Who is the Real Tony Abbott?

They are both true. The govt has failed. We have a good standard of living (for the moment) in spite of the current govt.

Another 3 years of Labor deficits we will lose our AAA credit rating like Queensland did under BeattieBligh, like has recently happened to SA under Labor and what happened under Hawke/keating.

We are now giving our 14K humanitarian places to people with mobile phones. computers and money instead of those fleeing persecution and costing $1B more than under Howards Pacific Solution.

You could also say Howard/Costello left the place in such good shape it would take Labor 15 years to destroy the joint.

A booming economy with unemployment at 4.3% did not help Howard but the rules seem to be different for Labor. People want money from the govt and Labor is ready to hand it out in bucketloads.

If you want to mention backflips how about the carbon tax??

He will be waiting a long time

But as Reb has pointed out Egg, he wears eyeshadow.

Good grooming is essential.

‘Me thinks you’re pretending to be a supreme f**kwit, or are you genuinely this stupid?’

Thanx for the kind words, but as I’m in the middle of making my signature dish I’ll get back later.

Steaming piled?

Much amusement, just Sri Lankan rice and curry, lentils with Maldive fish and a little sliced tomato sprinkled with vinegar and salt.

It was yum.

No egg, I’m a vegan.

That’s half a teaspoon of Maldive fish, to make it more palatable.

I’m vulnerable.

To accompany this dish I had a glass of Sauvignon Blanc Semillon left behind by guests, the fruity flavour was perfect.

Only the one, I become a nasty piece of work after a couple.

Talking of the real Tony, highlighted by splatter earlier, this is new strategy.

‘A reporter inquired whether this made carbon markets just the same as financial markets. Abbott repeated his definition: “Let’s think about it. It’s a market in the non-delivery of an invisible substance to no one.”

Murphy in the Guardian

LOL ToM

Maybe if Abbott would drink lots of red…

Look out, it’s the lifestyle police.

This site could take on Wikipaedia.

In the past week I haved learnded:

. tA wears silver eyeshadow (except that it is white – from the original source)
. That spur winged plovers are disagreeable vicious birds who never sleep and need to be tackled with tennis rackets’
. That there is a wasp which deals with codling moth and now I have been introduced to the culinary delights of Maldives fish except I will not eat them for I dislike anything which comes from watery places or clings to rocks therein.

Abbott is getting more airtime, which is nice. The consequence-

• Stupid comment about ETS
• Something off beam about boats and Indonesia
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Did I mention how refreshing politics is without Gillard droning on and Swan blustering?
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If Rudd wins the election, I’m expecting wholesale restructuring of the ALP, with options for affiliation for non union organisations, more representation for actual members and sidelining of hacks/warlords.

Bowen has written the book, the types of changes have been recommended by Hawke & Wran, then by Carr, Bracks and Faulkner. Momentum is for reform.
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“If god didn’t want us to eat animals he wouldn’t have made them out of meat”

‘To all those so-called “vegans” out there…’

There appears to be a misunderstanding, I don’t give a rats arse about the wildlife, I just want to remain slim and attractive and live to 100 in good working order.

Look out, it’s the lifestyle police.

I don’t police or care what he eats, my point was that if you eat fish [eat/drink anything derived from fish/animal product], you can’t really call yourself a vegan.

Hooray! Let’s have a debate about a harmless, invisible trace gas.

Well stick your head in a plastic bag, seal it off and see how long you breathe.

There appears to be a misunderstanding, I don’t give a rats arse about the wildlife,

no misunderstanding 😉

If Rudd wins the election, I’m expecting wholesale restructuring of the ALP, with options for affiliation for non union organisations, more representation for actual members and sidelining of hacks/warlords.

And that will be a good thing.

Is there some directive from Lib HQ saying that whenever you get a chance to be on TV you must aggressively talk over the top of and interrupt everybody else?

“If god didn’t want us to eat animals he wouldn’t have made them out of meat”

Isn’t god invisible?

How do you have direct action on something invisible? [twitter comment on Q&A]

That’s a stupid argument from Chris Bowen.

1) The European ETS is subject to manipulation by the European Parliament by adding or withdrawing the physical number of Carbon Permits thereby influencing the price.

2) No foreign parliament can influence the price of the Australian Dollar by withdrawing or adding to the physical quantity of AUD in the market at any time

Bowen is starting to sound like that gormless idiot that preceded him as Treasurer

Tony Abbott caught wolf-whistling to climate change denialists:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/16/tony-abbott-climate-change-denial

“It’s a market, a so-called market, in the non-delivery of an invisible substance to no one.”…

The Liberal party gladly sacrificed two leaders on climate change policies before settling on Abbott. Presumably, it wouldn’t hesitate to do so again if it feels that the opportunity for power was now slipping from its grasp…

The European Carbon Tax almost collapsed a short while back … its a dodgy market kept afloat by Brussels.

“They are full of commodities traded in their trillions but never actually delivered, be they invisible substances such as natural gas, or very visible products such as cattle and pigs…”

What a load of bullshit !

This “journalist” has no f***ing idea what they are talking about. There is no such thing as an open ended contract as he is implying.

You still need to close it out with either the commodity itself or the dollars equivalent.

“……….Perhaps you could also tell the Federal Reserve in the USA to stop printing money so that my capital reserve isn’t diluted internationally just so Dickheads© can spend more money on a corrupt Dow Jones market too, ”

Dont worry TB

I’ve just sent Benny boy at the Fed Reserve a very stern email

‘LONDON, July 15 (Reuters Point Carbon) – Ministers from Spain, Czech Republic and Portugal must back the EU Commission’s so-called backloading plan if the measure to prop up prices in the EU carbon market is to become law before the autumn, according to Britain’s energy and climate secretary.’

Point Carbon

“The economy is so bad that consumers and businesses bought a record number of new cars in June.”

AutoTalk: Cheap prices drive boost in new car sales

‘More Australians are buying new cars thanks to competitive prices and the relatively strong Australian dollar. New car sales rose 4% in June to 97,687 units, while sales are also up 7.1% over the past 12 months, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced on Monday. CommSec chief economist Craig James says the strength of the Aussie dollar and strong global competition in the car market is putting downward pressure on car prices.

‘”There’s only two areas of the economy that seem as though they’re firing on all cylinders at the moment – new car sales and the housing market,” says James. “Car sales are at record highs for the month of June and record highs over the financial year. “The affordability of cars is the best since the 1970s so for ordinary private buyers, there’s a lot of attraction in updating their ride.”

‘James says demand for new vehicles was also coming from mining companies, and construction companies working in the improving housing sector. Government incentives for businesses to increase their purchase of new vehicles was also a factor, he says. But James adds that the fall in car prices will slow down, as the Australian dollar continues losing ground. Car sales could also slow due to a wind-down of the mining boom and consumer caution driven by a softer jobs market, he says.’

“… it must be capable of being demonstrated (ie recorded in someway – written, painted, sung, photographed etc) and proven to be demonstrably “original” … I prefer to live in a society, rather than survive in an economy!”

But doesn’t have to make sense, apparently. 😉

From the New Matilda article………….

“Last night, Indonesia’s Foreign Minister, Marty Natalegawa, reiterated Indonesia’s opposition to the tow-back policy. “Such a policy would constitute a unilateral type of measure that we do not support,” he told Network Ten. “We are not ecstatic about it for sure, but in terms of in the spirit of wanting to hear the various policy options countries are proposing, parties are proposing, it’s good to have this dialogue.”

He said he was opposed to unilateral action. That is, they want to be consulted in regard to the policy.

They said the same thing last week as well.

It’s likely they will need to say it next week as well as even the Indonesians will conclude rightly so that the Left in this country are so fucking thick they still wont get it.

The Indonesians are trying to tread neutral ground in another country’s election campaign.

By the way “various policy options” = Price Tag Per Boat which is likely to well short of the Billions we pissed against the wall over the ALPs failed policies

Then this…………..

“………..The Australia Institute’s Richard Denniss had perhaps the best bon mot when he pointed out that “if Tony Abbott is concerned about people paying for invisible things, then anyone who owns intellectual property should be very concerned, likewise people in the futures and financial derivatives market………”

“best bon mot” ?

Ummmmmmmmmm not really……………………it just goes to prove Richard Denniss also does not have a fucking clue about financial markets and the actual need to “deliver” either.

“I think a lot of people are full of shit.”

Yep…………………..a lot of people seem to know about as much about financial markets as Catching Up does.

“Getting your lines straight from the Coalition hand book these days Wally…? ”

Well F**k you.

Its not a book

Its a pamphlet

🙂

Ben Eltham is a fearsome slayer of straw dragons, apparently. He says the coalitions policy is to “tow back the boats”, uses quotation marks, and mentions tow-back or a derivative thereof 13 times in his article, and goes on to explain why taking a boat under tow in sometimes stormy seas is so dangerous.

But wait! The only actual quote he can find from a Liberal party spokesperson that even comes close to this is: “if elected, the Coalition will implement a full suite of proven border protection policies including turning boats around where it is safe to do so”.

But, hey, why let facts stand in the way when you can just convey a load of absolute bullshit instead? The rusted-ons who want to believe won’t care. Nor will the “editors” at New Matilda, evidently.

“You mean “turning the boats around” isn’t on the Coalition’s agenda….? Well I’ll be.”

Um, no. Towing back is not on their agenda. Subtle difference I know, but there you are. 🙄

“Maybe you explain how the Coalition plans to ‘turn the boats around’ without actually ‘towing’ them back to international waters?”

Not really. My interest was in pointing out Ben Eltham’s strawman argument.

Nevertheless, here’s what Retired Vice Admiral Chris Ritchie had to say about the practice: “[Turn backs] are a legitimate Navy operation. It’s something that Navies have done over centuries and in that sense, if the Government gives a direction to do it, the Navy people will do it and they’ll do it well.”

It no use ToSY

The Lefties only tactic is to speculate and hypothesise upon the LNP policies because if they look at historical facts they’ll find the LNP policies worked and that their own policy outcomes are just…………well……………just too plain ugly to revisit or reflect upon.

The “flyer”

Who said this?
‘…. From my faith I derive the values of loving kindness, justice and righteousness, to act with compassion and kindness, acknowledging our common humanity and to consider the welfare of others; to fight for a fair go for everyone to fulfill their human potential and to remove whatever unjust obstacles stand in their way ….
… We must recognize an unchanging and absolute standard of what is good and what is evil … (Quoting Desmond Tutu) “We expect Christians …. To be those who stand up for truth, to stand up for justice, to stand on the side of the poor and the hungry, the homeless and the naked, and when that happens, the Christians will be trustworthy believable witnesses”….
Above all be generous in spirit to share our good fortune with others, both at home and overseas, out of compassion and a desire for justice’.

Who said all that?
Scott Morrison
From his Maiden Speech
14 Feb 2008

It is remarkable that he could espouse such views and yet advocate for such harsh treatment of asylum seekers. I have never understood how self-proclaimed Christians can be so uncompassionate. That said, on this matter, some of the people who help and advocate for refugees are Christians. The Brigidine order of nuns are particularly dedicated.

“To all those so-called “vegans” out there…

If you want to be nice to animals, why are you eating all their food..?”

bwahahaha! 🙂

“he’s not the terminator, he’s the fabricator”

That’s great by Abbott, he’s added 233% to his 3 word slogans!!

Abbott’s flailing looks increasingly cynical & desperate!

Here’s hoping the reproachful jesusfreak starts having plenty more to say, on the record, in public. He is the key to his own undoing. He repels most people.

“I thought it was a “price” not a “tax”. Where’s Tom R when you need him?”

Unfortunately, for TomR, the ALP have forfeited that battle of semantics.

“You’re starting to sound as shrill as Wally, ToSY”

Ya think? Shrillness is in the “ear” of the “listener”, cobber. 😉

Ulhmann hates everyone that hasn’t studied in a seminary, or so it seems.

TONY ABBOTT: ‘Our policies are very practical, they make obvious sense. We’ll plant more trees, we’ll produce better soils, we’ll use smarter technologies – these will produce a better environment here in Australia.’

ABC

The man is an idiot, it has nothing to do with climate change.

A fart doesn’t exist because you can’t see it.

Yeah, mind rays are invisible too. But if they weren’t real I wouldn’t have to be wearing this tinfoil hat now would I? 🙄

So, IPA, do you think Abbott’s muddled, obfuscative, disingenuous stance (borne further by recent comments he’s made) on AGW is a net positive for him?…hmmmm.

European Carbon Price is expressed in Euros which currently is AUD $6 per tonne.

Lets just hope the AUD/Euro rate never ever changes.

Oh fuck ………..the AUD floats

That might just mean astromical sudden increases in power prices in the future.

LOL

If people want to vote themselves out of a job then so be it. No sympathy here.

Lets watch how many Turkeys vote for Christmas .

LOL

I’ll sleep on that Walrus, but in good conscience I cannot vote for brainwashed people.

“Unlike you Kneel, my opinions and thoughts are my own … not Bob Carr’s or any other politician”

Yes I know and they are usually wrong. There are 20 million refugees around the world and most would not have the money to pay a smuggler. But there would be 1-2 billion people around the world who want to come here for a better life for their family. The US has 10 million Mexicans living there and most arrived unlawfully. Its just better to live in the US than a Mexican slum.

Unless we are willing to take everyone in we have to have a quota system. And if we have a quota system we should chose which people we take. And Bob Carr is right. These boat people are not fleeing persecution. They are fleeing a bad place to live in. That is not what our humanitarian program is for.

“You’re starting to sound as shrill as Wally, ToSY … LOL! Abbottpox is spreading faster’n I thought …”

LOL

Not when you have Bob Car lending a helping hand by saying projected intake this year will be 40,000 refugees and next year it will be 80,000. And on his figures 80% are economic refugees.

Plus Rudd has certainly big time pissed off any of the 320,000 company car drivers that drifted back to him in the last few weeks.

Some advice for you Turkeys out there.

I wouldn’t get too excited just yet. A few of you might still vote against Christmas

And before y’all pull out the “redneck” card.

Just remember that those refugees are mainly housed in lower socio economic areas of Sydney and Melbourne.

Sydney has a drive by shooting every night of the week these days. And it almost always is Middle Eastern origin related.

We dont have a NSW Police Force Middle Eastern Crime Unit or Asian Crime Unit for no reason at all.

It was soooooooooooo nice of that self funded retiree living in Rockhampton at last nights Community Cabinet meeting to implore us all to just accept more and more refugees.

Of course not many make there way up to “Rocky” and if his financial affairs are structured properly he does not pay taxes to provide for them.

Yeah………..it was real big of him with that kind plea.

Surely it would be smart for Rudd to go to an election in August, before the winter power bills come in?

The only ones that benefited from Rudd’s stupid carbon price announcements yesterday (which since they require parliament approval will never be enacted anyway) are Motor Vehicle Log salesmen.

And he’s probably turned 320,000 odd law abiding taxpayers who now will need to fill out a log into 320,000 liars.

“… but people may flee from governmnets for many reasons … have a look at Wikileaks as a start …”

Yeah……………………………………a Rape Charge is another reason

There are a number of companies that recently made large investments (in power co-generation plants and the like) based on a carbon “price” of $24 per tonne and rising each year thereafter. How are they feeling today do ya reckon?

“How are they feeling today do ya reckon?”

Someone has in fact asked them

“………Electricity and mining companies warned that “schizophrenic” policy change was damaging Australia’s reputation among foreign investors. The Australian arm of the world’s largest utility company GDF Suez said the cuts would have a “material” impact on the business if they became law and that there had been no consultation about them.

“This creates further uncertainty for investors in our business and the sector generally,” said group manager of corporate affairs Jim Kouts…………”

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/why-kevin-rudd-will-never-terminate-carbon-tax/story-e6frg6xf-1226680449065

Its comforting watching Butler and Albo put the boot into the Greens…. this is good for the party.

As utes and vans are exempt from the FBT changes I expect to shortly see Toyota release a Lux-Hilux for the Rudd “Working Family”

Featuring

*Sunroof
*All leather seating
*Built in GPS with detailed maps and information on Australian Holiday Hotspots
*Fully Bluetooth enabled
* Facebook App (for teenage daughter)
*DVD player
*Drinks bar (Rear passengers only)
* Make-up mirror
* 5 Speed and Auto
* Alloy Wheels
*Surfboard rack
* Bicycle/BMX rack
* Snow ski rack
* Trail bike rack
* Dog tether points ( suiting miniature “working breeds” like Shitzu,French Poodle and Maltese)
* Multiple coffee cup holders
* Towbar ( capable of pulling the usual standard caravan)

Possibly Rudd & Bowen should have just announed the retrenchment of a few thousand more public servants.

No one would bother to complain about that.

“How are they feeling today do ya reckon?”

Like they’re insulated against future schizo.

“Like they’re insulated against future schizo.”

Ask your CFO if they would have gone ahead with the project on an assumed carbon price of $6 instead of $24.

“Karsul”

Guffaw.

“Charnce”

Haw haw.

“Jeff Kennet”

* cackle

“Eddy McGuire”

* convulse

“That sounds like Penny Wong…”

Exactly reb. That’s how the natives speak west of Murray Bridge. 😉

Haha…& the rusted-on, former Ruddhating Gillardophiles are referring to that book all over the blogosphere, to reinforce their misguided convictions of the last couple of years.

Pity, they’ve had to about face & get behind Kev, almost seamlessly. No sense of irony or introspection at all, apparently.

They’re using the book like a gillard-wiki now. Tragic.

I say charnce, karsel and sorry toilet in my household you would be a lavatory.

Ha ha IPA. Quite funny actually. I had many probs with Gillard but I recognize that she was treated appallingly.

FWIW, I come from East of The Shithole Known As Murray Bridge (quite a few hundred km’s East, as it happens).

* Proud Not To Come From a State The Size of A Postage Stamp

I agree that Gillard was targetted in a ‘unique’ fashion. Sadly, I also think that, by trying to too often make it about gender, she played into the hands of the cynical, dogwhistling arseholes.

WTF, dense Queenslander?! are you pillorying me or agreeing with my superior enunciations? 😯

I say ‘ball’ & ‘wall’ like everyone else in the English speaking world. Go back under your rock in Cornwall… 😆

* Proud To Be A Croweater- not overpopulated, like the Eastern Scumboard

Toiletpete I have formed my own view on the gender issue without ref to an oppressive Patriarchy. It is more subtle. However I will not bore/enrage you gentlemen by enlightening you.

“I speak English”

Yes, but which English?

“Yes, but which English?”

UnAmericanised English, of course…you stoopid Victorian.

West of Bordertown, then.

Only just. 😉

You can’t be too specific nowadays, what with the unhinged rockshifter threatening to visit & shit. I’d hate to have to throw it out on the pavement & accidentally kerbstomp it.

Ich bin mit reinem Hass auf Menschen, die von einem Staat, der kleiner ist als viele Länder in Europa gekommen ist gefüllt …

Mrs Walrus made a good point this morning.

She asked if Mr Rudd got back in and successfully imposed an ETS in 2014 or 2015 would that mean I, as a management and tax consultant, (accompanied by my loyal PA of course) would need to attend a few conferences meetings in Paris,Rome or Monte Carlo perhaps in order to update my knowledge of how the European ETS works and how the Australian ETS would be integrated?

I replied perhaps it would be a good idea for my future income producing activities that she do some research.

Of course such conferences would need to fall within say June to September.

I must say she has thrown herself at the research with much gusto today

“And you have a go at at poor old SFR’s …”

Relevance ?????????????????????????????????

* guffaw…

It’s coz I’m backing Teh Maroonz, reb.

It makes me an honoorary Queenzlander.

With Gallen out I’m tipping the Maroons as well.

But certainly not “backing” them

“Bring Back the Biff”

“Well if one of Queensland’s star players Greg Inglis can be born in Kempsey NSW then TB could be born on the Planet Trog and be a Queenslande”

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I don’t think I do that. 😯

Hilarious!!

Miglo proposes a blacklist among blogs!!

Yes the bastion of free speech and blogging ethics (you know the guy who personally names contributors against the specific rules of his own sites), wants an alliance with places like TSP, to ensure they don’t have to put up with testing dissenting opinions!!

He recommends – I’ve recently given consideration to us bloggers having a blacklist that we all share, ie, if a person is banned on one site then that person becomes automatically banned on all conforming sites.

What an odd individual.

“anyways” ??????????????????????

Who the F*** would say that ????????????????????

Conforming leftard blogs plan a blanket ban on trolls.

So scaper must be a Judas goat or protected resident troll.

I will. I am a very meek person.

He’s not mysterious, he’s a blunt instrument.

No subtlety at all. Semi literate, full of easily cultivated anger & vague threats.

A name dropping, but never substantiated ‘insider’. He forgets that anyone can pick up the phone & dial a MP. Just because they answer their phone & humour plebs doesn’t mean that the plebs are influentual.

Is he Malcolm Brough?

protected resident troll

Exactly, they need an obsessive arguer who mirrors their own lack of intelligence. There’s only so many ways to say – “I agree, Gillard is secure as the PM” and “It’s all a media beatup”, until an unintelligent foil is necessary.

“Salary packagers are parasites who make money showing people how to find tax loopholes. They only exist because the tax law is complex. They are completely useless to the economy. They had no value at all.”

😦

Rudd is running so hard that initially he was able to outsprint a lot of the issues. As reb’s link points out the changes to the ALP will not be agreed to at the next ALP National Conference. They will at least be watered down from 75% to two thirds.

So Abbotts charge that Rudd might be knifed again will not be as potent but will still resonate.

Then last week Rudd spent time in Indonesia with SBY and then this week in PNG discussing asylum seekers whilst Bob Carr helpfully projected 40,000 boat arrivals this year might reach 80,000 next year. And they will be largely Iranians who will not be accepted back in Iran. So after all that effort just last week another boat arrives and duly sinks. And all Rudd offers is a mealy mouthed “we need to adjust policy settings as required”

Then the FBT changes and the effects it will have on many people earning around $71K p.a. with the Motor Industry screaming blue murder and the impossible task of converting a Carbon Tax to a European controlled ETS. Plus the Greens will never support it. Its not a “fix” as it wont get through Parliament

Then this morning leaked estimates that there is going to be another $3B hole in the Budget this year.

So what’s to be taxed without consultation next ?

I see Superannuation coming into the cross-hairs after any ALP election.

The LNP with more cash than the ALP are poised to unleash a barrage of advertising.

I think the issues are finally starting to overwhelm Rudd and the gloss will slowly wear away.

“Wally owns a Liberal Party Crack’d Crystal Ball I see (and we know how “accurate” they are) …”

Ya dont need a crystal ball when the ALP backed down only a couple of months ago just because it was an election year

How Many Must Die For Us To Show Compassion?
http://newmatilda.com/2013/07/18/how-many-must-die-us-show-compassion

Carbon, The “Political Slaughterhouse”:
http://www.theglobalmail.org/feature/carbon-the-political-slaughterhouse/660/

…Not so fast. We got the ETS through, but in doing so, the whole political conversation got stuck on two unexpected words – “carbon tax”…

This relentless rhetoric overwhelms reality. Politics needs a fix, which is why now Kevin Rudd is banking on removing the “non-floating tax”, the fixed-price period, as his solution.
In the land of Reality, do we really have taxes called floating or non-floating taxes? Of course we don’t. The bullshit knows no bounds, and Australians are being played for fools.

The weakening of the dollar will have a far more beneficial impact on the local auto industry than a FBT adjustment.

This change is the equivalent of- if you make a claim, provide a receipt.

Kev is looking better by the day. Bowen is assured and competent.

All Abbott, Hockey and Morrison can do is turn up the volume.

This change is the equivalent of- if you make a claim, provide a receipt.

I don’t have a problem with that at all. I think that should apply to all public servants and private enterprise employees who have use of govt/business funds.
IMO the way it is for lowly employees – pay for it yourself and then ask for reimbursement, showing proof, should be applied to all expenses. Why different rules for management/bosses and workers? All the rorting and paying back of wrongly claimed expenses shows these ‘trusted’ people are just common thieves.

Of the 5 we met 2 were wearing short sleeved business shirts and 1 had a suede jacket (I kid you not). The 3 of us Sydney lads speculated upon their dress sense at breakfast prior to the meeting and pissed ourselves laughing at dinner that night.

I don’t get that comment.
What you wear is a statement of your work performance, your station/status in life, your entire credibility as a person?

steve jobs must have been a laughing stock, why did anyone listen to him!

AO, wearing short sleeved business shirts is like combining walk shorts and long socks for work.

It doesn’t look serious!

And dont forget the suede jacket.

We were gobsmacked !

“………perhaps wealthy people are excused from all the ‘rules’?”

What’s so troubling about that ?

Would you vote for your MP if he knocked on your door wearing a turtle neck with walk shorts and long socks ?

I wouldn’t be answering the door.

I would vote for him over an MP who flaunts himself in dicktogs and shows off a carpet chest!

what about flouro vests and hard hats? Is that serious, self-respecting and professional attire for an MP?

“…..these days I see no reason to dress up to spend $2000 on a new drinks fridge….”

“these days”……………!

I bet you’ve been saying that for 40 years now

‘I would vote for him over an MP who flaunts himself in dicktogs and shows off a carpet chest!’

That is blatantly sexist and I’m shocked that you have the audacity to raise the issue.

😉

Its perfectly natural behaviour, he did rise through the ranks of the KGB.

TB, I’m acquainted with someone who is acquainted with this dapper Yorkshireman (I know, it sounds odd doesn’t it, dapper and Yorkshireman in the same sentence? 😉 ).

“What currency do you recommend?”

Firstly ya asking the wrong question. You should be asking 2 questions.

Do I think the AUD will go up or down over the next (let me guess 9 months ?). Well who knows . But assuming you are risk averse how is it best to lock in a rate now.

3 ways

1) Travellers cheques.
Downside: Nowhere to exchange these days.Too expensive and a shit rate on top of that.

2) Hard Currency
e.g. Thailand (use AUD,USD or Baht) or Cambodia (use USD very common or its own Riel) or Vietnam (use USD or Dong).
Downside : How do you best keep it secure at home ?

3) USD Bank Draft :

Never heard of it ? ……………Many people haven’t.

Just front up to the counter of your favoured bank and tell them you want a USD Bank draft lets say for USD5,000made out to TB. They’ll give you that day’s rate currently 92c (or thereabouts)They’ll charge you about $30 and hand you a bank cheque in USD with you as Payee. They’ll take the AUD cash out of your account then and there. Take it home and make a copy of it and put it in a drawer.

As you are about to leave say 2 weeks before take it back to the same bank and ask them to get currency in to enable you to cash it in a weeks time. A week later you walk out of the bank with USD5,000 at todays rate. It wont matter if it goes down to 75c by then. You are safely locked in.

Or

Do nothing and just withdraw at spot rate in each country’s ATMs

“……although when buy something you’ll get your change in Riel.”

LOL

I forgot that little “custom”.

“I tried the local “red wine” in Vietnam (they drink it cold). ”

What was that shit called again……………Da Lat or something like that. Red and White versions.

TB will probably quaff it down though.

Latest betting odds…. ALP within striking distance.

http://www.way2bet.com.au/news/article/punters-support-alp-into-shortest-odds-since-october

So based upon the FBT changes to get rid of a bit of a tax break for those earning less than 100k.

You’ll all be quite ok with superannuation salary sacrificing being abolished too?

‘Betting odds are not a guide to the future.’

No, but clearly the punters have had a change of heart since May…. in line with the polls.

I wonder how an urbane Iranian surgeon would feel about being settled permanently in PNG?

“Otherwise tax rates will have to rise (in addition to spending cuts).”

LOL

But that’s exactly what this is. So should we also cut super concessions and get rid of all child care rebates etc. Plus Family Tax Benefits A & B.

What makes FBT so different to those ?

Wait………………I’ll tell you

Its a misplaced conception fostered by Albasleazy that some pimply 20 something is riding around in his convertible BMW at your expense. That’s 5%

When its actually more likely to be someone in medicine on a lower than average wage driving a Holden or Toyota because they are cheap to service

And anyway rather than wiping a stack of jobs in one foul swoop they could have just raised the existing statutory rate in stages.

But no………………….they basically said to all those people “well fuck you”.

…fleeing….

Honestly … if CO2 caused global warming then I would vote for him too.

Talcum has been brainwashed and so he naturally gets support from others of like mind.

“……….a very small tax change for a very small cohort”

Upto 500,000 taxpayers is small ?????????????????????

And how is an ETS controlled and subject to manipulation by Europe going to benefit you exactly ?

Basically Europe would have succeeded in ridding itself of its competitive disadvantage in not having enough cheap energy sources ( but its clear advantage in population scale) by making us limit our abundance in cheap energy sources (which is our competitive advantage but which is not compensated by our population scale).

We are truly fucking idiots………………… Or some of us are.*

* Walruses excluded

The figures this morning in the Press are larger according to all the stakeholders

So thats 55 payroll tax returns finished so far today. Only 40 more to go

That’s my world today

I’ll fill in the gap while Tom R hangs out with dumb c**ts

1. Baseless speculation
2. Media beat up
3. Kathy Jackson did it
4. He’s made a comprehensive statement about all that
5. He seems nice
6. Look over there at that odd woman who used to be in the senate
7. He has a baby!
8. His wife has stood by him
9. Kathy Jackson is a bitch
10. Kathy Jackson is a bitch