BF2S Forums Australian politics thread.

Jay wrote:

The follies of nationalization

NBN didn't nationalize anything.

to be honest on the whole NBN debacle, I still don't understand why they didn't use existing telstra/optus pipes/pits in the first place and had NBN Co dig up a brand new set of pits for absolutely no reason at all... the construction boom in sydney doesn't help bring down labour costs either. any time of infrastructure/construction work costs a pretty penny now.

yeah because a country like australia with a population of 22 million, even less so in rural areas have economies of scale for a private corporation to send a satellite for internet. yarp.

our NBN program does use satellite to cover rural areas btw. read the actual program.

if you aint first youre last.

Abbott in 2012 (Slipper misused $900 worth of travel entitlements):

'In court documents lodged yesterday, there are further serious allegations regarding potentially criminal misuse of taxpayer funds and breaches of entitlements.

"For any parliamentarian, let alone the Speaker, these would be very serious allegations.

"Against the Speaker, such allegations go to the integrity of the highest parliamentary office in the House of Representatives.

"While Mr Slipper is entitled to the presumption of innocence, these allegations unquestionably have the potential to damage the reputation of the office of Speaker and the standing of the Parliament.

"It is therefore incumbent on the Prime Minister, who used her numbers to install Mr Slipper as Speaker late last year, to require him to stand aside until these matters are concluded before the courts.

"The Australian Federal Police must immediately investigate these new allegations relating to criminal misuse of taxpayer funded entitlements.'


Abbott in 2015 (Bishop misused $5,000 worth of travel entitlements):

'I don't think it's appropriate to stand aside simply because the finance department might be having a look at something.'

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Youth unemployment at an all time high - lets annihilate TAFE

Even I find this stupid.

I could spend years in Europe with that much money, she lasted two weeks with a couple of hangers-on. Then again I suppose my need for limousine travel reduces my costs a little.

Ty wrote:

I could spend years in Europe with that much money, she lasted two weeks with a couple of hangers-on. Then again I suppose my need for limousine travel reduces my costs a little.

I could spend about 6 months having a really good time, Uzique maybe a couple of weeks.

If you're paid $340k a year then I'm pretty sure you can afford all that from your own pocket, not the tax payers.

Jaekus wrote:

I'm sure one isolated case is how it really works for everyone. I worked in disability for 4.5 years and it was never going to work that way, according to my organisation, colleagues and the numerous people who accessed our service and several others (psychiatrists, respite, community access, in-home support, etc.)

Autism swamps NDIS trial

Children with autism-spectrum disorders have flooded the trial of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in South Australia and make up almost half of all participants, contributing to a blowout in the numbers

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscri … registered

Can't get the whole article but there you go - half the NDIS will be spent on autism - FML

They also reported during the mining boom that job creation from mining was 500,000 jobs. The actual figure was 46,000 with 20,000 tourism jobs lost, resulting in a net gain of 26,000 jobs.

Well now we need a speaker.