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Zenithe
Feb 25, 2013

Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.

Chadzok posted:

you'd think at some point, the Liberal party and the idiot media egging them on would consider that a change of policies, rather than a change of leadership, might be a possible solution.

This would require self reflection and the admittance that you could be better though.

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JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
Oh nice Centrelink are using people's accounts to poo poo can them in the media now.

Senor Tron
May 26, 2006


Remember, after their first budget went down like a sack of bricks they concluded the problem was that they hadn't communicated it well enough.

The Before Times
Mar 8, 2014

Once upon a time, I would have thrown you halfway to the moon for a crack like that.
Tony Abbott and George Christensen should defect into the Australian Conservatives and water down the LNP vote even further :getin:

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008

This is bloody amazing.

Also Mike Baird had taken a job at NAB :sad:

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
Corporate and institutional banking at NAB now only available until 12pm.

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

JBP posted:

Corporate and institutional banking at NAB now only available at Crown Casino

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.

JBP posted:

Corporate and institutional banking at NAB now only available at The Star.

Melbourne hegemony attempt above Mister Speaker

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

Nothing about #centredoxx from Tingle on Late Night Live last night but plenty on Onion muncher and some vitriol towards ex-onion wrangler Credlin. Why, you might get the impression that Tony is a wrecker like that narrative we never heard. Little sympathy about #penaltyrates either, Malcolm is a disappointment.

MysticalMachineGun
Apr 5, 2005

Lid posted:

Melbourne hegemony attempt above Mister Speaker

poo poo, got my eastern corruption money sinks confused!

Kafka Syrup
Apr 29, 2009
Abortion law reform just fell over in Queensland. LNP basically lied about a conscience vote, with the Leader indicating that every MP will vote No despite several previously indicating that they would vote Yes. Rather than risk it failing on the floor, ALP requested Rob Pyne withdraw the Bills, and the AG has referred them to the Queensland Law Reform Commission. On the plus side, QLRC's Report will nullify the LNP line that the Bills are bad law and will lead to litigation, but it does mean that there is literally no chance of a vote before the next election. It looks like the same process may happen to the Human Rights Act proposal.

Cartoon
Jun 20, 2008

poop
Well if ever there was a reason to slash penalty rates and reduce corporate taxation this isn't one.

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/australian-corporate-profits-soared-last-quarter-but-employees-saw-their-pay-go-backwards-2017-2

quote:

Australian corporate profits soared last quarter, but employees saw their pay go backward DAVID SCUTT FEB 27, 2017, 1:45 PM

The profitability of Australian companies soared last quarter, mainly due to enormous price increases in the nation’s key commodity exports. According to the ABS, gross company profits jumped by 20.1% in the final three months of 2016 in seasonally adjusted terms, the largest percentage rise since early 2001. At $A77.8 billion, the quarterly total was the largest on record, and left gross profits up 26.2% on the same quarter a year earlier. Massive, and while booming commodity price contributed to the stellar increase, the improvement was not just limited to mining companies, says ANZ. “Much of this increase was due to the mining sector, where profits rose 50% on the back of rising export volumes and prices across iron ore, coal and LNG,” said Daniel Gradwell and David Plank, economists at the bank. “Encouragingly, non-mining profits also posted a strong increase — up 8.7% for the quarter — with a number of sectors posting double digit gains.” Outside of mining, the construction sector also put in a strong performance seeing gross operating profits rise by a more than nifty 32%. Non-farm business inventories grew by 0.3% during the quarter, less that the 0.5% increase expected, which may subtract 0.2 percentage points from real quarterly GDP, according to ANZ.

However, while corporate profits soared, the news was more sobering when it came to total employee salaries and wages paid during the quarter. They fell by 0.5% in seasonally adjusted terms, the largest contraction since the GFC, leaving the annual increase at a paltry 1%. “This is well below the moderate growth implied by the wage price index (WPI) and labour market data,” says Gradwell and Plank, noting that it is likely to weigh on Q4 GDP given its ties to household consumption, the largest component in the national accounts. Along with tepid hourly wages growth, the switch from full to part-time employment growth in Australia likely contributed to the weak quarterly and annual result. Gradwell and Plank described the December quarter business indicators report as “on the positive side overall”, noting that the “sharp jump in company profits is likely to provide some welcome support for Q4 GDP after last week’s construction and investment data disappointed.” However, the pair cautioned that the soft wage result will “temper some of the resultant enthusiasm”. “(This) provides further evidence that a soft inflationary environment is going to persist for an extended period,” they said, suggesting that the “will continue to be a key issue going forward”.

On Tuesday, the last of Australia’s GDP inputs will arrive with government spending and balance of payments figures, including net export contribution to GDP, set to be released by the ABS. That will be followed a day later by Australia’s Q4 GDP report on Wednesday, March 1.
Is tomorrow recession day?

Agile, Innovative.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-27/westpac-promises-compensation-for-financial-loss-after-outage/8308308

Also agile and innovative:

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/technol...1aacde99591f8bf

quote:

<snip>More than 800,000 Australians face home phone disconnections this year as NBN deadlines loom Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson, National technology editor, News Corp Australia Network February 20, 2017 10:00pm

MORE THAN 800,000 households and businesses will have their home phones disconnected this year as part of a forced migration to the National Broadband Network and its boss has admitted he is worried Australians “will fall victim” to being cut off unexpectedly. NBN Co chief executive Bill Morrow said it was “inevitable” some consumers would miss warnings about the looming disconnection deadlines, planned 18 months after their homes were ready to use the network.
His comments came as a survey showed most people did not understand the mandatory transition to the NBN, and Australian Communications Consumer Action Network chief executive Teresa Corbin warned NBN advertisements needed to change to prevent particularly older Australians being caught out.<snip>
:aaaaa:

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
https://twitter.com/PhillipCoorey/status/836366896899371008

https://twitter.com/Qldaah/status/836147115784970241

https://twitter.com/seanparnell/status/836349161289076738

I would blow Dane Cook fucked around with this message at 01:32 on Feb 28, 2017

adamantium|wang
Sep 14, 2003

Missing you
https://twitter.com/joshgnosis/status/836370382265331712
https://twitter.com/joshgnosis/status/836370877356756992
https://twitter.com/joshgnosis/status/836371525729058816

adamantium|wang fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Feb 28, 2017

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008

Mods name change please.

ewe2
Jul 1, 2009

Peter Reith was elected to the Victorian Liberal State Council yesterday, so he can challenge Michael Kroger for the President job. Because thats what they need, another dodgy arsehole.

open24hours
Jan 7, 2001

What does the marriage alliance flag look like?

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

open24hours posted:

What does the marriage alliance flag look like?

An arsehole with a fist bursting out of it.

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008

open24hours posted:

What does the marriage alliance flag look like?

The jokes write themselves.

Graic Gabtar
Dec 19, 2014

squat my posts

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Mods name change please.
It's like a parody of chunkylover53@aol.com.

adamantium|wang
Sep 14, 2003

Missing you
https://twitter.com/SharriMarkson/status/836380637036621825
https://twitter.com/JoshButler/status/836381734098751488

BBJoey
Oct 31, 2012

splits, splits, splits, splits, splits

I would blow Dane Cook
Dec 26, 2008
Nobody post the picture.

Cirofren
Jun 13, 2005


Pillbug
It was p. weird having the guy who was supposed to keep the others in line constantly acting out and building his own brand at the expense of the party. A good move for the LIbs, but could it add to the Federal destabilisation?

BBJoey
Oct 31, 2012

he's gonna defect to phon to save his seat and the libs are gonna be in minority government

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

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

BBJoey posted:

he's gonna defect to phon to save his seat and the libs are gonna be in minority government

Then they choose to chase the mutant inbred vote ever right wards even as Labor have a crushing 2pp lead

Doctor Spaceman
Jul 6, 2010

"Everyone's entitled to their point of view, but that's seriously a weird one."

Cirofren posted:

It was p. weird having the guy who was supposed to keep the others in line constantly acting out and building his own brand at the expense of the party. A good move for the LIbs, but could it add to the Federal destabilisation?

That's pretty much what he said in his statement
https://twitter.com/workmanalice/status/836389003377037312

hiddenmovement
Sep 29, 2011

"Most mornings I'll apologise in advance to my wife."
Based on ol' Damos record as Docker's coach he should be a fine appointment.

WhiskeyWhiskers
Oct 14, 2013


"هذا ليس عادلاً."
"هذا ليس عادلاً على الإطلاق."
"كان هناك وقت الآن."
(السياق الخفي: للقراءة)
Good luck trying to get Christensen to do laps.

hooman
Oct 11, 2007

This guy seems legit.
Fun Shoe

Lid posted:

Labor’s Clare O’Neil has defended Bill Shorten’s position on penalty rates, claiming he had only said he would stand by the decision of the Fair Work Commission on penalty rates because it was assumed the commission would not recommend cutting them.

This is not a good argument.

It's basically the best argument he's got. Otherwise he capitulates on penalty rates and proves himself to be even more spineless than trumble.

Lets see if he gets on the front foot with something like "I was happy to let the independent commission decide because you can't expect an attack on the least well off in our community damaging some of the poorest Australians. This result is so out of step with the values and principles of the Labor party and Australians as a whole that we must act." or if he'll let it slide away.

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
He needs to go balls to the wall. "I put this to the commission and this government failed to defend you, it let the corporations take over the submissions, it let the commissioner get brow beaten by business and I'm not going to let that stand. Tax cuts for business, no wage growth, the LNP are bad. Bad and sad, three words. I'll help the poor people, kiss the babies, gently caress the lonely housewives. I'll fix it all."

JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.
Libs officially refusing to fund Melbourne Metro. What a massive pack of spiteful cunts.

You Am I
May 20, 2001

Me @ your poasting

JBP posted:

Libs officially refusing to fund Melbourne Metro. What a massive pack of spiteful cunts.

I saw Sukkar is firing up the "Build the East West Link" on his Facebook page. Turnbull has already threatened the WA public that he wont fund any infrastructure unless they build the Perth Ports link as WA Labor want to shitcan that idea.

Solemn Sloth
Jul 11, 2015

Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.
Threatening the electorate has worked so well in the past, ask the former member for Indigo

Frogfingers
Oct 10, 2012

WhiskeyWhiskers posted:

Good luck trying to get Christensen to do laps.

They can use him as a human hippodrome.

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.

hooman posted:

It's basically the best argument he's got. Otherwise he capitulates on penalty rates and proves himself to be even more spineless than trumble.

Lets see if he gets on the front foot with something like "I was happy to let the independent commission decide because you can't expect an attack on the least well off in our community damaging some of the poorest Australians. This result is so out of step with the values and principles of the Labor party and Australians as a whole that we must act." or if he'll let it slide away.

Yeah but it can be flipped to a viable attack.

"If Shorten doesnt listen to either an independent adjudicator or himself how can we be safe with him in charge? He's either spineless, a liar, or both."

Could be flipped further that the Libs get a freebie on ignoring independent advice and an attack on them will be deflected with "oh listening to independent advice you agree with is ok but if it doesnt its knives out, Mr Shorten"

Its lose-lose.

hooman
Oct 11, 2007

This guy seems legit.
Fun Shoe

You Am I posted:

I saw Sukkar is firing up the "Build the East West Link" on his Facebook page. Turnbull has already threatened the WA public that he wont fund any infrastructure unless they build the Perth Ports link as WA Labor want to shitcan that idea.

God the liberals are shits. That port link is such a bad move, they literally don't have a business case for it and it must be donations from developers that are driving it since it doesn't actually fix any problems with entry to the port. THIS WILL BE GREAT FOR THE NEW PORT they scream but maybe you should loving build the new port first then we can streamline the road transport there.

LNP is going to win here anyway with a PHON coalition and privatise our power and build their useless road so RIP us.

hooman
Oct 11, 2007

This guy seems legit.
Fun Shoe
Wow... Bill Leak manages to look like an even worse shithead. Especially comical given all his cartooned whining about Gillian Triggs and the HRC.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/28/bill-leak-could-have-ended-18c-complaint-earlier-says-gillian-triggs

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

Lid posted:

Yeah but it can be flipped to a viable attack.

"If Shorten doesnt listen to either an independent adjudicator or himself how can we be safe with him in charge? He's either spineless, a liar, or both."

Then you attack the adjudicator and his ruling.

"This man is paid more than $10,000 a week and stated outright he has no idea how cutting penalty rates will affect the lives over three quarters of a million Australians. But that didn't stop him from cutting their pay, a move which will cause untold thousands to fall into poverty."

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JBP
Feb 16, 2017

You've got to know, to understand,
Baby, take me by my hand,
I'll lead you to the promised land.

hooman posted:

Wow... Bill Leak manages to look like an even worse shithead. Especially comical given all his cartooned whining about Gillian Triggs and the HRC.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/feb/28/bill-leak-could-have-ended-18c-complaint-earlier-says-gillian-triggs

He got kicked in the head by a horse irl and became this way.

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