Actually think we are being Governed by the Public Service, or at least they are the ones keeping the place functioning.
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Iâm getting more and more convinced Scomo just blabbed it out on the spot.
That thought is a touch less worrying than a group of people sitting in a room thinking it up and deciding it was a good idea.
He is wrong of course. Most people do not own a home.
2016 Census shows home ownership is at 65%, so he is basically correct.
Well, itâs roughly 1/3 owning their home, 1/3 owned by the banks, and 1/3 renting.
But dropping.
Stop paying the rates and youâll find out who owns it.
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Morrison presented the Jerusalem Embassy move as an option based on Sharmaâs â expertâ opinion, so you may be right on that one . It was an attempt to pump up Sharma ( who lives in North Sydney) to the Jewish vote. But Sharmaâs views were already known in Jewish circles ,so it was overkill.
As to Iran, we are not part of the deal and Australian views would count for nothing at the international negotiating level, but were unhelpful to our coalition building efforts overall.
In the lead up to elections, there is an awareness of the likelihood of hare brained pork barrelling initiatives in the Queensland sugar seats and in Tasmania. The initiatives are usually manageable and have little to no international consequences ( apart from the Howard Tampa issue and climate change) . But the Wentworth initiatives would have blindsided those involved in high and low diplomacy and will be difficult to repair. And all for nought.
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More than likely Big Al, that ScoMo et al were sitting around thinking of a vote catcher and came up with the Jerusalem idea.
When I worked for a Minister back a very, very long time ago, I remember sitting in on an important policy committee meeting that after six months of discussion, research, public servant advice, more discussion had finally agreed on a progressive and responsible social welfare policy, when the PM crashed in to declare he had booked a National Address to the People on prime time TV and dropped s policy on the table and walked out.
Yep there was an election coming up.
I thought we were supposed to leave the world a better place
Kaye Lee
Forgetting the noise and arguments, the marketing and campaigning â a governmentâs job (and the job of us all) is to make the world a better place.
You donât do that by worshipping wealth above well-being.
You donât do that by supporting the fossil fuel industry and looking to join the worldâs top ten arms manufacturers.
You donât do that by engaging in rampant land-clearing to make way for livestock, inappropriate crops, or urban sprawls.
You donât do that by habitat destruction of endangered species.
You donât do that by cutting foreign aid to developing nations whilst massively increasing defence spending.
You donât do it by destroying the lives of people who came to you seeking sanctuary from war and oppression.
You donât do that by briefing the media about foreign policy discussions/decisions before you have spoken to ASIO, DFAT or defence.
You donât do that by ignoring the existential danger posed by climate change in order to save a few dollars a week off your electricity bill.
You donât do that by entrenching people in poverty through inadequate social security payments and demeaning them as leaners.
You donât do that by offering such generous tax concessions to property investors that housing becomes unaffordable.
You donât do that by promoting gambling.
You donât do that by condoning discrimination against people based on their race, religion, gender or sexuality.
You donât do that by ignoring the advice of the Indigenous community, quarantining their income instead of addressing disadvantage and enabling self-determination, building more jails whilst cutting support services.
You donât do that by spending hundreds of millions in legal battles to withhold information that the public has a right, and a need, to know.
You donât do that by holding endless reviews and commissions and summits and then ignoring their recommendations.
You donât do that by rewarding those who shout the loudest or pay the most.
You donât do that by concentrating on the marketing rather than the message.
The removal of the Coalition from government is a necessary step in making this country, and the world, a better place.
The problem is, how much more damage can they do before trash removal day?
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The prime minister was quoted as saying âhonk, honkâ before riding away on his unicycle.
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Katter has turfed Fraser Anning from his Total Dipsticks Party.
A battle between Tweedledumbest and Tweedleevendumberest.
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I agree with Bacchus on the point he mentioned the other day.
If you resign (or are sacked) from the party you were voted in on, that seat should go to a re-election.
Yes I realise he wasnât voted in on the Mad Katters party.
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Anning got 19 votes and was not voted in. He replaced Malcolm Roberts who went down on dual citizenship. He was next on the PHON Senate Ticket.
Some are saying his expulsion from KAP is a cynical exercise by Katter to get Labor preferences and possibly also to regain access to Union funds , which were withdrawn following Anningâs speech.
Maybe, but it was still the right thing to do.
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Geez, how much of an asshat do you have to be to get kicked out of both Hansonâs and Katterâs bunch of redneck bigots?
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Now, Iâm not paranoid against Murdoch but why does my Foxtel IQ series link repeatedly delete my recording of 7.30?
Iâd put nothing past that â â â â .
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Installed iQ4 box for my Foxtel yesterday.
Not happy that Credlin still appears.
Given her iq is 4, thatâs strangely appropriate.
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WTF you cant serve in two different levels of government at the same time.