Another year, another polly on the ropes over expense claims. Sussan Ley has been on the receiving end of a media pommeling and the collective wisdom is she’s been a naughty minister. She has been dispatched to Coventry and the view is she should settle down and grow accustomed to her new home.
As an observer of various entitlements farragoes over the years, I think Ms Leys’ spending puts her in exalted company, somewhere between Peter Slipper and the guv’nor, Labor’s Mal Colston. Spending $21,000 in a week or so on transport is extraordinary. I didn’t even think it was possible. With those frequent flyer miles, you can forget about the carrot sticks and chardy in the Qantas club. It’s foot-long lobster subs and Moët by the schooner. Hell, they’ll get you your own plane. Maybe even let you fly it.
The Minchin Protocol always sounded like a bad novel and now as it comes to its denouement, it is about as satisfying as an EH Holden Mechanics’ manual or anything knocked out by Clementine Ford.
Full column here.
Yvonne 12 :06pm.
You raise a valid point, MT gone soon. After subsequent events of failures , along with Shorten style stabbing of the leader, the convoluted bed-wetters of outlaws of the party living under the Turnbull umbrella like Pyne ,J Bishop Morrison Wyatt Roy gone now thank heavens Sinodinos, another brown nose crawler , all feeling the effects of depression after their radical installation of Turnbull . This shambolic team now on the Libs , shows a significance of failures and backflips , has never shown signs of detouring out into positive policies leaving economic fragility under Turnbull here to stay. Malcolm as what Yvonne states , may see Billy Short on answers , find his way onto Malcolms chair to run the country. These hollow mouth idiots like PYNE ,better soon get into gear locking him out while down in SA , start fixing up that state before the candles come out after what Nick the Zenathon having to say tearing into the state government on power drifting into diminishing dangerous times.
Malcom needs to settle these country folks down out bush now getting terribly restless seeing the dairy and supply chain of produce is gathering forces to interfere with parliamentary sitting soon warming up the trucks and tractors to crash into the perimeters of Canberra to make their point that review and debate on the bush people is long overdue .
Has anyone sighted the great man PM Turnbull of late Mr Insider, budgie smuggled up or nay, or is he on a “fact finding” mission to Hawaii? These 4 month Pollie working “years” must indeed be taxing for him. We await a major pronouncement from him in the “not too distant future”!
Bassman 01:20pm. Now you will understand why I went off with Tony Burke not even PM from 2008 till 2015 racked up 4.6 million on ,office arrangements , domestic and international mistery trips . I sent links to you to prove it as did other media outlets ,the SMH jumped into this from Paul {forget his second name starting with S…}a writer there talking on 2UE at the time also reported it . You mentioned it is in the rules , these rules the public ”do not except” ,nothing but arrogance by BOTH sides ,I call it “blatent rorting “. I agree with you it MUST be changed now.
I told you this is Fake News
which U and The Sewer specialise in.
All the anger directed at Bill Shorten, and others, is justified. Comparing his family, and particularly his kids to the Addam’s family, and snide comments about their parentage is beneath contempt. Once, it was a unwritten rule that families were left out of politics. But over at the Australian blog, comments about families and children of politicians are rife. The kids didn’t book the flights or call the Comcars. They’ve been shanghaied by the politician for base gain, to create an image. Surely his kids should be left out of this. Surely we can be compassionate towards innocent kids, who have been taken on a ride. It was our money, but they didn’t spend it. Blame the blameworthy. Flame them without mercy, but I think the old rule about families being off limits should still apply. I may be old fashioned, because I think manners still matter.
Very well said X.
Whose the bloke in the middle of Leak’s cartoon meant to be?
Re Trump, i always fancied he’d have a penchant for gold (just look at his God awful digs) but i never realised how serious it was.
Unmade – regarding Yvonne’s comment (previous post), as well as a few others, in regard your assertion that Carl on the Coast is defaming you, i’m thinking the word you are looking for is verbal. That is to say that you think that CotC is verballing you, or that you’ve been verballed. Look it up, I could be wrong.
Dwight – I didn’t know you is an old white guy. How tall are you?
You people have serious issues. Besides your envy and obsession with the Dismayed. You seem to have no memory or ability to retain information. Some time ago I explained the “Don’t defame me Carl” preamble. Carl Stefanovic was interviewing your “man” Pyne and your “man” Pyne did not agree with what Stefanovic was saying and said? Any idea??? Anyone??? “DONT DEFAME ME CARL” so it is only fitting when Carl on the Coast or CotC if you like whom continuously misrepresents comments receives the preamble. “don’t defame me Carl” It is an excellent irony and fitting. Geez and some freak thinks I have no sense of humour.
I often skip by your posts so I must have missed that one. btw it takes a real man to carry a leather man bag. Old mate Pyne is one of the most impressive performers in QT, certainly a class above anything on the opposing benches.
You skip by my comments them but still decide to Criticise? No Surprises. Real men carry man bags or a European carry all. Not Red leather handbags. You have some serious issues if you believe Pyne has “performed”. The seat of Sturt that Pyne holds will go down as the most expensive seat in the Nations history. Get someone to help you.
Did you read that before you posted it? Could you inform us all what a ‘real man’ is? I remember you telling us a couple of years ago about walking the street as a young bloke. I’m not sure what happenned but it has left a bitter taste in your mouth and you are obviously traumatised and damaged. Seek help.
Jack, what do they put in the water down there? Drain the bloody lake.
Or as someone somewhere said, drain the billabong.
MOD. ALERT JtI
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I can cope with that, Smoke.
Apologies off topic, sort of? But Whaaaat???
http://www.news.com.au/national/queensland/singapores-military-could-force-fourth-generation-farmers-to-flee-queensland/news-story/bd1af087e93a1394e949c8eee3c68369
Eddie is now the farmers friend!
Well it’s logical that Singapore would need some lebensraum sooner or later. North Queensland would seem a logical place. The amount they are paying the Feds is way over the odds for the joint so one assumes it includes the NT in some sort of secret deal to be announced later.
As a resident of Nth Qld I offered them Tasmania, but apparently they like to eat greens, when I said a punch or a kick or a harsh word was all we would tolerate they went off the idea. Go figure!
While I’m on modern swimwear in this wide brown land enjoying a real hot summer, there should be a physical assessment before being allowed to purchase and parade in sluggoes, especially for the old guys whose assets have well, dropped, even if said apparel is double gusseted.
This suggestion is closely followed by women who have lost control of their assets, strolling around in the new season’s bikinis, which make the old g-string look positively demure. Bum cracks not to be toyed with.
It is making going to the beach a traumatic experience. Anyway, I’m off for a swim, eyes straight.