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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.

Lid posted:

There are lots of old white arseholes, how many of them make you think of Mark Latham other than Mark?

Imagine putting just about anyone's 60+ dad on TV with any kind of consistency. They're bound to say poofter or something eventually.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 06:48

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I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

https://twitter.com/LucyXIV/status/846843942721089536

# ? Mar 29, 2017 06:53

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

Mark Latham has been fired and is now melting down on twitter: https://twitter.com/RealMarkLatham

# ? Mar 29, 2017 07:23

Cartoon: Jun 20, 2008; poop

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Mark Latham has been fired and is now melting down on twitter: https://twitter.com/RealMarkLatham

I like how it goes with his previous sackings.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 07:36

PaletteSwappedNinja: Jun 3, 2008; One Nation, Under God.

"Gender, race and sexuality do not matter - true Labor looks after people in socio-economic need - the poor, underclass. MLK correct."

what

# ? Mar 29, 2017 07:37

ModernMajorGeneral: Jun 25, 2010

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Mark Latham has been fired and is now melting down on twitter: https://twitter.com/RealMarkLatham

Even Latham has some awareness nobody cares about his show unless he says something people consider disgusting.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 07:58

ShoeFly: Dec 28, 2006; Waiter, there's a fly in my shoe!

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Mark Latham has been fired and is now melting down on twitter: https://twitter.com/RealMarkLatham

He's doing a good job at aping Trump's style. Sad!

# ? Mar 29, 2017 08:08

NoNotTheMindProbe: Aug 9, 2010; pony porn was here

freebooter posted:

Does Scott Morrison ever wonder if a picture of him holding up a lump of coal might appear in every textbook in 2100, and what the caption might read?

Pictured: A rare pre-war photograph of a Liberal Party Member threatening Parliament with a lump of anthracite. There were no survivors.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 08:22

hooman: Oct 11, 2007; This guy seems legit.; Fun Shoe

I love the fact that I've scrolled past this most recent meltdown and immediately into his last meltdown... when he was caught harassing women online.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 08:47

Solemn Sloth: Jul 11, 2015; Baby you can shout at me,
But you can't need my eyes.

Lol not even Uhlmann gave Turnbull a pass mark for yelling a lot today

# ? Mar 29, 2017 09:21

The Before Times: Mar 8, 2014; Once upon a time, I would have thrown you halfway to the moon for a crack like that.

https://twitter.com/RealMarkLatham/status/846950460439351300

I'm not a homophobe! you are! I love gays!

-Mark Latham, 2017

# ? Mar 29, 2017 10:01

Starshark: Dec 22, 2005; Doctor Rope

The Before Times posted:

https://twitter.com/RealMarkLatham/status/846950460439351300

I'm not a homophobe! you are! I love gays!

-Mark Latham, 2017

The news station who sacked you sure are lefties, Mark.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 10:07

MysticalMachineGun: Apr 5, 2005

Paul Barry called it last Thursday on Media Bites :smug:

# ? Mar 29, 2017 10:25

gay picnic defence: Oct 5, 2009; I'M CONCERNED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THINGS

Anidav posted:

Saviour of penalty rates...Some crazy assholes?

The Federal Opposition is set to clinch a Senate victory on its bill to block the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) recent penalty rates decision, in a move that will put further pressure on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to intervene.

One Nation, the Nick Xenophon Team and crossbench senator Derryn Hinch reversed their positions and will now back Labor's bill, which will almost certainly be defeated when it returns to the Lower House.

It comes as the Senate last night passed, as a matter of urgency, a motion condemning the Prime Minister's, "lack of empathy for Australian workers who rely on penalty rates to make ends meet".

During that debate, Senator Hinch openly acknowledged public pressure and a "very clever campaign" run by Labor had forced him to change his long-held position on penalty rates.

"I believe they should be the same as Saturday rates � on this I supported the umpire's decision," he said.

"But in my maiden speech I promised I would listen. I have decided now to go to the third umpire, and the third umpire's decision is that cuts to Sunday penalty rates are O-U-T, out!"

One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson also supported the FWC decision, arguing it would give "struggling small businesses" a chance at growth, but she too appeared to have caved in to public pressure.

Labor's employment spokesman Brendan O'Connor welcomed the apparent change of heart but questioned whether the crossbenchers were in fact trying to save their own jobs.

"I question their motives," he said.

Last month's decision by the FWC to reduce Sunday penalty rates for some workers in the hospitality, retail and fast-food industries sparked a political furore and opened up a new line of attack for the Opposition.

Mr Turnbull initially tried to distance himself from the ruling but he later backed it, arguing the Government respected the independence of the FWC and was standing up for small business.

However this tactic allowed Opposition Leader Bill Shorten to draw the battle lines between the Labor Party � which stands up for workers � and the Coalition � which backs business.

Mr Shorten warned the penalty rate cuts were the "thin end of the wedge" for workers in other industries and called on Mr Turnbull to support Labor's bill to, "protect the take-home pay of Australian battlers".

While Labor's bill to overrule the FWC's decision is expected to pass the Senate, it will almost certainly be defeated in the Lower House where the Government holds a slim majority.

loving lmao

This Government dot gif

holy poo poo hahaha

I like how turdball finally gave in and backed the decision, and having done that everyone else is saying it's hosed and he's the one left all alone holding on to a steaming turd

# ? Mar 29, 2017 10:38

BBJoey: Oct 31, 2012

except nothing will happen because unless the house passes the bill as well the FWC decision will go ahead

so you're welcome to pin your hopes on coalition members crossing the floor to support workers over employers be my guest but i'm warning you you're only going to be disappointed

# ? Mar 29, 2017 10:58

Anidav: Feb 25, 2010; ahhh fuck its the rats again

gay picnic defence posted:

holy poo poo hahaha

I like how turdball finally gave in and backed the decision, and having done that everyone else is saying it's hosed and he's the one left all alone holding on to a steaming turd

The Turnbull government has urged the Fair Work Commission to take a cautious approach to raising the minimum wage, warning an "excessive" pay rise could imperil job creation in a changing economy.

In its submission to the commission's annual wage review process, the government said increasing the minimum wage was "not an efficient way to address relative living standards or the needs of the low-paid".

Around 196,300 - or 1.9 per cent of employees as of May 2016 - are paid the national minimum wage rate of $17.70 per hour.

In a contribution that will incense low-paid workers still angry over the commission's cut to some Sunday penalty rates - a decision Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has backed - the Coalition said low-paid workers "are often found in high-income households".

# ? Mar 29, 2017 12:08

NTRabbit: Aug 15, 2012; i wear this armour to protect myself from the histrionics of hysterical women

bitches

Anidav posted:

In a contribution that will incense low-paid workers still angry over the commission's cut to some Sunday penalty rates - a decision Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has backed - the Coalition said low-paid workers "are often found in high-income households".

The only low income workers they know are their own kids, working a job at a company they or friends of the family own for a year during high school as a learning experience, before giving them their $5 million in seed money, after they've graduated on a scholarship arranged through grandfather's business contacts from a Sandstone, to lift themselves up by their own bootstraps

NTRabbit fucked around with this message at 12:15 on Mar 29, 2017

# ? Mar 29, 2017 12:12

G-Spot Run: Jun 28, 2005

Being forced to live with your parents probably isn't the common interpretation of 'high-incone household' (pub test would assume domestic partnership) but I bet it's more than 2/3s of the households they're referring to.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 12:14

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

# ? Mar 29, 2017 12:20

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

"I don't earn enough to move out of home" but both my parents work isn't the first thing that comes to mind when I think of high income household

# ? Mar 29, 2017 12:21

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

quote:

Damning Bronwyn Bishop travel probe report revealed

DISGRACED former Speaker Bronwyn Bishop repaid thousands of dollars of travel costs relating to 11 trips before refusing to co-operate any further with an investigation of her expenses claims.

The Herald Sun has obtained the official review of the former Liberal MP�s use of entitlements, which reveals she returned $6768.25 to taxpayers, on top of the $7200 repaid over the �Choppergate� scandal.

But Ms Bishop provided records for only three years of her travels before informing departmental investigators that she no longer wanted to �open her life to the world�.

That abruptly ended the probe and left the Department of Finance unable to properly scrutinise hundreds of thousands of dollars in claims over another seven years.

The damning report � secret until today � criticised Ms Bishop�s commitment to the inquiry, saying records she had provided were �in large part, lacking in any details�.

Ms Bishop repaid costs for travelling to the weddings of three Liberal colleagues and to the funeral of media mogul Kerry Packer.

But last May, a month after losing preselection for her NSW seat of Mackellar, she stopped co-operating with the Department of Finance.

Ms Bishop � who now receives a taxpayer-funded pension of more than $250,000 a year � quit as House of Representatives Speaker in 2015 after �Choppergate�.

She repaid an expenses claim of $7200 after the Herald Sun revealed she had charged taxpayers for a return luxury helicopter trip from Melbourne to Geelong to attend a Liberal Party fundraiser.

Then prime minister Tony Abbott ordered a review of Ms Bishop�s travel claims, promising she would �co-operate fully� and repay any money for trips not meeting �community expectations�.

But investigators were able to analyse only three years of her travel records before she ceased co-operation.

�As the department is reliant on information provided by Ms Bishop to fulfil its role in the exercise, no further assessment is possible in relation to the incomplete seven years,� the report said.

Department investigator Greg Miles found details Ms Bishop provided for her travel during 2005-06, 2006-07, and 2013-14 were �non-specific and generic in detail�.

Questioned by Mr Miles, the veteran Liberal MP said she understood the expectation that she be �visible, approachable and available� but refused to provide more data.

She agreed to repay $5249.81 claimed for travel to the weddings of Liberal MPs Sophie Mirabella, Peter Slipper, and Teresa Gambaro, but did not concede the trips were outside the rules.

She also repaid $158 claimed for a chauffeur-driven limousine ride to Mr Packer�s funeral at the Sydney Opera House in 2006.

�She took the view that if her attendance at an event was in response to a stakeholder invitation, then she was entitled to travel at Commonwealth expense,� the report found.

Her overseas travel costs were deemed �comparable with other parliamentarians��.

The department noted Ms Bishop�s statement last year that �she had herself reviewed travel undertaken and considered it to meet community expectations�.

MPs� expenses are now to be overseen by an independent umpire and published online every month.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/damning-report-slams-disgraced-former-speaker-bronwyn-bishop/news-story/2f45d9b8dd1c2f030476227fb2f1a13f

# ? Mar 29, 2017 12:26

starkebn: May 18, 2004; "Oooh, got a little too serious. You okay there, little buddy?"

nice to have the privilege to tell those investigating you "I don't want to cooperate any more"

# ? Mar 29, 2017 12:49

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsAust/status/847039678729482240

https://twitter.com/SkyNewsAust/status/847040434127843328

Nice meltdown

# ? Mar 29, 2017 12:54

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

starkebn posted:

nice to have the privilege to tell those investigating you "I don't want to cooperate any more"

Well to be fair the AFP are good at following orders so they wouldn't question it.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 13:22

Dude McAwesome: Sep 30, 2004; Still better than a Ponytar

starkebn posted:

nice to have the privilege to tell those investigating you "I don't want to cooperate any more"

jfc, how is this even possible?

The investigation stopping because Bronnie doesn't want it to keep going, that is.

Not the fraud. She's already proven to be quite adept at being a piece of poo poo entitlement abuser.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 13:41

Dude McAwesome: Sep 30, 2004; Still better than a Ponytar

Also, I'm confused. Aren't The Hun and Sky News run by the same mob?

So The Hun is attacking her and Sky News is giving her the platform to defend herself?

# ? Mar 29, 2017 13:43

Starshark: Dec 22, 2005; Doctor Rope

Dude McAwesome posted:

Also, I'm confused. Aren't The Hun and Sky News run by the same mob?

So The Hun is attacking her and Sky News is giving her the platform to defend herself?

Media is complicated.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 15:06

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

Starshark posted:

Media is complicated.

No it isn't. How many papers do you think they sold last time everyone hung Bishop out to dry?

# ? Mar 29, 2017 15:13

Starshark: Dec 22, 2005; Doctor Rope

Zenithe posted:

No it isn't. How many papers do you think they sold last time everyone hung Bishop out to dry?

LOL if you think all the media is concerned with is selling papers.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 15:23

Megillah Gorilla: Sep 22, 2003; Can't post for 6 hours!; Bread Liar

Yeah, it's actually ad revenue.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 15:29

DancingShade: Jul 26, 2007; by Fluffdaddy

Zenithe posted:

No it isn't. How many papers do you think they sold last time everyone hung Bishop out to dry?

Papers lose money already. The only reason they're still in print is for propaganda.

How many papers they sell is really not an issue.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 15:32

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

Clicks, exposure, whatever.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 16:28

Starshark: Dec 22, 2005; Doctor Rope

Zenithe posted:

Clicks, exposure, whatever.

They also do what they do because people in power read it and are influenced by it. That's why The Australian is still running despite the fact it hasn't made money in forever.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 16:42

Recoome: Nov 9, 2013; Matter of fact, I'm salty now.

i hope this rain washes away QLD because we a poo poo

# ? Mar 29, 2017 23:02

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

Recoome posted:

i hope this rain washes away QLD because we a poo poo

Oh yeah, QLD is having a moment. Unless you live out west, you are copping it. In addition to the now ex cyclone, the south east corner now looks like this

# ? Mar 29, 2017 23:44

MysticalMachineGun: Apr 5, 2005

Dude McAwesome posted:

Also, I'm confused. Aren't The Hun and Sky News run by the same mob?

So The Hun is attacking her and Sky News is giving her the platform to defend herself?

Since she hasn't been pre-selected she's probably out of politics now, meaning the Hun is free to stick the boot in to appear more balanced.

Sky will stick by her until she says something really egregious and they give her the Latham-esque boot.

# ? Mar 29, 2017 23:52

Recoome: Nov 9, 2013; Matter of fact, I'm salty now.

Uni is cancelled today, mother fuckers

# ? Mar 29, 2017 23:58

Zenithe: Feb 25, 2013; _{Ask not to whom the Anidavatar belongs; it belongs to thee.}

Idiots outside my house are already driving through flood water. All schools closed, flash flooding warnings.

# ? Mar 30, 2017 00:02

Recoome: Nov 9, 2013; Matter of fact, I'm salty now.

ha ha i am still going out because fuk tha police

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G-Spot Run: Jun 28, 2005

You can't tell me what to do da-gurgle

# ? Mar 30, 2017 00:18

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