Well, you also seem oblivious to it, but as pointed out in response wayneL's attempt to ridicule, (which you endorsed) you are passing a considerable psychoanalysis of Abbott with your passionate endorsement of his actions and belittling of anyone who asks reasonable questions of his judgement.
It appears you have not noticed that a lot of people, including on twitter where it first broke that he was out there, questioned his judgement. That's the issue, his judgement in his capacity as CEO.
I have actually had experience in both living in a rural residential area and continually plan for and manage fire risk, prevention and occasionally fire fighting. How about you, Julia?
The thing that has me a bit curious is that if there is so much to be saved in government inefficiency, why is it going to take so long to have the reviews and implement any changes?
Because that's what a responsible government does. Do you expect them to shoot from the hip like Labor?
Imagine the uproar if the government made huge cuts without justification.
Whiskers by your comments despite your denials I would swear that your as Labor as Sydboy.
You know the saying if it looks like a duck walks like a duck.................
You missed that is was actually a successful ridicule as it was truly ridiculous. As for the rest of us, opinion is different to psychoanalysis.
Dude, duh! How about living in a rural area AND having a plan for several valuable sport horses. I come from WA, we all fairly regularly had to have a team plan to transport horses at short notice. Big deal.
As for the rest of your points...
He added that in Mr Randall's view, the confidential conversation could not have taken place on the phone.
Asked why Mr Randall could not have used a telephone – rather than flying more than 3000 kilometres on business class flights with his wife to the same location as his investment property – the Prime Minister said some discussions were "best done face to face".
"There are certain things that just have to happen face to face and look, members of Parliament are entitled to travel to have important meetings because teleconferencing is sometimes no substitute for a face-to-face discussion," Mr Abbott said.
Despite often disagreeing philosophically with you, syd, I have zero personal animosity toward you and appreciate that you don't allow your disagreement to run to aggressive personal attacks on anyone as far as I can see.but a patronisingly sarcastic...
"I'm heartened and delighted to hear it, syd. Good for you."
I thought that given your passion you were a young bloke but in reality, you're not much younger than me.
So the Abbott Government on it's crusade against waste and mismanagement...
It feels like Abbott is trying to defend the indefensible.
Just one point I'd like to address, as I'm declining to respond to one member
So the Abbott Government on it's crusade against waste and mismanagement believes a meeting to hold ''very important discussions'' at a cost of $5259 was money well spent. At a "good couple of hours" it seems to have been a costly meeting. More than what half the population earns in a month!
One has to wonder about the urgency of the meeting, and why they cannot at least give a some detail as to what was discussed and why the meeting had to occur at such great cost.
I know some meetings are "best done face to face", but if the difference is a few dollars phone call, or perhaps a free skype chat, to $5259, well I dare say I'd pick the far cheaper option. I also don't quite understand why Mrs Randall was required to tag along.
It feels like Abbott is trying to defend the indefensible.
That would be me!
Com'on Julia, you're just starting to get the 'mongrel' in me warmed up.
Mongrel?
I had a different word in mind
I guess Julia isn't much into exercises in futility.
Normally she isn't into pointless personal ridicule
They're really digging a deeper hole. How many people in the private sector would jump on a plane (business class of course) for "confidential" "important discussions" with a colleague 3,000km's away, take their wife with them (God knows why she'd need to be there for such a discussion) and then charge their employer and still have a job on Monday morning?
Randall needs to come clean and resign.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-polit...cairns-trip-20131023-2w0aw.html#ixzz2iVGyKJ1n
Much has been made of the expenses rorts by both sides of Parliament.
It is impossible to defend and new measures of accountability and prosecutions if necessary need to be implemented and pursued.
This does detract though from the achievements of the Abbott Government.
The Federal Public Service are on notice that their job is to serve the people not be served.
The review of the ALP Treasury forecasts and a revision of debt.
The attention to Border Security.
The complete disintegration of a business case for people traffickers involved in Illegal entry in to Australia.
Well done the Abbott Government.
gg
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