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Can you believe the carry on by the Government in Parliament this week.
We have old jellyback Turnbull unable to fully deny anything in case he upsets the right of his party. We have the ex PM Abbott denying he did a deal with Leyonhjelm when he was PM. Even thought there are emails to the contrary. We then had Jellyback agree that a deal was done and the PMs office knew about it, but it is now off. The ex PM then castigating Labor for bringing this up. It is like the old Fawlty Towers episode where Basil was telling the spoon salesman to shut up but claims he was talking to Polly and looking at him. So Abbott was talking to Turnbull but looking at Labor. Unbelievable. How long has Jellyback got? |
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Not long I believe.
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I think thee Liberals will have problems trying to replace Turnbull. He replaced one leader who was a failure. Now to admit he too is a failure would be very hard. I suggested he will last election is held in a government electrete. Then the government loses its majority and a general election is held.
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I think this explains it.
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Furthermore, being ousted and then re-backstabbing his ouster is exactly what he said he would never do, when he stood against Kevin Rudd.
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25th October 2016, 07:34 PM | #567 |
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Far from talking about polarized dielectric materials (electret - the closest word I could find to electrete in Google), I surmise that you are predicting that the government will last until the next by-election (in a coalition held seat).
However, I doubt that Turnbull would call an election that he would almost certainly lose before he has to (although I have been right about his ego in the past). He only just scraped through the last one and his ratings have fallen since then. More likely he will struggle along in a minority government for as long as possible (and bleat about an "obstructionist" opposition all the while). If he can do a deal with one of the independents then he can be safe from censure motions or the defeat of the budget. |
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From my hero to **** bloke list in 5 seconds.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nati...47e9a4b8d937ff **** you, Dick. |
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Plenty of media reporting on it. Cant dind the full video yet but I found Dicks arguments tweeted by the Drum to be inane.
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I liked the adventurer thing. Loved seeing him doing the dowsing test on TV with Randi. I enjoyed the stores in their old format. I think it was Wooloies that turned them into just another electronic appliance outlet before an equity group plundered what remained, stole from mum and dad investors and pushed it to the edge of a cliff.
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So this pathetic government now presides over a shrinking economy. The first dip since the GFC. Naturally Morrison is blaming Labor.
This result is largely due to lack of confidence in the economy by investors. Isn't the government supposed to foster confidence? Lead and inspire? Turnbull and Co are disgraceful. |
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One Nation Split
WA Senator Rod Culleton has quit Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party and Pauline Hanson basically said "good riddance".
Sen. Culleton has been a thorn in Pauline's side almost from the moment he took his seat in the Senate. He refused to tow the leaders line and voted his own way on each of the bills that came through the Senate. He also frequently spoke out against Ms Hanson and her party. When the Senate voted to send him to the High Court to argue that he wasn't in violation of section 44 of the constitution (eligibility to sit in the Senate) Pauline Hanson spoke in favour of the motion even though the Senate hadn't seen the case against him. Obviously, she would rather have a more compliant Senator representing WA. Sen. Culleton is still waiting for a high court ruling on his eligibility. He is also in the midst of a hearing to determine if he will be made bankrupt. Either case could end his short career in the Senate. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-1...-party/8130848 |
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I'm having a nagging sense of deja vu...
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I wonder if it is a characteristic of populistic parties to split soon after they get elected? Or is it due to Pauline not knowing that you defend members of your own party? Lessons for other one nation senators?
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Probably does a mean bettered sav.
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If anyone is interested I just started a thread over in trials and errors about The Claremont Serial Killings and todays arrest.
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Looking back on the current gutless government, I was reflecting on the achievements of the Hawke government. Unlike now, the economy was precarious. Yet Hawke:
Floated the dollar Reformed tariffs and reformed industry Privatised government enterprises (inc Comm Bank) Introduced Fringe Benefit and Capital Gain taxes Implemented the Accord Introduced universal superannuation Reformed income tax (I was once paying 60% marginal tax, and I'm not rich) Poured money into public housing, health and education Introduced the Sex Discrimination and EEO Acts Got serious about indigenous land rights Got serious about the environment (Franklin Dam first off) I'm sure others can add more. What has the Abbott/Turnbull government's achieved? Bueller? Anyone? |
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They've approved a couple of new mines.
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Culleton bankrupt
Senator Rod Culleton has been ruled bankrupt today by Justice Michael Barker in the Federal court over a $280,000 debt owed to Perth businessman, former Wesfarmers director Dick Lester. The judge has also ordered the seizure of Culleton's estate but stayed the order for 21 days. If this ruling sticks then Culleton must resign from the Senate.
There was never any prospect of Justice Barker ruling differently. He even refused to order the removal of two men who entered the court in breach of a violence restraining order. Culleton has said that he will appeal. Who replaces Culleton in the Senate still depends on the High Court ruling on his eligibility to run for Senate due to his conviction in absentia in NSW over a set of car keys. If the High Court rules against Culleton then Culleton's brother in law, Peter Georgiou stands to be elected in his stead. Otherwise, Pauline gets to choose his successor. (I bet she is not so pleased about sending him to the High Court now). http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nati...b2caee939ea06c |
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I think lionking was referring to the One Nation party as a train wreck.
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That does beg the question how can you screen a person for this? Imagine he was an otherwise decent human standing for one of the major parties. A person can have a debt and be able to show that it can be repaid. Then six months later the situation changes and the person who is owed the money thinks the debt cannot be repaid.
As for his criminal conviction, that appears to have been a misunderstanding of some sort. It has been squashed. Again hard to screen for. I do admit he probably was stupid to have got himself in those situations. But that is not the point. |
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Culleton's debt related to a failed busines deal between his company and Dick Lester's company which cost Lester's company $200,000 in lost rent. Somehow the corporate veil was pierced and Culleton was held personally liable for this loss.
Details are sketchy now but it appears that Culleton's abysmal company record keeping and his tendency to rely on FOTL defences contributed to him being made personally liable. |
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One nation loses another one
Pauline Hanson has had to shed another candidate. This time it's Shan Ju Lin over some anti-gay remarks made on facebook:
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I don't know what I find stranger in that story, that One Nation had a candidate who was Asian or that the party is pro-lgbt.
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It's all a socialist plot.
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