Friday 29th of March 2024

tripping over a trip...

 

tripping over a trip

Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has defended taking his family with him on a work trip to Perth, costing the taxpayer around $8,000 in airfares.

once upon a midnight dreary ....

once upon a midnight dreary ....

The Abbott government is approaching an existential moment. The existential question: What is the point of the Abbott government?

In the week before Bronwyn Bishop's career-ending exposure for abusing the public purse, Tony Abbott issued a warning to some of his ministers.

not in my name ......

not in my name ....

come to the edge he said ....

come to the edge he said ....

from Crikey …..

The government's controversial citizenship-stripping bill is in deep trouble, as it becomes apparent that it has been drafted too hastily and the "solution" to the problem of ministerial discretion has merely pushed it further up the bureaucratic chain.

same old, same old ....

same old, same old ....

One of the bosses’ best economic think tanks, the working class taxpayer funded Government agency the Productivity Commission has released its Workplace Relations Framework Draft Report.

startling... mr burns for president...

spot the difference

And Shearer is interested in Trump, not only as a satirist but because the candidate seems genuine in his boorishness.

It just is startling to people, because they’re so unused to seeing real behavior in the public sphere

on your bike and save the planet...

 

bicycles

Australia’s political leaders are “wilfully blind” to the challenge of climate change, with the country at risk from an “economically reckless” reliance upon fossil fuels, the former head of the National Australia Bank has warned.

the age of entitlement .....

Abbott government reviews politicians entitlements

when the adults are in charge .....

when the adults are in charge ....

Brownyn Bishop’s escalating expenses row, from helicopters to limousines to god knows what else, the contempt the vast majority of Australian people feel for her, the protection Prime Minister Tony Abbott gave her and the consequent damage this has done to his government and party, all combined to see her resign as speaker of the House of Representatives and Abbott announce a root and branch review of parliamentary entitlements.

recognition .....

recognition ....

boo again ....

boo again ....

Did you hear about the man who entered New Orleans’ airport with explosives and a machete? No? Well, you would have if he’d been Muslim.

A Muslim American man carrying a duffel bag that holds six homemade explosives, a machete, and poison spray travels to a major U.S. airport. The man enters the airport, approaches the TSA security checkpoint, and then sprays two TSA officers with the poison. He then grabs his machete and chases another TSA officer with it.

I'm back .....

I'm back .....

The Speaker is under further pressure as revelations emerge that she hired a corporate aircraft to travel from Sydney to Nowra for a Liberal party fundraiser.

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