Australian Politics thread [merged]

[1965]

Abbott is chanelling Bob Hawke.


Tony Abbott admits he was drunk in Parliament and missed crucial GFC bailout vote



FORMER Prime Minister Tony Abbott has finally confessed that he was passed out, drunk, on the night he should have voted on Kevin Rudd’s GFC bailout measures in 2009.Mr Abbott, who was the leader of the opposition at that time, has shared his story on The House With Annabel Crabb, in an episode set to air on September 5.

http://www.news.com.au/national/politics/tony-abbott-admits-he-was-drunk-in-parliament-and-missed-crucial-gfc-bailout-vote/news-story/a74eff97b2b2079bd1e39f5b7635a94a

[Diocletian]

Looking forward to "Abbott's Ale".....brewed by trappist monks of course....

[1965]

[🏅Dooks]

[mightytiges]

The Turnbull government's incompetency on display again this week  .


The fast pace of the troubled NBN rollout is leading to compromise — around one-fifth of customers are being connected with older technology such as copper phone wire and pay television cables.

With a fibre to the node connection, the final link to the house is with copper wire stretching from a green box in the street. The longer the length of copper, the slower the available internet speeds.

Cheryl Vance and Joel Styles made Yonder: The Cloud Catcher Chronicles, a fantasy adventure game for children, in their home. But this Brisbane couple say the botched rollout of the National Broadband Network means they are in a farcical situation where it is quicker for them to drive and deliver online documents by hand rather than send them via the NBN.

And NBN chief Bill Morrow’s message is blunt — if people want faster connections, they will have to pay for it themselves.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/nbn/nbn-rollout/news-story/0d0caadd6da2e38546fcdc18b9eaadfa



EMPLOYMENT Minister Michaelia Cash has admitted one of her staff tipped off the media about the Australian Workers’ Union raids in Melbourne and Sydney.

Earlier today, Cash repeatedly denied that her office had informed journalists of the raid before it was carried out, telling Senate estimates she was not aware of Tuesday’s raid until she saw it unfold on television.

But she denied she misled the Senate.

She brushed off questions about whether she would refer the staffer to police.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/michaelia-cash-admits-staffer-gave-media-tipoff-about-awu-raids/news-story/1b4255e05c37bc18294bfe5beb47e064

[1965]

Yep all happening at the moment.

 

[one-eyed]

The Turnbull Federal LNP government has lost its one-seat majority thanks to Barnaby Joyce being disqualified from parliament by the High Court for being a NZ citizen.

Also disqualified are 4 senators (2 Green, 1 National & 1 One Nation).

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The High Court has handed down its verdict on the seven politicians embroiled in the dual citizenship saga.

Five politicians including the former Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce have been disqualified from sitting in parliament, following a High Court decision.

Mr Joyce will now face a by-election in his seat of New England on December 2.

Also disqualified was cabinet minister Fiona Nash, former Greens senators Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters, and One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts.

Former cabinet minister Matt Canavan and crossbencher Nick Xenophon were found not to be ineligible.

Section 44 of Australia's constitution bans anyone holding dual citizenship from sitting in parliament, in a section aimed at ensuring MPs do not hold split allegiances.

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2017/10/27/high-court-decides-only-two-citizenship-seven-safe

[WilliamPowell]

If it wasn't so serious it would be hilarious

 

[mightytiges]

The best news is that One Nation conspiracy theory nutter who only got in with 77 votes has been thrown out of the Senate .

[one-eyed]

Another Senator caught in the dual-citizen saga:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/senate-president-stephen-parry-a-dual-citizen/news-story/51f9bbdf813dd9dcd8440a45e8759d4c

[1965]

And another one...


http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/josh-frydenberg-caught-between-monstrous-history-and-an-uncertain-fate-20171103-gzef2d.html

[Diocletian]

Trying to get out of it by playing the holocaust card.....haha what a wanker.....

[1965]

So much for all of the BS re not having an audit.


 


http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/major-parties-conducting-internal-audits-of-every-mp-as-greens-reveal-new-audit-proposal-20171103-gzesiy.html

[Chuck17]

?

You don't think they aren't doing their own internal work to work out where they are at

[one-eyed]

And this saga is still going on and catching out more pollies  ....

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/citizenship-crisis-turnbull-government-mp-john-alexander-may-be-a-dual-citizen-20171106-gzflz6.html

Bennelong is a marginal seat too if Alexander is found to be a dual-citizen and there needs to be a by-election.