Plibersek yes, Wong no. The only thing Barnaby got remotely right in his ranting was about the shit water buy backs labor made while Penny was on the water portfolio.. That’s why labor has promised not to have an inquiry in the water buy backs from when they were last in gov..
The election thread - Two middle-late aged white men trying to be blokey and convincing..., same old shit, FFS.
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Smart people earn more than politicians why take a pay cut and have to work in a playschool?
Comic Book Guy
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Read up on her husband: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Coutts-Trotter. This would be weapon the LNP could use against her.
Yet the Andrews gov does exactly the same thing with the western distributor project and doesn’t even the guts to take it to an election. He did a straight up deal with Transurban that had zero transparency to the public.. Extending the tolls on exisiting toll freeways for another 25 years to pay for it is a disgraceful dog act.. Not to mention the project was never even suggested by infrastructure victoria.. Imo it is worse than what the libs did..
Yep agree, but it also could play into her hands. The whole bad boy done good thing.. I do feel any pollie with talent just gets destroyed when they become leader anyway..
Calvin27
Eats Squid
What like knowing you are going to lose an election and willingly committing the incumbent to a poison pill arrangement? You need to get your metrics straight. Don't get me wrong tolls for another 25 years is really crap but it's nowhere near as bad as what the last mob did. Not even close.
Haakon
has an accommodating arse
Bloody transurban and vic governments... Getting fucking kennett to have the police chase trespassing on private property fines was gross.
Money isn’t everything.
So labor taking an unsolicited proposal from Transurban to build a major freeway that no offical infrastructure body ever recommended is all fine and dandy. They never took it an election. Never had it costed. Nothing. And funnily enough the project did not stack up economically when tested during the EES tribunal..
It is straight up corruption mate.. Just like the libs side letter.
At the end of the day all these roads have to be built, and will be built.. except now it will cost us 1 billion for EW and 25 years of extra tolls.. Who’s the loser?
Calvin27
Eats Squid
Not saying it isn't. Just saying the other one was more of a dick move.
hifiandmtb
Sphincter beanie
Some good points here:
www.theguardian.com
I’d support it.
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Death duties meet the basic conditions for a good tax: they are fair and easy to understand. So why are they unpopular?
www.theguardian.com
I’d support it.
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
How does someone with that on their record acquire such a position?
wkkie
It's Not Easy Being Green
Yep, bit of a joke really. Jobs for the missus' boys?
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
pink poodle
気が狂っている男
That may be the case, but...surely a criminal conviction of such a serious nature would preclude someone from holding high office in the department of justice?
Comic Book Guy
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One guess. Also, he was DG of Ed in NSW...no joke...he was DG of Ed.
Oddjob
Merry fucking Xmas to you assholes
Nope. Senior executive service serve at yhe pleasure of the minister.
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Haakon
has an accommodating arse
Yep. Its how an otherwise unqualified political adviser gets the job of secretary of treasury (or is it finance...? )....
John U
MTB Precision
These decisions need to be taken out of politics. Wtf is infrastructure Australia for?
Spending should be based on need and take into account all the other spending needs of a healthy and educated society.
Contracts not being open to all contenders, and public, is wrong.
The increase in releasing redacted documents is also a farce.