Australian federal politics

Post by **ronan01** » August 30, 2015, 5:44 pm

Aardvark wrote:
ronan01 wrote:Labor supports the CMFEU campaign to destroy the Australia-China Free Trade Agreement, the agreement the labor supported but now does not, typical Shorten turncoat behaviour.

The CMFEU runs a lie ad campaign on TV with full labor approval.

Mick Gatto, well known underworld figure wants to $100k to solve CFMEU industrial action - industrial blackmail mafia style.

Bill Shorten - the CFMEU's hand-picked man in Canberra.

Vote labor if you want the CFMEU and Mick Gatto to run Australia.
Mick might not be with us for much longer ...... http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia ... li=AAabC8j

Says a lot about the CMFEU and the company they keep.

"Law enforcement authorities have long alleged Mr Gatto is a major player in the waterfront through his union connections and industrial mediation business."

He is also a "well known racing identity" which is a kind phrase for a crim, and his "Industrial mediation business" is a blackmail business run on behalf of the CMFEU and other unions.

The royal commission will continue and many CMFEU members will end up in jail. Nothing will stop that, not even the columbians.

It is obvious why the CMFEU wants the commission shut down, they have too much to lose.

Shorten still has to explain the $40K payment he received he help his election campaign.

Little Billy Shorten, the CMFEU's puppet in Canberra.

Post by **GT93** » August 31, 2015, 1:33 am

I read the Libs might have to throw Smoking Joe to the wolves and Abbott might call an election early next year.

If I was member of the Liberal Party I'd rather the reins were passed to someone else rather than go to an early election.

Post by **wazza** » August 31, 2015, 1:59 am

Pyne wins prestigious award....

http://winstonclose.me/2015/08/31/chris ... map=%5B%5D

Just thinking Ronan. The 40K your refering to wasnt sent by Mistake by the Tas Liberals was it? After all no one had a clue what was going on down their except the now Liberal Premier and Senator Abetz.

Post by **GT93** » August 31, 2015, 2:18 am

Congratulations to Mr. Pyne. The competition was intense.

Post by **ronan01** » August 31, 2015, 6:24 am

wazza wrote:Pyne wins prestigious award....

http://winstonclose.me/2015/08/31/chris ... map=%5B%5D

Just thinking Ronan. The 40K your refering to wasnt sent by Mistake by the Tas Liberals was it? After all no one had a clue what was going on down their except the now Liberal Premier and Senator Abetz.

No, it was a gift to Shorten from an employer in thansk for Shorten ripping off the employees.

Like signing up employees to his union without their knowledge and negotiating a lower rate of pay for them in return for a "gift".

Shorten - friend of the workers ho ho pho.

Post by **ronan01** » August 31, 2015, 6:41 am

Australian workers are entitled to have the unions cleaned up. Australia is entitled to have them cleaned up. Corrupt unions don't protect workers, they rip them off. Corrupt unions cost all of us through higher costs and lower productivity.

It is a common view in the broader community that many, far too many, Labor members of Parliament are sponsored beneficiaries of corrupt unions.

Shorten wants us all to see the commission as nothing more than a Liberal-Labor battle. It's pathetic. The commissioner is there to root out evil in the unions and, in so doing, protect workers. He is doing a job Labor should have done when last in office. To its great shame, it walked away from the task.

Senior Labor people recognise the damage rotten unions are doing to a party that has had an important place in Australia's political history.

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/the-la ... z3kLROsRyf

Post by **wazza** » August 31, 2015, 6:59 am

Sort of like the Tas Libs , saying to Mantach pay it back ASAP and we wont go to the Police, and just to make an incentive, we wont tell the Victs, you ripped us off , just to get rid of you.

But we wont declare it on our returns either, so it wont arouse suspicion, until an Oversight made them declare it last week.

I get it.

Post by **wazza** » August 31, 2015, 8:07 am

Latest Summary of the Liberal Party Government and Tony Abbott as Prime Minister

Written by an ex John Howard media advisor

Pretty Damming would be my summary

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-31/m ... ol/6736594

Apart from Increased Unemployment , Increased Debt, and a blow out in Turbull's NBN , what else have the Liberals given us, oh yes , Stoped the Boats, committed our RAAF to Syria , and a promised tax cut just in time for Canning.

Apologies to Monty Python

Post by **marjamlew** » August 31, 2015, 8:36 am

Say's it all about the Tories and what they think of Australian working men and women. A free trade agreement that lets Chinese companies bring to Australia their own workers on their own conditions and salaries.

Post by **wazza** » August 31, 2015, 8:51 am

So Liberal Senator Arthur Sinodinos wants One Term Tony to sack those who are leaking about sacrificing Hockey

The Colander Cabinet is united, as they all claim.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-31/p ... ys/6737158

But hold on poor Arthur was asked to resign as Assistant Liberal Federal Treasurer, so he cant be nominated as he is still under a cloud with the NSW ICAC - Australian Water Holdings.

"The commission has heard Senator Sinodinos - a former AWH director and NSW Liberal Party treasurer - stood to make up to $20 million if AWH won a lucrative contract with the state-owned Sydney Water company."

Post by **thaiguzzi** » August 31, 2015, 12:27 pm

I know nothing about Australian politics, but something caught my eye reading my daily news fix on the BBC website, a picture of a woman(?) called Bishop? Is that a bloke in drag?

Post by **BobHelm** » August 31, 2015, 12:38 pm

Yes, I read the article as it was concerning the nasty deal that Abbot's lot did with Cambodia to try & buy his way out of the Nauru mess.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34105064

Australia are (according to the article) happy that the deal will continue.
So far 4 inmates have gone to Cambodia & sources in Cambodia say that 4 is enough.

In truth even given the wildly 'rose tinted specs' view of Cambodia that the Government have given the inmates it seems that for most Nauru is a more attractive offering than Thailand's neighbour.

To me that sort of implies that maybe these folk are not as stupid & useless as the Prime Minister would like to paint & might be a great deal more benefit to the country than some who are already there & actually voted for the current Government...

Post by **GT93** » August 31, 2015, 12:56 pm

Watch out Bob. Jeff Thomson (ronan01) might bowl a bouncer at you

I'll probably get one too for my attempt at humour. He eases up though if you bag Aussie unionists. There seem to be way too many bent Aussie union officials. I like to think NZ unions aren't run so dishonestly.

I think Aussie politics is really entertaining. They have many really interesting characters including the blokey looking Bishop who thaiguzzi saw. Thaiguzzi there's another Bishop politician who doesn't have that problem. She's in good shape and I believe she could give Zids a run for his money around Nong Prajak.

Post by **BobHelm** » August 31, 2015, 1:08 pm

I would be extremely interested to see anyone try & put a positive spin on the disgraceful deal that Australia did with Cambodia & then straight out lies that it presented to the inmates about the country.
I fear that will be beyond even the efforts of the Worlds' last remaining climate denier...

& to try & say one side should be elected because the other side is so poor is setting the bar for politicians far too low, in my opinion...

Post by **wazza** » August 31, 2015, 1:26 pm

Govt has paid in total $55 million to have 4 asylum seekers who were denied access to Australia and transferred to Naru and subsequently accepted by Cambodia.

They have renigged on the deal according to a Cambodian Ministry Spokesperson.

Look where Cambodia sits on transperency.org and ask yourself was this deal ever going to be anything but an International scam.

Post by **marjamlew** » August 31, 2015, 3:10 pm

There is some hilarious stuff in this - well maybe not hilarious if you happen to be a genuine refuge from Burma or Iran.

"We have no plans to receive more refugees from Nauru," Cambodian Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak told Reuters.

"Cambodia is committed to a regional solution and has committed through a memorandum of understanding with the Australian government to resettle some asylum seekers who are found to be genuine refugees," Ms Bishop told reporters in Sydney.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/67 ... bodia-says

I think many of the longer term residents of Udon who understand the subtleties of cross cultural communication andunderstanding could help Fraulein Bishop to clarify the position of the Khmen - That is, 'We have every intention of taking every cent of your $AU40 million to line our own pockets but no intention of taking any more of your refugees........"

Post by **noosard** » August 31, 2015, 3:31 pm

What is funny about getting your tax dollars stolen
Australia can get it back with interest by not giving them any more aid ($79.1 million)

Post by **Barney** » August 31, 2015, 4:01 pm

marjamlew wrote:There is some hilarious stuff in this - well maybe not hilarious if you happen to be a genuine refuge from Burma or Iran.

"We have no plans to receive more refugees from Nauru," Cambodian Interior Ministry spokesman Khieu Sopheak told Reuters.

"Cambodia is committed to a regional solution and has committed through a memorandum of understanding with the Australian government to resettle some asylum seekers who are found to be genuine refugees," Ms Bishop told reporters in Sydney.
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/asia/67 ... bodia-says

I think many of the longer term residents of Udon who understand the subtleties of cross cultural communication andunderstanding could help Fraulein Bishop to clarify the position of the Khmen - That is, 'We have every intention of taking every cent of your $AU40 million to line our own pockets but no intention of taking any more of your refugees........"

Maybe they haven't cashed the cheque yet waiting for the AUD to increase? You never know.

Post by **ronan01** » August 31, 2015, 4:10 pm

BobHelm wrote:I would be extremely interested to see anyone try & put a positive spin on the disgraceful deal that Australia did with Cambodia & then straight out lies that it presented to the inmates about the country.
I fear that will be beyond even the efforts of the Worlds' last remaining climate denier...
& to try & say one side should be elected because the other side is so poor is setting the bar for politicians far too low, in my opinion...

Offshore processing was suspended and the detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island were formally closed after the Rudd (Labor) government came to power in late-2007. However, in August 2012, offshore processing on Nauru and Manus Island was re-established by the Gillard (Labor) government, and these arrangements have continued to evolve under the second-term Rudd (Labor) government and the Abbott (Coalition) government.

- See more at: http://www.kaldorcentre.unsw.edu.au/pub ... oiyNl.dpuf

Post by **ronan01** » August 31, 2015, 4:21 pm

Dyson Heydon stays. Protection racket defied

Bye bye Little Billy Shorten - cant wait to hear his detailed under oath explanation about his $40k "gift"

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andr ... don_stays/