Barry O Farrell Quits over GrangeGate Scandal…!!
Despite yesterday denying any knowledge of the $3000 bottle of wine allegedly sent to him by AWH chief executive Nick Di Girolamo, NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell has today resigned after a “thank you” note hand written by the Premier was presented as evidence at the ICAC investigation.
Yesterday the Premier flatly denied suggestions he wrote a letter supporting Australian Water Holdings (AWH) in exchange for Liberal Party donations.
Nor can he recall receiving a bottle of vintage Grange wine, bought for $3000 by AWH and apparently couriered to his home just after the 2011 state election.
Mr O’Farrell was quizzed before the NSW corruption watchdog yesterday about a letter he wrote to then-AWH chief executive Nick Di Girolamo in late September 2010.
He agreed it was ‘broadly supportive’ of the company’s push to secure a lucrative public-private partnership.
‘We can show you lots of money going into Liberal Party coffers which coincides with this letter of support. Did you know anything about that?’ counsel assisting Geoffrey Watson, SC, asked Mr O’Farrell.
‘No, the Liberal Party’s financial code requires members of parliament to be at arm’s length from fundraising,’ Mr O’Farrell replied.
‘If your inference is that this letter was signed by me because of donations made by Australian Water Holdings then I reject it completely.’
Mr Di Girolamo has told the Independent Commission against Corruption he bought Mr O’Farrell a bottle of Grange wine to express his congratulations on securing the premiership but denied using the gift to ‘butter Mr O’Farrell up’.
The ICAC has heard the 1959 vintage bottle – aged since the year of Mr O’Farrell’s birth – was delivered to his home in Roseville, on Sydney’s north shore, on or around April 20, 2011.
But Mr O’Farrell said he never received it and that he may have been away on a family holiday to the Gold Coast for Easter when the bottle showed up.
‘It’s the Don Bradman of wine. Unforgettable,’ Mr Watson said.
‘Yes. If it had been received, I don’t believe I would have forgotten it,’ Mr O’Farrell replied.
EXHIBIT A: THE “THANK YOU” NOTE!
The gift was never declared on the premier’s pecuniary interests register and ICAC investigators have been unable to find a document from the courier company to show when it was dropped off.
But Mr Di Girolamo has told the inquiry he received a thank you call from the premier after sending the wine – and on Tuesday afternoon, Mr O’Farrell was shown a record of a 28-second telephone call from his mobile number to Mr Di Girolamo’s, made about 9.30pm on April 20, 2011.
‘I’ve no knowledge – I don’t know about this phone call,’ Mr O’Farrell said.
‘What I do know is if I had received a bottle of 1959 Penfolds Grange I would have known about it and I did not receive a bottle of Penfolds Grange.’
theguttertrash.com 
It has to be a set up!
It’s always the little things that trip
youmethem up.http://www.news.com.au/national/nsw-act/barry-ofarrell-sent-3000-bottle-of-grange-by-awh-boss-nick-di-girolamo-icac-hears/story-fnii5s3x-1226884966076
The docket halfway down is interesting …
The same thought crossed my mind too, Sreb ….
I was being sarcastic TB…
Not like me I know.
Someone waited until Barry and his wife left home on the Thursday before it was delivered and after stealing Barry’s keys while he slept earlier that morning (there was a window open) they crept into his house and then impersonated Barry and waited until the Courier turned up then produced Barry’s Drivers Licence which they had also earlier stolen earlier that day and forged his signature.
Then that night they made a phone call on Barry’s mobile for 28 seconds to Nick Di Girolamo.
Then they immediately tracked down Barry and were able to drop his house keys back into his trouser pocket plus return his drivers licence to his wallet and leave his mobile phone on his bedside table without anyone knowing
HE’S FUCKING INNOCENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds feasible.
I agree with ToSY.
Not like me I know … I agree with ToSY.
FMD! Two surprises in one Fred!*
Have you noticed how creative, Wally is … I reckon he should take up accounting or tax or somefing …
The ICAC Commissioner also met some fucker in a lift at some time in the past and that fucker’s sister shared an office with someone’s cousin who works on Tony Abbott’s staff.
Its a Set Up !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nsw disease
it’s how they roll
has anyone been able to spare a thought for the losers in all this PPP ‘insider trading’ corruption, the poor consumers who’ll pay through the nose for simple water so that nsw movers and shakers can retire as squillionaires.
I notice andy bolt didn’t hve too much to say, pretty much straight reporting without his usual hellfire & damnation – he left it to his monkeys to dream up excuses for BoF.
HE’S FUCKING INNOCENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obviously. The only alternative is that he isn’t, and that just is not possible.
I bet he has a baby too.
And a wife.
well what do you expect from these alp politicians with nsw disease, corrupted by their union(boo) mates with a bottle of wine worth three grand
#Tinfoil`Cubicle`Wisdom
all this corruption will stop as soon as we get rid of these alp mutts and put mr-rabbit`s team in control
#Tinfoil`Cubicle`Wisdom
only the alp and their union(boo) mates engages in this level of corruption, ditch the witch
#Tinfoil`Cubicle`Wisdom
this level of corruption would never happen under an LNP Govt, this is what happens when you share power with the Greens
#Bob.Browns.Bitch
#Tinfoil`Cubicle`Wisdom
“I have no knowledge,” Mr O’Farrell said of the 28-second call.
The proof of delivery of the bottle if wine would have been on a signature on one if those silly indecipherable hand held ” what’s your first name sir. Please signing this 3 inch plastic screen with my fucking stupid plastic pen”
It would not look like the persons usual signature.
Bullshit ya`blubbering apologist.
We both know the alp is full corrupt buffoons and drunks.
#Bof-LIAR
#Tinfoil`Cubicle`Wisdom
” bet he has a baby too.”
He didn’t do it, it’s a media beat up, it’s pure speculation, wait for the findings of ICAC, the police haven’t charged him, some of the police share an office with someone, wait for the courts to decide…and think of the baby!
BREAKING NOOZE:
BARRY QUITS!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-16/barry-ofarrell-calls-snap-media-conference/5393478
EXHIBIT A!!!
“The Thank You Note!!”
BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE BABY!?
In vino veritas
TONY ABBOTT: “As we now know Barry O’Farrell innocently and inadvertently misled ICAC yesterday..”
LOL
LOL @SB
oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive
do you think he had any idea of how that was going to turn out? They usually know beforehand what they are going to be questioned on don’t they? He had his lawyer by his side making sure he didn’t admit any guilt.
Did he just gamble on plausible deniability in the hope that nothing would surface in evidence?
Why not just admit it up front and ride it out, they often ‘forget’ to put stuff on the pecuniary register don’t they?
These RC’s always take a life of their own and so far we’ve learned that the corruption rot is on both sides of politics, no surprises there at all.
Obviously there is goodie corruption and baddie corruption…
The real context is that the Liberal party is designed to encourage corruption. If eight of eighteen members of the state executive are professional lobbyists then the Grange is just the tip of the iceberg. Sinodinos is another example and there will be many more and much worse examples as the scab is peeled back to reveal the festering rottenness at the heart of the organisation.
😆
“The Thank You Note!!”
More importantly, will they release the tasting notes?
Oh well
He was becoming known as a bit of a ditherer and a do nothing Premier
But who is now going to welcome the Royals to NSW this afternoon ?
He deserved to lose Office
I mean what sort of New South Wales Premier would accept a bottle of wine from basketcase South Australia ?
He’s a traitor
It’s funny that O’Farrell resigns over this yet Abbott after being pictured in front of the “No Cuts” billboard he personally signed will no doubt continue on after those promises are flagrantly breached on Budget Day.
In Sussex St, a dozen Grange might deliver a contractor agreement, as long as the dozen were consumed over a long lunch.
‘….the corruption rot is on both sides of politics, no surprises there at all.’
Agreed.
Egg, this is not the time for “look over there”. If there is not an unrelenting focus on the Libs, they won’t change.
Also saw an interesting piece on abbott/truss making it ok for mp’s family rorting travel expenses to remain hidden from public scrutiny. i believe that families should not receive any taxpayer funded travel. It should certainly be transparent.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/mp-family-flights-to-stay-off-the-radar/story-fni0cx12-1226850856018
‘There’s going to be blood now.’
Not if they choose a clean skin.
I fancy Stoner.
The trouble is that the lobbyists on the executive have a large say in Liberal Party pre-selections. Many members owe their position to people who make large profits from delivering favours. Probably not a lot of cleanskins around.
Mike Baird, but he has some ‘arlaming’ views on AGW.
abbott’s hypocrisy is limitless, he went feral on a female journalist for calling nsw govt ‘corrupt’
https://twitter.com/Yunadal/status/456248395410063361
https://twitter.com/Peter_Fox59/status/456248939713282048
I suggested Stoner because he’s a Nats man in trouble, even a short spell in the big chair would shore him up.
‘A Mid North Coast businesswoman is seeking preselection for the National Party in the seat currently held by Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner.’
ABC
The whole thing is like watching Rake.
“………….he went feral on a female journalist for calling nsw govt ‘corrupt’”
And he was right to do so.
You cant call the entire government corrupt over one matter.
If you have a brother that’s a rapist does that make all the males in the family rapists as well.
Of course. All men are rapists.
Well all that finger pointing and head shaking seems to have worked out well for Baz 🙂
Oh Kneely wheely where are you sweetheart?, we’ve pressed you new blouse.. come out and play we have a few stones that you can hurl at the glass house….
Oh..Uncle Rupert can Kneely wheely come out and play? we would so love to hear him sing “holier than thou” in his best castrato voice 🙂
Lets all check the terrograph and see how we are supposed to be outraged shall we? Then we can all blame the ABC 🙂
Lay off the bucket bong Egg.. you’re getting delusional
“You cant call the entire government corrupt over one matter.”
ROFLMAO!
Oh the irony…. That’s comedy gold Walrus…. LOL!!! 😆
So is anyone capable of running Australia?
‘Lay off the bucket bong Egg.. you’re getting delusional’
At least you appreciate my dry sense of humour.
Can anyone else see the rank hypocrisy in the following statement …?
MY comment.
How do you “inadvertently, innocently” mislead ICAC? When you know you are lying.
And how could you possibly call someone honourable after he lies, deceives, cheats and steals?
You cant call the entire government corrupt over one matter.
No … but we should have a Royal Commission on the NSW Liberal Party
Although the RC on Unions covers all unions … maybe all branches of the Liberal Party?
Its because he festup.
#grangegate
Poor Baz don’t get to greet the Royals… Our
fucktarddeceiverleader says he a saint and honorable… maybe a knighthood Sir Baz?indubitably
Why don’t we have a RC on RC’s ? Kneely.. I know you’re hiding 🙂
Imagine if NSW was being run by the minister for late trains and uniforms… fuck me
NSW is still the Best state money can buy since settlement…
http://www.news.com.au/national/internet-reacts-to-nsw-premier-barry-ofarrells-resignation-over-a-bottle-of-wine/story-fncynjr2-1226886315254
I like the one about it being BoF’s last cabernet ….
The most disturbing thing to come out of the NSW ICAC is that it’s the only state that has one.
Now it’s destroyed 2 premiers
Victoria has a Claytons ICAC, it’s an IBAC. As far as I know, they haven’t taken any scalps.
The most disturbing thing to come out of the NSW ICAC is that it’s the only state that has one.
The Qld CMC was set up after the JBP corruption … and Sir Noddy Newman is hell bent on “bringing it to heel” … wonder why?
NSW is still the Best state money can buy since settlement…
Said like a stay at home, Mexican … you should get out more RP … I’ll sponsor your visa application the Sunshine State for a bottle of Grange … nod, nod, wink, wink …
Thanks TB, you’re too kind mate was up there at Crissy actually my aunt has a spread in Mermaid waters…you’re a weird mob up there, nice right handers but no Schooners. Got lots of mates who are refo’s up there from Old Sydney Town… notice there’s no gold statues of Joh up there, he made Askin and Obeid look like an lightweight amateurs
… he made Askin and Obeid look like an lightweight amateurs
And he WALKED! (I met Sir Joh twice … I know who was the real chook!
And Lady fkn Flo kept the money flo (hehe) coming from the senate …
Robber Baron and Baroness at work … suck, suck, suck …
Then the dopey son John thought he’d suck on the teat … failed miserably … might have been his surname … 😉
TB just remember Clive Palmer was his press secretary and part of that whole “white shoe brigade” of “gold coast speculators”… Joh Jnr did have a nice three lane highway out to his place though 🙂
I’ve been out
so who welcomed the born-to-rule today?
“so who welcomed the born-to-rule today?”
I think Walrus represented the Gutter Trash contingent.
so who welcomed the born-to-rule today?
I think Walrus represented the Gutter Trash contingent.
I heard George shit himself laughing …
hahaha, of course he did, so genteel and refined, I bet he does a nice curtsey! 😉
“I bet he does a nice curtsey!”
Well he bent over a barrel… Is that the same thing…?
haha, no it wasn’t a curtsey, he bent over to pick up a goldie he spied on the floor, when he got back up, they’d all passed him by 🙂
who is george? I musta missed something.
A history lesson from Shanahan.
‘When Askin was premier every operator of an illegal off-track betting operation or illegal casino knew that the best way to get things done or to stay alive was to drop a donation, off the books.’
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/barry-ofarrells-lapse-no-reason-for-the-guillotine-20140416-zqvhw.html#ixzz2z2RaAZAB
there will be no `corruption` under a government l lead
#Bof-LIAR
#Tinfoil`Cubicle`Wisdom
we can see why aussie business doesn’t have a problem with a bribery and corruption culture, it’s so commonplace it’s just business as usual.
‘Treasurer Mike Baird and Minister for Transport Gladys Berejiklian are considered frontrunners for the position.’
Oh my dog!
‘At this early stage, Treasurer Mike Baird is being touted as the leading contender. A member of the left faction, Baird also enjoys the support of many in the right thanks to his position on privatisation of public assets.’
Illawarra Mecury
Barry had a “massive memory failure”. Yeah, right Bazza. Next!
Guffaw. Bof is claiming `memory-fail`, and can`t remember charging hookers on his credit-card.
#Bof-LIAR
#Tinfoil`Cubicle`Wisdom
Question for 730reportland: Is Sarah Ferguson “purse-lipped”? If not, then what the hell do you call that thing she does when she speaks?
”””””””’we can see why aussie business doesn’t have a problem with a bribery and corruption culture, it’s so commonplace it’s just business as usual.”””””””’
being able to smoothly transition, no matter what the
plonkerspuntersvoters throw in our direction, makes it essential we own `all` the politicians we can#non-choice #corpocracy
Sarah was feisty and Greiner didn’t think much of her approach.
No idea Tpad`osy, the only thing l can tell you about Ferguson`s purse is, it is where she keeps TJ`s gonads for much of the time.
😆
By the way, Baz: According to Penfold’s The Rewards of Patience, you’d want to be drinking the ’58 Grange, like NOW. (It’s all downhill from here.)
Do people follow royals? I just don’t understand what people see in it, it diametrically opposed to a sense of love for ones own country. Only a Pommy PM would think that ass kissing a bunch of inbred German bludgers is a good thing… Apparently this generation is into it, which does not surprise me as most of the middle class kids act like prince and princesses, hooked on fantasy allergic to effort.
I thought barry’s note showed a very nice hand writing. Made me think more of him.
Apparently this generation is into it, which does not surprise me as most of the middle class kids act like prince and princesses, hooked on fantasy allergic to effort.
that’s true ricky, they are the top of the heap for a generation into celebrity. I heard on telly tonight that whatever the duchess and the baby wear, will have the stores sold out in minutes.
#armchair”””who is george? I musta missed something”””
waity katey`s baby, prince george.?
When will arfur the artful dodger resign? It would be crazy for abbott to bring him back into the ministry, we can’t keep paying for him to be ‘on leave’ or ‘stood aside/suspended’ or whatever it is that he’s doing.
“I heard on telly tonight that whatever the duchess and the baby wear, will have the stores sold out in minutes.”
I get that, I really do. I try and wear the same thing Tones is wearing, at the exact same time he’s wearing it. (Which can be a bit weird, when I’m in a business meeting and he’s in his Speedos.)
waity katey`s baby, prince george.?
oh duh, I don’t keep up with the royalty news!
“I think Walrus represented the Gutter Trash contingent”
Now that’s amusing as it’s pointed towards a Republican
A recently conducted straw poll suggests republicanism maybe making a comeback.
Barry was in the people’s republic just the other day, on important matters of state, and next week he’ll become a backbencher for a year, just in time for the Asian century to kick in.
————–
‘PEOPLE in NSW need to “steel themselves” for more revelations from ICAC hearings that will shake their trust in government, according to former premier Kristina Keneally.
‘Ms Keneally, who lost the premiership when she was defeated by Barry O’Farrell in 2011, said she “takes no joy” in his resignation, despite the fact he was an adversary.’
Rick Morton / Oz
oh duh, I don’t keep up with the royalty news!
I do – for the same reason I research religion … 🙂
==================================
Now that’s amusing as it’s pointed towards a Republican
Wa – aaaay …. this place is full surprises!
==================================
… hearings that will shake their trust in government
Chuckle … what fkn faith …
Just who is running my country?
faith = trust … must have been a religious slip … 🙂
”””’oh duh, I don’t keep up with the royalty news!”””
nah me either, nor the celeb-noise,
‘Just who is running my country?’
Following up on the Third Way, I’m tending towards the concept of giving up our democratic vote in the first tier and strengthen the other two. This is pretty radical and needs fleshing out.
The monk is running the country and doing a damn good job of it.
Since wine is in the news i think i will tell people what i drink.
I usually purchase “Precious Earth” at Aldi for $2.69.
When i have something to celebrate i really splurge and spend $3.99 for Bowlers Run at Woolworths.
But $3.99 is my limit for a bottle of Red wine.
Chuckle … we have something in common then, Kneel, I’m surprised you don’t drink wódka … just to celebrate … BTW Bowlers Run @ $3.99 is a tad high … 😉
Chuckle, l notice the born to rule cheer-leaders are turning to `aldi` for their purchases, pretty soon TB, we will have to start chucking`em out of `lowes`. 🙂
“The team that we take will be a team that’s experienced, it will be a team that’s visionary and it will be a team that is up for the fight.’’
‘The former treasurer, who supports the sale of the state’s $30 billion “poles and wires’’ electricity infrastructure, said decisions to liquidate government assets would be “done with a mandate’’.
“In terms of our asset recycle program, we are considering potential other options in the lead-up to the election but it will be done with a mandate and it will be done with the full endorsement of cabinet and the party room.’’
Oz
Kneels plonk is as cheap as his assertions… 🙂
Brandis is quite delusional ..he’s lost it
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/climate-change-proponents-using-mediaeval-tactics-george-brandis-20140418-zqwfc.html
Yep, Brandis is just another fkn idiot.
””””””””’Comments for this story are no longer available. ABC policy is to delete comments on stories three months after they are published.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-09/jericho-nothing-to-like-about-social-media-gag/5375322
””””””””””””(GUFFAW)
.
””””””””””The vibe from the top is that social media is to be feared, and is now also to be used as a tool of fear. With so few jobs around, and some departments cutting a quarter of their staff, the time is ripe to force harsh restrictions on employees and silence dissent. And PM&C’s guidelines will do just that.””””””””’
.
””””””””””””””It’s always good when your HR policies feel like they came from a Stasi handbook.””””””””
.
”””””””””So much for George Brandis’s belief that we have the right to offend.””””””””””
.
lt seems we will have the `right` to offend `black`people, `white`black-people, `yellow`people, `brown`people, `float`people and `mosque`people with the reheated Brandis-Act. But for some reason we won`t be allowed to offend turds. #Teabags
After reading the actual Brandis interview, not SMH’s version of it, I find myself in furious agreement with the AG.
#speechpolice ——-> #thoughtpolice
#shutuptheleftexplained
Well Tony maybe your hashtags should read
#regressiveagendapolice
#liarsellingapup
#Itrustbrandis
#Idontthinkformyself
This consistent rhetorical nonsense about him protecting free speech is farcical and wasn’t a problem till his poster boy got done. Its no accident of injustice that the recalcitrant Bolt was done for lies. A nationally syndicated so called journalist prints racially motivated lies and they are claiming their free speech is oppressed? What idiocy. Brandis is not the savior of free speech, we are not oppressed in Australia, rather the free prosecutor of ultra conservative media. This lie that opposing views in regard to climate change are being silenced is a farcical nonsense. The opposing view gets far more weight than it can scientifically qualify as it is laden with the burden of conservative propaganda, free ride media and corporate interest rather than actual science.
“This lie that opposing views in regard to climate change are being silenced is a farcical nonsense.”
Indeed.
What I find even more amusing is that the so-called “conservatives” have been out of government for so long, that their so called “common sense” you know, now what with the adults being in charge and all that, sounds even more preposterous than it was when they were in opposition.
I think they finally cottoned on to the idea that they can no longer squeal and wail about the Labor opposition now that they’re in government (although it did take them a while didn’t it), and now have to feign some sort of calm measured approach to governing even though it’s clear to the average Joe that they have no fucking idea what they’re doing.
What happened to the budget emergency, the carbon tax that was going to kill us all and those “peripheral issues” that threatened the entire fabric of our dog-fearing society?
No, the sad shambles of this pack of decrepit old gits that passes for the so-called government is rapidly unravelling an no amount of wailing over “free speech,” aka the right to be a complete cunt and offend anyone you like, without recourse will assuage from the fact the Libs agenda is pure and simply focused on furthering the interests of the corporate sloths that elected them and sapping the serfs to fund the most meagre of essential public services.
Oh how they scoffed and stuffed their fat faces with canapés and grange.
‘This lie that opposing views in regard to climate change are being silenced is a farcical nonsense.’
Bollocks
Jim Lakely on groupthink at the Guardian and his banning.
‘Argument victory strategy of the left: When you’re losing the agrument, construct a straw man. When your straw man is burned up, yell and scream. When your throat gives out, ban all who disagree.’
This is typical of the Fairfax bias-
• The headline on the web page says ”The End of the 8 Hour Working Day”, when they actually work only 7.5 hours or less.
• It mixes news with commentary with the line ” Coalition pursues its hardline policies on pay and employment conditions”. Really? “hardline”? how is getting seeking to balance the public interests (increased public sector efficiency) with the pay claims of taxpayer funded slacking shiny arse buscuit eaters, “hardline”?
Fairfax really is pathetic.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/public-service/public-servants-face-longer-working-hours-to-boost-productivity-20140418-36wsd.html#ixzz2zI4rGY00
James Packer may have a job lined up for Barry O’Farrell at Sydney’s second casino for all the accomplishments that he achieved whilst in office like the speedy approval of Sydney’s second casino and the integritty that he has displayed.
BoF won’t go there for the reasons you outline, that’s why Chinese infrastructure is still the best bet in recovering his integrity.
””””””””””””’The Public Service Commission, which is co-ordinating the push, gave more detail.
”The government’s bargaining policy provides that agencies cannot reduce current hours of work,” a spokeswoman said. ”There is nothing that prevents agencies from negotiating to increase hours, having regard to the National Employment Standards, for example, as a productivity offset for wage increases.”
Professionals Australia public service organiser Dave Smith accused the government and public service chiefs of having a ”punch-clock mentality”.
”This is a double whammy,” Mr Smith said. ”At the same time as jobs are being cut, employees are effectively looking at working an extra week every year.
”This is a 1950s approach that focuses on a punch-clock mentality rather than outputs.””””””””””””’
.
””””””””It’s not genuine productivity.
”Our members are already working hundreds of additional unpaid hours to cover existing science and engineering skills gaps.””””””””””””””
#its the teabag`s wet-dream (hundreds of additional unpaid hours)
#while `productivity` is the `generic` buzz-word, that is never defined clearly within these type of write-ups and probably should be ignored
”This is a 1950s approach that focuses on a punch-clock mentality rather than outputs.
Yeah!!
Public servants should be paid more for working fewer hours. The burden for supporting them should increasingly fall on those stupid enough to continue to work in the private sector on award wages of about $19/hr.
That makes sense.
l repeat
””””””””It’s not genuine productivity.
”Our members are already working hundreds of additional unpaid hours to cover existing science and engineering skills gaps.”””””””””””””
for the sake of `willful` blindness
###”””hundreds of additional unpaid hours”””###
ends-up in your twisted mind as
””Public servants should be paid more for working fewer hours.””
#Tinfoil
”””””those stupid enough to continue to work in the private sector on award wages””””
why are they stupid.?
Great , Fantastic.. We have a rampart Godbothering Premier than nobody voted for, pushing ahead with privitising everything including “Hospitals” and public health…. Hey Liberal voters..good on you all..well done, sterling effort. First Abbott now this, cracker, you guys are in fire.
http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/new-premier-mike-baird-shares-his-private-views-20140419-36xsy.html
“My passion is to look at every possible opportunity for the infrastructure the community is crying out for.”
Hear Hear
Yeah!
#Stupid teabagz government#
They might want public servants to work the number of hours that other people work in order to get a pay rise.
All that would mean is that they’d need more Tim Tams and Pablo instant coffee.
##teabagz don’t understand hard working public servants##
‘Argument victory strategy of the left: When you’re losing the agrument, construct a straw man. When your straw man is burned up, yell and scream. When your throat gives out, ban all who disagree.’
That actually describes you, egg …
===========================
They might want public servants to work the number of hours that other people work in order to get a pay rise.
And here I was thinking it was about productivity and results not just hours at work …
BTW, ToM, what’s your daily/hourly rate these days?
Disclaimer: I do actually believe most PS are lazy incompetent sods … but ya can’t let ToM BS either … 🙂
###Yeah###
That’s right TB, stupid teabagz think there is some corelation between time spent performing an activity and the likelihood of its completion.
“””””””””””””””””Teabagz don’t get “””””work””””””””””””””””
###################
Meanwhile, my the surf on the coast is ideal today.
Well, I mean my surf was far from ideal, but the conditions were great.
I’m personally thinking about having a walking frame installed on my board, I’m becoming so unsteady.
‘That actually describes you, egg …’
We are winning the argument and have no need of a strawman, so you are wrong headed.
Vale Neville Wran …
++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I’m personally thinking about having a walking frame installed on my board, I’m becoming so unsteady.
Just don’t drink so much
pissexpensive wine …As for the PS … they probably demonstrate Parkinson’s Law better than any other profession, trade or labour …
Turnbull on Wran …
http://www.malcolmturnbull.com.au/media/farewell-neville-wran-1926-2014
Good catch, Tony.
Bolt gets paid by the word.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/opinion/the-new-church-of-bigotry-is-enticing-worshippers/story-fni0ffxg-1226890561410
More “just made up” crap from Fairfax…
This follows the recent “8 Hour Day Under Attack” crap (the slothful public servants don’t even work 8 hours a day!)
What’s going on with The Age?
Are they just being maneuvered into being the opposite of Andrew Bolt? Are their readers attracted to bullsh!t? Do they want to set new, lower standards in tabloid journalism?
Re – disability pensions, I find it entirely reasonable that the government is considering having people independently medically assessed to obtain the benefit; it is also reasonable that there may be a range of variations of the benefit.
It is reasonable that the government always look for efficient ways to spend our money.
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/disability-pension-attack-20140419-36y2q.html
————–
Thanks for the advice TB, but I think it has more to do with the age of the knees rather than the age of the wine!
‘Are they just being maneuvered into being the opposite of Andrew Bolt?’
Apparently.
‘Are their readers attracted to bullsh!t?’
It does appear so.
‘Do they want to set new, lower standards in tabloid journalism?’
They Age has little to recommend it, but the SMH still has some spark, they caught Craig Thomson with a masterly piece of investigative journalism.
LOL! @ ToM … I know the feeling … (from both sources come to think of it!!!!)
Queensland government behaving despicably in pushing rail infrastructure across good agricultural land.
http://www.lockthegate.org.au/tags/central_qld
‘DEPUTY Premier Andrew Stoner says the National Party will demand at least $10 billion in infrastructure funding for the bush, a reduction in power prices and a regional jobs guarantee before agreeing to Premier Mike Baird’s proposed $30 billion sale of the electricity networks or “poles and wires”.
Clennell and Wood / Daily Terror
And another one bites the dust … Sir Noddy and the LNP just keeps crumblin’ in the Sunshine State …
http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/david-gibson-facing-allegations-he-was-charged-with-theft-in-1999/story-fnii5v6w-1226892723503
At this rate they’ll all be resigned, become independent or sacked come the next election in Queensland …
””””’most PS are lazy incompetent sods””””
Why is that TB.? #public-servants
Why is that TB.?
I don’t know every fkn thing, Tbag!
It did strike me that no-one here commented on Parkinson’s Law … especially supposed business managers and economists …
“It did strike me that no-one here commented on Parkinson’s Law”
Ignorant me had to look it up, but found it interesting (and true), especially when it comes to the public service… Guffaw..
It also supports the old theory that if you want a job done, give it to the busiest person in the office…
Chuckle … it is a beauty, sreb, and as you point out, easily quantified … a very useful tool if you have tools working for you …
… once you identify the law to intelligent managers, they realise the importance of setting deadlines and outcomes … and following up …
Probably significant that your comment popped up so quickly … 😉
TB””””Disclaimer: I do actually believe most PS are lazy incompetent sods … but ya can’t let ToM BS either”””’
.
Why is that TB.?
TB”””I don’t know every fkn thing, Tbag!”””
sorry grandpa, l thought ya`might have had a `reason` for your `anti-federal-public`servant stance, l don`t think l`ve ever had to deal with them myself.
l don`t think l`ve ever had to deal with them myself.
Then you don’t (or haven’t) run a small business … especially one that has to be audited by incompetent 25yo with no quals in running a business nor in the profession that they are auditing … and their managers are no better ..
OK?
They sound just like `trainers`, advisers, time and motion studies, and similar types that tend to annoy the crap out of the general workforce. 🙂
#post
l really got the shits with all the fcuking apologists for Bof-LIAR in the teabag-media, at the end of the day, the dude that gave Bof-LIAR the 3-grand bottle of `collectors` investment-grade wine, was doing so to gain the ear of Bof-LIAR, if not a bribe.
Would everybody still be apologising for Bof-LIAR if instead it was a 3-grand gold jewelery for his wife, or a 3-grand envelope for Bof-LIAR`s pocket.
#Go-ON, Wail you fcuking Teabags
Still haven’t got ya meds right, Bagz?
” Why is that TB.? #public-servants”
I’ll chime in…
Public servants don’t understand the concept of singular accountability, they hunt in packs.
I had to go to meetings with public servants about some of the projects I’ve been involved in, I’d turn up on my own, but there would be half a dozen of them. Each relatively senior public servant had to take a sidekick or note taker, meetings would always be scheduled around lunchtime sot that the public could feed them.
They are hopelessly inefficient, and would never survive in the private sector with their labour intensive practices for meetings.
Yeah, close, ToM, I’m so glad I walked out on the two interviews I had with government departments …
… although I was a (sort of PS) Branch Head myself, for 12 months and a day with the PNG Electricity Commission (Elcom) …
… I was not popular with the ex-PS (from around the world) who’d “dropped in” for a resume “kick” … and “unfortunately” three expats and a national “resigned” under my stewardship … then we started to kick arse! 🙂
‘Still haven’t got ya meds right, Bagz?’
**chuckle**