Anidav posted:

ewe2 posted:

Rather interesting article from the graun about the SA election from the bottom-level perspective. It seems clear that voters want a change but the options are bloody limited and the candidates confuse the hell out of them.

ewe2 posted:

Can someone with Crikey sub quote this intriguing little story about the Oz attacking Tingle before she's even started her new job?

ewe2 posted:

Rather interesting article from the graun about the SA election from the bottom-level perspective. It seems clear that voters want a change but the options are bloody limited and the candidates confuse the hell out of them.

MysticalMachineGun posted:

I'll be voting Green where I can but there's no g running in my electorate.

MysticalMachineGun posted:

Pros: Less pokies

MysticalMachineGun posted:

I'll be voting Green where I can but there's no g running in my electorate.

AgentF posted:

If you are in SA then I can tell you for certain that there is a Greens Candidate in your electorate. As far as I can tell we are running candidates in 47/47 electorates. It was hard work but we got there, and every South Australian who wants to vote Green should be able to no matter where they live.

The Peccadillo posted:

Who could possibly give a poo poo

MysticalMachineGun posted:

*googles*

Ah, there they are. Okay, cool.

They have no presence on posters or anything like that in my area, hence my confusion.

Comstar posted:

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull refuses to deny sexual affair with staff member

It's not a mainstream news site, so won't have an impact unless Murdoch decides President Trumball needs to go and you'll see on the front page of The Australian....Perhaps, in 2 Newspolls time?

thatbastardken posted:

it is alleged the prime minister 'slew her pussy' which has been misconstrued

Comstar posted:

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull refuses to deny sexual affair with staff member

It's not a mainstream news site, so won't have an impact unless Murdoch decides President Trumball needs to go and you'll see on the front page of The Australian....Perhaps, in 2 Newspolls time?

BBJoey posted:

30’s going to come and go without anything dramatic happening. we’ll laugh at malcolm’s incompetence, the press gallery will write some inane thinkpieces and abbott will get very indignant.

quote this when some insane poo poo happens instead to own me

AgentF posted:

What do we think might happen if the magical 30 happens and nobody challenges Turnbull for leadership?

BBJoey posted:

30's going to come and go without anything dramatic happening.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://www.crikey.com.au/dow-jones/

ewe2 posted:

Ah the lazy option, well done. It seems the Oz was trying to drum up controversy over a side job for ASEAN by making it sound like work for the Department. Tingle's response was:

https://twitter.com/latingle/status/971158125259644928

which led to the usual twitter brouhaha.

quote:

Private Sydney: Bedridden mogul exercises power by email


Sunday marks Rupert Murdoch's 87th birthday, but more than two months after his fall on son Lachlan Murdoch's yacht in the Carribean, the media mogul remains mostly bedridden in California, as rumours swirl in Sydney that his condition is far more grave than the world has been told.

On Friday, associates of Murdoch were talking about the prospect of the ageing media titan never walking again. However, insiders have played down the nefarious chatter, pointing out that he was on his feet during a cocktail party, albeit briefly, at his Bel Air vineyard Moraga Estate for News Corp and 21st Century Fox board directors just over a week ago.

A News Corp spokeswoman told PS on Friday: "Rupert is recovering well and doing great."

It is understood he suffered a compression fracture of the back following the fall but has plans to return to his office sometime next month.

Insiders report the octogenarian remains firmly in control, even from his bedroom, with regular emails bombarding his lieutenants across the world, some noticeably more demanding and with greater frequency in recent times, no doubt exacerbated by his excruciating pain.

Long-term friends have revealed that his condition has caused considerable anxiety for his fourth wife, Jerry Hall, who has been by his side throughout his painful ordeal.

Hall and Murdoch had become a regular sight at the annual post-Oscars Vanity Fair party, but their absence this year did not bode well for his recovery, which is expected to take several more months at least.

Rather it was son Lachlan Murdoch and his wife, Sarah, who graced the Vanity Fair soiree, with the recently elevated "crown prince" of the Murdoch empire not hanging around long enough to answer reporters' inevitable questions about his father's condition.

It was Sarah who did all the talking, plugging her old mate, Sydney fashion designer Alex Perry, whose dress she wore.

Back in Sydney, some of Murdoch's oldest friends have also been quietly discussing their concerns.

"He is in his late 80s now. It doesn't matter who you are, falls at that age are a very serious thing ... he's been running the show from his bed for more than two months now," one told PS.

Another added: "He would be very concerned about how this was being perceived, that there is a sense of frailty. The whole family is acutely image conscious."

Others, mostly on his payroll, say Murdoch is much more resilient and he has had back problems for many years that have laid him up for extended periods of time.

Murdoch has conquered significant health issues before, including a diagnosis in 2000 of prostate cancer.

At the time it was described as "low grade". Following several weeks of radiotherapy, Murdoch was back to business as usual, going on to father two daughters with his third wife, Wendi Deng Murdoch.

Then a spritely 69-year-old, he attributed his impressive vigour to drinking a concoction of frozen fruit and soya powder every morning and a personal trainer who "tortured" him for an hour every day in the gym.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Murdoch's excruciating pain

Anidav posted:

Master, noooo

AgentF posted:

Sorry to hear it. Which is your electorate?

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Then a spritely 69-year-old, he attributed his impressive vigour to drinking a concoction of frozen fruit and soya powder every morning and a personal trainer who "tortured" him for an hour every day in the gym.

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/lif...307-p4z3dd.html