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.
For the well-being of our vulnerable Aussie paliamentarians I think it’s time we redefine the word marriage to include the union entered into between a paliamentarian and her job especially in reference to fulfilling her constitutional requirements.
This redefinition would make the PM’s job so much easier when answering difficult questions.
“We have a lot of mental health problems in our country, but this isn’t a gun situation,” Trumps statement regarding Texas apparently. FFS.
“OK after hearing the history of e Texas gunman, I finally get it. Before you can buy a gun in the USA, you first can beat your wife, then you can beat your child, then after you’ve served jail-time for that, you can be court-martialed and dishonourably discharged, then, after all that, you can have an hour-long stand-off with police after clubbing your dog in the head, after which you get arrested for animal cruelty and THEN AND ONLY N – can you go out and legally buy the assault weapon of your choice.” Michael Moore
THEN AND ONLY THEN.
Bloody Ipad…….🤔
Bella – after all that a gun(s) the natural progression. Personally I think the chap in Las Vegas drew a line in the sand and 26 scalps is 1/2days news. A US problem. Do we need to have it as headline news?? I say no.
The political power of the NRA knows no bounds that’s for sure.
Weeeeellllllllll, maybe the President is saying he will fix the mental health problems and make America sane again?
What, with him in charge?
ZINGAH!
I’m sure Mr Trump believes he is capable of such a thing. And he could walk on water and poop chocolate frogs too. If things keep going as they are most of the population will end up as sane as The Donald. Therefore he will have fixed the mental health problems of the nation. Right?
Just depends on where you are standing doesn’t it?
A message to the hard right from The Flying Dutchman.
ANDREW BOLT:- “The Liberals have delivered record debt, record spending and record electricity prices.”
Magic stuff this. From one of your own too!
Never talk to me about Labor debt or power prices again!!
So what? The rich are getting richer aren’t they? The man is doing his job, back off you upstarts and communists.
Liberals here mirror Trump…his proposed tax cuts to the already rich will cost $5trilion. Just like Turnbull’s $65billion gift to their own.
That’s why those getting the tax cuts got him elected. That’s how it works.
What’s going on in the House of Saudi? A change for the better?
The helicopter crash seems a little coincidental.
I’m of two minds on this. Mohammed bin Salman is taking on both the senior princes and the religious conservatives at the same time. Bold, but risky.
Headlines in NYT suggest increased tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran over missile from Yemen.
Plus it was shot down with a THAAD system, purchased from the USA.
Never mind that dear Milton just letting you know I am smitten with Ivanka Trump and I good fellow saw her first. Cheers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA7yAgkXjYE
RT? Russia Times! You’re sprung buddy. You, Trump and Vlad. You’re in this up to your neck Blofeld.
Good luck there Henry, she’s appears a bit vapid for mine.
Anywho time to put the fascinator on and waste some money.
No Milton, but interesting manouevres by the Saudi King. He’s given that son of his way too much power…
Don’t get too excited
Slap me Jesus, Mr Insider, as we now learn Turnbull government MP John Alexander may be a dual citizen! I ask the question once more, are there any dinky di Aussies in the Federal Lib/Nats?
http://tinyurl.com/y7zv3yrg
The ball’s in his court
I wonder if it will get to a tie break at the High Court.
hehe
Sutherland Springs, Texas, USA
http://tinyurl.com/ycdavp66
So Mal’s brilliant solution is a stat dec?
Genius! Who’d have thought of it? “John Alexander is on the phone, Prime Minister. He thinks he might be British.” “Bennelong is a pretty safe seat, isn’t it?” “Two per cent, Prime Minister.” “Point me in the direction of the screaming room.”
Blood in the water. Pretty good reason to be “moving on “.
I think it’s time we had an election JTI.
I’m feeling like “the screaming room” isn’t a thing . . . but it should be.
For them or us?
Dear Father in Heaven, lead me not into temptation…………………
https://nswcourts.com.au/articles/what-happens-if-i-lie-on-a-statutory-declaration-form/
Learned lawyer forgot that making a false declaration under criminal duress is an excuse. I did some last year and actually did stat decs before I signed the false ones stating that to be the case
Seems an armed citizen killed the armed citizen who killed 20 odd innocent people. Reads like open warfare.
Also reads like a constitutional right for both shooters. But what can they do? If they start amending amendments all hell could break loose.
Theoretically not for the mass murderer but everyone has to make the effort.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-texas-church-shooter-air-force-mattis-20171107-story.html
Lets face it, even if the sale of such weapons could be banned right now, it might make some difference but there are so many in circulation already they would still be readily available to the determined.
So Labor are now in favour of an audit of citzenship status for MPs.
this suggests that they have now completed their own audit and are confident that they will lose less MPs than the government.
Malcolm too now, mate. An MP can sign another stat dec after the one they completed for the AEC but they can use a different pen.
oh FFS,
someone commented earlier that Malcolm lacked resilience. I don’t buy that, he has it in spades, along with an unshakeable self-regard, great intelligence, and a lot of mongrel.
what he doesn’t have is political judgement, he didn’t the first time as Leader of the Opp and he learned nothing from that abject failure.
Absolutely. Hardly a conviction politician either.
If only he could be convicted, of something.
Seats starting to tumble to Labor in Tassie. A by-election had to be held after the resignation of Vanessa Goodwin, who is terminally ill. Bit sad, she is a lovely young woman and was a very good minister in the govt.
Anyway a hard fought election went to Labor. I think our next government will be Labor.
Labor on the way back in many places Boadicea, given the shocking mess the Libs seem to make of government these days its easy to see why. Cheers P.S. and don’t forget NZ too where Jacinda is PM with her Labour Party