Heard you blokes have a press conference called by Mal Turnbull at 1.00.
If he goes please consider having ours, she comes with a breastfeeding newborn and a well crafted socialist view.
Discount given for a prompt transaction.
As the radio plays Mental as Anything !!
Our PMs are only on short term contracts. The British press are reporting us as the coup capital of the world! Anyway Malcolm T. just announced he was gone - ballot tomorrow.
Aussies here forget they vote for the party, not the Prime Minister, that's the party's job. Yet it's a regular cry "I voted for the other one, not him! "
Kiwifruit, they were singing the praise of your PM on the radio this morning as she's put a short term (1 year?) hold on MP's pay rises, they are trying to bring it in here, but hopefully a bit longer ( it won't happen... LOL)
Tony one thing is certain, they wont go short.
MP's pay rises here are usually announced on the 23rd ish of December and back dated to about June....... :rofl2:
our govt is perfect at moment, we dont have one.
Julie Bishop :onya:
(Nice legs for an old bird)
Sorry, but that's about as interested or serious I can be about Australian politics.
In France the verdict is still out on Macron, really popular at first as he wasn't a career politician, but he is taking on the historically strong unions to reform the archaic employment laws, so going through an unpopular period.
Though in reality, France and the rest of Europe are just sitting in amazement with dropped jaws watching the government dissintergrate across the channel. :popcorn: :popcorn:
Quote from: lil4399 on Thursday, 23 August 2018, 08:27 PM
In France the verdict is still out on Macron, really popular at first as he wasn't a career politician, but he is taking on the historically strong unions to reform the archaic employment laws, so going through an unpopular period.
Though in reality, France and the rest of Europe are just sitting in amazement with dropped jaws watching the government dissintergrate across the channel. :popcorn: :popcorn:
My understanding of Macron is that he became unpopular just after his honeymoon period, when he started doing the things he said he was going to do. Voters, eh? No pleasing them.
This side of the channel I think it's like grog said - no functioning government whatsoever. No functioning opposition either, as far as I can tell.
The current government is bad & the opposition is laughable.
The whole lot of them only care about keeping their overpayed positions & setting them self's up for life on 6 figure pensions.
What the Australian people want or need is not important.
Quote from: grog on Thursday, 23 August 2018, 07:29 PM
our govt is perfect at moment, we dont have one.
And it's been like that over here for about 2 years now and they still get payed. I'm a British Citizen and had to go on the Electoral Roll just to open a bank account ffs.
Yes we do have a high rotation of Prime Minister recently.
(https://pics.me.me/remember-australia-change-of-prime-minister-means-change-your-smoke-35703246.png)
and most Australians feel like this....
(https://pics.conservativememes.com/in-1672-a-mob-of-angry-dutch-killed-and-ate-20318106.png)
Well it's Done. ScoMo got the gig. Dutton must be fuming.
No Australian Prime Minister has lasted a full term since John Howard lost the 2007 election. :doh: :frustrated:
We must be in some sort of competition with Italy for this....
Pauline Hanson will be putting her hand up shortly :stir: :whistling: :happy1:
wish someone would put their hand up, paulines dress is out of question. hand up i mean. what a thought. here we go again with same old stuff. wonder how much bucks turnbull walks away with.
I'd vote for Julie Bishop.
I'd throw rocks and the corrupt union supporting a Bill Shorten.
ScoMo ? The jury is still out.
At least he's not another bloody Pom like Gillard and Abbot !
Same turd, different nut sticking out.
Now that's funny!! :lol: :rofl2:
Quote from: Tony Nitrous on Friday, 24 August 2018, 07:13 PM
I'd vote for Julie Bishop.
Hell, no.
Julie Bishop was a full partner in the legal firm Robinson Cox.
QuoteIn the late 1980s, Robinson Cox was hired by CSR Limited to defend against compensation claims brought by asbestos mining workers, who had contracted mesothelioma while working for Midalco, a subsidiary of CSR. Bishop was part of the team assigned to the case, which developed an argument that a company was not legally responsible for the actions of its subsidiaries. The Supreme Court of Western Australia eventually decided to pierce the corporate veil and hold CSR liable for Midalco's actions; the lead litigant died before the conclusion of the case, which lasted eight months.[9] After becoming a public figure, Bishop was accused by opponents of acting immorally by involving herself in the case. She has said she conducted herself ethically and professionally,[8] and in accordance with procedural advice given by barristers Robert French and David Malcolm (both future judges).[10]
That's a PC way of putting it.
In practice, she developed the tactic of stretching these cases out as long as possible in the hope/expectation that the litigants would die prior to a decision being reached. Scum.
And she's an expense rorter too
QuoteBishop's partner since 2014 has been David Panton, a winemaker and property developer.[67] She has attracted criticism for using over $32,000 for family travel for Panton since 2015, but for not including him on her register of parliamentary interests. Bishop has stated that Panton is neither her husband nor her de facto partner, as they do not live together, and thus not including him on interests register is within the rules.[68]
Yeah, I'm not a fan.
Quote from: Tony Nitrous on Friday, 24 August 2018, 07:13 PM
At least he's not another bloody Pom like Gillard and Abbot !
Bloody Pommy Bast**ds get everywhere!
:happy1:
Quote from: VladTepes on Saturday, 25 August 2018, 12:01 AM
Quote from: Tony Nitrous on Friday, 24 August 2018, 07:13 PM
I'd vote for Julie Bishop.
Hell, no.
Julie Bishop was a full partner in the legal firm Robinson Cox.
QuoteIn the late 1980s, Robinson Cox was hired by CSR Limited to defend against compensation claims brought by asbestos mining workers, who had contracted mesothelioma while working for Midalco, a subsidiary of CSR. Bishop was part of the team assigned to the case, which developed an argument that a company was not legally responsible for the actions of its subsidiaries. The Supreme Court of Western Australia eventually decided to pierce the corporate veil and hold CSR liable for Midalco's actions; the lead litigant died before the conclusion of the case, which lasted eight months.[9] After becoming a public figure, Bishop was accused by opponents of acting immorally by involving herself in the case. She has said she conducted herself ethically and professionally,[8] and in accordance with procedural advice given by barristers Robert French and David Malcolm (both future judges).[10]
That's a PC way of putting it.
In practice, she developed the tactic of stretching these cases out as long as possible in the hope/expectation that the litigants would die prior to a decision being reached. Scum.
Yeah, I'm not a fan.
So, basically you're saying she was a successful lawyer who was very good at her job?
As a defence Lawyer still seems to be excellent. I'd want her defending me!
Quote from: VladTepes on Friday, 24 August 2018, 10:15 AM
and most Australians feel like this....
(https://pics.conservativememes.com/in-1672-a-mob-of-angry-dutch-killed-and-ate-20318106.png)
Hey....i AM dutch...i refuse to believe one of our ancestors ate shit...despite our opportunistic views :rofl2:
Quote from: Tony Nitrous on Saturday, 25 August 2018, 05:50 AM
So, basically you're saying she was a successful lawyer who was very good at her job?
No what I am saying is the way her mind works is wrong. Her head is in a world where Money is more important than people.
Quote from: VladTepes on Sunday, 26 August 2018, 01:47 AM
Quote from: Tony Nitrous on Saturday, 25 August 2018, 05:50 AM
So, basically you're saying she was a successful lawyer who was very good at her job?
No what I am saying is the way her mind works is wrong. Her head is in a world where Money is more important than people.
That's just most self serving MP's :stir:
Quote from: VladTepes on Sunday, 26 August 2018, 01:47 AM
Quote from: Tony Nitrous on Saturday, 25 August 2018, 05:50 AM
So, basically you're saying she was a successful lawyer who was very good at her job?
No what I am saying is the way her mind works is wrong. Her head is in a world where Money is more important than people.
She was working for the defence. Her job was a stall and stop and payouts. She wasn't paid to be fair or nice. You pay a defence Lawyer for the very best result in your favour. She appeared to be quite good at it.
I'd vote for her.
Labor has described Morrison as "Malcolm Turnbull in a cheaper suit".
Might have hit the nail on the head with that - it's certainly the way he's behaved in the past. He'll have to shift a bit though if he's to appease the Dutton supporters.
I don't like Turnbull* but I think this whole exercise has done nothing other than weaken the Coalition's election prospects.
My tip - Federal election May 18, 2019.
(that being the latest possible date on which it can be held).
* I don't like any of the other candidates on either side either. ;)
This whole Prime Minister thing is just a smoke screen by Michael Cheika to take the heat off him.
:stir:
The downside to all this back stabbing and infighting is the possibility it's going to make Bill Shorten look like less of a wanker than he actually is.
Why is the standard of politicians in both NZ and Australia so poor ??
Quote from: Tony Nitrous on Monday, 27 August 2018, 04:42 PM
The downside to all this back stabbing and infighting is the possibility it's going to make Bill Shorten look like less of a wanker than he actually is.
No chance in Hell Tony. It's just not possible. He is such a :jack: with a face you just want to hit.
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Monday, 27 August 2018, 05:04 PM
Why is the standard of politicians in both NZ and Australia so poor ??
Can you actually give us three politicians who are decent -from anywhere in the world.?
Billy Conelly (Scotish comedian ) got it right when he said "anyone should be banned from being a Politician purely on the grounds that they wanted to be one in the first place"
BoJo for PM! Lovely ring to it don't ya think? :whistling:
Col! Great idea... I think he would fit in perfectly. Just need to start extradition proceedings .... well that's what we did in the past :rofl2:
I think the last word in Australian politics (or ours, come to think of it) has got to be this:
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Excellent Fishy, top marks