RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 25, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 25, 2018 It's certainly not boring is it! I have been listening about all the shenanigans on the World Service during breakfast over the last few mornings. May you livein interesting times as they say... At least there is no imminent comeback for Tony Abbott on the cards, something to feel positive about! But the issues within the government are far from resolved. Expect more of the same, backed up by the media, especially the Murdoch based media. https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/conservative-media-attacks-look-set-to-continue-under-scott-morrison-20180824-p4zzlp.html 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted August 25, 2018 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 25, 2018 Absolutely brilliant Monkey.......pity thy don't Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 It's certainly not boring is it! I have been listening about all the shenanigans on the World Service during breakfast over the last few mornings. May you livein interesting times as they say... At least there is no imminent comeback for Tony Abbott on the cards, something to feel positive about! I wonder if Johnny Howard is planning a comeback special? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamysandy Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 When is the comedy item going to be sent to Teresa May ,Boris Johnson and Esther McVey? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 Any early bets on how long ScoMo will last? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukebox Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 ...and so, as Australia's fifth PM in eight years settles in, the question I'm asking is "Has Australia turned into Italy?" By law we must have a general election by the middle of next year, there's almost a certainty we'll see a new one then. But that in no way eliminates the real possibility that the hard right factions will try and usurp the sitting PM one more time before then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 26, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 26, 2018 Absolutely brilliant Monkey.......pity thy don't Mike A different take. https://www.facebook.com/100000303275092/videos/2058116530875103/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 By law we must have a general election by the middle of next year, there's almost a certainty we'll see a new one then. But that in no way eliminates the real possibility that the hard right factions will try and usurp the sitting PM one more time before then. Fantastic. I can't wait to see what happens next. Never thought I'd see the day when Australian government is about as stable as an Italian motorway bridge*. Italians must look on this with envy and wish they could revert to the halcyon* days of the 1970s when they were changing government roughly every 18 months... *too soon? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 By law we must have a general election by the middle of next year, there's almost a certainty we'll see a new one then. But that in no way eliminates the real possibility that the hard right factions will try and usurp the sitting PM one more time before then. Well going from the 40 -45 result they only need 3 MP's to change their vote..... Hate how the overseas press headlines it in terms like "Australians change PM yet again" and so on, as though its we ordinary Australians spending our time undermining and plotting and planning.. Pity we can't co-ordinate ourselves so every Newspoll etc the responders give 100% support to the sitting government - there'd be no more leadership squabbles and it would be massive fun at election day seeing the pollies faces when everyone actually votes the way they feel. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Fantastic. I can't wait to see what happens next. Never thought I'd see the day when Australian government is about as stable as an Italian motorway bridge*. Italians must look on this with envy and wish they could revert to the halcyon* days of the 1970s when they were changing government roughly every 18 months... *too soon? We had 25 PM's in the first 106 years, then 5 since 2010.. On those rates we will all get a go at some point. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 We had 25 PM's in the first 106 years, then 5 since 2010.. On those rates we will all get a go at some point. Well I can do Tuesday week, or I might be able to juggle the diary to get a couple of half days in in October. Can't do weekends though, cos I'm working. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 27, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 27, 2018 (edited) Well I can do Tuesday week, or I might be able to juggle the diary to get a couple of half days in in October. Can't do weekends though, cos I'm working. Don't be so dismissive. At the current rate of $527,852 per annum. That works out at $1446 per day. at that rate you could give up a shift or two every so often. Edit to add You don't get paid extra, for all the time spent plotting against your party members, who from day one, will be sharping their knives. Never mind the Opposition, they just insult you in Parliament and look for dirt, that you have 'forgotten' about. Edited August 27, 2018 by kevinlms Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 True 'Yes Minister' stuff: you have to watch your back when you are the leader. It's not the frontal assaults that are the danger, it's your own party from behind that are! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockershovel Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 .... nope, STILL the spiders.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 We had 25 PM's in the first 106 years, then 5 since 2010.. On those rates we will all get a go at some point. No thanks. I'll give it a miss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 27, 2018 Share Posted August 27, 2018 Don't be so dismissive. At the current rate of $527,852 per annum. That works out at $1446 per day. at that rate you could give up a shift or two every so often.... Set up an offshore company and have it all paid through there..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devo63 Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 We had 25 PM's in the first 106 years, then 5 since 2010.. On those rates we will all get a go at some point. I'll need to skip my allocated term as PM as I have no intention of cancelling my British (dual Australian) citizenship. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolseley Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 I'll need to skip my allocated term as PM as I have no intention of cancelling my British (dual Australian) citizenship. I would fall foul of that one too (actually I'm a British citizen with permanent residency rights, as I came here in 1958, when immigration rules were a bit different and British and Australian citizenship were considered to be more or less the same thing). Mind you, if either of my daughters decide to take up politics (not that I expect they would) they would have to do something about their dual citizenship first. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 28, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 28, 2018 I'll need to skip my allocated term as PM as I have no intention of cancelling my British (dual Australian) citizenship. You could always try it on! See how many years you can get away with it for. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 You could always try it on! See how many years you can get away with it for. After all, everyone else did.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Saunders Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 True 'Yes Minister' stuff: you have to watch your back when you are the leader. It's not the frontal assaults that are the danger, it's your own party from behind that are! Keep your friends close and your enemies closer or you could be savaged by a dead sheep! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeysarefun Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 .... nope, STILL the spiders.... LIke this one you mean? https://www.oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/home-garden/horrified-sydney-tradesman-finds-giant-spider-crawling-up-his-arm 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted August 28, 2018 Share Posted August 28, 2018 Oh my God, it just gets better!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted August 29, 2018 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2018 Oh my God, it just gets better!! image.jpeg News has just come out that Julia Banks is not going to stand at the next election, over the shambles. Mind you, as an example of how out of touch the LNP are, she did claim that she 'could easily live on the dole'. This is currently $40 a day and way below the poverty line. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRman Posted August 29, 2018 Share Posted August 29, 2018 LIke this one you mean? https://www.oversixty.com.au/lifestyle/home-garden/horrified-sydney-tradesman-finds-giant-spider-crawling-up-his-arm Hmmm; a bird eating spider. You should see the size of the ones that eat emus! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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