Auspol October - How far up his arse do you think he'll go?

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adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

# ¿ Oct 4, 2016 02:20

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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 16:08

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

The AFP have dropped the investigation into the copying of Peter Slipper's diary.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2016 05:56

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

https://twitter.com/CroweDM/status/783185749579399168

Uhhh....

# ¿ Oct 4, 2016 07:07

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

freebooter posted:

Abbott's slavish Anglophilia is fascinating. He grew up in the '60s and '70s for gently caress's sake, the sun had well and truly set on the Empire. Where does he get it from?

It gets better:

quote:

Tony Abbott has been appointed a director of a new centre for western civilisation � a thinktank which he says aims �to promote a more widespread study and understanding of the western canon.�

The former prime minister has declared the new post in his latest declaration of members� interests, alongside an appointment to an advisory council that seeks to promote a �strong and prosperous� Ukraine. Abbott in his declaration foreshadows future travel to attend meetings of the advisory council in Kiev.

Abbott also indicates that the Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists paid for his travel and accommodation to deliver a speech in Prague in mid-September where he urged Europe to adopt Australian-style border protection policies to avoid �losing control� � noting that the flow of asylum seekers across Europe �look[ed] like a peaceful invasion.�

Another Liberal MP, Julian Leeser, has also been appointed to the board of the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation, which is funded by the Paul Ramsay Foundation.

Paul Ramsay � the founder of Ramsay Health Care � a donor to the Liberal party and a friend of Abbott�s, donated most of his $3.3bn stake in the company he founded to charity after his death in 2014.

The only concrete details currently available about the Ramsay Centre for Western Civilisation come from an ad placed in the Australian in August 2015, advertising the role of CEO for the centre.

The ad says the centre is funded by the Paul Ramsay Foundation, and the primary aim is to �provide a perpetual endowment for the study of western civilisation�.

The ad further details the aims of the centre with specific programs including: the establishment of courses in western civilisation with three universities, school programs and scholarships.

# ¿ Oct 4, 2016 10:50

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

https://twitter.com/MattAkersten/status/783512581487128577

# ¿ Oct 5, 2016 21:13

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

# ¿ Oct 5, 2016 23:32

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

In the House tonight the government accidentally passed this second reading amendment:

https://twitter.com/beneltham/status/786103231294439425

# ¿ Oct 12, 2016 09:21

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

https://twitter.com/TonyAbbottMHR/status/786726224588439553

# ¿ Oct 14, 2016 01:48

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

Bill Leak's being investigated by the HRC under 18c. Here we go again!

Surely he'll have a measured and reasoned respons-

Oh.

# ¿ Oct 16, 2016 21:39

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

https://twitter.com/JamieTravers/status/787873739941646336

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 06:23

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

quote:

A male staffer for a Liberal MP attempted to identify himself as a woman as part of a sneaky factional deal to win a $12,000 executive position in a student election.

Alex Fitton, who works for New South Wales state MP Mark Taylor, vowed he was not a cisgender male in order to become joint general secretary of the University of Sydney Students' Representative Council on Wednesday night.

A cisgender male is a man whose gender identity matches the sex they were assigned at birth. The SRC's affirmative action policy stipulates the coveted council position can be shared by two people, but only if one of them identifies as a woman or a non-cisgender male.

The 11th-hour deal saw Mr Fitton defect from a rival factional grouping to run on a joint ticket with another student, Dylan Williams, who works for NSW Labor. In a controversial move, Labor factions had already teamed up with moderate Liberals to oppose a left-wing bloc.

Australian Politics: A Tale In Four Paragraphs

# ¿ Oct 20, 2016 09:34

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

quote:

Bob Day has �forgiven� a $1.4m loan to Family First as part of the continuing fallout associated with the collapse of his building empire.

The Family First Senator confirmed this week he was quitting politics after his building company, Home Australia Pty Ltd, went into liquidation.

The advisory firm McGrathNicol has been appointed liquidator of Home Australia Pty Ltd and each of its wholly owned subsidiaries.

A new return published by the Australian Electoral Commission shows Day has forgiven the loan, made in the 2013-14 financial year, to Family First.

Day has been a substantial personal backer of Family First over several years. His loans and donations to the political party in recent times are in the order of $1.7m.

Pity about those 200 people with unfinished homes.

# ¿ Oct 21, 2016 08:27

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

Leslie Nassar who, among other things, was responsible for the Twitter accounts Fake Stephen Conroy and the Department of Australia, has died after being struck by a drunk driver

# ¿ Oct 23, 2016 11:04

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

https://twitter.com/JamColley/status/790424373156990976

Also:

quote:

Family First Senator Bob Day will postpone his resignation for several more weeks, ensuring he can vote for the government's bills to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission and to establish a Registered Organisations Commission.

# ¿ Oct 24, 2016 07:53

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

So, uh, Bob Day has un-resigned.

# ¿ Oct 28, 2016 04:40

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

Kafka Syrup posted:

So Bob Day resigned...again.

Yeah, about that...

https://twitter.com/BernardKeane/status/793342352546934784

e: Soapy's response:

https://twitter.com/CroweDM/status/793339514852745216

I guess the ABCC legislation won't be coming up for a while.

adamantium|wang fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Nov 1, 2016

# ¿ Nov 1, 2016 07:41

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

This of course raises the question of if and how long the Government knew about issues around Day's seat.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2016 07:50

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

quote:

The Federal Government will ask the Senate to consider challenging Bob Day's election to the Senate in the High Court.

The President of the Senate, Stephen Parry, has written to all senators raising concerns about Mr Day and the validity of his election to the 45th Parliament.

Late this afternoon, Senator Parry emailed the other 75 Upper House members stating he had received Mr Day's resignation, but that there were concerns about whether appointing his replacement could follow the usual procedures.

"I am considering information which raises difficult constitutional questions relating to the composition of the Senate and I am seeking further advice before I put the matter before the Senate on Monday," Senator Parry wrote in an email.

The ABC understands there are concerns about Mr Day's electorate office, and to whom he was paying rent for the space.

If there is a problem with that arrangement, it could mean that Bob Day's election was invalid.

More to come.

# ¿ Nov 1, 2016 07:56

adamantium|wang: Sep 14, 2003; Missing you

https://twitter.com/BevanShields/status/793350632040116224

Wellllllllp

# ¿ Nov 1, 2016 08:59

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https://twitter.com/AntonyGreenABC/status/793363387564429312

# ¿ Nov 1, 2016 09:08

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