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[basilio]

Actually I have another one for sale if you want it, same price $500, Segway ES4 with long range battery.

Segway Ninebot ES4 Review: With Dual Suspension, Is It Better Than the Ninebot Max?

This model dominated the shared scooter scene in 2018, but how does it compete with newer entry-level scooters? In this Segway Ninebot ES4 review, find out why the dual suspension can't make up for the solid tires, and what keeps this beginner-friendly scooter from rolling with the best of the best.

electric-scooter.guide

I upgraded to this.

EMove Cruiser: Everything You Need to Know - Guide 2021

Riders who are clamoring for long-range scooters need not look further than the EMove Cruiser. With a whopping 100-km maximum range on a scooter built for everyday commuting, the EMove Cruiser is already as sweet deal! But it's more than just it's range, read on to find out more.

www.electrickicks.com.au

That is a seriously cool set of wheels. Are you allowed to ride it in WA ? Could you give us a road report ? And what is the cost ?

 

[mullokintyre]

Don't these three classy blokes just look like politicians ....

 

[Knobby22]

Don't these three classy blokes just look like politicians ....
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I get you but looks aren't everything. He could be the next John Howard!

Like the tweets

@LiberalVictoriaWho’s the guy with the really tiny head on the right?
111Dylan Walton ?@IamDWalt·
23 FebJames Newbury actually has a normal sized head, but you can’t tell due to his inability to wear a suit that isn’t three sizes too big.

 

[sptrawler]

Who has been a busy little jetsetter?

Sky high for Wong reaching the top tier

The political veteran has scored the ultimate achievement in the world of corporate perks.

www.smh.com.au

Now the political veteran has scored the ultimate achievement in the world of corporate perks. Labor’s opposition foreign affairs spokesperson achieved Qantas Frequent Flyer Lifetime Platinum Status (our caps, not Wong’s) in the final week of February – a designation, in our books, on par with an Australia Day honour or even the top gong on Dancing With The Stars.
When pressed, a Qantas insider confirmed the privilege was only bestowed on frequent flyers once they rack up 75,000 status credits – which are a different measure to frequent flyer points and simply denote how much you fly.
And the South Australian Senator Wong sure knows how to fly.

Consider this maths: frequent flyers earn 10 status credits for a discounted economy flight from Adelaide to Canberra. That means that Wong has taken the equivalent of 7500 flights between the two capitals during her lifetime and near-20 year tenure in federal parliament.

Wong’s new designation comes with lifelong access to international first and domestic business lounges and a guarantee that your name is top-of-the-pile for international upgrades. It also comes with a handy luggage bonus which means that your bag is first off the plane and the first to arrive on a baggage carousel when you land.

 

[SirRumpole]

Who has been a busy little jetsetter?

Sky high for Wong reaching the top tier

The political veteran has scored the ultimate achievement in the world of corporate perks.

www.smh.com.au

Now the political veteran has scored the ultimate achievement in the world of corporate perks. Labor’s opposition foreign affairs spokesperson achieved Qantas Frequent Flyer Lifetime Platinum Status (our caps, not Wong’s) in the final week of February – a designation, in our books, on par with an Australia Day honour or even the top gong on Dancing With The Stars.
When pressed, a Qantas insider confirmed the privilege was only bestowed on frequent flyers once they rack up 75,000 status credits – which are a different measure to frequent flyer points and simply denote how much you fly.
And the South Australian Senator Wong sure knows how to fly.

Consider this maths: frequent flyers earn 10 status credits for a discounted economy flight from Adelaide to Canberra. That means that Wong has taken the equivalent of 7500 flights between the two capitals during her lifetime and near-20 year tenure in federal parliament.

Wong’s new designation comes with lifelong access to international first and domestic business lounges and a guarantee that your name is top-of-the-pile for international upgrades. It also comes with a handy luggage bonus which means that your bag is first off the plane and the first to arrive on a baggage carousel when you land.

Singling out one individual is not very informative.

How does she compare with other pollies on all sides ?

George Christensen (the Member for Manilla) must have racked up a few points with all his trips to the Phillipines.

 

[sptrawler]

Singling out one individual is not very informative.

How does she compare with other pollies on all sides ?

George Christensen (the Member for Manilla) must have racked up a few points with all his trips to the Phillipines.

Well it came from the SMH, so it must be a pretty unusual event, it is unlike them to highlight a Labor story.
The other thing is, would you be asking the same question, if it was a coalition member who was in opposition and getting the miles up ?

 

[PZ99]

SMH is more pro Coalition than Labor so this story is no surprise.

I'm actually more curious how Penny's points compares with other pollies in her area (Adelaide)

I remember back in the day if I lost my travelers' cheques Mr Wong was always there for me. What about Ms Wong ? Stuck in Adelaide with a wall on one side and SMH on the other. Never there when you need 'em anymore

 

[The Triangle]

A flexible business class return flight is 90 status credits Adelaide to Canberra. Lifetime Platinum is 75,000 status credits = 833 return trips = 16 years of flying every week to and from Adelaide on Qantas. Through in a few double and triple status credit specials and that'll be about 14 years to get. As she's been in parliament for 20 years it seems somewhat reasonable to be lifetime Platinum by now. Everyone knows full well politicians don't take discount economy flights. Backpackers and pensioners are the only ones who pay for those flights.

I hate labor and can't stand penny wong. But this is such a stupid wasteful junk article. Those authors are pathetic and should be ashamed. You don't need to 'press' Qantas insiders to ask about FF status - It's simply there on the Qantas website. I pressed a McDonalds insider about the price of a bigmac today - he told me- its $6.40.

 

[sptrawler]

That is a seriously cool set of wheels. Are you allowed to ride it in WA ? Could you give us a road report ? And what is the cost ?

Yes they are legal in W.A, the Segway ES4 is the same scooter that Bird and Lime used to rent out in Europe, they are well made and are rated to 100kg. I personally think they are more suited to someone around 70kg.
They still sell them, but they are now called the E45, the difference being a marginally bigger tyre, the rest of the electrics batteries ect are the same, the E45 costs about $1,000.
Why the E4/ E45 is popular, as it is very light yet solid, easy to handle, folds quite small and is easy to carry, yet still has a 30klm range and three speed settings eco/normal and sport.
Some of the larger ones are heavy and awkward for women and lighter people especially.
So they are a great scooter for people who want a really well made, yet easily manageable size scooter, that has a known manufacturer and good software/ backup etc.
I have electric bikes, normal bikes and electric scooters, the wife and I find the normal bikes and the electric scooters the most practical, I will get rid of the electric bikes we just don't use them. It might be just a personal thing but half the fun of riding a bike is the exercise.
The scooters are brilliant on public transport, ride them to the station, easily managed on the train, then ride them to final destination from the train and easy to either lock up or carry.
Jeez probably wrong thread.

 

[wayneL]

Well, at least we won't have to pay for the another shrimp on the barbie... Winning?

‘Never going there’: Australia slammed

When Australia finally flung open its borders last week to fully vaccinated international tourists after being shut for 704 days, it was a joyous occasion for some.

www.news.com.au

 

[sptrawler]

I keep saying that sucking up to the media by politicians isn't party specific, but no one will have it, I like McGowan he is middle of the road the same as Barnett was.
It just makes a mockery of tribal politics, where one group says they don't have the ear of the media.

'Mark, well done': Text messages between WA Premier and media mogul revealed in court

Insider text messages between Mark McGowan and Kerry Stokes are aired in court, including an exchange where the WA Premier thanks the media mogul for "marvellous" front page articles depicting Clive Palmer as a cockroach and cane toad.

www.abc.net.au

 

[wayneL]

I keep saying that sucking up to the media by politicians isn't party specific, but no one will have it, I like McGowan he is middle of the road the same as Barnett was.
It just makes a mockery of tribal politics, where one group says they don't have the ear of the media.

'Mark, well done': Text messages between WA Premier and media mogul revealed in court

Insider text messages between Mark McGowan and Kerry Stokes are aired in court, including an exchange where the WA Premier thanks the media mogul for "marvellous" front page articles depicting Clive Palmer as a cockroach and cane toad.

www.abc.net.au

We have separation of church and state (purportedly).

I propose we also have separation of media and state.

 

[SirRumpole]

I propose we also have separation of media and state.

Would be good I agree. How would it be enforced ?

Maybe just reporting what politicians say, no opinions, no analysis, no lampoons and let people make up their own minds ?

No fun it that.

 

[PZ99]

The more things change the more they stay the same...

Petrol, Moscow, Argo and then the bloody Kingswood LOL

1980 7 News

 

[mullokintyre]

Jacquie Lambie has done her fair share of blasting all and sundry about their lack of transparency in political donations (see Here , Here , and Here ), however, it seems the good JL may have been a tad lax in her own disclosures.
From The Australian

Jacqui Lambie – who promised leading donation disclosure and frequently lambasts other politicians over shoddy transparency – has conceded keeping the detail of her own donations secret for almost two years.
The Tasmanian senator promised she and her party would have “the most transparent donation policy in the country” and to publish “the most detailed breakdown of our donations of any political party”.

This was to include quarterly reports on her website, the first of which she promised would be published on March 31, 2020 – almost two years ago.

As of Friday morning last week, no such details had been provided by Senator Lambie for any quarter, while her Australian Electoral Commission disclosure identified the source of just $5,960 – 1.3 per cent – of her $458,428 declared donations.

After queries from The Australian during last week, however, Senator Lambie suddenly published the missing quarterly reports on her website late on Friday, Tweeting:

“Had a journalist ask about our political donations. We value transparency. So, here’s everything.”

The outspoken senator conceded she had failed to deliver promised transparency but argued the data now released showed her Jacqui Lambie Network party was grassroots.

I wonder how long it would have taken her to release the data if an enquiring journalist had not asked why it was not ofrthcoming after two years??
It highlights the problems of chucking stones from your glass castle.
Mick

 

[sptrawler]

Well who would have guessed? I thought only one side of politics pork barreled. ? Some on here have been taking the pizz.

Charged up: Labor favours marginal seats in community battery pitch

Labor is loading up on community battery projects in marginal seats, especially in electorates the party needs to hold in order to win government.

www.smh.com.au

Labor has favoured voters in marginal seats in a $200 million pitch to build local batteries to support renewable energy while also promising 64 per cent of the spending so far to electorates held by its own MPs.
The flagship policy has enabled Labor leader Anthony Albanese and his shadow ministers to promise $500,000 for each battery during visits to seats that could decide the coming election, with more pledges to come in the weeks ahead.

 

[IFocus]

Well who would have guessed? I thought only one side of politics pork barreled. ? Some on here have been taking the pizz.

Charged up: Labor favours marginal seats in community battery pitch

Labor is loading up on community battery projects in marginal seats, especially in electorates the party needs to hold in order to win government.

www.smh.com.au

Labor has favoured voters in marginal seats in a $200 million pitch to build local batteries to support renewable energy while also promising 64 per cent of the spending so far to electorates held by its own MPs.
The flagship policy has enabled Labor leader Anthony Albanese and his shadow ministers to promise $500,000 for each battery during visits to seats that could decide the coming election, with more pledges to come in the weeks ahead.

You need to take off the Coalition fan boy glasses and please try to keep up, as the Coalition has spent mainly in their own sears Labor are just trying to balance the ledger a little, however I doubt they will ever catch-up Morrison has broken all records in that area.

 

[wayneL]

You need to take off the Coalition fan boy glasses and please try to keep up, as the Coalition has spent mainly in their own sears Labor are just trying to balance the ledger a little, however I doubt they will ever catch-up Morrison has broken all records in that area.

Yeah! Labor are completely honest and even handed. They haven't pork barreled, ever! Never even branch stacked or anything remotely like that.... Nope, just not the Labor style

 

[sptrawler]

You need to take off the Coalition fan boy glasses and please try to keep up, as the Coalition has spent mainly in their own sears Labor are just trying to balance the ledger a little, however I doubt they will ever catch-up Morrison has broken all records in that area.

As I intimated in the post, that it was naive to believe that pork barreling is confined to one side of politics, there is only one of us that has tainted glasses and it sure ain't me.
So when the coalition do it it is outrageous, when labor do it we will call it balancing the ledger, priceless.?
We will keep a book on it when Labor get in.

 

[moXJO]

I think the whole Kimberly Kitching affair just shows that Labor are the exact same wankers they always were. And more females on the front bench did nothing to stop the culture.

However, scomo needs to be dumped asap.
I'm just wondering how much I'll regret it later.