change from within?

Quasimango posted:

That's not Keating.

Comstar posted:

Professor was on PM saying it's perfectly safe to live in Mt Isa so long as you clean your dust filled house better than a surgery, never ever let the kids out in the open, and make sure young kids never touch anything with their hands. Then you get lead poisoning, but it's otherwise completely safe to live there. Also everyone needs to get tested for lead levels, presumably at your own expense.

The ABC reporter for some reason kept saying it was completely safe so long as you do the right thing*. (So long as you do the right thing and behave like you're on Mars and wearing a space suit).


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* As in it was pretty clearly the intent to mean that if you get Lead Poisoning it's YOUR FAULT and nothing to do with the mining, and most definatly nothing to do with any mining companies!

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/TonyAbbottMHR/status/829556224228077568

Synthbuttrange posted:

Is that what they mean by change from within?

The purpose of this paper is to characterize simple sabotage, to outline its possible effects, and to present suggestions for inciting and executing it. Sabotage varies from highly technical coup de main acts that require detailed planning and the use of specially trained operatives, to innumerable simple acts which the ordinary individual citizen-saboteur can perform. This paper is primarily concerned with the latter type.

Recoome posted:

I saw the ABC report on it and was like ~~~wtf~~~ this is insane

AgentF posted:

My God what an amazing gift to the Greens. These images are all tailor-made for political ads and memes. Look forward to the climate change argument next election, with these idiots shown literally smiling and holding a lump of coal.

AgentF posted:

Very interesting. I would've assumed Abbott is a Trumpist. What is he trying to do here?

starkebn posted:

pffff if you think Australians know the Ukraine is anywhere near Russia let alone fighting them

Abbott just wants to still feel relevant so will attach himself to any foreign dignitary he can get near to

UrbanLabyrinth posted:

PSA: "The Ukraine" is how Russia likes it to be called, because it suggests it's just a region. Ukraine is the proper name of the country, without the the.

Senor Tron posted:

Anyone hear the rumblings that apparently there was a big beef in the Coalition party room today?

AgentF posted:

Very interesting. I would've assumed Abbott is a Trumpist. What is he trying to do here?

gay picnic defence posted:

Nah, I think he's more of the old-school style conservative that considers Russia the bad guy, a bit like the traditional sort of republican in the US.

NTRabbit posted:

Abbott wants to opportunistically take the leadership back, and thinks his tough guy against Russia show really played really well with the voting public last time, there's actually nothing more to it than that.

You Am I posted:

yawn, 730 doing another hatchet job on renewables.

give it up ABC, sucking up to the Liberals like this will never get you more money in the next budget.

The ABC posted:

SA power cuts: Nuclear energy should be considered as solution, state Liberals say

Despite opposing a high-level nuclear waste dump in South Australia, state Liberal leader Steven Marshall is now proposing nuclear power as a potential solution to the state's energy reliability issues.