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Probly why they wear baggy pants.
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Probly why they wear baggy pants.
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Is why they wear loose pants.
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Tony Burke has to go - for gross hypocrisy if nothing else.
Why does he think he is entitled to take his family for a business class holiday to Uluru at taxpayers expense, costing us $12,000?
Why does he think he is entitled to take a holiday to Europe at taxpayers expense, costing us $10,000 per day?
What a pathetic man.
Why does he think he is entitled to take his family for a business class holiday to Uluru at taxpayers expense, costing us $12,000?
Why does he think he is entitled to take a holiday to Europe at taxpayers expense, costing us $10,000 per day?
What a pathetic man.
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Tony Burke is a serial offender and needs to do some explaining.
Bill Shorten stated on ABC this morning, Tony Burke had used his expenses to take his family on a holiday to Uluru within the guide lines and Eric Abetz is very naughty for raising the issue.
So if Bill says it is OK it must be OK.
Nothing to see here so please move on.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...470302467?sv=3d694e6d78c16cace650876e41ed5eb1
Tony Burke had the option to ask bureaucrats to fly his family economy class on a taxpayer-funded holiday to Uluru, but chose instead to have them booked business class, costing $6500, about four times as much.
While the Labor frontbencher gave the impression government-funded travel choices for MPs’ family members were determined by official guidelines and automatically business class, the Finance Department yesterday confirmed that MPs had the right to ask that their spouse or children fly economy by the cheapest available fare.
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What has hypocrisy got to do with the universal expensing of such things by politicians? You sound like it's a partisan problem ....Labor's, when it's actually us taxpayers who are on this side of the fence.
Labor didn't remove Bronwyn .... Newscorp and Tony Abbott did .... there wasn't any vote in parliament and last time I looked the LNP were in charge of who sits where and who has what portfolio and who works in the Dept of Finance.
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Your right it's not hypocritical for Tony Burke to have a go at Bronwyn Bishop for abusing the entitlement system.
As noco said - Nothing to see here so please move on.
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A good comedy from Eddie Murphy in the 1990s, where a small time conman figured he's in the wrong business and should hit the big time in Washington DC - by becoming a politician.
Like the part where his entire speech is a collection of catchprhases...
Too bad these politicians and their antics exists in real life. Not so funny though.
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Tisme
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RUDDY HELL
Our Kevvie is back in the lime light again.....I think he is looking over Billy's shoulder.
NB. Kevvie's comment....Don't think for for one moment that I am attacking Billy???????
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...471807351?sv=f62201c7f42013ffcead0c28764f65bb
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd. ‘Union-based factions led by the faceless men have become the control agents of the party.’ Picture: Graham Crouch Source: News Corp Australia
Kevin Rudd has blasted Labor’s factional warlords and union *bosses for refusing to cede power to rank-and-file members at last month’s national conference, warning that if the party does not democratise, then its ability to win elections will be at risk.
The former prime minister has also taken a swipe at Julia Gillard, saying her prime ministership was beholden to union-based factional powerbrokers and represented the apogee of their destructive influence inside the party.
“Union-based factions led by the faceless men have become the control agents of the party,” Mr Rudd told The Australian.
“This became entrenched under Julia Gillard, who said yes to virtually all of their demands in *exchange for political power. That is why, when I returned to the leadership, I insisted on the rule change to radically reduce the power of factional thugs on the election of future leaders. They hated it; still do.”
Labor’s national conference, held almost a fortnight ago, failed to agree on reforming preselections or reducing union influence at conferences, despite calls from party and union elders to devolve power to grassroots members.
Mr Rudd said his remarks were not a criticism of Labor leader Bill Shorten but were aimed at the “faceless men” who “threaten” to destroy Labor’s viability as a political force. He wants Labor to abolish factions. “They are a cancer on the party and run the risk of *destroying its future,” he said.
Our Kevvie is back in the lime light again.....I think he is looking over Billy's shoulder.
NB. Kevvie's comment....Don't think for for one moment that I am attacking Billy???????
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...471807351?sv=f62201c7f42013ffcead0c28764f65bb
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd. ‘Union-based factions led by the faceless men have become the control agents of the party.’ Picture: Graham Crouch Source: News Corp Australia
Kevin Rudd has blasted Labor’s factional warlords and union *bosses for refusing to cede power to rank-and-file members at last month’s national conference, warning that if the party does not democratise, then its ability to win elections will be at risk.
The former prime minister has also taken a swipe at Julia Gillard, saying her prime ministership was beholden to union-based factional powerbrokers and represented the apogee of their destructive influence inside the party.
“Union-based factions led by the faceless men have become the control agents of the party,” Mr Rudd told The Australian.
“This became entrenched under Julia Gillard, who said yes to virtually all of their demands in *exchange for political power. That is why, when I returned to the leadership, I insisted on the rule change to radically reduce the power of factional thugs on the election of future leaders. They hated it; still do.”
Labor’s national conference, held almost a fortnight ago, failed to agree on reforming preselections or reducing union influence at conferences, despite calls from party and union elders to devolve power to grassroots members.
Mr Rudd said his remarks were not a criticism of Labor leader Bill Shorten but were aimed at the “faceless men” who “threaten” to destroy Labor’s viability as a political force. He wants Labor to abolish factions. “They are a cancer on the party and run the risk of *destroying its future,” he said.
wayneL
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The Labor once upon a time tried to pitch itself as the natural party of small/micro business.
Perhaps...
....or perhaps not.
While union thugs exert control they will only ever be the party of bludgers and brainless yuppies.
Perhaps...
....or perhaps not.
While union thugs exert control they will only ever be the party of bludgers and brainless yuppies.
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Of course, there are no factions in the Liberal Party are there ?
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note to Labor. Just get your union lackeys onto a board position or 2 and follow the Liberal way of jobs for mates
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/luke-fole...bour-foreshore-authority-20150805-gisemz.html
The newly appointed chair of the state government's Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Helen Coonan, co-chairs a major lobbying company which lists among its clients the developer of the Darling Harbour precinct owned by the foreshore authority.
Maybe the strict letter of the standards, but the optics certainly don't look good.
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/luke-fole...bour-foreshore-authority-20150805-gisemz.html
The newly appointed chair of the state government's Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority, Helen Coonan, co-chairs a major lobbying company which lists among its clients the developer of the Darling Harbour precinct owned by the foreshore authority.
Maybe the strict letter of the standards, but the optics certainly don't look good.
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WTF does this have to do with the Labor Party, useless or otherwise ?
wayneL
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Of course there are. But that's off topic. This thread is about Labor buffoonery, not Coalition self harm.
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Funny. might get that out for another viewing
Just rewatch it and it's actually quite smart. It's a lot funnier now than when I was younger.
You've probably seen his "Coming to America" and the stand up "Delirious" right? Never laugh harder than when watching Delirious.
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I was planning a night in and drinking some Miller Drafts laced with Sambuca chasers and CS Cowboys. Tonight might be the night for the movie, luutzu
Tisme
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Whats the corollary of the "Useless Labor Party" romping into govt based on the Morgan polling?
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What a hypocrite Tony Burke is.
He is willing to pay back $90 he claimed for the Robbie Williams concert he made the taxpayer pay for but non of the $12,000 for the Urulu family holiday extravagance. What a burk!
He has repaid claims 15 (or is 16) times. A slow learner. Bit of a pattern here.
Bronwyn may have been a P plater but he is definitely a L plater.
He is willing to pay back $90 he claimed for the Robbie Williams concert he made the taxpayer pay for but non of the $12,000 for the Urulu family holiday extravagance. What a burk!
He has repaid claims 15 (or is 16) times. A slow learner. Bit of a pattern here.
Bronwyn may have been a P plater but he is definitely a L plater.
Well, well, well. What do you know?
More hypocrisy from the Green/Labor left wing socialist and the trade unions.
Quite happy to employ people in the unions using 457 visas.
It it is time they stopped their campaign against the Chinese.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...486102165?sv=bd7e80c828f0d84530a1e77884138e5f
Unions representing some of Australia’s lowest-paid workers have been caught out using imported labour, with United Voice employing nine people on 457 visas.
Two other unions — the Australian Education Union and the Shop Distributive and Allied Employee*s Association — have also hired staff on the temporary skilled work visas.
The industrial movement has long demonised the visas, including once labelling them as a “form of slavery’’. Unions are seeking to scuttle the China-Australian free-trade pact because it allows for the use of 457s on large-scale projects.
It seems the union hierarchy is making use of the visas themselves, however, to hire overseas workers to fill their own jobs.
The Immigration Department has revealed that “workplace relations adviser is the most frequently* sponsored occupation’’ among unions, “with the other sponsored occupations being copywriter, organisation and methods analyst, database administrator, and training and development professional’’.
Assistant Minister for Immig*ration and Border Protection Michaelia Cash told The Australian “the revelation that multiple unions have employed subclass 457 visa holders is an act of incredible hypocrisy and duplicity given the long-term campaign the union movement has waged against the 457 program’’.
Most of those on union-sponsored 457 visas are from Britain and the US, with workers also coming from India, The Netherlands, Canada and Singapore, answers* to a Senate inquiry into Australia’s temporary work visa programs revealed.
The average salary is $72,497, the minimum salary is $52,080 and the highest salary is $118,502.
“The occupations … targeted by unions employing overseas workers as workplace relations advisers and copywriters gives a clear insight into their double standards,’’ Senator Cash said.
“On the one hand, we have *unions employing foreign workers to do the frontline agitating of Australian unions.
“Equally ironic is the employment of copywriters as 457 workers directly employed by the union movement to help orchestrate the misleading and damaging campaign* against foreign labour provisions in the China-Australia free-trade agreement.’’
Unions argue the ChAFTA will allow Chinese workers to have free access to the Australian *labour market, and undercut wages and conditions, a claim the government denies.
Departmental records reveal that in the past five years, several unions, including from the Maritime Union of Australia and the Transport Workers Union, have sponsored 41 workers on 457 visas.
“It is time for the Labor oppos*ition and union movement more generally to stop their duplicitous nonsensical campaign against foreign workers,’’ Senator Cash said.
“Not since John McTernan was employed as a communications director on a 457 visa in Julia Gillard’s office, from where we witnessed a political campaign against 457 visas, have we seen such blatant hypocrisy from the union movement. I call on each union to provide evidence of the labour-market testing they undertook … to demonstrate there were no Australian workers able to undertake the roles.
“Australians would find it difficult to believe there are no Australians qualified to undertake the role of workplace relations adviser or copyrighter.”
In 2013, Transport Workers Union national secretary Tony Sheldon accused some employers importing 457 visa workers of a “form of slavery’’.
United Voice workers at Parliament House will take action today in their battle for fair pay, banning the cleaning of toilets.
More hypocrisy from the Green/Labor left wing socialist and the trade unions.
Quite happy to employ people in the unions using 457 visas.
It it is time they stopped their campaign against the Chinese.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...486102165?sv=bd7e80c828f0d84530a1e77884138e5f
Unions representing some of Australia’s lowest-paid workers have been caught out using imported labour, with United Voice employing nine people on 457 visas.
Two other unions — the Australian Education Union and the Shop Distributive and Allied Employee*s Association — have also hired staff on the temporary skilled work visas.
The industrial movement has long demonised the visas, including once labelling them as a “form of slavery’’. Unions are seeking to scuttle the China-Australian free-trade pact because it allows for the use of 457s on large-scale projects.
It seems the union hierarchy is making use of the visas themselves, however, to hire overseas workers to fill their own jobs.
The Immigration Department has revealed that “workplace relations adviser is the most frequently* sponsored occupation’’ among unions, “with the other sponsored occupations being copywriter, organisation and methods analyst, database administrator, and training and development professional’’.
Assistant Minister for Immig*ration and Border Protection Michaelia Cash told The Australian “the revelation that multiple unions have employed subclass 457 visa holders is an act of incredible hypocrisy and duplicity given the long-term campaign the union movement has waged against the 457 program’’.
Most of those on union-sponsored 457 visas are from Britain and the US, with workers also coming from India, The Netherlands, Canada and Singapore, answers* to a Senate inquiry into Australia’s temporary work visa programs revealed.
The average salary is $72,497, the minimum salary is $52,080 and the highest salary is $118,502.
“The occupations … targeted by unions employing overseas workers as workplace relations advisers and copywriters gives a clear insight into their double standards,’’ Senator Cash said.
“On the one hand, we have *unions employing foreign workers to do the frontline agitating of Australian unions.
“Equally ironic is the employment of copywriters as 457 workers directly employed by the union movement to help orchestrate the misleading and damaging campaign* against foreign labour provisions in the China-Australia free-trade agreement.’’
Unions argue the ChAFTA will allow Chinese workers to have free access to the Australian *labour market, and undercut wages and conditions, a claim the government denies.
Departmental records reveal that in the past five years, several unions, including from the Maritime Union of Australia and the Transport Workers Union, have sponsored 41 workers on 457 visas.
“It is time for the Labor oppos*ition and union movement more generally to stop their duplicitous nonsensical campaign against foreign workers,’’ Senator Cash said.
“Not since John McTernan was employed as a communications director on a 457 visa in Julia Gillard’s office, from where we witnessed a political campaign against 457 visas, have we seen such blatant hypocrisy from the union movement. I call on each union to provide evidence of the labour-market testing they undertook … to demonstrate there were no Australian workers able to undertake the roles.
“Australians would find it difficult to believe there are no Australians qualified to undertake the role of workplace relations adviser or copyrighter.”
In 2013, Transport Workers Union national secretary Tony Sheldon accused some employers importing 457 visa workers of a “form of slavery’’.
United Voice workers at Parliament House will take action today in their battle for fair pay, banning the cleaning of toilets.