Malcolm Pulls the Trigger! DD Election July 2016
Straya, you are heading to the polls!
Mr Turnbull will hold a special sitting of Parliament on union corruption in April, and call a double dissolution election if the legislation is not passed.
Mr Turnbull called a snap media conference in his parliamentary courtyard in Canberra this morning to make the announcement.
He will bring forward the federal budget by one week to May 3, to allow more time for the union corruption bills to be considered.
In the likely event that the bills don’t pass, it means a double dissolution election – where both houses of parliament will be forced to go to the polls – will likely be held on July 2.
“The time has come for the Senate to recognise its responsibilities and help advance our economic plans, rather than standing in the way,” he said.
“The restoration of the ABCC [Australian Building and Construction Commission] is a critical economic reform.
Mr Turnbull said the Coalition would campaign on its plan to improve union governance, its innovation agenda, competition policy and forthcoming policies to boost jobs and economic growth.
Opposition to Labor’s plan to limit negative gearing would also be at the centre of the government’s campaign.
“The time for playing games is over.”
Let the games begin!
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And of course DD elections are more expensive … spending is the obvious problem for this bunch of Muppet Puppets … because they don’t have the guts to raise income by removing welfare for the well off …
What happened to the September election Milkum PROMISED … flip flop …
Just how many broken promises have there been from the Liberals …
Those polls obviously set the panic amongst puppets … maybe Bernardi will challenge for the leadership and pass the baton to The Mad Abbott … or … that’s already happened???? 😀
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MALfunction … luv it …
Just popped into my inbox … thanks Mr TurnAbbout … (BTW what’s The Mad Abbott doing in fkn Kiev, at taxpayer expense?)
What fkn Economic Plan! What fkn innovation and science!
I agree with Glenn Lazarus … instead of an ABCC bring in an ICAC to investigate ALL federal corruption financial, political, corporate and union …
Picking and choosing bits or law here and there to suit the big end of town is not working for ALL Australians just 1% …
This is where it all started … control of the shearers in 1891 … or control of employees in 2016 … nothing has changed …
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/weekend-penalty-rates-no-luxury-shorten/news-story/1cef6bc55941d2b38ceecdf49b14de1b
This is going to be an interesting election …
We do live in exciting times!
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/mar/21/bob-day-launches-high-court-challenge-against-senate-voting-changes
This could either extend the election date past July 2 or … if they go to the polls with a HC case hanging over the results it could lead to invalid or void elections costing the taxpayers even more! (on top of the cost of the HC action) …
I guess everyone is watching Sky News today?
Or
we’veyou’ve pissed ’em all off, sreb? 😦 🙂Do politicians get penalty rates for an extra sitting?
Just askin’ …
Or
we’veyou’ve pissed ’em all off, sreb?🙂 Maybe they’re all having a sickie…. 🙂
BS its a seven day week now! Do keep up …
Looking forward to the CFMEU ads when the DD is called!
A little busy
A little busy …
Me too … I think you meant very busy! 🙂
Gotta pay that tax!
Yeah lets just target the CFMEU! FFS!
http://www.news.com.au/finance/markets/australian-markets/asx-boss-elmer-funke-kupper-quits-amid-tabcorp-investigation/news-story/72e20affcd2cc4c2c1549c288b69640e?sv=1016f8c0e00a4021b70de5b0b002233a
“Malcolm Pulls the Trigger”
I don’t think we should use violent metaphors, Leigh.
Malsplaining. 😯
“Malcolm Turnbull accused of ‘mansplaining’ to ABC journalist Leigh Sales in ‘condescending’ interview after announcing a potential double dissolution election”
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3502441/Malcolm-Turnbull-accused-mansplaining-Leigh-Sales-ABC-s-7-30.html#ixzz43X6xUIdC
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To any female readers, I’m happy to explain my previous comment in a simple, easy-to-understand way.
Daily Mail UK, TosY, MALfunction finally made it internationally … just like The Mad Abbott … for all the wrong reasons …
Thanks for the link … sweetie … 🙂
Maybe they’re all having a sickie…. 🙂
I’ve been sick for a week, was on my death bed for a couple of days, but feeling a bit better now, not quite back to normal yet.
To any female readers, I’m happy to explain my previous comment in a simple, easy-to-understand way.
tonysplaining?
I’m sure you’ll get some ‘splaining back [in a simple, easy-to-understand way]
I saw that interview and it looked like turnbull was [unusually] feeling the pressure and couldn’t maintain his composure under fire. I noticed a lie [which sales picked up] and then he tried to bluster his way out of it. He countered by being arrogantly passive aggressive, he got flustered and then made out he was being bullied. He was rattled, he had nothing.
He then spent the time refusing to answer her questions.
Yes he did try malsplaining about negative gearing and that was when he lied, Sales refused to let him patronise her and get away with putting her down. He completely lost it after Sales fired back.
“MALCOLM TURNBULL: Well, I don’t want to buy into that sort of – those sort of unpleasant metaphors. I mean, really, really ….No, no, no, but – but we shouldn’t be using – can I just say we shouldn’t be using violent metaphors like that talking about – so there was a change – OK, there was …”
Morgan Poll Federal: 2 Party Preferred: L/NP 49.5 (-3.5) ALP 50.5 (+3.5)
“”I’ve been sick for a week, was on my death bed for a couple of days, but feeling a bit better now, not quite back to normal yet.””
Sorry to hear that KL, hope you get well soon..
I’ve been sick for a week
Sorry to hear it ao. I’ve been swamped with work, so am going to be light on here (sorry wally)
But, looks like malcayman has bolted. Will it pay off? I bloody well hope so.
But, if he wants to run it on a turc smear, he hasn’t got off to a good start, courtesy of Jacqui Lambie
She said she doesn’t buy Commissioner Dyson Heydon’s claims that the findings of the Royal Commission into trade union corruption show “widespread and deep-seated” corruption.
“I can tell you what is contained in those secret reports — there is nothing there that is not normal that happens on the outside and in other places, whether that’s even what’s going on in our banking and finance sector,” Lambie told the audience on Q&A.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/03/21/jacqui-lambie-qanda_n_9515074.html?utm_hp_ref=australia
And his foot rub with 7.30 didn’t go over too well. They actually held him to account (kinda)
So MALfunction The Mild Mannered Mysoginist compared to The Mad Abbott Mysoginist …
… some improvement, hey?? 🙄
GWS! KL!
Proof that the Liberals have Dog on their side! St MALfunction!
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/27ff99dc568a4af2297ec5e578b3733953606b5c/0_459_1632_979/master/1632.jpg?
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/21/malcolm-turnbull-hits-reboot-after-political-operating-system-starts-crashing#img-1
Check MALfunction’s halo …
Notice MSM outrage that Abbott is jaunting round world at $taxpayers’ expense ..
Is this true? If Abbott has been invited to speak overseas the people who invited him may pay for his trip. Maybe not but from years of reading comments by lefties i can usually tell when the truth is being stretched or lefties have not bothered to check their facts before they comment.
This is the first election that i really do not care who wins. At least we know with Labor we will get more unemployment and debt plus the people smuggling trade will be restarted and furthermore 50% of the population do not care. But the installation of Turnbull wants me to see the 54 traitors lose their seats.
Hear hear!
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…The Liberal Party has erupted in a furious brawl over the role of lobbyists in selecting Senate candidates after a “farcical” vote on the weekend that defied Malcolm Turnbull, sought to undermine a federal minister and cost retired general Jim Molan a seat in parliament. In a test of money and power, party officials allowed lobbyists Michael Photios and Nick Campbell to step in at the last minute to help decide the NSW Liberal candidates for the Senate at the next election, sparking claims of “corruption” in the process…
Enough is enough – if a company operates in Australia they have a moral obligation to pay tax here
And i am sure they do. Why didn’t the Goose do something when in power?
Fact is i doubt many companies are avoiding tax. Take Apple which the lefties like to use as an example. Apple designs, manufactures, boxes and wraps its computers overseas. Apple can only be taxed on the markup the company which imports the computer puts on the product. If we want Apple to pay more tax we have to get Apple to make their computers in Australia
Ah!Ah!Ah!Ahhhh!
Just in my mailbox!
TB
Yesterday, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull outlined his Economic Plan to secure our nation’s prosperity for the 21st century.
A key part of that Plan is restoring the rule of law in our building and construction industry.
Unlawful conduct on building sites around Australia costs jobs and makes local infrastructure more expensive.
The Prime Minister has made clear that if the Senate fails to pass legislation to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission, there will be an election on July 2.
T, that means our work to secure Australia’s future starts now.
Can you help by making a $15, $35 or $50 donation to our campaign?
With an election potentially just weeks away we are relying on your support to ensure the Turnbull Government can continue to build a stronger economy with more jobs and greater opportunity.
Regards,
Tony Nutt
Federal Director
Liberal Party of Australia
These people live in fkn lalaland! Policies? What fkn “policies”?
Tell ’em their dreamin’!
Well said @tanya_plibersek@TurnbullMalcolm caretaker PM 4 Abbott govt. @abcnews
Meanwhile LoonyTony holidays overseas#auspol #LNPLast
Didn’t I suggest this some weeks ago?
Why didn’t the Goose do something when in power?
Did you read to the end of Swans post? We’ve been over this many times, in fact, one of the first things eleventy did was wind back some of hte reforms Swan had made.
Do try to keep up 😉
…Take Apple which the lefties like to use as an example..
no, you like to use apple as an example.
Corporate Tax Cuts Would Help The Coalition’s Mates And Few Else
https://newmatilda.com/2016/03/22/corporate-tax-cuts-help-the-coalitions-mates-and-few-else/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork
…Of course imputation is available only to domestic investors, and it’s hardly surprising that the strongest voices for a corporate tax cut come from those representing foreign investors. Our “open for business” approach to foreign investors, however, has hardly been an economic blessing. The exchange rate escalation associated with the mining boom has wrecked many trade-exposed industries (most notably our car industry). And we are now paying the price of dependence on foreign investment as we see profits from the mining boom go out of the country. That’s why, while our per-capita GDP is showing modest growth, our per-capita gross national income (GNI) – a more accurate indicator of living standards – is going backwards…
This is the first election that i really do not care who wins.
Obviously a Liberal voter …
… yer either a dick, or a liar, based on:
1) The comments following the above statement; or
2) Observing the yer silly, biased, misinformed, childish, outlandish, contradictory, concocted, fictional, racist, extremist, stupid and uneducated rants and personal attacks over the last few years.
In other words a Fuckwit© Grade 1 …
Congratulations!
These people live in fkn lalaland! Policies? What fkn “policies”?
Labors/Rudd/Gillards policy was to abolish the Pacific Solution.
This caused 50,000 boat people to come, 8,000 children to be locked up, rapes, murders, $15B housing all these people.
All because TB of Queensland voted for Rudd.
TB you need to realise how powerful your pen is. Your vote in 2007 destroyed the lives of thousands of people.
Worse is that you do not care
An election with union behaviour in the construction industry as eh main topic should be fun!
And i am sure they do. Why didn’t the Goose do something when in power?
Comprehension? NIL! NIL! neeel! Read the article again!
Because the Liberal Party BLOCKED IT!
An election with union behaviour in the construction industry as eh main topic should be fun!
Yes, ToM, but who for?
TB you need to realise how powerful your pen is
I beg your pardon!!!!
I beg your pardon!!!!
YOUR VOTE IN 2007 DESTROYED THE LIVES OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
And you do not care.
And you do not care.
About your twisted world … not a jot …
I don’t live in a Matrix …
My world is not twisted.
Your vote in 2007 locked up 8,000 children, detained 50,000 people and denied places in Australia from UNHCR camps who we would have taken if you did not vote for the people smugglers in 2007.
TB you do not care about people. Same goes for the ALP.
You believe in open borders.
My world is not twisted.
Yes it is.
Yes it is.
Says the man who voted for Keating when unemployment was at 11%.
Go for it TB. Vote for Labor at the next election.
Unemployment will go up. Debt will go up. There will be no improvement in anything.
But you will find a way to justify your perverted beliefs
An election with union behaviour in the construction industry as eh main topic should be fun!
Yes, we can have people claiming “Unions are illegals”, and others pointing out that, whilst that may be debatable, at least they haven’t killed anyone.
Exciting times abound 🙂
I suspect (certainly hope!) the coming election will about something more substantial than the ABCC … the shambles within the Liberal Party would be laughable if it didn’t impinge on so many ordinary people’s lives, simply because of simple minded right wing catlyk bigots and their fairytale beliefs!
Give human dignity (rights) a chance … JC would be outraged!
The federal education minister, Simon Birmingham, has criticised an email to a voter reportedly written by Cory Bernardi which linked the Safe Schools program to bondage clubs and adult sex toys.
Melbourne mother of two, Pia Cerveri, on Monday night received a reply to an email she sent to Bernardi voicing her displeasure at his stance on the anti-bullying program.
“You clearly haven’t got any idea what is in the program,” the email to Cerveri started. “If you did then you would be worried about your children being exposed to unhealthy ideas from such an early age.”
The email then goes on to say Safe Schools links to websites about “bondage clubs and adult sex toys”.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/22/cory-bernardi-email-reportedly-links-safe-schools-to-bondage-clubs-and-adult-sex-toys
Turnbull Ally Accidentally Implies PM Misrepresented ABCC Laws
https://newmatilda.com/2016/03/22/master-builders-turnbull-is-missing-the-point-of-his-double-dissolution-trigger/
…In a chat with Jon Faine, Harnisch agreed that the proposed body was supposed to act as an industrial relations regulator, not an anti-corruption body…
…“The ABCC then has the power to refer these matters to other authorities like the ACC [Australian Crime Commission] and other national crime authorities for them to deal with it,” he said.
If Harnisch and Turnbull are going to convince Australians that these laws are about more than taking a free shot at the union movement, they might want to get their story straight first…
I’m tipping that the CFMEU will be the big winner from the ALP election commitments
I’m tipping that the CFMEU
And so they should. Whilst winners form the current mob, like the ipa, haven’t done anything for Australia, Unions like the CFMEU have been out there fighting, even when the law is against them, to save the lives of workers exploited by big business who would (legally?) sacrifice lives for profits.
And with Easter upon us, I’m guessing the fight will be on .. again, for penalty rates.
Weekends and public holidays are still special. They are when, as a community and society, we spend time with family and friends. It is when parents spend quality time with their kids. Public holidays like Easter are when families gather together, go on holidays, or simply relax.
Penalty rates are the expression of this reality. …
http://citynews.com.au/2016/unionsact-workers-and-small-businesses-are-doing-it-tough-and-rents-are-the-problem/
Still completely amazed that anyone considers malcayman a friend of the environment.
How much money has to poured into this ongoing, insane tilt at windfarms?
The National Health and Medical Research Council has announced more than $3.3 million to research wind turbine syndrome, weeks after more than 100 climate change scientists lost their jobs.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/markdistefano/a-cold-wind-blows#.bqd8RGKM7
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the most meaningless election slogan we could think of
Particularly when you consider, there has been no change
lala
Lalaland … still
Return ABCC to save us from ourselves, says business
http://www.afr.com/news/policy/industrial-relations/return-abcc-to-save-us-from-ourselves-says-business-20160322-gnon14#ixzz43gA5rPkz
Re: Brussels …
Its odd we haven’t heard from The Mad Monk … these extremist Muslim attacks are right up his alley …
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The Press Club debate should be exciting for Australians!
these extremist Muslim attacks are right up his alley …
Brought to you by lefties who want open borders.
“”Its odd we haven’t heard from The Mad Monk””
That’s what I was thinking. we should’ve had a ten flag alert by now..
“We came up with the most meaningless election slogan we could think of. Now adopted by Australian PM.”
Read more at http://www.craveonline.com.au/site/968339-veep-creators-call-malcolm-turnbull-cribbing-slogan#2u8morujvhH64mfp.99
sreb, I have been waiting for a “told you so – see what will happen to Australia if we don’t do this and we don’t do that …”
Maybe he’s swapping his machine gun for a howitzer (and figuring out how to load it!) – now that MALfunction is heading for an election
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And the government is concerned about an ABCC?
This is where the real problems have always and still exist … keeping the poor and struggling – poor and struggling!
Disgusting that these
organisationsleeches still operate AND under a government “licence” …http://www.news.com.au/finance/money/costs/nimble-to-refund-15-million-in-dodgy-payday-loans-following-asic-probe/news-story/a2450b16da53e1ef036f6f2fa946fdaa
MALfunction TurnAbbout in “The Hollow Man”
“”An election with union behaviour in the construction industry as eh main topic should be fun!””
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That’s what I was thinking. we should’ve had a ten flag alert by now..
I think he knows that his team’s patience has worn thin with his self indulgences. They’ll crucify him if he keeps ambushing them in an election campaign. What matter most to the libs is being in government. Abbott better muzzle himself for the duration or they will all eat him alive.
I hope he does cause trouble though 😉
I hope he does cause trouble though
Me too … if Labor get across … we’ll all be ROONED!
Oh hang on, abbott’s bestest mate greggy sheridan is on the drum tonight, maybe he’ll be spruiking on abbott’s behalf. Abbott likes to use his journo buddies to pass on his message.
If it’s not anonymous, I won’t be doing it.
So there is a direct co – relation between the level of union density and the number of days lost to industrial action!!
Who on earth would have imagined that????
Mr Keane is brilliant for figuring that out!!
Personally I think John Setka would make a great leader of the ALP
The PM on Australia trying to find out if “wind farm sickness” exists…
Yep! Definitely a spending problem … but don’t forget the income …
Oh what a fkn hypocrite!
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/islam-needs-to-fix-the-problem-bernardi/news-story/e05c9e3a98801c8bb94516ca6a7a2012
Bonkers Bernardi … one religious nutter blaming other religious nutters … fkn priceless!
Its certainly up to the catlyks to shut Bernardi up too then!
…Personally I think John Setka would make a great leader of the ALP…
The forthcoming Federal election and the ongoing attacks on unions and workers
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/the-forthcoming-australian-election-and-the-ongoing-attacks-on-unions-and-workers,8806
…The CFMEU is one of the few unions in Australia prepared to stand up for and mobilise its members to win wage increases, defend jobs and make workplaces safe. These activities cut into the profit of the big building companies and the ABCC is about making it even more profitable for tax avoiding building companies to screw more profits out of their workers at the expense of workers’ lives…
…All so the rich tax avoiding building magnates can make even more profits…
…There looks little prospect in Australia for the rise of a Jeremy Corbyn or Bernie Sanders as an expression of the anger with austerity and inequality – neoliberalism if you like – within the major parties. Labor has been the key party for the ruling class in introducing neoliberal policies in Australia and restraining the labour movement. Tony Turnbull is the logical expression of Bob Hawke and Paul Keating, as are Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese…
Why we need unions …
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/australia/wage-growth
http://cdn.tradingeconomics.com/charts/australia-wage-growth.png?s=australiawaggro&v=201603011807n
And yes ToM I was a manager … and before that a union rep … I’ve seen both sides now!
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/high-court-hearing-on-senate-voting-change/news-story/bfb0889ff001782d477aed469162c9fb
Bloody hell! That was quick … a HC hearing within a WEEK!
The system is certainly STACKED!
Call me a cynic (some people call me a bigot!)
But there must be a federal election in the wings …
And the amusing “decision-maker” refers to Dopey Dutton of course … now there’s an oxymoron …
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/brisbane-man-deported-to-chile-to-be-given-second-chance-of-life-in-australia-20160322-gnomg0.html
The best of luck and happiness to Mr Bolbaran and his family who was put through this ignominious torture … just to satisfy Dopey Dutton’s demonstration of power (or incompetence) …
Why we need unions …
Did you hit the MAX button? Wage growth has been slowing since Rudd was elected.
http://cdn.tradingeconomics.com/charts/australia-wage-growth.png?s=australiawaggro&v=201603011807n&d1=19160101&d2=20161231
Here is another graph. Wages growth increased under Howard and started to decrease as soon as Rudd was elected.
Some of the Bolt fans and the conservatives who comment in the australian newspaper have been talking about an alternative party that they can vote for because they refuse to vote for Turnbull at the next election
Australian Liberty Alliance
http://australianlibertyalliance.org.au/
I noticed a slight contradiction on the front page of their website.
Join Australian Liberty Alliance
Our Australia stands for individual liberty, small government, Western values, social fairness and an integrated multi-ethnic society. Our Australia has no place for big government, racism, moral relativism, divisive multiculturalism or tolerance for the intolerant. Migrants do not dream of a new life in Australia because we are a Socialist, Islamic or tribal society. Migrants come for the freedom, justice and prosperity only Western civilisation creates.
Support Australian Liberty Alliance and donate or join up today.
and then on the bottom right corner there is
Stop the Islamisation of Australia
Dabio – A Call to Hijrah
To stop the Islamisation of Australia we will take a series of rational and practical policies to the 2016 elections. One of these policies is a 10-year moratorium on resident visa applications from nationals of the 56 member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
The exwcutive and membership rules seem interesting, as well as the values and core policies
http://australianlibertyalliance.org.au/values-and-policies/values-and-core-policies
TB a site union delegate isn’t the guy who sets the policy and political orientation of a union.
They aren’t the careerists that control/own the ALP.
….and if only we had a real man of the people like John Setka as leader, our problems would be over!
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TB a site union delegate isn’t the guy who sets the policy and political orientation of a union.
No, they are the one who take the vote of the workers to the Union.
They aren’t the careerists that control/own the ALP.
Unlike the local shopkeepers that control the Liberal Party, I suppose* … with a muti-millionaire “leader” … no lawyers and careerists there … hey?
… or the hobby farmers and market gardeners that control the remains of the Nats … no big land owners or stud farmers there … hey? With an accountant come bouncer as their “fearless leader”?*
Those fkn unions BOO! roonin’ the country!
*sarc alert
no lawyers and careerists there
Yea, how DARE a person choice a CAREER that is aimed at looking after workers and protecting their safety and quality of life!
Who’d want such a person representing them? Far better a merchant banker who gets special treatment from investments (paid out instead of the workers no less) and stashes his “hard earned” away from the Australian economy.
A real man of the peeps there 😉
Election 2016: devastating poll shows just three per cent of voters support likely budget centrepiece
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2016/election-2016-devastating-poll-shows-just-three-per-cent-of-voters-support-likely-budget-centrepiece-20160324-gnq4t5.html#ixzz43mPsPbX7
…Only three per cent of voters said company tax cuts should be the government’s first priority – a sentiment that was consistent on both sides of the political spectrum and across all age groups and income brackets.
OmniPoll co-founder Martin O’Shannessy, a former director of the influential Newspoll, told Sky News balancing the budget was “becoming a proxy” for voters’ concerns about the economy.
“Even among Labor voters this concern for the budget balance and the economy is equally important with education, and normally education is way out there,” he said.
The online poll of 1146 voters across Australia was taken last weekend, before Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull set down his double dissolution election threat to the Senate crossbenchers. It is the first major survey by OmniPoll, established by former Newspoll managers including Mr O’Shannessy…
Yeah!! The ALP is just fine and beyond criticism.
Just because the unions run it as a retirement option for themselves is no reason to object!
Undisclosed and illegal donations – a very liberal style of corruption. They’ve got a cheek to talk about unions! When the electoral commission withholds $4.4 mill due to a refusal to disclose donors there is a rank smell around the libs and their backers. Arty Sinodinos behind the corruption again.
We urgent need a federal ICAC.
“Yea, how DARE a person choice a CAREER that is aimed at looking after workers and protecting their safety and quality of life!”
CFMEU Melbourne Branch…………………..
The lying shonks
Silence over changes really speaks volumes
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/silence-over-changes-really-speaks-volumes-20140701-3b6l7.html#ixzz43md17fxq
…On Thursday Cormann said he would comment on the report when he had ”worked my way through it”. At no point did he acknowledge that earlier that day he had had the Governor-General sign into law regulations that would enable the bank to keep rewarding staff for the volume of business they wrote, one of the practices that concerned the Senate inquiry.
The next morning he told the ABC’s AM program he called on the Commonwealth ”to provide a proper response to the allegations that have been raised”.
He defended the changes to the financial advice law he was ”proposing” saying: ”The changes that we are proposing to financial advice laws in no way interfere with what is required in order to ensure that these sorts of events don’t happen again.”
At no point in the interview did he acknowledge that he had actually changed the regulations one day earlier.
Later on Friday, asked by Fairfax Media when the Governor-General was going to sign into law the regulations, Senator Cormann’s office said it ”had no idea”. It would make inquiries. It never returned the call.
The Commonwealth Bank got what it wanted, but quietly. It wasn’t the time to make a fuss…
The CFMEU Head of Finance……………………
Marvellous! All the evidence of liberal corruption around today and all some here can say is UNIONS = BOO!
It’s that kind of blinkered thinking [?political ideology] that allows corporate and political corruption to thrive.
The budget is coming, so standby for talk of ‘ordinary Australians’. Who are these people
http://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/2016/mar/24/the-budget-is-coming-so-standby-for-talk-of-ordinary-australians-who-are-these-people?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+AUS+v1+-+AUS+morning+mail+callout&utm_term=163439&subid=7120910&CMP=ema_632
…Scott Morrison likes to talk about nurses, teachers, police officers, and train drivers, but when it comes to income, who really qualifies for middle Australia?…
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The CFMEU Head of Finance……………………
He’s actually the personal accountant for Arty Sardines …
The ALP is just fine and beyond criticism.
Well, that can be your opinion if you want, but I wouldn’t say they are beyond criticism. But, compared to the CaymanIslandsInvestmentPortfolioParty, they’re boy scouts.
He’s actually the personal accountant for Arty Sardines …
As if arty would get someone as clean cut as that 😉
Heeeeere’s wallie
http://workinglife.org.au/2014/09/22/the-turc-story-the-media-didnt-tell-you/
Actually, the centrepiece tattoo in the middle of this bloke is the giveaway … very popular with extreme right wing Tory Parties around the world … 😉
Here, wal, at the local Liberal Party (branch tacking) meeting …
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STATEMENT
By chairperson, NSW Electoral Commission
Click to access 23_March_2016_Liberal_Party_of_Australia_NSW_Division_ineligible_for_further_public_funding_and_supporting_information.pdf
That NSW E Comm report is damning alright!
If they are in Breach of the act why and have defied requests to supply the identity of donors then they should not only have the $4.4 million of public funding denied but pay a fine equivalent to the aforesaid funding (the donations would be a lot higher I’ll bet) …
I’d bet there’s none from the CFMEU tho’ … 😀
…then they should not only have the $4.4 million of public funding denied but pay a fine equivalent to the aforesaid funding (the donations would be a lot higher I’ll bet) …
They should be jailed, or at least very worried that they will be tried and convicted in a court and jail is a penalty.
While they bash unions w draconian legislation! Liberals ‘concealed’ illegal donors:
And malcaymans just begun an election based around bashing Unions ROFL
Happy Easter peoples, although I’m not sure malcayman or his henchmen will be having a happy one lol
“Arthur Sinodinos threatens legal action against NSW Electoral Commission
Best of luck with that you arrogant little Fuckwit© …
Dyson Heydon as your “chosen” judge I suppose … pity (for you) he’s “retired” – don’t send him an email he can’t read them – apparently!
What “born to rule” nonsense …
hmm, the same building developers who donate heavily to the liberal party no doubt tomR!
I just went looking for the name of the “female builder-developer” not a sausage!
I was interested because she sounds like someone I may know …
But then it dawned on me … expose the CFMEU* organiser … but not the “builder developer” why not? Equality is equality, surely?
What a discriminate street we build …
*I have had a number of “run ins” with over zealous CFMEU organisers myself over the years … not my favourite union
But I do know a witch hunt when I see one …
So the Kiwis keep their British Empire Colonial flag and the Yanks (how appropriate) endorse (not officially) Donald Drumpff … wanker extraordinaire!
No wonder the Liberal government of Australia is sucking up to China!
Why do we see more than mainstream TV and radio?
I don’t see anyone contesting your point TB. But I see several here contesting the results of the control unions exercise over the ALP.
MALfunction TurnAbbout has to be the most arrogantly deceitful politician I have ever encountered in this country … and that includes JBP!
Lateline was a farce
Seems news.com.au agreed with my (and others) version of Lateline events ….
http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/prime-minister-malcolm-turnbulls-heated-interview-on-lateline/news-story/5bcd898e930693a003f21419de03bb33
And MALfunction lied at least twice … over the slogan … and over the Australian Energy Market Commission … made it sound as if he had invented that as well as the Interwebby … I do want someone to start asking him questions about the NBN … its been nicely swept under the carpet by ignoring it – so far …
Seems news.com.au agreed with my (and others) version of Lateline events ….
Yes, it seems the interview has been reported as fiery, mostly because malcolm complained about being asked questions he didn’t like or want.
Meanwhile…filed from the UK, a pic from our roving backbencher kevin abbott who appears to be on a taxpayer funded world tour.
Tony Abbott highlights meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-highlights-meeting-with-british-prime-minister-david-cameron-on-social-media-20160324-gnqt5y.html
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I don’t see anyone contesting your point TB. But I see several here contesting the results of the control unions exercise over the ALP.
Oh, is that what it’s all about?
All I hear about is the corruption and thuggery of unions, especially the CFMEU. Isn’t that why we desperately need an ABCC and why we had to have a RC?
Anything to say on big business/big money exercising control over the Libs? We have had the libs denying climate change and trying to bring in laws where people can be paid less and worked harder by business, all on behalf of their benefactors.
I’m pasting this in full due to paywall, in case anyone is interested [please scroll past if not]
When will the government stop lying about the ABCC?
http://www.crikey.com.au/2016/03/22/when-will-the-government-stop-lying-about-the-abcc/
The government has consistently lied about the ABCC — it didn’t increase productivity and more workers died on its watch. Time for the facts.
There was an interesting moment — well one of many — during the Prime Minister’s interview on 7.30 last night when Leigh Sales pointed out to Turnbull that his claim that the John Howard-era Australian Building and Construction Commission “improved productivity by 20 per cent” in the construction industry was inconsistent with the findings of the Productivity Commission.
What did the PC say about construction industry productivity? It examined the issue in its Public Infrastructure Report in 2014.
“Productivity growth in the Australian construction sector has ebbed and flowed over the last 30 years. There was a significant increase in labour and multifactor productivity from 1994-95 to 2012-13. However, most of the improvement was concentrated in relatively short bursts spanning just a few years, including most recently in 2011-12.”
That year, 2011-12, is, of course, after the Howard-era ABCC was, in the words of the former ABCC head John Lloyd, “neutered” by the Rudd-Gillard governments. Mysteriously, productivity in the construction industry surged after the ABCC was “neutered”.
Turnbull dismissed the work of the Productivity Commission: “I think you’ll find that’s not right,” he told Sales. She pointed out she had the PC report right there on the table. “Well I’m sure you do,” Turnbull purred patronisingly. He went on to cite the reports of “Independent Economics that show there was an increase in productivity following the introduction of the ABCC”.
Independent Economics is what the firm Econtech now calls itself. Econtech was the bespoke modeller for the Howard-era ABCC and its work was lauded by Howard government ministers for proving the case for the ABCC. Except its claims about the former ABCC have been discredited.
In 2007, Econtech produced a report for the ABCC purporting to show a 9.4% surge in productivity in the construction industry due to the ABCC. But its methodology and data were badly flawed; in fact, the “surge” was 1.3%. A year later, an “updated” report was released by the ABCC from Econtech that quietly abandoned the claim of a 9.4% productivity rise. And in 2009, in a review of the ABCC by former Federal Court judge Murray Wilcox, Wilcox slammed the 2007 report, saying “it ought to be totally disregarded”.
In fact, as the Productivity Commission demonstrated, productivity in the construction sector under the ABCC was broadly flat but surged once the ABCC was “neutered”:
And where did Turnbull’s claim of a 20% rise in productivity come from? He appears simply to have invented that — it’s a figure more than twice as large as the Econtech claim that was demolished. The nearest number anyone can find to back up Turnbull’s claim is a recent report from the Master Builders’ Association, which claims productivity growth of 18.8% — but that report admits that only 11.4% of that can be attributed to “improved work practices”. Attorney-General George Brandis repeated the claim on Lateline, saying “when the ABCC was in operation productivity within the property sector increased — the construction sector, I should say, increased by 20 per cent. Since the abolition of the ABCC, productivity in that sector has flatlined”.
As the PC shows, in fact the exact opposite is true.
In his letter to the Governor-General yesterday, Turnbull referred to his actions as “promoting workplace safety through taking strong measures to deal with widespread and systemic criminality in the building and construction industry”.
Again, the opposite is true. Under the Howard-era ABCC, workplace fatalities in the construction sector rose from just over three per 100,000 workers to nearly five per 100,000 workers before falling again to around four. After the “neutering” of the ABCC, the fatality rate fell to just over two. Getting rid of the ABCC coincided with a significant fall in the number of workers being killed on building sites.
There’s another way in which Turnbull’s statement to the Governor-General isn’t true, as well. Despite the impression given by the government, and despite its Stasi-like powers, the ABCC isn’t an anti-corruption body; it has no criminal enforcement powers of any kind. The current iteration of the body, the Fair Work Building Industry Inspectorate, has no criminal enforcement powers and merely pursues civil penalty offences, and that won’t change under the ABCC. The ABCC has no remit to pursue “criminality in the building and construction industry” — that’s a matter for the police and other law enforcement bodies.
It’s almost as if the Prime Minister misled the Governor-General.
The rich irony of yesterday is that while the Prime Minister was declaring that he was prepared to go to an election on the issue of “criminality in the building and construction industry”, the CEO of the Australian Stock Exchange, Elmer Funke Kupper was resigning in response to allegations relating to a massive bribe to the head of the Cambodian regime, Hun Sen. And then there are the continuing revelations about the scandalous behaviour of the Commonwealth Bank in relation to insurance, and the open clash between business figures and the head of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission over toxic corporate cultures.
Given that corporate scandals can involve hundreds of millions of dollars, the lost life savings of tens of thousands of Australians or the vast destruction of shareholder wealth, you’d think ASIC would have the same powers as those proposed by the government for the ABCC.
In fact, the ABCC’s powers will far exceed those of ASIC. ASIC can’t direct you not to tell anyone you’ve been interrogated by them, but the ABCC can. You don’t have to disclose to ASIC matters covered by legal professional privilege or public interest immunity, but you do have to to the ABCC. You can claim legal expenses if you’re interrogated by ASIC, but not by the ABCC. And with ASIC, you can choose your own lawyer while being interrogated, whereas the ABCC picks your lawyer for you. And these sorts of coercive powers can be used by the ABCC as a first resort, with no external approval — unlike for ASIC.
Seems that when it comes to coercion and regulation and basic legal rights, what’s important for business people doesn’t apply to CFMEU officials.
Watching Mal sink is dull
MALfunction is dull … he acts like a 19th Century schoolmarm talking to all those dullards who really know nothing of the world …
No wonder the Liberals don’t want to fund education … they think its a way of controlling people … knowledge is, after all, power …
… bad news for them … its too fkn late! You don’t have to be too educated to figure out lies, deceit, cheats and ignorance of the real world!
I don’t see anyone contesting your point TB. But I see several here contesting the results of the control unions exercise over the ALP.
I’d actually forgotten to reply to this little gem, KL . (Couldn’t resist the space)
No-one contested the point because you can’t!
Not sure what the second sentence actually refers to or means … apart from a unions BOO! mindset …
There’s not many things that I agree with david leyonhjelm on reb, but that is one [it’ll probably be completely ignored though]
Molenbeek mayor Françoise Schepmans challenged PM Malcolm Turnbull to get to know the suburb
http://www.news.com.au/world/europe/molenbeek-mayor-franoise-schepmans-challenged-pm-malcolm-turnbull-to-get-to-know-the-suburb/story-fnh81p7g-1227802854310?sv=1b38a9241c83469aa73cc985db79aca2
Off ya go MALfunction … may as well take The Mad Abbott with you … he too offended other nations with his ignorance of the real world!
Tones is already halfway there on his taxpayer funded world tour! Next stop Donald Dumpff …
Nothing changes with the adult, born to rule, economic managers …
Fkn hypocrites!
Tones is already halfway there on his taxpayer funded world tour!
Have not posted for a while but how do you know Abbott is on a taxpayer funded world tour? He may be paid for speaking engagements.
Based on years of reading your posts i am sure you are speaking from ignorance and telling lies for political purposes.
Speaking engagements?
Isn’t that what they do when they leave office?
Doesn’t he already have a paid job as a backbencher and local representative for warringah?
He must be doing a poor job at all of them, is it his international sook tour?
You can bet that the victims are threatened with sacking and/or punishments if they ask for access to a union.
Worker exploitation is a national disgrace
http://www.theage.com.au/business/workplace-relations/wage-rorts-a-national-disgrace-20160324-gnqshe.html
…Worker exploitation is a national disgrace. In the quest to offer customers cheaper prices and services – and KPIs focused on the bottom line – there has become a race to the bottom.
Some big companies have been hiding behind supply chain abuses by using labour hire firms or sub-contractors. Franchisors point the finger at a few rogue franchisees.
Corporations need to be held accountable for misconduct by their contractors or sub-contractors and franchisees…
Senator Eric Abetz: why dumping me was a big mistake
http://www.theage.com.au/good-weekend/senator-eric-abetz-why-dumping-me-was-a-big-mistake-20160311-gngg6e.html#ixzz43yFZ9s00
…Eric Abetz hates to see talent wasted. Particularly his own. When he talks about his sacking from federal Cabinet, the arch-conservative Liberal senator from Tasmania makes clear that he can deal with the personal disappointment. It is the loss to the nation that concerns him…
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”It is the loss to the nation that concerns him…” lol..
Doesn’t he already have a paid job as a backbencher and local representative for warringah?
I think you will find lots of politicians do outside work. This came up before the 2007 election.
http://www.news.com.au/national/chinese-company-says-no-strings-on-pms-travel/story-e6frfkp9-1111115849356
THE Chinese company which paid for Kevin Rudd to travel overseas before the last election says there were no strings on the sponsorship.
Beijing AustChina Technology, a Chinese importer of Australian telecommunications products, said it sponsored travel by the future prime minister and other cabinet colleagues to encourage their interest in China……..The three ministers, along with two backbenchers, made 16 overseas trips at AustChina’s expense between 2005 and 2007, when Labor was in opposition..
No taxpayer funds involved.
”It is the loss to the nation that concerns him…” lol..
LOL! Indeed … did you read any of the article? Keep a brown paper bag or bucket with you if you do … bunch of arrogant dicks … all derived from the Young Liberals … at least union reps have do some work before they enter politics …
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No taxpayer funds involved. And proven.
No such thing with this Mad Abbott Tour … all politics … HIS politics … not Australia’s …
A good read, well worth using up your one free article allowance each week.
The end of Tony Abbott and the conservatives
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2016/03/26/the-end-tony-abbott-and-the-conservatives/14589108003047
…The Australian right survives because it is supported by hothouse institutions: the loss-making parts of News Corp, oxymoronically named “think tanks”, which take anonymous corporate money to lobby for their industries and then claim tax-deductible charitable status, and the cocooned political process that pipes wacko right-wing fantasists up from student politics through these think tanks and into the senate without encountering democracy at any point…
Many thanks, KL … interesting read … when I got to …
I thought … why not pass the ABCC bill … and stave off the DD … MALFunction only gets one chance at the DD in the public’s eye … The Mad Abbott would surely take hope at wresting the leadership back … and the longer TurnAbbout plays patronising school marm the lower his ratings will sink and with no policies (economic managers my arse!) to show …
The election may just be a winner for the left … who would then repeal the ABCC to where it belongs!
Just thinkin’ …
YAEE! Another one bites the dust … that kitchen must be really hot!
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/mar/26/mp-sharman-stone-announces-retirement-from-australian-politics
Nothing wrong with putting corruption in building and construction under the spot light.
But naturally barrackers object.
Nothing wrong with putting corruption…under the spot light.
But naturally barrackers object.
Not on my Rolodex, they don’t.
Exactly meta.
Corruption all around us, but we must only point elbows at the building & construction industry. If only we all got the chance to grab a rolex out of a lucky dip bag while we’re at work.
But naturally barrackers object.
We “barrackers” have no objection to identifying and eradication corruption ANYWHERE!
It’s the one eyed unions BOO! BARRACKERS who have a one eyed plan to eradicate all UNIONS BOO! That we object to …
As an ex employer of a major steel supplier in the early 80’s I see no difference to the cartel corruption I accidentally discovered then to the way companies operate now …
… I’ve had my own run ins with the CFMEU, The Federated Iron Workers and the AMWU …
… but don’t fool yourself that only one side of the IR pendulum has arseholes trying to fleece it … but only one side who don’t give a flying fk about workers and their families …
That’s what I don’t get, the willingness of conservatives to overlook human rights abuses when it suits them, but they use the same overlooked reasoning as to why they need to invade countries, be at war and kill innocent people. #nakedhypocrisy
Of course stopping the boats is important only when you have used the boats [xenophobic fearmongering] to get votes in the first place.
Does moral posturing = chrstianity?
Tony Abbott: I was right to put national security before moral posturing
http://linkis.com/www.theguardian.com/j5uR7
Truly, The Mad Abbott!
I think he confuses “moral” with amoral … or not!
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I see John Hewson reads TGT …
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/turnbull-strategy-high-riskhewson/news-story/6f3c32fc6c45c294c109a7677784ae9b
TGT
March 26, 2016 6:41 pm
I thought … why not pass the ABCC bill … and stave off the DD … MALFunction only gets one chance at the DD in the public’s eye … The Mad Abbott would surely take hope at wresting the leadership back … and the longer TurnAbbout plays patronising school marm the lower his ratings will sink and with no policies (economic managers my arse!) to show …
The election may just be a winner for the left … who would then repeal the ABCC to where it belongs!
Just thinkin’ …
LOL!
Tony Abbott’s rap sheet – a work in progress
http://ausvotes2016.com.au/2016/03/26/tony-abbotts-rap-sheet-a-work-in-progress/
Back in October 2012, I tracked the efforts of ex-PM Kevin Rudd to influence the Gillard Government’s standing in the opinion polls, particularly Newspoll.
This election year, I’m going to track the destabilisation tactics of yet another vengeful former prime minister.
Detailed in the document below are the interventions made to date by the member for Warringah, Tony Abbott.
…I’ve not included any commentary, as I’m well aware Abbott supporters will justify many of the activities as the former PM defending his record or simply upholding conservative values.
However, I believe that to a dispassionate viewer, each act can be seen as an attempt to chip away at Malcolm Turnbull’s credibility.
The plan is for this to be a reference document more than anything, and I will do my best to keep it updated over the coming days and weeks.
The list makes compelling reading…
“Four have said they will support it, while the other four won’t say.”
“Why won’t Malcolm just admit he needs to do the right thing and broaden the ABCC bill to deal with corruption everywhere. Threatening to call a double dissolution if bills are not passed is an abuse and misuse of power. Clearly, Malcolm Turnbull is trying to manipulate the crossbench into voting for the ABCC bill. The Senate’s job is to review, debate and legislate. The reason the ABCC has not yet passed the Senate is that it is an unworkable bill that will have very expensive implications for the budget. The ABCC bill needs to make all industries accountable, not just the building and construction industry. Recalling the Senate will cost taxpayers even more money, not to mention that a double dissolution election would be one of the most expensive elections in history. And while all this is going on, the Turnbull Government is talking about further tax breaks for the big end of town – leaving mums and dads to pay more. How can the Turnbull Government reduce corporate taxes any further when many corporates don’t even pay tax. What a stupid idea. It is going to get to the point where the Government is going to have to start paying taxes to corporates.”
This is why the wives & partners should not be considered off limits in politics.
Here you go!
Here you go!
Not exactly a “groundswell” of support, KL … wonder why?*
*sarc
NEGATIVE GEARING!
http://www.news.com.au/finance/real-estate/buying/australias-ghost-suburbs-a-national-scandal/news-story/7e74c62fc314f86a2c8b176f3358d13f
Can’t wait for the wriggling and squirming from the “adult economic managers” over this report!
Just more PROOF!
The system is a dud and is being rorted by the greedy 1%!
Can’t wait for the wriggling and squirming from the “adult economic managers” over this report!
If you are talking about Hawke/Keating or Rudd/Gillard they did nothing.
But could hat report be true? How on earth could it be more profitable to leave a house empty rather than rent it out?
How on earth could it be more profitable to leave a house empty rather than rent it out?
You know nuthin’, neel …
READ THE FKN LINK! It will TELL you how!
… allah … buddha … god … Yahweh … Logic … Learning … Knowledge … give me strength!
READ THE FKN LINK!
I did and the only advantage i could possibly see is there may be some capital gains tax advantage if the property is left vacant before you sell the property. Other than that i could see no advantage in leaving an investment property empty.
“Losses against a rental investment can be offset by negative gearing and resulting capital gains taxed at a reduced rate when the property is eventually sold.
“Leaving housing empty is both profitable and subsidised by government. This is taxation lunacy and a national scandal.”
Housing is not a means for people to get rich it is somewhere to live!
And especially not a means for people to get government welfare in the form of negative gearing and capital gains …
If you want buy houses as an asset that’s OK … buy YOU wear the loss not TAXPAYERS!
Do you invest in a car? Do you invest in furniture? And if you did would you expect TAXPAYERS to subsidise repairs to your car or furniture?
Negative gearing and capital gains are methods of sucking tax out of the system … by wannabe and Robber Barons …
Why would a multi millionaire want to be PM? To maintain and continue to manipulate the tax (or lack of tax) paid by RICH PRICKS!
Grow up! Or at least do some reading instead of the Young Liberals Brownnose Pamphlet for Wannabe Robber Barons …
Make money … get rich … get super rich … but NOT at the expense of the strugglers!*
*No I’m not!
“Leaving housing empty is both profitable and subsidised by government. This is taxation lunacy and a national scandal.”
Still do not see why leaving a investment property empty is better than renting it out. For me it makes the whole article suspect.
Malaysia’s former attorney-general planned to file charges against Prime Minister Najib Razak over the millions of dollars found in the premier’s bank accounts, an Australian report says.
Abdul Gani Patail told several senior officials on July 23, 2015 of his plan to confront Najib in a cabinet meeting scheduled for July 29, but he was replaced before he could do so, ABC reported.
Seems Malaysia needs an
ABCC— Federal ICAC too!For me it makes the whole article suspect.
You do know that’s how former Russian scientists now make their fortunes here …?
l enjoyed tonights `preferred` numbers on sbs-news, talkbull-55, blib-21 (still) and neither-24, guess which group l`m in:-)
l also saw the empty rentals tax-rort too teebz, nothing like the bludging rich receiving welfare to make struggle-street harder.
Talkbull was definitely back-peddling and faffing on reportland armchair, he didn`t like the questions, and he didn`t like being called-out on his bullshit (unusual for reportland now-a-days) so he waffled-on about the `knifing` phrase, which sounded a lot like `our` cat-licks:-)
Despite much swoon flowing away from talkbull, blib is still stuck at 21% and it will be interesting to see where it ends-up. Too bad the team haven`t knifed him and installed plib or albo as new team-leader instead of running the risks of both the team losing other seats, and the drongos of moonee fcuking ponds inflicting blib on us all for another 3-years as `useless-opposition` pretender.
(lt is good to see `our` flat-earth crew have retained their knowledge-denial and managed to not learn a damnthing on anything. lt`s good to have a `comfort-zone`)
#too.bad.about.coral.bleaching.teabags
WAY TOO MUCH WRIGGLE ROOM! Especially the way this lot flip flops after the event!
One Bill does fit all in this case. Open field for all or any Federal corruption. Including Prime Ministers.
(My bold)
http://www.news.com.au/national/rush-hour/rush-hour-the-stories-you-need-to-know-today/news-story/0c4eead84f881f0680667e57099b05ee
Company tax cut good for growth: miners
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/miners-back-cut-in-company-tax-rate/news-story/8eea5ab8de6fcdc86fd7ca974270daa6
…”A reduction in Australia’s uncompetitive company tax rate would primarily benefit wage earners and consumers, promote innovation and stimulate new foreign investment and economic growth,” the council’s chief executive Brendan Pearson said in a statement on Tuesday…
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Budget 2016: Cutting business taxes does not lead to growth, says study
http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/budget-2016-cutting-business-taxes-does-not-lead-to-growth-says-study-20160327-gns30c.html#ixzz44Fd8gAVJ
…”Claims are often made that uncompetitive rates of corporate and individual income tax are a recipe for lower economic growth and lower incomes, but these claims rely on assertions, rather than data and analysis,” he said.
“The economic case for company tax cuts is weak, and furthermore, it is obvious that many companies are involved in widespread tax avoidance and the federal budget has a revenue problem. It is simply not the time for tax cuts.”…
Second minister drawn into funding row says evidence shows he wanted disclosure
http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/second-minister-drawn-into-funding-row-says-evidence-shows-he-wanted-disclosure/news-story/a01ae392642cef9e0aea0cc5c3461e61
…Assistant Minister for Cities Angus Taylor today denied claims he was part of a plan to disguise donations to the party, saying “unambiguous evidence” showed he expected all cash would be declared…
Second minister drawn into funding row says evidence shows he wanted disclosure
Yeah, economic managers alright … but for whose advantage!
Abbott in the same essay also boasted of sending asylum seeker activists back to PNG.
More precisely West Papua … but that aside, this is a classic case of stopping the boats but what about the consequences to the asylum seekers? Happened to the Sri Lankan Tigers too … and I recall stories about returned Afghanis … morally corrupt and politically inept is too mild a phrase for these bumbling bible bashing, buffoons … hypocrites all …
Just as silly as expecting Islamic asylum seekers/refugees to settle in PNG … a country where over 95% of the population of a third world country have been turned into rabid krystians … that’s just fkn stupid!
Abbott drops in on a young surfer! What a tool!
The lass doesn’t look impressed by Abbott’s form on the board.
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UNIVERSITY graduates may have to start paying their loans back sooner after a report revealed many students will never earn an income high enough to repay their HELP debts.
A Grattan Institute report has found that the government could claw back $500 million more a year more, and even more over time, if it lowered the income threshold that students start repaying their loans.
“I welcome all ideas from the sector, experts and students on how to make university funding sustainable as I continue to consult widely on higher education reform,” Mr Birmingham said when asked about the reforms.
Mr Norton said a major cause of HELP’s problems was the growing proportion of graduates who work part-time.
http://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/federal-budget/university-and-other-students-face-help-hecs-debt-crackdown/news-story/393410da373b62512d59df1df4e8b5d5
I think that last sentence should read … the growing proportion of graduates who HAVE TO work part-time
As for suggestions …
► Innovate and create more jobs – start with renewable energy and high speed businesses on the internet – oh, wait … OK, slow businesses IF they have internet (the local Freemason’s Old Folks Home has the NBN … no-one else in the area, just the Freemason’s Retirement Home …
► Negative Gearing welfare
► Trust Fund welfare
► Super Tax Breaks for the rich welfare
► Multi-national Tax dodge welfare
► Aussie Business Tax dodge welfare
► Present pollie’s expenses welfare
► Post pollie’s expenses welfare
► Bean bag wastefulness
► International Travel wastefulness
► Gay marriage plebiscite wastefulness
► $9.4 billion Lodge wastefulness
► Tony Abbott’s World Tour wastefulness
► Calling an extra Parliament Sitting wastefulness
► Planning a Double Dissolution wastefulness
Then you can hit the poor sods who have a HECS/HELP fee and find out there are no jobs … FMD!
Even Governor Bligh et al knew that a flagging economy needed to have stuff built (ie government infrastructure) to boost the economy … people earning, spending and buying is the simple process for a healthy economy … not sucking every bit of legal (or otherwise) tender out of the economic cycle … as all those issues above do!
Vaccuum Economics is sucking the life out of the Australian economy … nay the Western economy … Trickle Down is pure unadulterated One Percenters Bullshit!
A Con Job!
The lass doesn’t look impressed by Abbott’s form …
Understandable … everyone else has been bothered about it for some time …
I was surprised to see that ToM has put his house on the market, but I like what he’s done with the place…
http://www.realestate.com.au/property-house-tas-bridgewater-122204998
A Con Job!
We had no problems until you voted for Rudd in 2007. The worst PM in our history followed by the send worst in Gillard.
No wonder the budget is stuffed.
The grain of the wood on boarded up windows is a decorators touch!
The grain of the wood on boarded up windows is a decorators touch!
I thoroughly agree, ToM, natural, no treatment, just straight from the
treeplywood factory … and goes wonderfully with the Hogs Breathe Pink in the bathroom …And the clever cutting in by the mirror is a masterstroke (pardon the pun) …
Shows what a person paying more tax than (the other) 99% can afford … and still have time to surf!
Impressive stuff … thanks for sharing (probably all we’ll get) … 🙂
BTW are any of the bedrooms in chartreuse … would look a treat!
Just sayin’ …
Couldn’t help myself … had another look! Is that faux brick cladding too!!!!!
BTW does it come with glass windows?
No glass windows TB, just wood!
It’s cosy and can be used as firewood when the power is cut off.
Timber please, ToM … (is the glue toxic?)
No solar or wind power then?
There are some holes in the roof, and that’s all the natural lighting I need.
I quite like the generous use of linoleum and formica throughout. you just can’t buy finishes like that anymore.
The landscaping out the back is superbly finished too!
formica … brings tears … formica!
How much is this
hoveldelightful coven valued at?mmmm … $125,001 a steal for ToM …
Its does have views I see … are they coal pits or blue hills?
I am surprised that , neel, hasn’t flipped an offer yet … before those bloody Russians get in!
BTW sreb … lino is so WWII …
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In the TB household at the moment we are crammed into every nook and cranny as we suffer the floor strippers rip up our tiles ( a bit more tomorrow!) in our kitchen, family room and office … its like a fkn home invasion! And the NOISE!
But the porcelain 600 x 600 will complete the floors … lounge, dining room 600 x 600 and bedrooms and study 300 x 300 … all the same tile — no more carpets!
We keep saying — why did it take so long!
Have you considered porcelain tiles in your surfer home, ToM?
I did the bathroom myself
… and the paving.
I see that when you moved out, you took the lightbulbs with you.
Was that to save on electricity in the new place?
Good choice of real estate agent there too YoM.
How did you find him?
https://www.realestate.com.au/agent/peter-shacklady-140066
The paving? There’s paving too … local rocks I assume?
Was that to save on electricity in the new place?
Holes in the fkn roof, sreb!
Do keep up! 🙄
just looked up … Peter fkn WHO?
And who “writes” Harcourt’s copy? FFS!
Tasmanian born, Peter has since the age of 7 travelled extensively through the world.
After leaving school in the mid 70s, he began a career as a chef which entailed him travelling to the UK, involved in hosting TV programs, teaching delicacies and specializing in local game, English, French and European fares.
OR
Born in Tasmania, Peter has travelled the world since the age of seven.
Leaving school in the mid 70’s, he began his career as a chef.
Travelling to the UK hosting TV shows that taught preparation of delicacies based upon English, French and other European game …
Then I read the remainder and thought … “wot’s that got to do wiv selling fkn arrses …”
It’s an investment opportunity for the new owner and the tenants can supply their own f**king light globes.
I’m sure I speak for all landlords there. It’s enough that we landlords supply running water.
It’s enough that we landlords supply running water.
And you still have to claim negative gearing … just to keep your heads above ————— water …
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Then I read the remainder and thought … “wot’s that got to do wiv selling fkn arrses …”
It’s a Tasmanian thing.
It’s a Tasmanian thing.
Mmmm … OK reb of Hobart … no argument here …
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/its-personal-joyce-says-of-new-england/news-story/0b115e95895e36db873f8e643d3e7535
Chuckle …
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/australia-needs-strong-conservative-voice/news-story/b0abbeb68cb741e22efeb84a4ce6119a
Even louder chuckle …
http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/barnaby-cheers-over-shenhua-mine-doubts/news-story/961e8b6fca1e1f10ecfa6fd9fb70b618
Chortle …
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So I’ve been told that day light savings ends this weekend. Why don’t they just leave the clocks the way they are and then our days will stay longer. Why hasn’t anyone thought of this before?
And your curtains will fade …
Daylight saving must be a great idea… because they don’t have it in Queensland and WA.
If those 2 uncouth states agree not to have daylight saving – that’s enough evidence to decide that it is the timekeeping that civilised people practice
If you want more sunshine* in Melbourne (we have it in abundance in the SUNSHINE State) …
… you don’t need to reset all your clocks twice a year (I’ve got 15 of the buggers last count) … just get up earlier … or later or whatever you need to do in Mexico …
*This concept can/will never be guaranteed in Melbourne!
I found this interesting.
How the scientific community united against Tribeca’s anti-vaccination film
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/mar/29/tribeca-de-niro-anti-vaccination-film-scientists-response
sound familiar?
cripes!
Re Brisbane – some facts about the so called sunshine
• From Nov to Feb- Melbourne gets an average of 7.83 hours of sunshine each day.
• Brisbane gets an average of 7.73 hours
FACT – Brisbane gets less sunshine during the period that people take holidays
• Melbourne has annual rainfall of 648mm per year
• Brisbane has over 77% more rain with 1148mm per year
FACT – Brisbane is much, much wetter/damp than Melbourne. It p155es down in Brisbane
• Melbourne has an average of 100 days of rain per year
• Brisbane has an average of 132 days of rain per year
FACT – Brisbane has more much more rain on 32% more days than Melbourne
FACT – this is also proof that people in Queensland are delusional
FACT – Brisbane has more much more rain on 32% more days than Melbourne
FACT – this is also proof that people in Queensland are delusional
FACT – IT never rains in Brisbane … we get the occasional liquid sunshine tho’ … beautifully warm …
BTW I notice a lack of link to your FACTS, ToMMY …
Hello TB, just have a look at the data on the Bureau of Meteorology – that’s where I got my facts!
Wetter, more rain on more days and less sunshine – welcome to Queensland
Bugger I’ll have to move to
MelbourneTassie …ToM … I’ve lived in three countries and four towns/cities … and a couple of villages …
Where I want to live is where I want to live … if you don’t like it … do I care … ? Really .. ?
Do I care about where you want to live … nah! But I respect your choice … I’ve enjoyed Melbourne when I’ve visited …
One of my favourite memories when I finally came home – after living the first 12 years of my life in the wrong country! — was my first summer downpour … it was amazing! It was warm! The raindrops were enormous! And soft! And within 15 minutes I was dry again!
All my (young) life I’d expected/KNEW rain to be freezing cold and driven by wind straight at you!… and wore three layers of clothing then a raincoat and usually rubber boots (known as wellies where I was born – wellington boots) …
As far as I was concerned where my dad was born from was akin the paradise on the south coast of England … Eastbourne … we visited at Christmas (off peak plenty of beds – my rellies owned hotels and boarding houses – big ‘uns! (three stories 20+ room B/H) …
But I got on the train in Yorkshire wrapped up with scarf and overcoat, long pants and jumpers … six hours later we arrived … the next morning I was walking along the esplanade in shorts and shorts, sandals and short sleeved shirt …
So, ToM, personal choices are what we both have … what a pity so many other people don’t, or if they do, have people constantly trying to take those choices away …
We both live in a wonderful country! And I love it with a passion!
Kids’ superannuation balances reach six and seven figures
http://www.afr.com/news/politics/kids-superannuation-balances-reach-six-and-seven-figures-20160329-gntodh#ixzz44NKMuHXw
A letter in today’s AFR
COMPANY TAX NOT A COST:
Professor John Freebairn has entered the company tax debate (“Benefits of company tax cut would flow to foreigners, then workers”, March 22) and put the argument that “No doubt there are some mines that have an investment that wouldn’t work at 30 per cent but will work at 28.5 per cent”. It is useful to see the argument put clearly so we have a better chance of examining it.
Freebairn treats company tax as equivalent to any other cost. But if a company does not make a profit it is not liable to pay any tax and in that respect the company tax is fundamentally different to other costs and indeed other taxes and levies such as payroll taxes and mineral royalties. If an investment is viable before the company tax it will be viable after the tax.
Yes a company tax lowers the after-tax return. But a company’s interest bill is worth more as an expense and, to drive the point home, a company that forgoes a profitable investment by leaving funds in the bank will find that the returns on bank deposits are also taxed at the company tax rate.
A change in the company tax rate that increases the after-tax rate of return on an investment will also increase the after-tax rate on the opportunity cost of that investment. For these reasons Nobel Prize winning economist, Joe Stiglitz, says company tax is akin to a tax on economic rent – there is no impact on behaviour.
David Richardson
The Australia Institute
Canberra, ACT
http://www.afr.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/company-tax-cut-wont-grow-the-pie-20160329-gntsyk#ixzz44NU9jlgP
KL, the sadness is that:
1. Many people would not understand that letter; and
2. Those that do are to callous and selfish to understand or care about the outcomes to the nation; and
3. This government operated by The Robber Barons via their multi-millionaire Puppet TurnAbbout wouldn’t dare – nay – want to change the status quo …
“”Where I want to live is where I want to live … if you don’t like it … do I care … ? Really .. ?””
I’ve never really been happy wherever I’ve lived. It might seem nice for a while, but after a while I think “is that it?”
And then I just end up miserable.
Again.
And then I just end up miserable.
That’s ’cause you live in the cold and miserable …
Move to Queensland .. everyone here is happy* … I’ll help you get your passport (conditions apply) …
*Unless you get caught in a cyclone … 🙂
(According to one Finnish maxim, “There is no bad weather. Only inadequate clothing.”)