Will the last one out of the parliament please remember to turn the pie warmer off at Aussie’s Cafe? The worst thing we can have now is a fire. Although I accept some cynics believe putting the parliament to the cleansing flames might just be our last best shot at good government.
Ten senators have moved along since this parliament commenced, most frogmarched ignominiously from the big red room, told to pack their belongings into two small cardboard boxes, before their parliamentary lanyards were twain in two with a cutlass and escorted to the front door by two burly security guards.
We no longer have a Deputy Prime Minister, or at least we won’t for a month or so. The Senate President, Stephen Parry resigned and shuffled out the door yesterday. And now, the Energy Minister, Josh Frydenberg is under a cloud.
This brings about the delicious prospect of wait staff at the parliament sidling up to the Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia with a plate of party pies.
“Hungry, minister?”
“No thanks. I already am one.”
Boom tish.
Full column here.
Jacinda in Oz from NZ, Mr Insider, be still my heart. What a dazzling smile she has. Keep your peepers off her young Milton I saw her first buddy.
Oh who cares, she’s only allowed to do what Winston tells her anyway!
Winston must have an eye for the ladies the old devil!
Jacinda completely underwhelmed when she met the gormless Turnbull, Mr Insider, looking very much like she was at a Dentist appointment.
Down here Greens Senator Nick McKim is feeling a little anxious as the recount starts after Parry’s departure. He only just scraped in last time as fifth on the ballot paper . Could get interesting
Interesting times Boa. I think we need to just get things over and done with. Does anyone know of any circumstance, other than rejected legislation, to cause a DD?
Welcome Back My Friends to the Show that Never Ends:
Another Liberal MP denies he’s a dual citizen
Liberal junior minister Alex Hawke has rejected claims he could be a dual citizen, after it was revealed his mother was born in Greece. The assistant immigration minister says he was born in Wollongong and has never held Greek citizenship through his mother, who moved to Australia in the 1950s. “I am an Australian citizen only and have never held or acquired or sought Greek or any other citizenship,” he told the Daily Telegraph.
According to the Greek Embassy in Canberra, a person acquires Greek citizenship at birth “if said person is born to a parent of Greek nationality”, whether it is activated or not.
Given the black letter interpretation on s44 to date by the High Court, it seems that Alex Hawke is toast.
Whatever you say about the Greens MPs, it’s only their MPs who have done the honourable thing and resigned when their citizenship have been called into question.
I agree TO. Very well played by the Greens.
True, but no-one was going to put their hand up if it meant losing government though.
Shocker, Dwight, you beat me to the punch in posting this latest nail in the coffin, as it were, for Mr 22 Consecutive Negative Newspolls. Barnaby Joyce doing a top job of “woe is me” in New England and will be returned to the seat in a sea of sobs and teary faces. Never had the decency to stand down though when outed as a New Zealander did he! Cheers.
How will the conspiracy theorists spin this?
No sign Oswald linked to CIA: JFK files
A 1975 CIA memo says a thorough search of agency records in and outside the US was conducted to determine whether Oswald had been used by the agency or connected with it in “any conceivable way”.
The memo said the search came up empty. The memo also said there was also no indication that any other US agency used Oswald as a source or for recruitment.
Did they check with Disney?
Olive Stone?
It was a cracker of a movie though Dwight!
If not way too long…..
Umm, yeah right! The CIA said, so it must be true then. I sort of expected the CIA to say “A check of our files shows that we recruited Oswald and those agents still living have been arrested and will be tried for conspiracy to murder the President.” When I was stoned out of my tree.
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/jfk-assassination-files/one-thing-all-americans-agree-jfk-conspiracy-n815371
The thing is whether or not the CIA recruited or used Oswald , most people believe Oswald did not act alone.
Most people? Names and phone numbers please, dear Jean. The young Lee was an ambitious and deluded megalomaniac upstart who most hard core and serious organisations would have given a wide berth (imo from my readings). Still there is nothing like a conspiracy theory to sell books etc and absorb the minds of those who don’t watch the soaps or sports.
Read the link you dill.
Aw, don’t call me a dill.
A bit of “please” and “thank you” wouldn’t go astray.
Thank-you.
That wasn’t hard now was it?
A sober view of the Mueller inquiry: http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/filter-noise-out-from-muellers-true-mission/news-story/3bccbb8d1970880d1ea88524e3b53ad3
Rather than criticize Mueller, Americans should be happy that something is being done about illegal foreign interference in American politics.
As a man who places his bets before the field is underway, Mr Insider, I am tipping Boris Johnson to become the next British PM. May struggling and its only a matter of time imho.
boris karloff would do a better job
Funny thing popped up on the Facebook page – originally published in “The Shovel”- whatever that might be.
Under a picture of the Queen –
“Australian Head of State forced to resign after British Citizenship revealed.”
adani will beat this
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/indigenous/job-provider-accused-of-using-dead-people-prisoners-to-inflate-numbers-audit/news-story/bb4914c12d328580ccb8ac9278a800b7
I say smoke, its a reminder of the 2009 newspaper headline – “Grateful dead get a raise from Kev” when thousands of deceased Australians were sent a $900 stimulus cheque.
I resented that headline at the time…so screw ’em ,,I spent that moolah doublequick
show ’em how dead I am…
Yes another ongoing give away of $ billions by the Howard Abbott and Costello show.
The long held belief that s44 of the Constitution of Australia has a Darwinian role to play in the natural selection of MPs and senators appears to now require amendment as due diligence and politicians has become an oxymoron.
OT but interesting. Don’t tell Greenpeace:
https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/ywbbpm/bitcoin-mining-electricity-consumption-ethereum-energy-climate-change
BANG!