I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton pressed then Customs chief Roman Quaedvlieg to help two Queensland policemen get jobs in the new Border Force agency Mr Dutton was setting up – a revelation set to escalate the political furore surrounding Mr Dutton's decisions as immigration minister.

One of the two policemen, Matt Stock, is a good friend of Mr Dutton's, according to sources with knowledge of the events. The second man, John Lewis, is the son of corrupt former police commissioner Terry Lewis.

bell jar posted:

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/dutton-asked-quaedvlieg-to-help-his-mate-get-a-border-force-job-20180910-p502vm.html

Anidav posted:

Reclines Obesily posted:

wheres the turlet

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton pressed then Customs chief Roman Quaedvlieg to help two Queensland policemen get jobs in the new Border Force agency Mr Dutton was setting up – a revelation set to escalate the political furore surrounding Mr Dutton's decisions as immigration minister.

One of the two policemen, Matt Stock, is a good friend of Mr Dutton's, according to sources with knowledge of the events. The second man, John Lewis, is the son of corrupt former police commissioner Terry Lewis.

hambeet posted:

Andrews State Govt has announced 50% subsidy on solar batteries if they win, for homes with pre existing solar systems. So people can take up this rebate or the 50% subsidy on solar panels, but not both.

G-Spot Run posted:

Still doesn't help people in apartments. Well, the penthouses got together and got a solar panel for themselves. I'm not allowed to put a laundry airer on my balcony much less a panel

hambeet posted:

Good points, I guess they should build a new coal fired power plant.

hooman posted:

maulti pair, aultra pair, raumpairge, maunster pair, AUNPAIRABLE,

You Am I posted:

Or, you know, make renters rights a lot loving better than the piecemeal poo poo that has just come through the state parliament

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/Barnaby_Joyce/status/1038921878490906624

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

https://twitter.com/Barnaby_Joyce/status/1038921878490906624

via guardian liveblog posted:

Look at the Queensland state government: they own every retailer in town north of Gympie. There is only one. It is owned by the Queensland state government. They own all of the poles and wires. They own 70 per cent of the generators. They are robbing $1.1 billion every single year from the pockets of electricity consumers in my home state, in my home town and in my electorate. They should be accountable and responsible for those decisions. They set the price. It is not the federal government.

So in this place we need for put aside our ideological views. We need to stand up for what is necessary to build a better country, and that is cheap energy. Intermittent wind and solar have their place, and there are lots of places where they will help and reduce the cost, particularly where there is an engagement, for example, with diesel generation, because that is a stored fuel. But we should take those opportunities where the physics and engineering say that it will drive down the price.

You cannot run this country on an intermittent supply through wind and solar. It doesn’t matter what you may or may not believe in terms of your ideals — this is purely engineering and physics, and we have to make decisions based around those things. As a government, we need to decide how to drive that, and if the states don’t want to get on board then we should dismantle the National Electricity Market.

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Australian firefighters shot at while battling US wildfire - Kylar Loussikian 11 September 2018 — 12:01am

Nearly 80 Australians have been fighting fires in North America
Two firefighters, on patrol with locals, were shot at in Washington state
Two men have been charged over the incident, which occured in late August
Australian firefighters have since returned home

Two Australian firefighters, on patrol with US Forest Service personnel in Washington state, were set upon by hunters, chased and shot at in an incident which has reached officials within the Foreign Affairs Department. The incident, which took place on August 23, shook Australia's support operation in the northwest of the United States and led to demands for local fire services to upgrade security and guarantee the safety of the crew. Nearly 80 Australian firefighters have been working with the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management in northern California, Oregon and Washington since July, and were dispatched to the popular White Pass ski destination in August after fire spread across an eight square kilometre area.

The incident, which involved two Australians and two local officers, led to the arrest of the two hunters. The FBI said it was aware of the alleged incident, but was not involved in the investigation. The remote area, 160 kilometres from Seattle, is close to land in Oregon where armed anti-government activists seized and occupied the wildlife refuge headquarters for more than a month. Senior officials from the RFS, which sent 42 people to the fire, have also been briefed on the incident. One of the Australian firefighters was the highly-experienced Daniel Barwick, an RFS volunteer who last year was awarded a National Medal for protecting the Lake George area, near Canberra. "We are aware of the incident which occurred in August involving one of our firefighters, and we are happy the matter was dealt with by authorities in country," an RFS spokesman told Fairfax Media. It is understood the other Australian involved was an employee of Fire & Rescue NSW.

Fairfax Media has been told the hunters pursued the four across a ridge, despite being warned they were in a restricted area and should leave. One of the local officers is understood to have used his phone to record a last message to his family, so concerned was he about the two hunters in pursuit. However, all four managed to find cover and were later safely airlifted out of the area. There was some concern that disclosure of the incident in Australia would lead to calls for the firefighters to be withdrawn, but guarantees of safety put in place by US authorities led the contingent to remain. All Australian crews, which were managed by the National Resource Sharing Centre, returned over the weekend. A DFAT spokeswoman declined to comment.

Armed stand-offs between federal officers in the US, including the Bureau of Land Management, have increased over recent years following the 2014 Bundy standoff between backers of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and the Bureau of Land Management, which led to a number of criminal charges being laid. An intentionally set wildfire grew perilously close to homes in Southern California southeast of Los Angeles on Thursday as evacuation orders expanded to more than 20,000 residents. Some people stayed behind to fend off the flames themselves. Bundy's son, Ammon, was the leader of the 2016 Oregon incident at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, with the armed militants claiming the federal government had no authority over public lands. Law enforcement eventually arrested 27 militants. The US Forest Service was contacted for comment on Monday.

Emergency Services Minister Troy Grant on Saturday welcomed the returning firefighters home, but did not mention the Washington state incident. "These men and women put their lives on hold to go and support their international counterparts," he said. "It really is testament to their selflessness and professionalism, and I thank every one of them for their incredible dedication and service." Fire & Rescue NSW could not be reached for comment.

Periphery posted:

Who was talking the other day about recreational fishers not thinking they do any damage?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-10/eight-platypuses-found-dead-in-fishing-trap-in-werribee-river/10221950

hambeet posted:

hehe im still a child.

Anidav posted:

Please God let Labor win Wentworth off the back of donations from Turnbull's son.