2022 Election
Roadkill wrote:AndyM wrote:So by that measure it would’ve been fine if Bill Shorten fucked off overseas on holidays?
You’re now trying to imply irrelevancies and going off at an irrelevant angle.
You said..Shorten went there and by his actions contributed to getting them out alive. Wake the fuck up and own the bs you said. Shorten contributed zero to getting them out alive.
You’ve got the wrong fella.
My point is, regardless of whether you’re actually fighting a fire or you’re actually going underground to rescue people, there’s this thing called leadership.
Roaddill by name and nature.
Like trying to reason with VicMoron.
Teflon and deflection.
In fact, this is the only way I can tell them apart. VL die hard ALP, Roaddill diehard LNP.
AndyM wrote:Roadkill wrote:AndyM wrote:So by that measure it would’ve been fine if Bill Shorten fucked off overseas on holidays?
You’re now trying to imply irrelevancies and going off at an irrelevant angle.
You said..Shorten went there and by his actions contributed to getting them out alive. Wake the fuck up and own the bs you said. Shorten contributed zero to getting them out alive.You’ve got the wrong fella.
My point is, regardless of whether you’re actually fighting a fire or you’re actually going underground to rescue people, there’s this thing called leadership.
So if Scomo had installed himself at the RFS headquarters, instead of going overseas during the fires, you would now be saying he showed leadership?
fitzroy-21 wrote:Roaddill by name and nature.
Like trying to reason with VicMoron.
Teflon and deflection.
In fact, this is the only way I can tell them apart. VL die hard ALP, Roaddill diehard LNP.
Wrong. The whole bunch of them are turds and selfish greedy pricks.
No surprise you have never bothered to pay attention.
Roadkill wrote:So if Scomo had installed himself at the RFS headquarters, instead of going overseas during the fires, you would now be saying he showed leadership?
Probably not, but his presence may have shown some sincerity that he cared and was there to coordinate anything that was needed within his power.
Editorial
Life inside a lie https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/editorial/2022/05/21/life-in...
Ooohhh….Supa, that’s got to go up in full. Too good to not post.
Life inside a lie
Here tis:
“The government Scott Morrison leads has achieved less in three terms than perhaps any other in Australian history. What it has accomplished has largely made the country worse. It has dismantled an effective carbon price, antagonised China, cowed the national broadcaster, diminished the broadband network. It has confected a national circus on gay rights, alienated allies, rigged the tax system to ensure a country that will be less fair, where there will be less money for health and education.
Morrison’s is a government of gross rorting and frivolous obsessions. It has no coherent plan. Its refusal to establish an integrity commission is an admission of just how bent its members are. It indulges peccadilloes on religious freedoms but refuses to legislate an emissions target. It muddled through the pandemic on luck and the work of the states.
Competence is a novel concept to Morrison. He does not possess it and nor does he expect it from his ministers. Billions of dollars are wasted on defence contracts. Billions more are rorted in election spending. It is government by boondoggle.
On refugees, he has refined a system of cruelty unmatched anywhere in the world. He will be remembered, if he is remembered at all, as the country’s great torturer. He is a man who will not pass up even the smallest advantage. He is constantly chiselling at the nation’s soul.
He has lied so often and with such certainty that the truth seems to slide off him. He is an oiled-up showman. In the early days of the government, when he was Immigration minister, he lied and said Reza Barati was killed outside the fence of a detention centre on Manus Island. The implication was that it was his fault for escaping. In reality, he was killed by guards. Morrison lied again and said social workers were coaching refugees to self-harm, and eventually his government had to pay compensation for this. It stands out as a lonely consequence in a career absent of them.
Morrison, this cruel and bilious man, now asks for a fourth term. He says he’s just getting started. He plans to be different. He looks out at the carnage behind him, all of it the result of his ineffectiveness and ineptitude, and says he is a bulldozer. There is no crisis that doesn’t begin and end with him imagining himself as a small boy playing with a toy truck.
His pitch, as ever, is comfort. He has the shape and bearing of a Jason recliner. He speaks to one half of Australia and promises he will make them comfortable. They will not have to worry about climate change or an unstable world. They will live in Morrison’s Australia, protected by selfishness and indifference. They can live inside one of his lies, in a house they bought with their superannuation, safe in the constant present that is more accurately a suburban past. The future doesn’t exist in this world because it is too real to consider.
Today, there is a chance Morrison will be re-elected. If it happens, it will be a tragedy for the country.“
“He is a man who will not pass up even the smallest advantage. He is constantly chiselling at the nation’s soul.”
Supafreak wrote:Editorial
Life inside a lie https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/editorial/2022/05/21/life-in...
I agree with a lot of this. However, anyone that thinks the ALP will be any different is dumb. Both the major parties have no real idea anymore. Both are equally as clueless as the other. Politics is broken nowadays.
“He is constantly chiselling at the nation’s soul”
Fuck….that’s the absolute summation of the Morrison government.
Best line I’ve read about this entire shitstorm we live through.
Roadkill wrote:Supafreak wrote:Editorial
Life inside a lie https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/editorial/2022/05/21/life-in...I agree with a lot of this. However, anyone that thinks the ALP will be any different is dumb. Both the major parties have no real idea anymore. Both are equally as clueless as the other. Politics is broken nowadays.
Not true. The ALP are woke fuckstiks who will still destroy Australia with their commitment to neoliberalism and the Big Australia Ponzi it entails, but the LNP are pure evil filth.
The Morrison gentrification of corruption is as bad as anything which has ever been visited upon Australia. They simply can not get another chance to have their way with us.
I will be seriously disappointed with an ALP government in power but it’s still preferable to the LNP.
Scummo is basically the Penguin running Gotham City. Unfortunately….Albo ain’t no Batman. That’s for sure.
interesting how 'all in with albo' a certain news.com journalist has gone
if we are to believe the whinging whining wailing propagandaists, this guy's way off script, and his job should be on the line...
https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/analysis/joe-hildebran...
how's some of the reactions of the wokesters?
so irrational and off with the fairies it's laughable
https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/joe-hildebrand-on-how-...
interesting (and relieving...) to have practically not heard that 'r' word once throughout this election...
even from the greens... almost...
abc mornings chick poked, prodded and led albanese as hard as she could the other morning looking for the 'r' word, and albanese showed incredible restraint to avoid going there
seems lessons have been learnt...
pity it seems some on here still have not received the meno
Joe Hildebrand’s support hmm
Not sure if that would attract or push away more voters.
DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:Ooohhh….Supa, that’s got to go up in full. Too good to not post.
Life inside a lieHere tis:
“The government Scott Morrison leads has achieved less in three terms than perhaps any other in Australian history. What it has accomplished has largely made the country worse. It has dismantled an effective carbon price, antagonised China, cowed the national broadcaster, diminished the broadband network. It has confected a national circus on gay rights, alienated allies, rigged the tax system to ensure a country that will be less fair, where there will be less money for health and education.
Morrison’s is a government of gross rorting and frivolous obsessions. It has no coherent plan. Its refusal to establish an integrity commission is an admission of just how bent its members are. It indulges peccadilloes on religious freedoms but refuses to legislate an emissions target. It muddled through the pandemic on luck and the work of the states.
Competence is a novel concept to Morrison. He does not possess it and nor does he expect it from his ministers. Billions of dollars are wasted on defence contracts. Billions more are rorted in election spending. It is government by boondoggle.
On refugees, he has refined a system of cruelty unmatched anywhere in the world. He will be remembered, if he is remembered at all, as the country’s great torturer. He is a man who will not pass up even the smallest advantage. He is constantly chiselling at the nation’s soul.
He has lied so often and with such certainty that the truth seems to slide off him. He is an oiled-up showman. In the early days of the government, when he was Immigration minister, he lied and said Reza Barati was killed outside the fence of a detention centre on Manus Island. The implication was that it was his fault for escaping. In reality, he was killed by guards. Morrison lied again and said social workers were coaching refugees to self-harm, and eventually his government had to pay compensation for this. It stands out as a lonely consequence in a career absent of them.
Morrison, this cruel and bilious man, now asks for a fourth term. He says he’s just getting started. He plans to be different. He looks out at the carnage behind him, all of it the result of his ineffectiveness and ineptitude, and says he is a bulldozer. There is no crisis that doesn’t begin and end with him imagining himself as a small boy playing with a toy truck.
His pitch, as ever, is comfort. He has the shape and bearing of a Jason recliner. He speaks to one half of Australia and promises he will make them comfortable. They will not have to worry about climate change or an unstable world. They will live in Morrison’s Australia, protected by selfishness and indifference. They can live inside one of his lies, in a house they bought with their superannuation, safe in the constant present that is more accurately a suburban past. The future doesn’t exist in this world because it is too real to consider.
Today, there is a chance Morrison will be re-elected. If it happens, it will be a tragedy for the country.“
Yep, reckon that editorial nails it!
Albo is definitely not the best public speaker and didn’t handle the early press onslaught very well at the start but he improved over the length of the campaign. Lets see how he goes with the changes he wants to implement in aged care and childcare before we right him off . Lets see how he does with housing and improving Medicare. Lets see how the labor government goes at improving relationships with our neighbours near and far . There is a wealth of opportunity in the next decade and the current mob hasn’t done anything in the last decade to deserve another shot . I believe Albo will do better behind the scenes then he does in front of the camera, his constant err , umm , errs drive me crazy but he’s got far more going for him than scomo who is a pathological liar. If a strong ICAC is established and maintained then surely politicians in this country will improve and possibly attract more capable people. It’s been a shit show for decades now and can’t continue the way it’s been going. Plenty of people writing labor off before they have been given a chance . Do you really want more of the same from this current crowd ? Yeah I understand the ones that are doing well don’t mind but they need to open their ears and eyes and understand not everyone is doing so well. Time for change.
andy-mac wrote:DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:Ooohhh….Supa, that’s got to go up in full. Too good to not post.
Life inside a lieHere tis:
“The government Scott Morrison leads has achieved less in three terms than perhaps any other in Australian history. What it has accomplished has largely made the country worse. It has dismantled an effective carbon price, antagonised China, cowed the national broadcaster, diminished the broadband network. It has confected a national circus on gay rights, alienated allies, rigged the tax system to ensure a country that will be less fair, where there will be less money for health and education.
Morrison’s is a government of gross rorting and frivolous obsessions. It has no coherent plan. Its refusal to establish an integrity commission is an admission of just how bent its members are. It indulges peccadilloes on religious freedoms but refuses to legislate an emissions target. It muddled through the pandemic on luck and the work of the states.
Competence is a novel concept to Morrison. He does not possess it and nor does he expect it from his ministers. Billions of dollars are wasted on defence contracts. Billions more are rorted in election spending. It is government by boondoggle.
On refugees, he has refined a system of cruelty unmatched anywhere in the world. He will be remembered, if he is remembered at all, as the country’s great torturer. He is a man who will not pass up even the smallest advantage. He is constantly chiselling at the nation’s soul.
He has lied so often and with such certainty that the truth seems to slide off him. He is an oiled-up showman. In the early days of the government, when he was Immigration minister, he lied and said Reza Barati was killed outside the fence of a detention centre on Manus Island. The implication was that it was his fault for escaping. In reality, he was killed by guards. Morrison lied again and said social workers were coaching refugees to self-harm, and eventually his government had to pay compensation for this. It stands out as a lonely consequence in a career absent of them.
Morrison, this cruel and bilious man, now asks for a fourth term. He says he’s just getting started. He plans to be different. He looks out at the carnage behind him, all of it the result of his ineffectiveness and ineptitude, and says he is a bulldozer. There is no crisis that doesn’t begin and end with him imagining himself as a small boy playing with a toy truck.
His pitch, as ever, is comfort. He has the shape and bearing of a Jason recliner. He speaks to one half of Australia and promises he will make them comfortable. They will not have to worry about climate change or an unstable world. They will live in Morrison’s Australia, protected by selfishness and indifference. They can live inside one of his lies, in a house they bought with their superannuation, safe in the constant present that is more accurately a suburban past. The future doesn’t exist in this world because it is too real to consider.
Today, there is a chance Morrison will be re-elected. If it happens, it will be a tragedy for the country.“
Yep, reckon that editorial nails it!
100% agree
DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:Ooohhh….Supa, that’s got to go up in full. Too good to not post.
Hangabout, was that quote from the Most Exceptional, Distinguished, and Unbiased Saturday Paper?
Asking for a friend (with his finger on the screenshot button)
.Extremely concerning that a boat full of illegal immigrants from Sri Lanka has been intercepted in Australian waters today.
— Scott Morrison former PM of Australia (parody) (@ScottyFromMktg) May 21, 2022
They were supposed to be here three days ago!
See this clip @ljayes @Paul_Karp @annajhenderson 👇🏻 https://t.co/6Rb1EA62cr
— Karen Middleton (@KarenMMiddleton) May 21, 2022
sypkan wrote:you know 'the corporation' roadkill
if you don't by now, there's no helping you
Could this be the work of the 'stage manager' perhaps?
Supafreak wrote:Albo is definitely not the best public speaker and didn’t handle the early press onslaught very well at the start but he improved over the length of the campaign. Lets see how he goes with the changes he wants to implement in aged care and childcare before we right him off . Lets see how he does with housing and improving Medicare. Lets see how the labor government goes at improving relationships with our neighbours near and far . There is a wealth of opportunity in the next decade and the current mob hasn’t done anything in the last decade to deserve another shot . I believe Albo will do better behind the scenes then he does in front of the camera, his constant err , umm , errs drive me crazy but he’s got far more going for him than scomo who is a pathological liar. If a strong ICAC is established and maintained then surely politicians in this country will improve and possibly attract more capable people. It’s been a shit show for decades now and can’t continue the way it’s been going. Plenty of people writing labor off before they have been given a chance . Do you really want more of the same from this current crowd ? Yeah I understand the ones that are doing well don’t mind but they need to open their ears and eyes and understand not everyone is doing so well. Time for change.
+1
andy-mac wrote:Supafreak wrote:Albo is definitely not the best public speaker and didn’t handle the early press onslaught very well at the start but he improved over the length of the campaign. Lets see how he goes with the changes he wants to implement in aged care and childcare before we right him off . Lets see how he does with housing and improving Medicare. Lets see how the labor government goes at improving relationships with our neighbours near and far . There is a wealth of opportunity in the next decade and the current mob hasn’t done anything in the last decade to deserve another shot . I believe Albo will do better behind the scenes then he does in front of the camera, his constant err , umm , errs drive me crazy but he’s got far more going for him than scomo who is a pathological liar. If a strong ICAC is established and maintained then surely politicians in this country will improve and possibly attract more capable people. It’s been a shit show for decades now and can’t continue the way it’s been going. Plenty of people writing labor off before they have been given a chance . Do you really want more of the same from this current crowd ? Yeah I understand the ones that are doing well don’t mind but they need to open their ears and eyes and understand not everyone is doing so well. Time for change.
+1
"Albo is definitely not the best public speaker"
Is an understatement the guy is the worst public speaker in the history of Australian politics, a complete train wreck.
Even before the campaign started he was avoiding press questions.
Then he didn't know (not forget) two extremely important aspect related to the economy, the unemployment rate and cash rate.
Then he didn't know his own policy??...WTF??
Then a few days ago he claimed the borders were still closed?
And many more clueless comments.
Add to that he mumbles and stumbles and clearly can't handle media pressure, all signs point towards being weak and incompetent.
It's seriously scary that he might be PM soon, he really is like our own Biden.
"Albanese averages a gaffe a week, voters don’t seem to care"
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/albanese-averages-a-gaffe-a-week-vo...
Hahahaha , ok indo , how anyone can not see Scumo for what he really is , is beyond me .
Desperate times calls for desperate measures https://twitter.com/finbaromallon/status/1527853551040352256?s=21&t=Hr54ajPPz-t1Pdfx-Nb0Gw
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Supafreak wrote:Desperate times calls for desperate measures https://twitter.com/finbaromallon/status/1527853551040352256?s=21&t=Hr54...
Id expect it's true, people smugglers know Labor are weak on borders they will be trying to get people on boats again.
That's just the reality of the matter
andy-mac wrote:DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:Ooohhh….Supa, that’s got to go up in full. Too good to not post.
Life inside a lieHere tis:
“The government Scott Morrison leads has achieved less in three terms than perhaps any other in Australian history. What it has accomplished has largely made the country worse. It has dismantled an effective carbon price, antagonised China, cowed the national broadcaster, diminished the broadband network. It has confected a national circus on gay rights, alienated allies, rigged the tax system to ensure a country that will be less fair, where there will be less money for health and education.
Morrison’s is a government of gross rorting and frivolous obsessions. It has no coherent plan. Its refusal to establish an integrity commission is an admission of just how bent its members are. It indulges peccadilloes on religious freedoms but refuses to legislate an emissions target. It muddled through the pandemic on luck and the work of the states.
Competence is a novel concept to Morrison. He does not possess it and nor does he expect it from his ministers. Billions of dollars are wasted on defence contracts. Billions more are rorted in election spending. It is government by boondoggle.
On refugees, he has refined a system of cruelty unmatched anywhere in the world. He will be remembered, if he is remembered at all, as the country’s great torturer. He is a man who will not pass up even the smallest advantage. He is constantly chiselling at the nation’s soul.
He has lied so often and with such certainty that the truth seems to slide off him. He is an oiled-up showman. In the early days of the government, when he was Immigration minister, he lied and said Reza Barati was killed outside the fence of a detention centre on Manus Island. The implication was that it was his fault for escaping. In reality, he was killed by guards. Morrison lied again and said social workers were coaching refugees to self-harm, and eventually his government had to pay compensation for this. It stands out as a lonely consequence in a career absent of them.
Morrison, this cruel and bilious man, now asks for a fourth term. He says he’s just getting started. He plans to be different. He looks out at the carnage behind him, all of it the result of his ineffectiveness and ineptitude, and says he is a bulldozer. There is no crisis that doesn’t begin and end with him imagining himself as a small boy playing with a toy truck.
His pitch, as ever, is comfort. He has the shape and bearing of a Jason recliner. He speaks to one half of Australia and promises he will make them comfortable. They will not have to worry about climate change or an unstable world. They will live in Morrison’s Australia, protected by selfishness and indifference. They can live inside one of his lies, in a house they bought with their superannuation, safe in the constant present that is more accurately a suburban past. The future doesn’t exist in this world because it is too real to consider.
Today, there is a chance Morrison will be re-elected. If it happens, it will be a tragedy for the country.“
Yep, reckon that editorial nails it!
It's a Saturday paper article for gods sake only Crikey is worse, it's complete BS.
No PM in my life time has had to deal with what Scomo has a once in 100 year pandemic, then fires and floods.
Most PM's just have to keep the economy ticking along and tinker a few little things.
indo-dreaming wrote:Supafreak wrote:Desperate times calls for desperate measures https://twitter.com/finbaromallon/status/1527853551040352256?s=21&t=Hr54...
Id expect it's true, people smugglers know Labor are weak on borders they will be trying to get people on boats again.
That's just the reality of the matter
Reality ? Really ? Hmmmmmm
This brought a smile 
Indo said “ Most PM's just have to keep the economy ticking along and tinker a few little things. “ ………Well the LNP have certainly kept the economy ticking over the last decade ……how much are we in for now ? Ahhh it’s only money …. who cares ?
Sri Lankan Tamil reffos usually flee northern Ports for nearby India.
Scomo's Reffos were thwarted on the more recent fleeing port on Mid East Coast.
Oz journalist says stunt involved Police who were witnessed putting them on a procured Vessel.
https://whatsnew2day.com/election-2022-people-smugglers-intercepted-by-s...
If crew want a second reliable version...then that would have to be this Breaking NEWS.
2,000km Journey S/W to Chagos Islands...(Why Here?)
Because they're baiting UK to claim the Island with them as their Reffos
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/20/tamil-refugees-detained-by...
So why would they risk 5,000kms to Oz when they can bribe closer UK Island into taking them.
Reffos have done their Homework & UK is feeling the Heat...nothing to do with PM Dutto!
PS:
Don't discount that UK are exploiting or sponsoring Tamil Reffos to assist in claiming the disputed Islands.
Now that sounds more believable than all other versions...All say Aye!
stunet wrote:
DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:Ooohhh….Supa, that’s got to go up in full. Too good to not post.
Hangabout, was that quote from the Most Exceptional, Distinguished, and Unbiased Saturday Paper?
Asking for a friend (with his finger on the screenshot button)
It was not from The Most Revered Macrobusiness Site if that’s what you’re getting at. The praise would’ve been heaped to the heavens if that were the case. Kinda get the feeling you are aware of that fact.
This Sri Lankan boat story, if true, is massive.
— Karen Middleton (@KarenMMiddleton) May 21, 2022
Geez, Indo, have a couple of deep breaths and a lie down would ya, at this rate you'll be in hysterics before the night is through.
indo-dreaming wrote:andy-mac wrote:Supafreak wrote:Albo is definitely not the best public speaker and didn’t handle the early press onslaught very well at the start but he improved over the length of the campaign. Lets see how he goes with the changes he wants to implement in aged care and childcare before we right him off . Lets see how he does with housing and improving Medicare. Lets see how the labor government goes at improving relationships with our neighbours near and far . There is a wealth of opportunity in the next decade and the current mob hasn’t done anything in the last decade to deserve another shot . I believe Albo will do better behind the scenes then he does in front of the camera, his constant err , umm , errs drive me crazy but he’s got far more going for him than scomo who is a pathological liar. If a strong ICAC is established and maintained then surely politicians in this country will improve and possibly attract more capable people. It’s been a shit show for decades now and can’t continue the way it’s been going. Plenty of people writing labor off before they have been given a chance . Do you really want more of the same from this current crowd ? Yeah I understand the ones that are doing well don’t mind but they need to open their ears and eyes and understand not everyone is doing so well. Time for change.
+1
"Albo is definitely not the best public speaker"
Is an understatement the guy is the worst public speaker in the history of Australian politics, a complete train wreck.
Even before the campaign started he was avoiding press questions.
Then he didn't know (not forget) two extremely important aspect related to the economy, the unemployment rate and cash rate.
Then he didn't know his own policy??...WTF??
Then a few days ago he claimed the borders were still closed?
And many more clueless comments.
Add to that he mumbles and stumbles and clearly can't handle media pressure, all signs point towards being weak and incompetent.
It's seriously scary that he might be PM soon, he really is like our own Biden.
"Albanese averages a gaffe a week, voters don’t seem to care"
https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/albanese-averages-a-gaffe-a-week-vo...
And scummo is a good public speaker?
Get a transcript of what he spits out and it is pure jibberish.... Talks a lot, says nothing.
No wonder he appeals to some .. jeez....
thermalben wrote:This Sri Lankan boat story, if true, is massive.
https://twitter.com/KarenMMiddleton/status/1527854826251354112
Geez that is heavy if true. Knew LNP were low, but this is next level.
Federal ICAC needed....
GuySmiley wrote:andy-mac wrote:DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:Ooohhh….Supa, that’s got to go up in full. Too good to not post.
Life inside a lieHere tis:
“The government Scott Morrison leads has achieved less in three terms than perhaps any other in Australian history. What it has accomplished has largely made the country worse. It has dismantled an effective carbon price, antagonised China, cowed the national broadcaster, diminished the broadband network. It has confected a national circus on gay rights, alienated allies, rigged the tax system to ensure a country that will be less fair, where there will be less money for health and education.
Morrison’s is a government of gross rorting and frivolous obsessions. It has no coherent plan. Its refusal to establish an integrity commission is an admission of just how bent its members are. It indulges peccadilloes on religious freedoms but refuses to legislate an emissions target. It muddled through the pandemic on luck and the work of the states.
Competence is a novel concept to Morrison. He does not possess it and nor does he expect it from his ministers. Billions of dollars are wasted on defence contracts. Billions more are rorted in election spending. It is government by boondoggle.
On refugees, he has refined a system of cruelty unmatched anywhere in the world. He will be remembered, if he is remembered at all, as the country’s great torturer. He is a man who will not pass up even the smallest advantage. He is constantly chiselling at the nation’s soul.
He has lied so often and with such certainty that the truth seems to slide off him. He is an oiled-up showman. In the early days of the government, when he was Immigration minister, he lied and said Reza Barati was killed outside the fence of a detention centre on Manus Island. The implication was that it was his fault for escaping. In reality, he was killed by guards. Morrison lied again and said social workers were coaching refugees to self-harm, and eventually his government had to pay compensation for this. It stands out as a lonely consequence in a career absent of them.
Morrison, this cruel and bilious man, now asks for a fourth term. He says he’s just getting started. He plans to be different. He looks out at the carnage behind him, all of it the result of his ineffectiveness and ineptitude, and says he is a bulldozer. There is no crisis that doesn’t begin and end with him imagining himself as a small boy playing with a toy truck.
His pitch, as ever, is comfort. He has the shape and bearing of a Jason recliner. He speaks to one half of Australia and promises he will make them comfortable. They will not have to worry about climate change or an unstable world. They will live in Morrison’s Australia, protected by selfishness and indifference. They can live inside one of his lies, in a house they bought with their superannuation, safe in the constant present that is more accurately a suburban past. The future doesn’t exist in this world because it is too real to consider.
Today, there is a chance Morrison will be re-elected. If it happens, it will be a tragedy for the country.“
Yep, reckon that editorial nails it!
100% agree
On reflection I think Morrison and his voters should be pleased with this assessment of his PMship as it aligns with the modern day role of any conservative leader/government which is to primarily occupy the government benches, buying time to further entrench the aspiration mantra, while doing as little as possible but where able further expand the existing concessions to the base. By occupying government you stop the other mob incrementally winding back the Howard era largesse and full fat gravy, little wonder people like @info are mesmerised by the shining things dangled in their faces.
andy-mac wrote:thermalben wrote:This Sri Lankan boat story, if true, is massive.
https://twitter.com/KarenMMiddleton/status/1527854826251354112
Geez that is heavy if true. Knew LNP were low, but this is next level.
Federal ICAC needed....
Hands up who would be surprised if it was true.
Not me.
Scummo and his mob are at least as untrustworthy as anyone I’ve ever come across.
FWIW, I've been reading Karen's articles in The Saturday Paper for many years, and she's done some incredible work, and broken quite a few big stories. Karen doesn't appear to be the kind of person to potentially trash their reputation on a rumour. Especially seeing that this kind of eleventh-hour news story is likely to be too late to make a material difference to the election (LNP were apparently sending out SMS alerts at 2pm, but most people will have already voted by that time).
thermalben wrote:This Sri Lankan boat story, if true, is massive.
https://twitter.com/KarenMMiddleton/status/1527854826251354112
Extremely unlikely, why pay and organise for something that is bound to happen anyway?
Plus if it was a set up it would be better to make it happen earlier, most people will have voted by the time they hear about this story.
This aspect is more likely to be a fabricated story to combat the negative effect of the news..
Let's wait and see, ID.
Can't see why Karen would trash her reputation though.
2022 swellnet Election Doco Drawer
2019 Local Booth Vote Counts > Seat Results
https://results.aec.gov.au/24310/Website/HouseDefault-24310.htm
12th Aug 2021 [ Counting, Scrutiny, and Operational Efficiencies Bill ]
* 12 day fixed pre Poll
* 5 day pre Poll Day opening of Postal Ballots
* 2hr pre Poll day end opening of Phone Ballots
* Party Numbers 500 >1,500 or Elected Member endorsement
* Ban on similar Party Names
* Voter I.D. (Not Passed)
Green Ant's half decent cautious review on Electoral Changes
https://antonygreen.com.au/proposed-electoral-act-changes-for-the-2022-f...
9th Feb 2022 [ Covid Enfranchisement Bill 2022] or 72hr [+] Postal Vote Exemption.
https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id...
26th Feb 2022 [ ECL~ 500 Electronic Certified Lists pilot in Pre Poll / Mobile / High Volume Booths]
https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id...
19/20th May [ 3 day Extension of Covid Enfranchisement Bill ]
AEC Chief : Tom Rodgers Video
Govt Special Minister of State : Ben Morton Video
Candidate : Monique Ryan Legal Action Video
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-20/covid-rules-change-on-federal-ele...
https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/monique-ryans-le...
Polling Booths Open / Closures / Appointments
https://www.aec.gov.au/about_aec/cea-notices/election-pp.htm
Election Guides
tbb's super generous [L] vs alp swing seats
https://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/528560?page=81
tbb's Covid % (vs) Swing % Red Hot Taboo Guide.
https://www.swellnet.com/forums/wax/528560?page=86
ABC Chief Analyst : The Green Ant Chamber!
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thermalben wrote:This Sri Lankan boat story, if true, is massive.
https://twitter.com/KarenMMiddleton/status/1527854826251354112
Wow Ben, friend of a friend, can’t verify, She didn’t know the guy………. That’s some great journalism from Karen
Imagine if I shared something like this about Covid. I would have been torn to shreds.
burleigh wrote:thermalben wrote:This Sri Lankan boat story, if true, is massive.
https://twitter.com/KarenMMiddleton/status/1527854826251354112
Wow Ben, friend of a friend, can’t verify, She didn’t know the guy………. That’s some great journalism from Karen
Imagine if I shared something like this about Covid. I would have been torn to shreds.
Imagine?…no need to imagine.
You shared worse and simply made up stuff hourly…ad nauseam.
ALP to win 80 plus seats, LNP less than 60, teals get 3 or 4
That's my call. 5pm.
Landslide.
ALP at $1.35 and LIB at $3.40 currently at Sportsbet.
But I doubt they'll be paying out early this time after their last effort.
https://www.9news.com.au/national/federal-election-2019-sportsbet-expect...
adam12 wrote:ALP to win 80 plus seats, LNP less than 60, teals get 3 or 4
That's my call. 5pm.
Landslide.
Geez I hope you are correct...
burleigh wrote:thermalben wrote:This Sri Lankan boat story, if true, is massive.
https://twitter.com/KarenMMiddleton/status/1527854826251354112
Wow Ben, friend of a friend, can’t verify, She didn’t know the guy………. That’s some great journalism from Karen
Imagine if I shared something like this about Covid. I would have been torn to shreds.
Didn't realise your professional reputation was on the line every time you commented anonymously on Swellnet.
adam12 wrote:ALP to win 80 plus seats, LNP less than 60, teals get 3 or 4
That's my call. 5pm.
Landslide.
But will Jenny be making the concession speech ?
Don't be acting all innocent as if we hit a new low point?
Think we've sailed off the edge of the Earth's slippery slope many times before this...
We just keep goin' round & back for more sultanas...here we go again...hold on....Argh!!
[L] People Smuggler's Turnaround standard price...$40,000 vessel $5,000 per crew
Tough job for the Australian Navy...upgrading from Pockets to Wallets to Handbags to Treasure Chests.
2015 [L] People Smuggling Catalogue...shop for yer fav Smuggler & Leaky Vessel.
https://nofibs.com.au/by-hook-or-by-crook-the-cashforturnbacks-scandal-q...
[L] Locked in Smuggler's 2 for 1 Election Fear Campaign offer....{ PM : "Australia sets the bribe price!" }
Can’t quite agree TBB, but take your point. It seems that every time I think we’ve scraped the bottom of the barrel, I find out there’s more barrel.
Things have moved progressively worse my entire life. There was a time that a Labor Minister had to resign because he hadn’t declared a Paddington Bear coming through customs. Now, anything less than starting a nuclear war without cause is considered ‘meh’. Billions of dollars given to profitable companies, meh. Car park rorts, sports rorts. These used to be big issues that would hound a government to its grave. Now, meh.
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