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EXAKT Science posted:He isn't Tony Abbott. You got it. Welcome to personality politics.
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Dec 29, 2015 02:18
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RIP Australia 18 dicketity doo - 1998
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Dec 29, 2015 02:20
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Anidav posted:RIP Australia 18 dicketity doo - 1998 Why 1998?
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Dec 29, 2015 02:23
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tithin posted:http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2015/12/29/govt-wont-fund-final-two-years-gonski You know they think it's a poo poo thing to do when it gets announced between xmas and ny.
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Dec 29, 2015 02:28
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Budget 'Mergency, Mista Speakah
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Dec 29, 2015 02:30
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Recoome posted:Budget 'Mergency, Mista Speakah But I thought there wasn't a budget emergency after all 
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Dec 29, 2015 02:35
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Graic Gabtar posted:Why 1998? anidav was born
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Dec 29, 2015 02:51
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Dec 29, 2015 03:25
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Solemn Sloth posted:anidav was born Probably fair enough that Australia died that day then. For fucks sake. Shoot that person please.
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Dec 29, 2015 03:31
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Dec 29, 2015 03:34
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Dec 29, 2015 03:40
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"something making ham posted:Minister Jamie Briggs quits Malcolm Turnbull's government after 'incident' abroad @BriggsJamie says he did not meet the obligations of the Ministerial Code of Conduct. "Offence was taken" by the female public servant.
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Dec 29, 2015 03:43
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Mal Brough standing aside as well.
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Dec 29, 2015 03:47
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Federal Liberal MP Jamie Briggs has stepped down from the frontbench after a late-night incident involving a female public servant in a Hong Kong bar. "At no point was it my intention to act inappropriately and I'm obliged to note for the record that nothing illegal has been alleged or in fact did occur," he told a press conference. "However, in the days following the evening, the public servant concerned raised concerns about the appropriateness of my behaviour towards her at the venue. "I've apologised directly to her but after careful reflection about the concerns she raised and the fact that I was at a bar late at night while on an overseas visit I have concluded this behaviour has not met the particularly high standards for ministers." 
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Dec 29, 2015 03:51
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Birb Katter posted:@BriggsJamie says he did not meet the obligations of the Ministerial Code of Conduct. "Offence was taken" by the female public servant. Hard to see that happening under Abbott. If it was only "offence" then it would be an interesting call seeing anyone going too hard on this as it would come across as curiosity over concern.
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Dec 29, 2015 03:52
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Graic Gabtar posted:Hard to see that happening under Abbott. Think about how hard you need to gently caress up to step away from the front bench. Choppergate got Abbott booted from power because it's apparently OK to do.
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Dec 29, 2015 03:56
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"offence was taken" is some dude basically attempting to handwave his behaviour towards a woman. "Oh I'm sorry, I was only being a loving creepo and touching her and poo poo but she ~took offence~ to this where she should actually be honoured and humbled that I would touch her".
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Dec 29, 2015 03:57
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So what did he do
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Dec 29, 2015 03:58
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Dec 29, 2015 03:59
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So did he sniff her chair or put his penis in her wine glass?
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Dec 29, 2015 03:59
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Seagull posted:foist the choice noice Cleretic posted:Well, the obvious reason is that the people demonising the carbon tax actually think Workchoices was a pretty good idea. "poorfisting" doesn't narrow it down enough within the liberal party policy base.
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Dec 29, 2015 04:02
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@shanebazzi posted:There's never been a more exciting time to resign from the Turnbull ministry
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Dec 29, 2015 04:02
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He paid for the dinner so he should be able to sexually harrass anyone he wants. It's his money!
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Dec 29, 2015 04:04
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Jumpingmanjim posted:So did he sniff her chair or put his penis in her wine glass? Wine in glass isn't resign from cabinet bad. You could ride that out. It also happened in November so there is loads of evidence for how bad it was. It really is chair sniffing bad.
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Dec 29, 2015 04:05
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Whats up with Brough?
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Dec 29, 2015 04:06
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Birb Katter posted:Think about how hard you need to gently caress up to step away from the front bench. Choppergate got Abbott booted from power because it's apparently OK to do. Well you would hope that a higher standard is now being applied. The Abbott government was a train wreck that people were watching with morbid curiosity. There's only so much people can take though. Ostentatious chopper displays finally trumped onion chomping and that was thankfully it. gently caress knows home many things like this were deep sixed under Abbott and at least this one made it to the light. However, if it was more than "offence" then due process should take place. If guilty throw the arsehole to the wolves basically. Up to the public servant I guess.
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Dec 29, 2015 04:07
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Mal Brough standing aside as well. For anyone who wants more information on this, there isn't any, it's a 3 paragraph statement, of which one paragraph is about the resigning hong kong thing. really trying to bury this one.
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Dec 29, 2015 04:10
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Cleretic posted:Well, the obvious reason is that the people demonising the carbon tax actually think Workchoices was a pretty good idea. WorkChoices arguably cost Howard the 07 election. It hit a lot of people who were worse off under it, plenty of such have only just come out from under it in the last few years. The hilarity if the carbon tax is that it was even an election issue given it had been implemented with no pain and, in fact, the majority of the country being better off for it.
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Dec 29, 2015 04:15
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I can't quite put into words why the phrase: "I have concluded this behaviour has not met the particularly high standards for ministers." makes me so loving angry in the context of resigning from cabinet over harassing a woman while drunk. hooman fucked around with this message at 04:18 on Dec 29, 2015 |
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Dec 29, 2015 04:16
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hooman posted:I can't quite put into words why the phrase: It's victim blaming. "this poo poo would be fine normally but not because there is a camera on me" is what he's saying.
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Dec 29, 2015 04:27
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With the cricket being poo poo I'm glad that our real national sport is still going strong.SynthOrange posted:Whats up with Brough?
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Dec 29, 2015 04:43
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Anidav posted:How can a man who doubles down on Abbott policy be so popular? the majority of Australians have only marginally more intelligence than the bare minimum needed to be a functioning human being.
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Dec 29, 2015 05:45
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hooman posted:I can't quite put into words why the phrase: He doesn't want the get drunk and harassing women crowd to think he's saying they can't do that, it's only if you're a cabinet minister you can't.
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Dec 29, 2015 05:55
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quote:"At no point was it my intention to act inappropriately and I'm obliged to note for the record that nothing illegal has been alleged or in fact did occur," he told a press conference. the "technically nothing I did was illegal" defence is extremely loving good.
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Dec 29, 2015 05:55
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BBJoey posted:the "technically nothing I did was illegal" defence is extremely loving good. I bet he sought asylum. That unlawful bastard.
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Dec 29, 2015 05:57
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Had a quick check of some of the Hong Kong papers about it but they don't seem to have any more information then the Australian ones. Maybe he just made fun of her accent or something. I mean you can never rule out causal racisms. Just trying to represent the Australian public overseas 
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Dec 29, 2015 06:02
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Eh, the "appropriateness" of behaviour is usually means sexual harrassment/unwanted advances, if it was just racism he probably wouldn't have resigned over it.
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Dec 29, 2015 06:16
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Things he wouldnt have resigned over: Sexually harassing a refugee.
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Speakin' of resignations, aaahahahaha http://m.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/minister-mal-brough-resigns-over-peter-slipper-police-inquiry-20151229-glw90i.html
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