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SirRumpole said:
I live west of Penrith and think that this thing called Sydney is actually a myth made up by parents to frighten naughty children.

;)
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Katoomba? I hear the banjos play real sweet at dusk .... ;)

There are plenty of stereotypes about Australia. We all live in the desert, we have pet koalas and ride kangaroos to work, and supposedly everything we eat has Vegemite on it, but the other stereotype is that we all come from Sydney.
Why does it have to be that we are all from Sydney? Do we need to live with a clunky old bridge in our backyard or an opera house that lights up once a year just to keep people interested in it? Why not one of the other beautiful cities in Australia?
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http://bittenbythetravelbug.com/visiting-australia-theres-more-to-see-than-just-sydney/

I am going to call my pet monster under the bed "Sydney" from now on
 
SirRumpole said:
Orange area, but I lived in Sydney for 40 years and when I left it was a relief because the urban density was becoming annoying.
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:D Orange is the new black ! Had an Aunty who lived in Orange. Dead now. Smelled of napthalene and gin.

Treasurer "Have a go Joe" tells it like it is on a Tuesday ....

Yesterday Mr Hockey told reporters Sydney real estate was affordable because people kept buying it.
And his advice to first home buyers was: “The starting point for a first homebuyer us to get a good job that pays good money.
“If you’ve got a good job that pays good money and you have security in relation to that job then you can go to the bank and you can borrow money.
“That’s readily affordable, more affordable than ever. (It’s more affordable to) borrow money for a first home now than it’s ever been.”
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http://www.news.com.au/finance/econ...him-are-personal/story-fnu2pwk8-1227391093551
 
SirRumpole said:
I live west of Penrith and think that this thing called Sydney is actually a myth made up by parents to frighten naughty children.

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Love your work SirRumpole.

Can I add that the "frightened naughty children" are actually the adult children still living at home with mum and dad.
 
The ABC is in full Gillian Triggs the Martyr mode this morning. A Fran Kelly interview, then Michelle Grattan, then Shadow Attorney-Gen Mark Dreyfus.

The beastly government should stop picking on poor brave Gillian, who seems to have found her voice of late.

More balanced reporting at taxpayers expense.
 
Logique said:
The ABC is in full Gillian Triggs the Martyr mode this morning. A Fran Kelly interview, then Michelle Grattan, then Shadow Attorney-Gen Mark Dreyfus.

The beastly government should stop picking on poor brave Gillian, who seems to have found her voice of late.

More balanced reporting at taxpayers expense.
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It is balanced reporting considering the Triggs hate fests on the commercial stations, who will never present her point of view.
 
Logique said:
The ABC is in full Gillian Triggs the Martyr mode this morning. A Fran Kelly interview, then Michelle Grattan, then Shadow Attorney-Gen Mark Dreyfus.

The beastly government should stop picking on poor brave Gillian, who seems to have found her voice of late.

More balanced reporting at taxpayers expense.
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The ABC just need to report on the facts. The fact that we have a PM who is hell bent on stifling investment in this country all to appease Allan Jones just because he finds wind farms visually unappealing. Then we have a government driven to stop the 'leaners' but won't do anything about the upper class leaners in the way of super concessions and negative gearing, this is from a government who strives to get our budget back under control.

We have our government looking to give Peter Dutton the right to revoke citizenship of duel nationals all at his discretion without any without any legal recourse. This is the same Peter Dutton that who claimed that Senator Hanson-Young wasn't spied on but evidence has since come out to the contrary and rather than correct the record and issue an apology Peter Dutton has continued his character assassination of Senator Hanson-Young. This man isn't fit be a doorman never mind being responsible for the citizenship of Australians.
 
overhang said:
We have our government looking to give Peter Dutton the right to revoke citizenship of duel nationals all at his discretion without any without any legal recourse. This is the same Peter Dutton that who claimed that Senator Hanson-Young wasn't spied on but evidence has since come out to the contrary and rather than correct the record and issue an apology Peter Dutton has continued his character assassination of Senator Hanson-Young. This man isn't fit be a doorman never mind being responsible for the citizenship of Australians.
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Dutton is just another of the hate cult that is the modern LNP. They hate anything that is not part of their exclusive brethren. I used to be proud of a country that was run by politicians who could put in the good fight during sittings and have a friendly beer or meal after. Not anymore, the latest crews are silent gen offspring who actually believe the other side is evil.
 
Tisme said:
Dutton is just another of the hate cult that is the modern LNP. They hate anything that is not part of their exclusive brethren. I used to be proud of a country that was run by politicians who could put in the good fight during sittings and have a friendly beer or meal after. Not anymore, the latest crews are silent gen offspring who actually believe the other side is evil.
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What was it like under communist rule in Vietnam?
 
Tisme said:
Dutton is just another of the hate cult that is the modern LNP. They hate anything that is not part of their exclusive brethren. I used to be proud of a country that was run by politicians who could put in the good fight during sittings and have a friendly beer or meal after. Not anymore, the latest crews are silent gen offspring who actually believe the other side is evil.
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Was there ever a time when politicians, or at least the senior front-bench politicians, were real statesman? real leaders? The kind that put the country and the people first?

I don't think it's an exaggeration that if we're at war (ISIS is not a real existential threat here).. .that if we're in real danger, these lot will sell us out for a few bucks without flinching.

I mean, it's understandable that the PM must bite his tongue and approve dirty coal use and export for the sake of the economy and jobs... but Abbott seems to really really believe it's good and any alternative is nuts.

Then you got a Treasurer, the guy who presumably know the economy is in somewhat of a pickle, who's asking for belt tightening and sacrifices... and turns out he play the legal loophole game and rip Australian taxpayers of $12k a year in expenses for staying at a house he and his wife used to jointly owned.

What's $12,000 for a guy like him with a rich wife like his? But he did it. fah!

Australian children may need to dig deeper into history to find role models.
 
Is there any chance this government can sink any lower...........well yes after looking to remove the process of law from the courts (remember separation of powers?) and hand the rule of law over to the biggest deuce bag (Peter Dutton, have you ever seen anyone with a blank look like his?)

All because we have to save Abbott..........strong on security is a poll winner FFS not because its good policy.

They are now appointing a wind farm commissioner........WTF.............no minister for science WTF..........

This is so 3rd world its beyond belief............oh but we can all relax because this mob are far better than Labor, f@#k aaaahhhhh.
 
IFocus said:
This is so 3rd world its beyond belief
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We are starting to suffer a problem that's fairly common in resource rich countries. If you can simply dig up wealth then government has no real need for the population to be clever or even think too much. Take a look globally and that's fairly common - having a modest amount of natural resources seems to be a good thing, it removes the need to import, but having abundance to the point of underpinning a nation's economy leads to bad outcomes in many cases.

For the sake of the long term future, Australia needs an orderly adjustment whereby mining shrinks as a % of exports to the point that we are effectively forced to become good at something that requires ongoing human inputs on a major scale rather than relying on the one-off extraction of natural capital. Services, manufacturing and so on.

So long as wealth simply comes out of the ground, there's no real need for government to give a damn about the general population since people aren't the source of the nation's wealth. We'd likely be seeing a very similar outcome under current circumstances no matter who was in power unless they had avoided the situation in the first place.:2twocents
 
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