Scott Morrison Vows to get people off Welfare

If he “stops the welfare” the same he “stopped the boats”, get ready for some tough times ahead.

We have record numbers of boat movements in the region, and record numbers of drownings, but, since our media have eyes wide shut, it isn’t happening.

Some perspective before ltdnews ratchets it up

Yes that is the Labor Party way.

Hand the incoming govt a nightmare to deal with and then make fun of them when they have trouble cleaning up the mess.

TomR can only teach me one thing- how to be a nasty human being.

I’l vote for a party that promises to get big business off welfare. The more they don’t pay their fair share, the more the taxpayers, the poor and needy are screwed over.

(“Various ministers and commentators have said that the Government’s problem has been one of communication, but I doubt Mr Abbott and co. really care about that.

Let’s focus on that, not which Wiggle is wearing which skivvy.

Tim Dunlop: The more things shuffle, more they stay the same)

No contraception, no dole

IF a person’s sole source of income is the taxpayer, the person, as a condition of benefit, must have contraception. No contraception, no benefit.
This is not an affront to single mothers or absent fathers, or struggling parents. Such a measure will undoubtedly affect strugglers, it undoubtedly will affect Aboriginal and Islander people in great proportions, but the idea that someone can have the taxpayer, as of right, fund the choice to have a child is repugnant.
Large families of earlier generations were the result of the combination of absent contraception and the need to have many children, in order that some survive to care for parents in old age.
These conditions do not now apply. Infant mortality is minuscule in all sectors of society, and the taxpayer picks up the tab for aged care.
Therefore, there should be no taxpayer inducement to have children. Potential parents of poor means, poor skills or bad character will choose to have children. So be it. But no one should enter parenthood while on a benefit.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/no-contraception-no-dole/story-fn8v83qk-1227169545069

This seems reasonable – people who rely on welfare/taxpayers should not be provided with incentives to have more children, intergenerational welfare is not a desirable social objective.

(queue the responses about the luxurious paid parental leave scheme Abbott proposes)

“I think people should be paid incentives not to have children, after all, the planet is already over populated and that fits with the lib ideology to provide incentives to stop undesirable behaviour”

Well you finally let it slip but you ended with the wrong conclusion.

My greeny friend at work told me the world is overpopulated and that humans are a pest on the planet. I think that is the opinion of most greens. Furthermore he wanted a cull in the human population so we have a more sustainable population.

But you finally said it. The planet is overpopulated and breeding is undesirable behaviour. That is green ideology not lib ideology.

“If it’s not lib ideology, why are they in the papers saying, no contraception, no dole then?”

There are two topics.

One topic is people gaining access to welfare because they do not want to work which is the topic that Gary Johns, an ALP member and part of the Keating govt is talking about. Actually it was Costello who introduced the baby bonus.

The other topic which you introduced was overpopulation. It is well known that The Greens think the world is overpopulated. Of course they actually don’t come out and say what every intelligent person knows they actually believe.

Various studies have shown the wider social and economic benefits of having quality paid parental leave. It’s only the level of benefit that is debated.

On the other hand, we see intergenerational welfare, and the current system provides an incentive to have more children.

This is hardly in the interests of anyone – taxpayer, welfare recipient or society.

‘It should not be an ‘either or” situation.’

A revolution would take money from the rich and the middle class to raise the poor from degradation. Oh wait, that’s what is happening now.

…Paid parental leave is a workplace entitlement, not welfare. Like all leave it should be paid for by the employer as a cost of doing business…

That’s right. It should be given only to women who actively participate in the workforce, it should compensate them for interrupted careers and financial losses [compared to the males] associated with being required to stop work and produce the children of the next generation.

A revolution would take money from the rich and the middle class to raise the poor from degradation. Oh wait, that’s what is happening now.

‘There are two great dangers facing the planet, not one. And not to recognise that is crazy indeed…’

A nuclear war would be unfortunate and we are fairly ignorant of the galactic bruvverhood’s intentions, but over population and global warming are non events.

It’s only the level of benefit that is debated.

It’s the level of benefit provided by the state that is debated yomm 😉

Under the yabot proposal, those high income workers who currently have access to ppl provided by employers will simply have the state pay for that rather than their employer. Another great tax offset for rich companies.

That is where the problem arises imo.

‘More than half the world’s population now lives in countries where the fertility rate – the average number of babies born per woman – is below the replacement level (around 2.1).’

Guardian

AO – ”Why can’t we have both ToM?
Why must the poor and disadvantaged be screwed so the well off can get more taxpayer funded welfare.

I think welfare is too easy to get. The (slightly) intellectually disabled daughter of a friend recently gave up work, because it was too hard, and it was more convenient to go on a pension. She had been working for over 10 years.

She’s now likely to spend about 40 years on a disability pension before progressing to the old aged pension.

I’m quite happy to pay welfare to people without the capacity to work, but it is too readily available to those with capacity.

Similarly, it is in the interest of no one to have people on welfare having additional children, and the suggestion of “no contraception, no welfare” is one that deserves serious consideration.
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With regard to PPL, I agree that Abbott’s policy is overly generous in the current circumstances (and the ALP’s one is far too lean). It should be the policy object to be phased in over a decade. The big bang approach to implementation is a political manoeuvre.

Moving the income cap to average weekly earnings, for 26 weeks, is a reasonable next step.

I agree that Abbott’s policy is overly generous in the current circumstances (and the ALP’s one is far too lean). It should be the policy object to be phased in over a decade.

And on the heels of stupidity, comes remarkable lucidity. Mind you, the ALP had always said this was the first step, to be expanded over time, so, it appears you agree with them 😉

She was capable enough to spend 10 years in (supported) employment.

And has there been any change in that ” (supported) employment”?

Has there been a deterioration in her disability?

Has there been much left out of what you tell us? Or much added?

Blaming the Bludgers is a fools errand. You are eminently qualified for such a task.

I see stupid TomR is back wanting to give welfare to everybody.

Ten years ago, Australian made cars comprised 25% of the market. Under 6 years of Rudd/Gillard management where they gave the car industry everything they wanted, local car manufacturing fell to 10% of the market.

If we gave them even more money local car manufacturing would have shrunk to zero which would have been the outcome of TomR’s beliefs.

local car manufacturing fell to 10% of the market.

Don’t you mean Holdens?

“My understanding ”

My understanding?

My understanding is that you are a fundamentalist deadbeat who wants to stuff your immoral and failed beliefs down everybodies throat.

The fact is under Rudd/Gillard local car manufacturing fell to 10% of the local market.

Subsidies produced cars that nobody wanted to buy.

But go ahead TomR and destroy the lives of even more people.

My understanding?

Yes. You made a claim, perhaps you can sustain it?

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-16/kohler-car-industry/5025360

“In 2008, local manufacturers sold 160,000 cars out of total Australian sales of 1.1 million, or 22 per cent. In 2012, local manufacture was 138,000, or 12 per cent of the market. Year to date 2013, this is down to 10 per cent, which is to say 90 per cent of cars are imported.”

TomR

You have to be a Russian spy who wants to destroy Australia.

But hey lets have more welfare because it really works.

AO – I don’t mind if the Tax Dept goes after tax avoiders, I’m quite happy with all measures that reasonably limit the impost on those of us that already pay plenty of tax.

Equally, I think those under the old aged pension should be encouraged to engage in some form of employment, training or rehabilitation, to the maximum level of their capability. Having a system that promotes people at their mid-20s existing on a pension for 40 years isn’t in anyone’s interest.
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(Ricky, next time you post some judgment made on the basis of personal experience, I’ll make sure I point out your inconsistency/hypocrisy)

lol AO

He said if it were not for the Coalition’s crackdown on waste, the costs would be far worse.

It’s a river in Africa isn’t it? 😉

Scum like this fucker are why the union movement, connected to a political wing need/must exist.

Was just worth repeating 😉

But hey lets have more welfare because it really works.

Every industry and country has it, except of course now for our automotive industry

From TB’s link, which shows that the 10% figure is a bit of a bogey, as can be seen from market share of the companies, or the link here, which has Holden at number four in country of origin

http://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/australianmade-car-sales-hit-new-low-20140106-30cq2.html

In my opinion this decision isn’t good for her in the long term.

yer all hart Dryomm(phD) 😉

that is if you’re not too busy sunning yourself on a beach or drinking, eating & shopping

We need morriscum to get him off of his self-fare!!

Hockey told them to get stuffed

Yep. Meanwhile, he lines the pockets of the big internationals, miners and energy companies.

Welcome to the ‘modern’ welfare state.

And under hockeys proposal, all those workers he told to get stuffed will get nothing for 6 months of the year, unlike gina, who is rolling in the grubmints dough.

I don’t recall. My understanding is that Holden/Toyota wanted even MORE welfare because Ford pulled out. They were always going to get what Gillard promised.

Please give me a link to prove me wrong.

PS locally made cars fell to less than 10% under Rudd/Gillard from 25% 10 years ago. Their jobs were already gone. To have a local industry we need to have 50% locally made.

‘No, but we’ve had a lot of change in the CLIMATE … the argument is about Climate Change not just one aspect (warming) of it … ‘

Climate has always changed, predicting where its going is the tricky part.

1. Have I said otherwise?
2. That looks like an “opinion” of yours that can be
• Ridiculed
• Attacked
• Dismissed
• Ignored

I’ll have the good grace to just ignore it.
3. So?? You’re the only one talking about the green army. This young woman worked a (private sector) warehouse. She was productively employed doing sorting and packing, she had colleagues, and seemed to enjoy their company. (Ricky, if proof is needed of your inclination to anger based on incorrect assumptions, it’s here.)
4. Yet another incorrect assumption. Her (former) colleagues were doing the same work, they don’t have the luxury of just giving it up. There are plenty of well-intentioned agencies that seek this type of work for the intellectually disabled. They should be encouraged, but you incorrectly disdain the good work they perform
5. Who knows, that looks like another “opinion” of yours that can be
• Ridiculed
• Attacked
• Dismissed
• Ignored

This young woman received plenty of travel assistance, was regularly in training programs, but (according to her parents who are probably more familiar with her circumstances than you), she (with her new friend’s encouragement) found it easier to take a disability pension than to continue engaged in supported work.

Ricky, you launched into me on the basis of a range of incorrect assumptions, I can only assume that you’re a dickhead mistaken.

Egg fuck off you derailing troll

Well put
Anyway, back to reality

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2015/jan/04/south-australia-bushfires-leave-a-ghostly-trail-of-ash-and-ruin

So much for “Run to the Hills”

At least conditions are much better today, things are looking far better 🙂

“Considering we have been over this dozens of times before, I’ll go with the reams of evidence I have already put up over your ramblings.”

Well i found a link which said the car industry was going to get subsidies under the Coalition. Just not the extra funding they wanted because Ford pulled out.

http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/holden-to-end-car-manufacturing-in-australia-and-import-cars/story-fnda1bsz-1226781056615

“He said money earmarked for Holden would probably now be redirected to Toyota.

“That money will go to Toyota and the component industry, providing they accept the plan that is worked out through the consultation process,” Mr Macfarlane said”

And from the History of Holden figure

Under Howard
2004
Holden produces 165,000 vehicles. Factory worker numbers= 7350

Under Rudd/Gillard
2013
Australian production levels fall to its lowest since 1958 (84,000). Factory worker numbers = 1760.

Where are the facts you claim to add Ricky? I’m outlining a reasonable example of welfare rather than work, and said this is undesirable, in my opinion.

All you’ve done is overlay these circumstances (that you know nothing about) with additional opinion (now based on the experience of your own acquaintances) spiced up with some of your base level ridicule.
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You’ve now said – ‘ here I denigrate the work of agencies that work with the disabled ? (some of which were cut by this government is the “fair “budget) Where did I say that?”
Decent agencies that seek paid work for people do a good job, and without any knowledge of the work she was preforming and the efforts made to get her into employment, you said –

2 Without incentive people are locked in a spiral of a menial existence that will lead to all sorts of problems ranging from Motivation to depression.
3. This whole idea of things like the green army motivating people or existing on the bottom run with no hope of climbing the ladder is just pure bullshit.

Now just tell me exactly what you know about this case that is factual, rather than just posing another simple minded rant.

Really Ricky?

Do you honestly think that having someone on a disability pension for 40 years, as distinct from having them engage with work colleagues, giving them a sense of self support and contribution is lacking in empathy.

Quite the contrary, subsistence living on a pension (FOR 40 YEARS) encouraging the “worthless to work” mentality, is the one lacking any empathy

It took the Church 359 years to work out Galileo got it right, the earth goes around the shiny orb.

http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/01/world/vatican-science-panel-told-by-pope-galileo-was-right.html

“the most productive is the work you spend on self. Self reflection, self enlightenment, self understanding.

Fine with me.

But I trust that you don’t expect the taxpayer to fund this “work”

generalised anecdotal fabrication

Says the guy who’s just posted about a range of “friends” to justify his positon.

you are not qualified in the slightest to make that statement

Sys the guy who’s posted opinions about the capacity and intelligence of his “friends”

you are hyperventilating your own prejudices and attaching them as opinions once again without and substantive factual support

…and let’s look at all the “facts” Ricky has so far posted in this exchange..

I’m calling you out on this as utter projected bullshit.

Says the guy who lapses into insults, personal experience and “friends” to justify each comment he’s made so far on this topic.

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All this while assuming that it was some form of “green army” or “menial” work.

AO – ” What brilliant and highly paid sheltered workshop work has this foolish girl rejected ToM?

That’s the arrogance that you’ve (unusually) repeated AO. It wasn’t a “sheltered workshop”, it was a normal warehouse and administration centre, where they packaged up some straightforward activities (mailing, taping up boxes, labelling etc) into a proper job for someone with a mild intellectual disability.

You and RIcky seem to have a problem with that.

But I trust that you don’t expect the taxpayer to fund this “work”

How could they be, they’re far too busy funding miners and accountants to worry about pesky things like the disabled.

What if you were paid, say, $1.79 an hour?

Ask the Wal-mart workers

is ensuring regional food security for millions

Ask AWB 😯

We will probably never know their names, but one thing we do know – one in 20 of the richest people in Australia tried to evade paying their fair share of tax in recent years.

Given our overall wealth, this shames us all.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/tax-evasion-by-super-rich-hurts-every-australian-20150103-12gbd5.html

Our country is officially a fuckwit!

I see concentration camps have been mentioned. Well this is what the ALP/Greens built from 2007-2013

Wickham Point (established in Darwin in 2011)
Curtin (near Derby, WA, reopened in 2010)
Scherger (near Weipa, Queensland, established in 2010)
Yongah Hill (near Northam, WA, established in 2012)
There was also
Inverbrackie Alternative Places of Detention opened 2010
Leonora Alternative Place of Detention opened 2010
Port Augusta Immigration Residential Housing reopened 2010″
Manus Island reopened in 2012

It was the ALP/Greens who built the concentration camps.
It was the ALP/Greens who locked up record numbers of people.
It was the ALP/Greens who locked up record numbers of children

It was the ALP/Greens who encouraged people to come to Australia by boat leading to several thousand drownings.

It was the ALP/Greens who sold our humanitarian places to the highest bidder destroying the lives of thousands of people in UNHCR camps who we would have taken if Howard was in power.

ALP/Greens people have no conscience and do not care about the damage they cause. Doing untold damage and not giving a stuff about the lives they destroy.

Natural totalitarians the lot of them. And the same thing will happen if the ALP gets back in.

Ricky, agree with you on the disability-girl-pensioner no longer working, when it comes to working `real` fcuking jobs or welfare, yomm is fcuking a clueless zealot, armchair is bang-on with the nazi `work will set you free` slogan. Being an indoctrinated zealot that has been pushed arse-backwards into a cosy work situation, he does `project` his situation onto everybody elses which leads him to state arrogantly and ignorantly, what `he` declares is `reasonable` for others to be paid, how much shit they should tolerate, and how little they `deserve`, despite never having worked in that `actual` job, or circumstances.

A worker, a CEO, and yomm sit at at table. On the table is a dozen donuts, of which, the CEO promptly eats 11 of the donuts. The CEO then turns to yomm and says `that worker want to eat your donut`.

#This is the way yomm thinks, a true believer of corporate indoctrination, and practices the `downward-envy` he has been trained in. This is why he can bleat incessantly about the tax `he` pays supports some bludger, and thinks the bludger is on welfare, when in reality, the greatest bludging parasites in our nation are the mega-rich who pay minute percentages of tax, off-shore in havens, and have loopholes and rebates that minimises their taxable to levels unjust to the rest of us.

re the GP abuses inflicted on an unassuming electorate by deer leeder, it looks like, as I guessed at earlier, the real killer is the changes to the rebate for consultations under 10 minutes. The killer line “For many GP’s, the rebate will no longer cover the cost of providing that service, and bulk-billing will become a loss-making exercise.”

The takeout from that, as far as I can see, is that bulk-billing is dead. So, providing exceptions for pensioners etc will not mean jack shit when nobody is offering it anymore.

And the worst part, according to this facebook tweet (?) (or perhaps the comment I found it through), these changes are already in, snuck through without any oversight during the xmas break. I’m not 100% sure on that though at the moment, but the message clearly indicates that number one will be coming into effect on the 19/1/2015, and number one is the one that will kill bulk billing, the first major step in the dismantling of Medicare.

fuckers!

Here are the changes to Medicare the government snuck in before Xmas. Do not require legislation. Please RT widely http://t.co/pcb46ZfZEg—
Simon Chapman AO (@SimonChapman6) January 04, 2015

Funniest thing in that story I read about nasty Bikies in Queensland, is that most are apparently swapping their vote from lib to Labor.

So, the lib power-base, in the past, had been built from Bikies blood money (if you follow the murdoch logic, which I don’t)

murdoch is so pathetic, does anybody really credence any reality to their bile anymore? (the usual suspects ignored of course sb 😉 )

Yes, here is Victoria I think there is a CFMEU (Comancheros Branch)

(Given the penchant for gang-colour blue, lithesome lycra, adornment with club-sponsor slogos, and dubious interrelationships with entitled entities, an outside observer might be hard-pressed to distinguish the contemporary LNP from a bikie organization, anyway.)

THUGS!!

Abbott won an election because of the utter incompetence of Rudd/Gillard/Rudd. underhandedness of rudd and the unhinging of our media outlets.

A media who are now surprised at the fucken idiot they helped into power, fuckwits!

(Yep; replacing direct observation and scrutiny by the Fourth Estate with stage-managed PR by one and/or another of the Three Estates is good for democracy; and either acquiescing to that paradigm or cheering it on is (the) ideal; although, TB’s film review never did quite say what happened with/to Peter, or with/to the donuts.)

or with/to the donuts.

I blame the #unionbikiethugs!!

reinstate him as leader and try to pass him off to the Australian people as PM?

Good question. I never liked it, but then, I’m not a pollie 😉

With 20/20, it is now being argued by some (who might be said are putting the best light on a poor decision) that this was really the only way to get rid of him completely. Obviously, he turned out to be a far more deranged fool than anyone could anticipate, and nothing except an election loss could prevent that.

It really was looking like Labor were gone for good by the time they re-instated him. His job of undermining and chaos had been so successful that no matter who took them to the election, they were toast.

The other thing is, the attacks on Gillard were so unrelenting and unhinged that even a total fuckwit like rudd would have got more seats than she could have.

Considering he wasn’t going away, and considering the likelihood of further leaks during the election, this does seem to be a plausible explanation. It also explains the absolute silence that he was greeted with by Labor at Gough Whitlams funeral. He is obviously despised within their ranks now, but, at least he is gone.

And good fucken riddance.

He could have been lionisd as the man who saw off howard, instead, he will be remembered as a snivelling rat who brought down a great Government.

Like I said, that’s just one take on the situation 😉

lolAO

Maybe we should start another one

“The Bikies made me do it!” 🙂

Both deranged and dangerous [to the nation] fools IMO

I AGREE!

rudd “[to the nation] ” because he allowed the mad monk into power (it still makes me cringe saying it )

They paid $10,000 each to fly over, they were right there and not allowed to attend.

Have they officially changed the PMO title to be the MOT yet?

‘Hard to ignore that thinking without actually …… thinking’

He maybe suffering from cognitive dissonance.

He maybe suffering from cognitive dissonance.

You’re the expert there

https://mobile.twitter.com/biscuitdigital/status/552252151871700993/photo/1

‘You’re the expert there’

You’re too kind, luv the poster.

‘Just ..how will he get better?’

He won’t change, but if the government as a whole performs better over the next coupe of years then the electorate may see him in a different light.

His reelection will be dependent on massive foreign investment in infrastructure.

“It’s profoundly implausible that any Australian prime minister would want to have a secret visit to Australian troops and, plainly, there was footage released of everything that I did yesterday, but for understandable security reasons it is difficult to get people into Iraq at the moment and it was for security reasons that I was unable to take local media in.

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/06/tony-abbott-wont-rule-out-increasing-troops-iraq

It may be “profoundly implausible”, yet it occurred. And, it wasn’t like it was a secret, it had been advertised internationally (ie, not by our media) well in advance (days? weeks?)

The ABC acted all surprised but, a modicum of investigative journalism (ie, reading international newspapers) would have revealed the plan.

plainly, there was footage released of everything

Of “everything”? Well, we only have yabots clearly unbelievable word on that, so in other words, we DIDN’T see “everything”, did we. And yes, the footage was released by the Ministry Of Trooth. I would be going over everything with a fine tooth comb for evidence of manipulation. or example, was the jacket he wore just photoshopped from a Henry Winkler photo shoot back in the 70’s?

The grubmint continues to treat the electorate with unveiled contempt. It is only fitting that those feelings are returned.

BTW dickhead in Iraq, we have a massive fire going on over here, not sure if you noticed. I heard you mention something about centrelink, I wonder if this was referring to the payments for crisis relief you just cut? Apart from that, no message of goodwill etc, just that centrelink will look after the details. FFS

Interestingly, I recalled Gillard being abused by the media for not being at a natural disaster site, only for it to be discovered she was. Yet she was still condemned for it anyway, because they thought she should have been at the location they were.

fuckers!

http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/qantas-named-worlds-safest-airline/story-e6frfq80-1227176759282

QANTAS has been named the world’s safest airline, after a year when fatal air accidents soared above the 10-year average.
In a report published by AirlineRatings.com last night, Qantas was lauded for amassing “an extraordinary record of firsts” in safety and operations over its 94-year history.

People should remember this next time they’re deciding whether to spend $1950 rather than $2200 on an airfare.

‘Australia needs a clear long-term energy policy’

Coal Coal Coal?

QANTAS has been named the world’s safest airline

Thanks to Union dominated maintenance staff they forgot to mention 😉

it just follows the El Nino/El Nina Cycle

ROFL

Have you taken over for grodo as resident dimwit?

I guess the “El Nino/El Nina Cycle” is constant warming trend then (which isn’t really a “cycle” then is it) 😉

Do not be afraid, a regional cooling trend is expected to begin around 2019 and should last a couple of decades.

I think the only reasonable response to that would be “grodo, you are a fucking dickhead”

2014 was Earth’s hottest year since records began in 1891, according to new data from the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA):

There are lots of short-term variations here and there — for instance, El Niño years like 1998 tend to be a bit hotter, while La Niña years are a bit cooler — so not every year will necessarily set heat records. But the overall trend is up.

http://www.vox.com/2015/1/6/7502249/2014-hottest-year

Just to highlight the extreme stupidity displayed by denialists 🙂

Don’t do it TB.

TomR is proof that there are plenty of idiots roaming the streets. There’s just fewer LNP ones.

But it only takes one idiot to come by your house and at best you’ll end up with a late night half brick through a front window.

And why would you want people to think you are a forever rusted on when you claim you are not ?

I wouldn’t have an Lib sign on my property even if they paid me.

“”But the overall trend is up.””

Really……………………….?

And anyway if for a moment it is, no amount of stupidity in policy making by the Left and its activists like you is going to change that at all.

‘Just to highlight the extreme stupidity displayed by denialists’

On closer inspection it seems 1877-78 were hotter because of a strong El Nino and a very positive NAO, coupled with a large spike in solar activity.

http://c3headlines.typepad.com/.a/6a010536b58035970c01b7c725c9a7970b-pi

‘Trend, dickhead!

‘Really……………………….?’

The hiatus cannot last forever, place your bets now.

grodo, you’re a pathetic case

And, wasn’t there a special thread where you go about posting lies and spreading bullshit without infesting us with the fucken garbage (which is all it is)

Debating it is pointless AO, as reality does not sink into this one, it lives on lies and bullshit

(If you’re into (waxed-cardboard) garden gnomes as neutral-colour outdoor decor, go for it, I say, TB.

Otherwise, I acknowledge and appreciate Reb’s check-in, and am kinda anticipating HD’s, given that I don’t know much about SA, other than what I read from TomR, who is usually more right than I’d sometimes like.)

(Oh, there acting PM Truss is: “Speaking to the BBC, Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss said: “We are doing everything we possibly can but nature is powerful, fires are powerful and everyone must respond to that threat.” Mention of Ash Wednesday brings back “horrific memories for Australians”, Mr Truss said, adding that the consolation this time is there there has been no similar loss of life.)

who is usually more right than I’d sometimes like.

I appreciate the sentiment Meta, but comments like that might make you less right than you’d sometimes like.

fuck off dickhead

Back on the WASTE and RECKLESS SPENDING

Private recruiting firms reaped a bonanza of more than $100 million in Commonwealth contracts in 2014, cashing in on the Abbott government’s public service hiring freeze.

The federal opposition says the figures show the government’s public sector policies are a false economy, allowing bureaucrats to leave with large redundancy payouts only to return, sometimes within weeks, as contractors.

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/public-service-hiring-freeze-delivers-100-million-cash-bonanza-to-private-recruiters-20150107-12irwb.html

Of course, to defend themselves, the libs do what all dickheads do, they lie

“Despite Labor’s secret, unfunded 14,500 public service job cuts, the Coalition government is managing an orderly reduction in the size of the APS to a more sustainable level,” Senator Abetz said.

secret? unfunded?

Just because the libs cannot read public documents does not mean it was secret. Really, statements like that that are patently false should be countered as they are uttered. That’s called journalism, else it is just churnalism.

It also looks the firies have got on top of things back in the Adelaide Hills, so things are returning to normalcy(? for Adelaide anyway 😉 )

Interesting image from NASA showing the fire zone. It is the top right corner of the first image. Not sure why it looks black all the way down the line of hills? There have been numerous smaller fires through there, but I think it is more a shadow or something?

By the way it’s nice to see reb here, participating on his blog

Don’t feed the fuckwit ao.

Campbell Newman is lying to you, and he knows it:

Well, he is a rwdb dickhead

“”We’re off to see The Imitation Game this arvo, looking forward to it … “”

Excellent………………finally we’ll have someone on this Blog that can decipher Teabagz comments

“”This time around Noddy’s lot has to go … “”

LOL……….you might get rid of Noddy but I think you’ll be keeping with the LNP.

Just as in NSW the previous ALP government was such a stinking carcass that even ICACs investigations of (it must be a dozen by now) LNP members has not resulted in much change in the likely outcome of our March election.

FMD! I might end up in jail yet!

I’m pretty sure ALP signage is outlawed you outlaw 😉

just saw the image TB, even the young lib types (it looks like) were having a laugh.

We are all human after all (ok, youse are 😉 )

lol, the “criminal” is free

had enough of us

The most probable 😉

“”……………obviously they’re omitting critical details””

Like what ????????????

There is nothing in those Links that disputes the fact she is a complete and utter fuckwit.

I suppose you are OK with a convicted killer with a history of violence living next door to you on his $350K payout are you.

Would anyone let us know if he’s not OK?

https://theguttertrash.com/2014/12/22/scott-morrison-vows-to-get-people-off-welfare/#comment-90425
He seemed fine 49hrs 16 min ago!

“”My thoughts have ranged:
drunk and debauched
plane crash victim
recovering from plastic surgery
had enough of us””

All of that is plausible……….

Perhaps having had a complete gutful of us he proceeded to get drunk and debauched on the plane over there whereupon on landing he became a plane crash victim when the crew on landing had had enough of him so they collectively picked him up and threw him face first onto the airport tarmac resulting in extensive plastic surgery from which he is now recovering

They’re an flight crew wally, not accountants 😉

“Nearly got ripped off from this guy selling knock off Samsung Galaxy 5s handsets this morning.”

What the Fuck………….you mean they sell copies of stuff in Asia ?

Who would have thought that sort of caper was going on ?

Why dont you buy TB a knocked off Samsung with a nice big screen.

It would go perfectly with all the pirated stuff he watches

🙂

Holiday reading for reb

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COMEDIAN Stephen Fry’s new fiance was banned from driving today for hitting 101mph in the
TV presenter’s £130,000 Aston Martin supercar while driving in Gwent.

Elliott Spencer, 27, broke the speed limit because the QI presenter was late for the
Hay-on-Wye literature festival – and the court heard Fry told him: “Get a move on.”

Fry, 57, was in Cwmbran Magistrates Court with his fiance – just a day after the pair
announced their engagement – to support him as he tried to fight the week driving ban for
going 101mph in a 70mph zone.

The couple were in a loaned Aston Martin DB9 when Fry told Spencer to “get a move on”
because they were running late for his inaugural address as President of the Hay Festival
of Literature and the Arts on the Welsh borders.

A court heard a mobile speed camera caught Spencer at 101mph – before the couple made it
to their event with minutes to spare.

Fry appeared in court to support his fiance during the 30 minute hearing and the court
heard he was prepared to take to the witness box to provide a testimony for his fiance.

The court heard Fry also said that he takes “full responsibility” for the speeding.

Their barrister Mark Wyeth QC said: “Mr Fry who is Spencer’s partner was due as the new
president of the Literature Festival and was due that afternoon to give his inaugural
address.

“They hit a large backlog of traffic and in a moment of indiscretion Mr Fry suggested to
Spencer that he might like to get a move on.

“No other drivers were inconvenienced and he eventually did make it by a matter of a few
minutes, in time for the festival.

“Mr Fry assumes all responsibility because it was his decision that made Spencer put his
foot down.”

Mr Fry and his husband-to-be were driving from their home in London to attend the festival
on the May bank holiday when they were caught near Newport.

They were driving the white Aston Martin which they’d loaned out for a month to see if
they wanted to buy one when they were caught by a speed camera.

Mr Wyeth said: “The Aston Martin plainly did not belong to Spencer. It was on loan because
they were interested in buying such a vehicle but they did not for obvious reasons.

“What happened here was unfamiliarity with a vehicle which is extremely powerful and which
they had had for just a few days.”

Spencer who appeared at court wearing a blue blazer and a black tie gave his address as
the plush St James’, London, home that he shares with Fry.

PC Steve Smith, presenting the prosecution case, said: “On the 24th of May at 1.28pm on
the A449 an Aston Martin motor car was recorded at going at 101mph in a 70mph zone.

“Elliot Spencer was identified at the driver and he has pleaded guilty.”

It came just a day after Spencer pranged Fry’s £200,000 Bentley Continental GT car at
their home.

But Cwmbran magistrates court heard how Spencer has an “unblemished record” and a clean
driver’s licence which he has held for five years.

At the time of the offence he was working as a voluntary support teacher in the Surrey
area for children with learning difficulties but Mr Wyeth said “in light of recent
circumstances” he has now left that job.

Magistrates gave him the seven-day ban and told him to pay £100 fine with £85 costs and a
£20 victim surcharge.

JP’s Chairman Phillip Walker told him: “You increased your speed because you were late for
an important engagement. You face a disqualification but we are persuaded that this can be
at the lower end of the scale.”

Smiling Fry was in a jovial mood and signed autographs and posed for selfies inside the
court building before the hearing.

And as the magistrates considered their decision he teased Spencer – telling him he was
“probably facing a stretch in jail”.

After the case he said the time since announcing their engagement has been “wonderful” and
that they planned to tie the knot within the next year.

Speaking after the case Fry said: “It’s been wonderful. We’ve not fixed a date and if I
had I wouldn’t tell you! But I can say it will be sometime within the next year or so.

“As is the way with these things it became public when we filled in the paperwork.

“It was probably a bit much to expect a quiet ceremony.”

Mr Fry said that Hay was a wonderful festival but the traffic on the day had been awful.

He added: “I was due on stage at 2.30 and we arrived at the festival site at 2.28.

“Peter Florence, the Hay Festival director, was on stage waiting for me and there was a
tent full of people.

“I thought I might have to ask him to court today to explain what had happened.”

He also joked with court staff about Wales’ love of rugby and claimed he would come back
to Cwmbran – but the couple would drive more carefully next time.

After the hearing, Spencer said: “I would like to thank the court staff for their courtesy
towards me today. I apologise for my driving.”

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