Elaugaufein
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To be fair to The Australian this is completely consistent with their usual level of class.
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To be fair to The Australian this is completely consistent with their usual level of class.
"Zero" is not a level. Unless you're implying negative levels.
Attacking a politicians kids may actually be a new low.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...t-funds-priests-training-20141204-120a3c.html
Yep that's exactly where tax dollars should be going...
Sooooooooo, Youtube served me this ad just now....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wr4V7wMOe8&feature=instream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wr4V7wMOe8&feature=instream
Did Pyne manage to re-launch (or whatever) the uni fees reform after it was knocked back, or not yet?
Not yet, but don't you worry about that, the Coalition has a mandate, and he will text until his fingers fall off to get that support.
Tony Abbott has quite literally said the word 'Labor' 100 times in this press conference. It's fucking over a year since they got into power and they're still catching feels.
Also, "Daniel Andrews should reconsider cutting all those East-West link jobs before Christmas." High leel concern trolling. I'm assuming we'll hear a similar comment re Will Hodgman's 800 public job cuts.
Also, "Daniel Andrews should reconsider cutting all those East-West link jobs before Christmas." High leel concern trolling. I'm assuming we'll hear a similar comment re Will Hodgman's 800 public job cuts.
bobnowhere
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Look like next Wednesday Australia will have its first openly gay Premier/Chief Minister in the ACT.
I wonder if it will bring the morons out of the woodwork?
I wonder if it will bring the morons out of the woodwork?
I know. Makes me physically sick that the Senate would let this through.
Elaugaufein
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Nope. You only need half+1 to pass, so it's possible for the coalition to pass a bill with both Labor and Greens and up to 2 more senators objecting.
And appear weak on border protection? Not likely.
They got it through with pup + Muir on the crossbench
Lawyers have morals? Or are you talking about the whole ousting of the jurisdiction of the court thing?
Jesus Christ :/
Elaugaufein
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By my count that's only 38 (35 + 2 + 1) and they need 39 to pass, did someone else vote for or is someone away ?
This article says the LNP, PuP, Xenophon, Leyonhjelm, Day, and Muir voted for; Labor, Greens, Madigan and Lambie against. However, I'm not sure of the math exactly.
xenophon, bob day and david leyonhjelm
So Hansen-Young said in Parliament that Muir was told that the only way to get these kids on Christmas Island who are currently in detention out was to pass the package - in other words, the kids were essentially used as hostages.
As in, the kids were supposedly given Muir's phone number and told to beg him to pass the bill.
That said - no source for her claim, so idk
As in, the kids were supposedly given Muir's phone number and told to beg him to pass the bill.
That said - no source for her claim, so idk
Elaugaufein
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Don't think that's fair. AFAIK his position was that this sucks but it'd be wrong of him not to do something to get those currently in limbo out of it. I disagree with his decision but I see nothing xenophobic in it.
So how did the kids get access to the phone?
Holy crap this is the sort of foul play that you'd expect in movies, not real life...
Absolutely disgusting , beyond disgusting.
shanshan310
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getup goin ham
Welp, respect for Xenophon completely lost. What the fuck.
The latter...considering they've done this before and the court said this was fucking absurd. You can't oust jurisdiction from the High Court because it's written into the constitution.
Also it's a quirk of judicial review that you're unlikely to get a court that's going to voluntarily reduce its own power
Or a brave fuck! He is going against big wind!
More like commonunism sense.
www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-27/abbott-on-jobs/4915228
Apparently this business is still going ahead. $2500 if you can hold down a job for a year. $4000 if you can hold down a job another 4 years or something like that. Baby bonus for the unemployed.
Apparently this business is still going ahead. $2500 if you can hold down a job for a year. $4000 if you can hold down a job another 4 years or something like that. Baby bonus for the unemployed.
A stimulus package. A very narrowly targeted one at that.
Newly employed youth.
It's weird because isn't the job and the independence a job gives you the reward? The extra government money just serves to give that small group a boost. A group that is now independent and employed.
Hmmm, but probably still living with Mum and Dad.
Bond money. It's hypothetical, but concentrating a large amount of money in a small demographic is going to result in a narrow spending pattern.
It's such a narrow group the risk of a bubble is massive.
Having said that, I fully support the $6000 bonus if you take a job in a regional area or $3000 in another metro area. That could really help rural communties.
Newly employed youth.
It's weird because isn't the job and the independence a job gives you the reward? The extra government money just serves to give that small group a boost. A group that is now independent and employed.
Hmmm, but probably still living with Mum and Dad.
Bond money. It's hypothetical, but concentrating a large amount of money in a small demographic is going to result in a narrow spending pattern.
It's such a narrow group the risk of a bubble is massive.
Having said that, I fully support the $6000 bonus if you take a job in a regional area or $3000 in another metro area. That could really help rural communties.
That man has done so much damage to the Labor party. I hope gets whats coming to him.
If there was actually jobs there to get. And its not like those areas are sitting there with no unemployment but positions going. Well unless you are a GP or something.
That's the problem with the whole policy. The motivation to find a job isn't what's missing, it's the jobs themselves. The regional bonus would work great if it were part of a larger stimulus to grow the regional economies. Some large projects like an NBN and a shift to sustainable energy, but of course, Abbott and company's relentless negativity has snookered them out of the most obvious solution.
bobnowhere
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The clearist sign a political party is doomed for failure is when the founder names it after themselves.
he's the go to man to shit on his own party second only to mark latham and at least latham wrote a fucking hilarious book out of his failed election campaign
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