George Christensen – he is quite a puzzle.
I am pretty confident he holds onto his seat through some sort of influence at the local level of the Nationals. Holding some pretty good dirt on someone there? (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Australian politics’
Exactly what is Christensen’s game?
Posted: February 9, 2017 in RantingTags: Australian politics, Donald Trump, George Christensen, Oompa Loompa
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Such very poorly paid pollies
Posted: February 9, 2017 in RantingTags: Australian politics, entitlements, Ian MacDonald, Malcolm Turnbull, MP entitlement, work expenses
Senator Ian MacDonald has a point. Our politicians really are terribly poorly paid. They could have stayed in their original ‘real’ jobs and been paid a proper, living wage. But no, through such determination to serve the public these heroes survive on a mere pittance, only to be tossed to one side like last week’s caviar wrapper. A defined benefits superannuation which provides a hefty guaranteed pension? That is merely a minor recognition of all those years of sacrifice for the nation. We should consider giving them all that free air travel in retirement as a way of saying ‘thank you, oh great one.’ (more…)
Enough jumping ship
Posted: February 7, 2017 in RantingTags: Australian constitution, Australian politics, by-election, casual vacancy, Cory Bernadi
One of the Fairfax stable said they were going to take this only to change their mind at the last minute, so you get to read it for free.
As Rod Culleton learned the hard way, getting into parliament is not as easy as it sounds. Your past can have an impact. But once you are safely there, you can do pretty much what you like. You may get booted from a Ministry or something if you mess up badly enough, but you are still there, earning $195,000 at the bare minimum with your backside polishing a red or green leather seat. And this allows a nasty, unintended loophole in the Australia Constitution that far too many politicians have taken advantage of. (more…)
Culleton in Lala Land
Posted: February 5, 2017 in RantingTags: Australian politics, bankrupt, Federal Court, High Court, Rod Culleton
This was written after Culleton’s appearance at the High Court on January 31 and before Friday’s developments. But the essential attitudes are unchanged.
Oh, we’re off to see the Rodney
The wonderful Culleton of Oz
Rod Culleton considering his future (ABC News, Adam Kennedy)
Borrowing from The Wizard of Oz is not that inappropriate when it comes to Mister Rod Culleton. Judging from his performance at the High Court last Tuesday, Culleton is indeed in Lala Land. Although his chief of staff, Margaret Menzel, might be considered a poor substitute for Emma Stone. (more…)
Where is the proof?
Posted: January 25, 2017 in RantingTags: Alan Tudge, Australian politics, Centrelink, debt collection, Donald Trump
It is surely a first that a President of the USA is being dragged to the courts considerably less than a week after his Inauguration. But it has happened–a crew of serious legal hitters have now filed a lawsuit against President Trump for his “…serious violations of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution created by the illegal payments he receives from foreign governments” as multiple breaches of the US Constitution. The argument is that nobody, including the President, is above the law. (more…)
Queensland – beautiful one day, political havoc the next
Posted: January 22, 2017 in RantingTags: Australian constitution, Australian politics
An MP from the Liberal National Party in Queensland has just quit LNP and jumped ship to One Nation in the Queensland parliament. And this highlights a nasty constitutional hole which has been allowed to remain for far too long. Although our Federal MPs might be excused – it is hard to find time to fix constitutional issues when there are all those entitlements to be milked to the nth degree. (more…)
Why Trump should be Prez! Just ask Clive.
Posted: January 16, 2017 in RantingTags: Australian politics, Clive Palmer, Donald Trump
I have just had an epiphany. A light bulb moment, if you will. And in typing that last fragment, it occurred to me – how did people have light bulb moments before there were light bulbs? Did Edison come up with the concept as a gas light moment? Or da Vinci realise he was having a lantern moment when he came up with the idea for the Mona Lisa’s smile? What about our cave-dwelling forebears? “Me. Og. Me have rubbing-two-sticks-together-real-fast moment.” (more…)
