The cavalcade of identity confusion continues in the federal parliament with Labor backbencher Justine Keay announcing today she would refer her case to the High Court. Despite taking steps to renounce her British citizenship prior to nominating, the Tasmanian MP was a British citizen on the date of the election.
In the ugly partisan to and fro bargaining between the Prime Minister and the Opposition Leader over what is to be done to bring this crisis of confidence in the parliament to an end, what is being offered from both sides is little more than a protection racket for those of their number who are still hiding under rocks.
Apparently the answer, rather like a good shampoo and conditioner, is to rinse and repeat.
For the many Australians who have not seriously considered a run at the federal parliament, it will be instructive to learn that the nomination form issued by the Australian Electoral Commission for all candidates to the federal parliament features a word-for-word reproduction of Section 44 of the Australian Constitution.
Full column here.
We have enough issues with Australia’s Government, but what of the other Dominions (or whatever they may be called). The kids running both are acting like spoilt brats. We have JT not turning up to a meeting (although is there more of a story to be told), and JA telling Australia what to do. I would like MT or Ms Fascinator to tell her off, but I don’t expect that this would happen. The two heads of countries in question maybe should learn some simple diplomacy (even it is lying in state) – their lefty mates are the sorts to quickly have a go at Trump for his habit of diplomacy by Twitter (which I abhor), but maybe Trudeau and Adhern should actually behave a bit better themselves? In my view a pair of spoilt brats, with no experience in the real world.
Jacinda is probably being controlled by someone’s agenda, Trab.
Trudeau’s last minute exit was, as you suggest, rather immature.
Trudeau does remind me of Tony Blair, loves the photo op and likes to be seen as hip/cool/trendy whatever. Wife isn’t backwards at coming forwards either.
But at least Blair got things done.
Um, yeah. This for openers.
https://news.sky.com/story/bid-to-prosecute-tony-blair-over-iraq-war-to-be-blocked-by-government-10840542
If you read the Canadian media’s take on it, he came out with a better deal for Canada. That’s why he’s the PM I guess.
I know quite a few Canucks. Older generation now I guess, 50s and 60s. They all *hate* him to a man.
Yep!
How I wish Jacinda Ardern were our Prime Minister.
NZ forging ahead with renewables while Australia’s dead in the water under our fossil-fuel puppets.
http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/world/ardern-calls-for-end-on-subsidies-of-fossil-fuels/#ath
Shush Bella, lest you get caught up in this allegiance SNAFU that is sweeping the nation.
It ha been such a long time, in fact years, that the Liberals have not mentioned “our grandchildren”……wonder why?
Has Dismal been granted leave?
Because they don’t give a rats what’s left for them Bassy.
Away working busier than normal. Communications not so great either.
Welcome back Bald.
Thanks man,
If you don’t mind, Jack, I’ll recommend another book.
It’s Simon Winchester’s 2015 ‘Pacific – the ocean of the future’. There’s a chapter on weather systems, starting with Cyclone Tracy and worked into a well-researched account of ENSO (El Nino, Southern Oscillation). I’d like to see reports on ENSO booted up from Landline into the main news broadcasts on weekends.
In the meantime, maybe our brand-new trade pact with Peru will give Mr Turnbull a chance to deliberate on the fortunes of those anchovies.
POTUS Trump and POTRF Putin best of chums over in Vietnam at APEC, Mr Insider. Trumps Asia tour a massive success.
http://tinyurl.com/y9chq3gk
A disgrace is the LNP legitimising phony and giving them preferences ahead of Labor. Showing again the LNP are a National disgrace.
Not too keen on QLD’s new full preferential voting system Dismayed, eh?
Is it a waste of graphite, or are there other issues residing in your seemingly perturbed state of mind mate?
LNP supporting phony is a disgrace and legitimises dangerous groups. Don’t defame me Carl. You sure haven’t changed. Old dogs and all that eh?
“dangerous groups”? Never took you to be the sort of chap that’d jump at shadows mate.
See Carl, that is what JtI is on about, Dismayed makes a perfectly legit statement about preferences, and you slag his state of mind. Its rude. Its unnecessary. It is what we are trying to change for Jack’s sake! Try this, before you send a post, look at it and ask yourself.. “is it a valid argument, or is it an insult?”. If we all tried this a bit more maybe JtI wouldnt be tearing his hair out and threatening to walk. If I can bloody do it, so can you!
Well said Wraith. Carls nuts.
Agree Wraith, everyone and I mean everyone has been told to pull their head in, seems Carl doesn’t think it applies to him
Yes, a chap must be nuts to make benign enquiries about another chap’s apparent anxious and unsettled concerns regarding legitimate preference arrangements between legitimate political parties.
Its also a dangerous and disgraceful pastime indeed.
Yep. As a fruit cake.
This too much fun! I’ve given meself a stitch.
Phony are not a legitimate political party. they are a divisive National embarrassment.
I say JB, do you think the occasional emoticon should be used for some on here, or should I just leave it to the reader to attempt to grasp the delicate subtly in the messaging me old mate?
Emoticons! Your choice old bean. I certainly wouldn’t use them but then I do enjoy a good and righteous chastising. It is cleansing for the soul and I feel so much better after a good telling off.
The refreshing benefits are amplified if a chap gives himself a good whipping while reading and rereading the text of his scolding.
Even better is the receipt of a stern reprimand when a chap has meant no offence whatsoever.
It was the State Labor government who, in the dead of night, tacked compulsory preferential voting onto a bill. Why? Because it suited them electorally at the time. Now things have changed people are bleating. The irony is superb. I actually believe the election is considerably tighter than people realise.
Preferential voting has nothing to do with it. Preferences to phony is the issue. They are divisive, do not have policies and encourage and empower dangerous fools like those that attacked Aussie Sam last week. So for CotC yes Dangerous. Once again nothing to do with preferential voting it s the very poor choice of your LNP to legitimise phony in an effort to gain government.
I think Labors legitimisation of the Greens is just as dangerous.
HAHAHA. that does not surprise me. It was established years ago a wet lettuce leaf would knock you over, you say some completely ridiculous things razor that that is close to the most ridiculous comment yet. Greens Dangerous? HAHAHAHAHA
Empowered dangerous fools attacked Aussie Sam ? That the same bloke who apparently disregarded his party’s policy and who obviously had no knowledged of the widely ratified UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, and supported the Chinese in their illegal grab for territoral sovereignty in the South China Sea, and ahem ….. was reported as having received, ahem …… a backhander for personal expenses incurred and ahem, ….. was then sent to the naughty corner for his apparent misdemeanours?
Some may opine AS’s actions were also those of a dangerous fool.
Aussie Sam my arse! Chinese Sam may be more accurate Dismayed.
I wonder if Ellyse Perry were a bloke if she’d be on 8 figures a year and have billboards up everywhere of her endorsing all and sundry – http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/11037/game/1086066/Australia-Women-vs-England-Women-Only-Test-aus-w-v-eng-w-2017-18-2017-18.
That attack on Abbott’s sister was disgraceful. Sorry, these people do themselves no favours.
Agreed.
Belting a woman, opportunistically, I assume, and who probably has next to nothing to do with refugee policy – as bad as it is – is unconscionable.
Here you go, this may never happen again, me agreeing with Boa and BLS, that attack on Ms. Abbott was not on! Why cant people protest without acting like complete douches? Beyond me. They behaved like humans!
I think you’d go a long way to find someone outside the actual crowd who supported their actions. In the washup, I think that a few of those responsible might feel a tad sheepish too. That’s probably a good metaphor. Especially as they’re like;y to to big rainbow supporters as well.
Sometimes people with single-issue or narrow agendas are lauded for their passion. It just as easily manifests as nastiness. (e.g. your average blogging vegan).
Monomania, TV. Leaves some of them willing to break a lot of eggs.
I don’t think vegans eat eggs, unless they’re lacto-ono.
As opposed to Yoko-ono I assume Carl?
Actually, there’s a bunch of them on Twitter claiming it was all the work of the cops. Sarcasm goes straight over their heads. They’re not sheepish at all, more like bullish. And full of bovine merde for mine.
Good one TV, a double yoke with a ‘j’.
Anger is no excuse for violent protests & I condemn those who choose to act otherwise.
The thing is that for decades 99% of us have worked hard to demonstrate the usefulness of peaceful gatherings to get our message heard so I suppose now, from one ugly incident, it’s going to stereotype every activist as violent but that is convenient & completely wrong.
People may be surprised to learn that since the Adani protests began they’ve been attended by hundreds of life-long Liberal/National voters who’ve decided they have to take a public stand beside us ‘Greenies’ to keep Adani out of this country to protect their properties & livelihood.
I’ve had several interactions with these folks who share the exact same passion for protecting our environment as I do so we willingly respect each other’s rights. Their whole attitude toward Get-Up, LocktheGate & the Galilee Basin protests has opened their eyes to how inaccurate the government portrays peaceful activism.
Lastly I see Dutton has described protestors as “morally bankrupt.”
This, from the coldest human in power beggars belief.
Lock the Gate are not always peaceful Bella. Check some of their behaviour in the Northern Rivers. But the reason that they attract an unusually polyglot crowd is the landholders who don’t want to be told what to do or forced to allow access to their land. It’s NIMBY, it’s hip-pocket (although they get compensated these days), it’s landed gentry and it’s the result of massive lies and misinformation, straight out of the Greenpeace handbook. Doesn’t mean I like ADANI. I just recognise the dynamics of the protest.
I’m not up on the Greenpeace handbook Trivalve, never have been.
Weak as water these days so I seriously doubt they do confrontation. Last I saw they floated rubber whales bearing placards off Sydney beaches.
Scary stuff.
C’mon Bella, ONE ugly incident?
I can think of about twenty similar from the same mob on the same issue without even going looking.
Let’s just find out who did the jostling TBLS.
Wouldn’t be plants by any chance…
You can’t get much more Green than a “plant” Bella!
There are none so blind . . .
“There are none so blind…”
Yeah well, ya shoulda gone to specsavers Swantoony….😏
Bella,
The days of Special Branch plants rousing up the mob are long over.
Still planting evidence no doubt.
Much more likely to be the sort of rednecks that attacked Sam Dastyari mate.
I wish to be beamed back in time, Mr Insider, to a simpler time such as when Sir Robert Menzies adoringly addressed Her Majesty QE2 in Canberra with the words from the poet “I did but see her passing by, yet I love her till I die”. Her Majesty blushed. We wont see the likes of that again sadly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ibGwqMM6uU
?……..and we dont want to see the likes of that again sadly.We have blokes who are Pom citizens by descent shafted yet our Head of State isca Pom…..Bah!
Actually, she’s German Bassy, House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. But she is the Queen of Australia. And Queensland.
I wonder if she has dual nationality?
?…..and Phil the Greek!
Bring on the Republic!
Bring on The Pub!
I see the Peace, Love and Rainbows crowd is out punching-on for peace again.