The Albanese government

[Sean K]

Did Albanese say something about government not being incentuous with it's civil appointments like ambassadors etc?

Greg Combet taking over as Chair of the Future Fund...

 

[mullokintyre]

i could have sworn that Albanese said he would stop the old conservative jobs for the boys scam, but it seems that pollies just cannot help themselves.
Former climate minister and former ACTU Secretary, Greg Combet , has been appointed to replace peter Costello as Chairman of the future fund.
He may or may not have the quals to do the job, he i at least chairman of IFM.
Just as an aside, Greg Combet's partner, Juanita Phillips, was until last year a newsreader/reporter for the ABC.
Mick

 

[farmerge]

i could have sworn that Albanese said he would stop the old conservative jobs for the boys scam, but it seems that pollies just cannot help themselves.
Former climate minister and former ACTU Secretary, Greg Combet , has been appointed to replace peter Costello as Chairman of the future fund.
He may or may not have the quals to do the job, he i at least chairman of IFM.
Just as an aside, Greg Combet's partner, Juanita Phillips, was until last year a newsreader/reporter for the ABC.
Mick

Nothing ever really changes. Have to keep the outcasts happy or the numbers people will crucify.

 

[SirRumpole]

Did Albanese say something about government not being incentuous with it's civil appointments like ambassadors etc?

Greg Combet taking over as Chair of the Future Fund...

Following 14 years of a Liberal Treasurer.

 

[SirRumpole]

Jacquie Lambie has it pretty close imo.

Anthony Albanese says booing PM is a "tradition"

Like his predecessor, Anthony Albanese believes booing the Prime Minister when in the crowd is somewhat of an Aussie tradition.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

 

[Sean K]

Following 14 years of a Liberal Treasurer.

I suppose he set it up for himself didn't he?

They'll be taking every opportunity to stack the public service and high court as well.

The next GG will probably be a female Aboriginal activist lawyer.

 

[farmerge]

Following 14 years of a Liberal Treasurer.

@SirRumpole Suck it up Airbus this is reality and it is meant. Not Happy Albo

 

[wayneL]

Jacquie Lambie has it pretty close imo.

Anthony Albanese says booing PM is a "tradition"

Like his predecessor, Anthony Albanese believes booing the Prime Minister when in the crowd is somewhat of an Aussie tradition.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

Nope.

The problem is that none of the most recent PMs has been able to form any sort of a great unifying idea, prefering divisiveness instead.

Albo is PM for a subsection of society and the rest be damned. The boos were richly deserved, as they were for Scotty for the same reason.

Lambi should STFU and learn to read the room.

 

[SirRumpole]

Albo is PM for a subsection of society and the rest be damned.

My heart bleeds for those Kevins and Karens that can afford $5k for a seat at the tennis and might get a slightly smaller tax cut than they thought.

Precious things.

 

[wayneL]

My heart bleeds for those Kevins and Karens that can afford $5k for a seat at the tennis and might get a slightly smaller tax cut than they thought.

Precious things.

My clients aren't generally paupers, obviously, but 90% wouldn't pay $5k for a tennis match. Most would have joined in with booing him.

It's not about the money, it's that he is a lying, divisive (**7

FWIW

 

[SirRumpole]

My clients aren't generally paupers, obviously, but 90% wouldn't pay $5k for a tennis match. Most would have joined in with booing him.

It's not about the money, it's that he is a lying, divisive (**7

FWIW

Did you say the same about Tony Abbott?

(no changes to Medicare then a $6 co-payment).

but 90% wouldn't pay $5k for a tennis match.

But they might pay half a million for a racehorse.

 

[farmerge]

My heart bleeds for those Kevins and Karens that can afford $5k for a seat at the tennis and might get a slightly smaller tax cut than they thought.

Precious things.

@SirRumpole brings tear to my eyes at the thought of the top end of the tax bracket struggling to find enough for a tennis ticket.
Personally I couldn't give a stuff as I would rather watch grass grow or go for a swim !!!!

 

[wayneL]

Did you say the same about Tony Abbott?

(no changes to Medicare then a $6 co-payment).


But they might pay half a million for a racehorse.

I would have no problem with other PM's being booed *as I indicated about Scotty.

****And don't get me started on tossers who pay half a million for a nag and won't pay for proper hoof care!!! (And don't you think they might be the 10% I excluded in my post?)

 

[Dona Ferentes]

it was part tennis match but mainly schmoozing. I doubt many of the following paid for their seats....

No prestige social event is complete without an iconic couple making a high-profile public showing.
The Australian Open Men’s Final delivered in this (and so much more), thanks to the attendance of one Francesca Packer and her fiancé Robert Bates. She, of course, is heiress to a $2 billion chunk of the Packer fortune, while he invented water for pregnant women. To begin with. Aquamamma founder and former Young Rich Lister Bates is, of course, more recently known for his enemies. Dotted throughout Sydney’s wealthy eastern suburbs, they claim to have given him money for shares in a company that were never actually issued, a scandal over which some are now pursuing Bates in court.
The allegations though do not appear to have shaken his alliance with what is arguably Sydney’s first family.
On Sunday evening, the couple were guests of major tennis sponsor Emirates, which seated them on the south-eastern corner of the court, where they watched Jannik Sinner’s spirited victory over Daniil Medvedev in five sets. And in a crowd this full of notables, they were almost low-key.
Filling out the Emirates list (hosted by president Sir Tim Clark as well as Australasian head Barry Brown) were the likes of Sky News chief Paul Whittaker, for the second night a guest of the airline and seated next to Flight Centre founder Graham “Skroo” Turner, across from actor Rachel Griffiths. And there was no missing Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson, seated as she was smack bang in the front row for the second night enjoying the tennis with husband Henry.

In a cost-of-living crisis where most would never dream of forking out a minimum $2000 to attend the men’s final, the prime minister’s presence was far from assured. But as we’ve learnt, from his membership of the Royal Sydney Golf Club to Qantas’ Chairman’s Lounge (the latter which he also extended to his son), Anthony Albanese is fond of a freebie.
He was seated in pride of place next to Tennis Australia chairwoman Jayne Hrdlicka, thus beginning his nationwide tour to sell his rejigging of the stage three tax cuts by spending some time with those most (negatively) affected. Go figure: he got booed. He was, in any case, cheering for Sinner, so he must have had a decent night.
Tanarra Capital’s John Wylie and wife Myriam Boisbouvier sat directly behind, next to actor Eric Bana, not far from Labor politicos Mark Butler and Don Farrell.

Further up in the same section sat a gaggle of Goldman Sachs operatives. Australian chairman Josh Frydenberg (who recently ruled out another run at his old seat of Kooyong) was seated with wife Amie, not far from Goldies operative Zac Fletcher, while in the row below, rainmaker Nick Sims caught up with Transurban chairman Craig Drummond (Goldies’ equities head Mario Argyrides opted for a less conspicuous seat a few rows away).
To their right, in billionaires’ corner, trucking tycoon Lindsay Fox took in proceedings with his grandson Harry, in a row that also included Optus chairman Paul O’Sullivan and Seven scion Ryan Stokes.

One row behind, ANZ’s institutional boss Mark Whelan caught up with hospitality empire builder Justin Hemmes, just behind Melbourne luxury developer/biohacking enthusiast Tim Gurner. Behind them, Chemist Warehouse kingmaker David Di Pilla sat between developer Larry Kestelman and Richmond Football Club chief Brendon Gale.
Further up sat Martin Pakula (lately of the Australian Grand Prix), near Liberal powerbroker Michael Kroger.

Ruslan Kogan and wife Anastasia had their own front-row corner seats, and not far away was Crown Melbourne chairman Ian Silk.
Over the other side of the players’ entrance, the investment bankers made their presence felt.

Bank of America’s Joe Fayyad sat between Brookfield’s Len Chersky and Alumina’s Mike Ferraro, in a CEO delegation that also included Treasury Wines’ Tim Ford, AGL’s Damien Nicks, Megaport’s Bevan Slattery, South32’s Graham Kerr and TPG Telecom’s Iñaki Berroeta.
Immediately next to this group sat the UBS operatives, country co-head Anthony Sweetman hosted BHP’s Mike Henry and Johan van Jaarsveld. Immediately behind sat Bank of Queensland chairman Warwick Negus with Ramsay Health Care’s Craig McNally. Also in the UBS section were BGH Capital’s Ben Gray and state politician wife Luba Grigorovitch, and further up, NextDC’s Craig Scroggie, in aviators.

Behind the UBS grouping: Public Hospitality Group’s Jon Adgemis, taking a night off from wrangling.
Chairman Peter Costello and CEO Mike Sneesby took their customary spots in the front row in the Nine Entertainment seats, while just behind them, Eddie McGuire chatted to ex-Telstra chief Andy Penn. Nine deputy chairwoman Catherine West took the third row, next to the channel’s Melbourne newsreader Tom Steinfort.

Elsewhere, outgoing Qantas executive Olivia Wirth watched the tennis with husband and KPMG dealmaker Paul Howes, seated next to Total Tools’ Richard Murray and wife Jacquie Blackwell.
In the court-side VIP seats: Elle Macpherson sat next to actor Joel Edgerton with partner (and Vogue editor-in-chief) Christine Centenera. And in his private suite, steel magnate Sanjeev Gupta and wife Nicola hosted ex-Fortescue boss Nev Power, AMP board member Andrea Slattery, trade publisher (and federal Labor whisperer) Colin Tate, and high-profile Sydney socialite Ellie Aitken

 

[InsvestoBoy]

The big benefit I see in the top bracket not getting it is, the money wont be used to pump the price of properties, that is where the main social inequality is IMO.
The constant pouring of investment money into residential property, isn't healthy for society and it isn't helpful for the productive side of the economy, because it reduces the amount of money available to be invested in business growth.

Imagine how much new housing stock could be built for $32 billion a year.

 

[sptrawler]

Imagine how much new housing stock could be built for $32 billion a year.

Absolutely, also imagine how many apprentices and tradesmen could be trained, if the Government built a lot of the social housing themselves, as used to happen.
It just seems to me that no one is looking at the economy in a sustainable manner, it just appears to be that Governments need to roll back some of this outsourcing model and take some of the responsibility in house, rather than just throwing more money at the issues.

 

[basilio]

Absolutely, also imagine how many apprentices and tradesmen could be trained, if the Government built a lot of the social housing themselves, as used to happen.
It just seems to me that no one is looking at the economy in a sustainable manner, it just appears to be that Governments need to roll back some of this outsourcing model and take some of the responsibility in house rather than just throwing more money at the issues.

Well worth repeating IMV.

The most fundamental failure of governments in the last 30 years has been the embrace of neoLiberalism philosphy. This says "Government should not be doing the rowing. Get out of "making things happen" and contract (sell it !) it out to the "more efficient"private sector.

There can be inefficiencies in Government. There are always opportunities to improve outcomes. But when Governments sold out banks, the power companies, telecommunications, public home building to the private sector they just made some businesses really wealthy and lost the capacity to actually ensure the worthwhile outcomes that could have been possible with direct control. SPs observation about the training of tradesmen by building public housing is the most direct outcome of such a policy.

 

[sptrawler]

Greg Combet the new chair of the future fund. Wow

 

[Smurf1976]

My heart bleeds for those Kevins and Karens that can afford $5k for a seat at the tennis and might get a slightly smaller tax cut than they thought.

It seriously costs $5k to go and watch tennis?

I'd never have guessed it was anywhere near that just to watch two people hitting a ball.

 

[SirRumpole]

It seriously costs $5k to go and watch tennis?

I'd never have guessed it was anywhere near that just to watch two people hitting a ball.

Someone else mentioned that figure. I imagine It would be for front row seats at the final with bar service etc.