Re: Aus Federal Politics thread (XII)

by lardbucket Fri 05 Sep 2014, 09:35

The mind boggles. Turnbull & Palmer?

by JGK Fri 05 Sep 2014, 10:31

lardbucket wrote:The mind boggles. Turnbull & Palmer?

This might be a start. http://www.afr.com/p/national/icac_email_trail_links_federal_libs_nLqJ0bAwjewiyd88R8pHyK

by JGK Sat 06 Sep 2014, 09:28

First Obama and now Abbott:

http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/pms-office-denies-claims-tony-abbott-british-citiz/2374139/

by horace Mon 08 Sep 2014, 01:19

rofl.... Chris Poodle (minister for nobbery) looks like he could be in trouble...lots of pressure for a Senate Inquiry...adverse findings would need to go to the Rogers...Poodle could be clipped and spend a period in doggy rehab camp....

by JGK Mon 08 Sep 2014, 01:26

JGK wrote:
lardbucket wrote:The mind boggles. Turnbull & Palmer?

This might be a start. http://www.afr.com/p/national/icac_email_trail_links_federal_libs_nLqJ0bAwjewiyd88R8pHyK

It's Credlin and Nicolau.

I have little doubt that the Libs have not broken the law because of the massive loopholes in it but if they had any moral high ground about foreign company's legally avoiding tax in Australia they are very quickly losing it.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/icac-lifts-suppression-order-on-peta-credlin-and-paul-nicolaou-emails-20140908-10dr7v.html

by skully Mon 08 Sep 2014, 01:33

horace wrote:rofl.... Chris Poodle (minister for nobbery) looks like he could be in trouble...lots of pressure for a Senate Inquiry...adverse findings would need to go to the Rogers...Poodle could be clipped and spend a period in doggy rehab camp....

Ashby either lied on his affidavit (where he said he'd had no outside assistance or influence) or he lied to Liz Hayes. You can make up your mind which. Either way, zip will come of this.

by horace Mon 08 Sep 2014, 01:52

so you are happy to pat the poodle?

by skully Mon 08 Sep 2014, 01:58

I only made judgment on Ashby based on the facts presented. Lying on an Affidavit is a federal offence. Lying to Liz Hayes is just good for headlines. You decide.

by horace Mon 08 Sep 2014, 02:00

Poodle may ultimately have a enough mates to form a branch inside stir

by skully Mon 08 Sep 2014, 02:15

As I said h, nothing will come of this.

by horace Mon 08 Sep 2014, 02:21

Happily I am not a Boral shareholder...if I were I would be asking for the Board to resign and the CEO to be sacked..

S, I think the poodle is on his way...more to come...also expect pressure to mount for an inquiry into the Woodside/spying/ Downer dealings

by JGK Mon 08 Sep 2014, 02:36

skully wrote:As I said h, nothing will come of this.

Aye. Ashby has always been an attention whore.

by JGK Mon 08 Sep 2014, 03:05

That said, Pyne would have be pretty confident that there is no evidence (secret or otherwise) that would refute this blanket denial:

Mr Pyne said in a statement: “All these matters have been aired over and over again for the last three years.

“I had no specific knowledge of the allegations made by Mr Ashby and the first I knew that he was suing Mr Slipper was when I read it in the newspapers.

by Bradman Mon 08 Sep 2014, 03:24

Talking about holes in things. I'd hardly call that a blanket denial.

On the PW-W thing. I knew the guy when he was in the army and later when he was a mining exec. Apart from the bunfight over his father-in-law's winery he seems an unlikely fit for the greens. Though like a lot of them there was a leftie leaning. Though not that far left that the ALP's right wing would seem more natural.

by JGK Mon 08 Sep 2014, 03:37

Yes I guess there is room for weaseling out (and Pyne is weasel in chief) but you'd think any evidence that he had dealings with Ashby early in the process would be damaging.

by Bradman Mon 08 Sep 2014, 03:47

Abbott's claiming sub judice in most of his comments and referring to previous statements. I don't think there's too much in this (hopes for huge reverse woof).

by JGK Mon 08 Sep 2014, 05:03

Looks like Pyne has now spoken to the spin doctors and is coming "clean".

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/christopher-pyne-says-james-ashby-may-have-misinterpreted-discussions-over-peter-slipper-20140908-10dt3t.html

by JGK Tue 09 Sep 2014, 07:14

Australia - world champions at reducing carbon emissions in 2013:

http://images.smh.com.au/file/2014/09/08/5743127/pwccarbon.pdf?rand=1410161801548

by embee Tue 09 Sep 2014, 07:30

"There was also a 30% increase in hydroelectric power due to
unusually high rainfall in South East Australia "

that wont last long ...apparently

by skully Tue 09 Sep 2014, 10:30

I see Juliar gets her opportunity to lie under oath at the Union Royal Commission tomorrow. Actually, it'll probably just be one big "I don't recall".

by JGK Tue 09 Sep 2014, 10:52

Would be hella funny though if she admits to being "The Big Man".

by skully Tue 09 Sep 2014, 11:15

by horace Wed 10 Sep 2014, 00:53

looking forward to the trial and sentence for treason of Downer

by skully Wed 10 Sep 2014, 01:41

Is this a one man crusade, h?

by horace Wed 10 Sep 2014, 01:45

nope S...check the evidence....who was Minister when the spying happened?....who is on the jolly fat retainer from Woodside?...why have the tories been trying so hard to shut down the story?

hopefully the radishes will have their Royal C when next in power and the heinous garbage that is Downer will cop his just desserts

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