Re: Aus Federal Politics thread (XII)

by lardbucket Wed 06 Apr 2016, 10:38

He's not a nonentity - he's a sloppy dog turd in the middle of the kitchen floor.

by JGK Fri 08 Apr 2016, 02:28

snigger @ Wozzie Treasurer's bleating over the GST carve up.

by embee Fri 08 Apr 2016, 03:21

what's been said?

by JGK Fri 08 Apr 2016, 04:13

embee wrote:what's been said?

“Western Australia has had an unprecedented drop in revenue both from iron ore royalties, oil and gas royalties and taxes across the board – the largest drop any state has received since the Great Depression and yet the GST share continues to decline,” he told the ABC.

“There is something fundamentally wrong with the system, the Commonwealth Grants Commission is oblivious to it and refuses to address it, and it’s just unacceptable and is bringing into question the strength of the federation.”

He said the state’s economic woes could be fixed if the GST carve-up was fair.

“I’m the Treasurer of Western Australia and I’m facing a multi-billion-dollar deficit because the state is being fleeced to the tune of $4 billion,” Dr Nahan said.

“If I had my fair share of GST, we would be in large surplus.

“As a result we’re borrowing money to send to South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales, ACT for them to spend on government services and we’re in a deficit – this is outrageous.

“You cannot continue to fleece the state like this.”

by embee Fri 08 Apr 2016, 04:22

Same speech as every year only the date changes

He's right ... but Barnett agreed /helped draft the formula back in '99 ...they just didn't foresee the current circumstances

by embee Sat 16 Apr 2016, 17:07

Bronny booted

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by JGK Sat 16 Apr 2016, 23:55

Farewell and Amen.

by skully Sun 17 Apr 2016, 01:26

Good riddance to the old crone. wave

by lardbucket Sun 17 Apr 2016, 02:09

skully wrote:Good riddance to the old crone.

RD would have shed a tear.

by Fred Nerk Sun 17 Apr 2016, 12:31

Likewise Bob Ellis

by Fred Nerk Sun 17 Apr 2016, 12:38

lardbucket wrote:He's not a nonentity - he's a sloppy dog turd in the middle of the kitchen floor.

Lardy, how long has Keating been writing your stuff?

by lardbucket Sun 17 Apr 2016, 13:08

Keating has probably been too busy writing his own stuff to write any of my stuff.

I find Mr Andrews pretty gruesome, though - did you think my earlier analysis flattered him?

by Fred Nerk Sun 17 Apr 2016, 13:10

It did nothing for the reputation of sloppy dog turds...

by lardbucket Sun 17 Apr 2016, 13:18

correct

by JGK Mon 18 Apr 2016, 03:49

FFS, ALP now ahead on 2PP - idiot Tories.

by skully Mon 18 Apr 2016, 04:19

You believe the Pinko apologists at NewsPoll?? FFS & FMD!!

by embee Mon 18 Apr 2016, 05:20

Not the sort of polling you pull the trigger on ...

Is he thinking he can scare the crossbench senate into accepting the legislation?

by skully Mon 18 Apr 2016, 05:22

Turnbull is nowhere near the politician that Abbott is. Such a shame TA has the charisma of a rock.

by JGK Mon 18 Apr 2016, 05:57

Good times:

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by taipan Mon 18 Apr 2016, 06:34

JGK wrote:Good times:

Trev is the editor?

by skully Mon 18 Apr 2016, 07:30

WTF drugs was the Bulletin smoking at the time (I assume around circa 1995)???? Shocked

by Bradman Mon 18 Apr 2016, 08:16

Back off. She does a lot for charitable causes.

by skully Mon 18 Apr 2016, 09:20

Doesn't mean she was ever likely to be PM.

by JGK Mon 18 Apr 2016, 09:25

Actually, when it looked like it was only Downer she had to challenge she was half a chance.

And then the souffle rose again.

by JGK Mon 18 Apr 2016, 09:31

Meanwhile, the ABCC Bill gets voted down again and Mal has his DD trigger.

Interestingly, 4 Senators voted with the govt so they were only 2 votes off.

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