+ 1 Mr.Burns.....they make me sick when I see this crap come up on this forum....they just can't help themselves ......they have to stretch the truth.
Abbott didn't stand in front of those placards the placard holder positioned himself behind him.
I wish you could be transported to another place and have Gillard rule over you for the rest of your pathetic existence, you might learn then but I doubt it.
Best post for a long time thanks 13ugs
+ 1 Mr.Burns.....they make me sick when I see this crap come up on this forum....they just can't help themselves ......they have to stretch the truth.
Abbott didn't stand in front of those placards the placard holder positioned himself behind him.
I wish you could be transported to another place and have Gillard rule over you for the rest of your pathetic existence, you might learn then but I doubt it.
I don't seem to remember Abbott ever condemning them, so tacit approval at the least eh.
Zackly.The greatest irony about Ditch-The-Witch is that it was Labor including its own sisterhood that ultimately took it on board.
They weren't game enough to leave it to the electorate.
Scott Morrison and Assistant Minister for Defence Stuart Robert have each repaid $354 claimed as travel allowance. It is believed they were at the wedding of WA Liberal MP Steve Irons.
Speaking to reporters this afternoon, Mr Morrison was reluctant to give details about the claim but said it was for travel in 2011 and the funds had been repaid.
OK, let's accept that Barnaby Joyce, George Brandis, Philip Ruddock, Peter Reith and numerous other present and former politicians genuinely believe they are entitled to taxpayer reimbursement for the cost of attending weddings.
How does that sit with these words on the "age of entitlement" delivered by Treasurer Joe Hockey in London in 2012?
The problem arises ... when there is a belief that one person has a right to a good or service that someone else will pay for. It is this sense of entitlement that afflicts not only individuals but also entire societies. And governments are to blame for portraying taxpayer's money as something removed from the labour of another person.
Outgoing US ambassador Jeff Bleich has warned that American taxpayers may tire of footing the bill for global security in a coded plea for Tony Abbott to stick to his promise to boost defence spending.
Mr Bleich, who ends his four-year stint as Washington's man in Canberra on Thursday, said while he was not telling Australia what it should spend on defence, the US wanted all of its allies to better share the load.
It is well-known that Washington was concerned about the former Labor government's military budget cuts - which took spending down to levels not seen since 1938 - given strategic uncertainty in Asia.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/fed.../us-diplomat-warns-abbott-20130911-2tkrv.html
Mr Bleich said that all of its allies, Australia included, should share the burden so that US taxpayers did not lose patience.
''Philosophically, I think the US is looking to all of our partners to share the burden with the US. Right now US taxpayers are bearing a disproportionate share of the responsibility for the world's security,'' he said
Barry Cassidy points out the obvious
IFocus said:Barry Cassidy points out the obvious
OK, let's accept that Barnaby Joyce, George Brandis, Philip Ruddock, Peter Reith and numerous other present and former politicians genuinely believe they are entitled to taxpayer reimbursement for the cost of attending weddings.
How does that sit with these words on the "age of entitlement" delivered by Treasurer Joe Hockey in London in 2012?
The problem arises ... when there is a belief that one person has a right to a good or service that someone else will pay for. It is this sense of entitlement that afflicts not only individuals but also entire societies. And governments are to blame for portraying taxpayer's money as something removed from the labour of another person.
Chief Minister Katy Gallagher says the directive to challenge the ACT's proposed same-sex marriage laws came from Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
Attorney-General George Brandis confirmed the High Court challenge to the laws on Thursday, after informing the Chief Minister and ACT Attorney-General Simon Corbell in a phone call on Wednesday night.
I wish real fishing was this easy LOL
Excellent Abbott has his priorities in order
We'll uphold constitution on marriage: Tony Abbott
Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act...tony-abbott-20131011-2vcy5.html#ixzz2hPB2q200
Oh Lord! You really believe that?
What is not obvious to Cassidy or you is that politicians entitlements are part and parcel of remuneration for their services. The argument is over the nature and scope of those entitlements.
Hockey's age of entitlement refers to welfare "entitlements".
There is a fundamental and quantum difference between the two, that the Cassidy numbskull has ignored in his rush to petty, petulant, puerile nitpicking.
Intellectual dishonesty at best and imbecilism combined with intellectual dishonesty at worst.
There is no honour is this pathetic slagging.... bad show and well beneath the purported morality of Labor.
The greatest irony about Ditch-The-Witch is that it was Labor including its own sisterhood that ultimately took it on board.
They weren't game enough to leave it to the electorate.
I'm looking forward to you posting something we can debate.
Apparently the coalition polling has fallen since the election.lol
I hope they call a double dissilution, then we will get a real snapshot.
I don't think Labor, or the minority parties, would like the outcome.
Yeah, apparently Tony shares the honour with Julia... for the only leader (of recent times at least) to fall in the polls after winning government.
Swing away 1.4%
Where's the bloody applause icon ?All the above is old, old, news.
The Prime Minister has turned back the boats.
Even the Labor aligned Administrator of Christmas Island, agrees.
Let us move on and finish with the internalised ALP/Green/Shock-Jock bickering.
The PM has been doing a jolly good job since the election. I can detect a mood of optimism in the community.
gg
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