She never stood aside, she resigned her position.
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Fancy being afraid of ICAC!!!
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Ok stood aside âŚâŚresigned. I meant the same thing. He should resign then - Gladys did and so did Barry - if the story is true
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She didnât:
Stood arise means you are leaving leave from the job, paid or unpaid, until the investigation is done. Gladys knew she was as guilty as, so she snuck away.
Minns may be guilty or not, and whether he steps aside is up to him. If I was innocent, I wouldnât and would fight it out. If I was guilty, I would find a place with no extradition treaty.
Gladys still in the running for CEO of Optus, that hugely reliable telcom company? âEven when youâre the CEO, Iâm the boss Gladys.â âI know.â Consequences are for the plebs, letâs hope she can prevent any more blackouts for her constituents.
Australia down 83k on expected migration levels to date. Also, why would we cut skilled migrant numbers? Will Duttz compensate for that by socialising education and training, and just hope people come back to professions his previous govt shatt on for years?
â âItâs people who have not left who we were expecting to leave [causing net migration growth], not because there are more people arriving or international students are overwhelming us,â he said.
âContrary to claims of record-high migration, Australia is still far from catching up to the levels of migration that, in the pre-pandemic world, we expected to have had by now,â the study said.
In his May budget reply the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, suggested the Coalition would cut a total of 100,000 permanent migration positions for skilled migrants and family members over four years.
This promise was thrown into confusion by the subsequent pledge to also cutthe net overseas migration rate from 260,000 to 160,000 a year.
The challenge the government face is its policies and actions arenât reversing continual decline in living standards and productivity. If it werenât for near record immigration, which the government isnât successfully managing, weâd be in recession. Yesterdayâs economic figures were really poor. So, the government isnât doing a good job managing the economy.
Government spending (federal and state) is driving interest rates higher for longer⌠Its $300 energy rebate is a response to its broken promise and itâs distorting the inflation picture and complicating the RBAâs task on bringing rate relief. Broadly speaking, it acted too slowly and was ineffective in providing tangible cost of living relief, distracted in its first year by The Voice. That situation set the tone for this term of government which it hasnât recovered.
As I said, a Coalition government wouldâve faced the same challenges and it wouldâve faced similar headwinds. It likely wouldâve been more successful lowering immigration and potentially easing cost pressures, bringing about rate relief sooner. Thatâs irrelevant though and we donât know.
In the end, the government still isnât delivering on its promises, people are worse off today than 3 years ago and the economic figures released yesterday confirm it.
That we could be facing a tight election where the government will be forced into minority, or even worse, an unlikely Coalition victory was unthinkable and almost an impossible reality 2.5 years ago. Itâs been a difficult term of government and anything could happen the next 6 months.
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As if thatâs going to happen! It will be interesting if the commentary around here is consistent.
Itâd be a shame, I think heâs possibly the best Premier in the country.
If you are innocent, why should you stand down ? If were guilty like Gladbag, then you would run away like she did.
I think he should step down if heâs investigated, but thatâs very 1990âs and pollies donât stand down for anything nowadays.
I have an issue with that (second) graphâŚ
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Take it up with Mr Oliver!
I meanâŚitâs not really supporting what heâs saying, is it.
Still, kudos to him actually providing the whole context, as devastating to his argument as it may beâŚ
That was the party policy. No idea if they have changed it though.
You posted it
A complaint has been made , ICAC will decide whether to investigate .
Time will tell I suppose 
Shane Oliver >>> Any self-declared economist on Bomberblitz