The Down Under Lounge

[Australis]

Perrotet: I'm willing to bet that the gambling lobby is behind this (see what I did there?)

There's vague reports ClubsNSW is pouring in money to shore up their position, after the FriendlyJordies/Troy Stoltz revelations about money laundering; they're looking pretty nervous, and backing David Elliott to 'look after them'.

Stupid thing to do, being a cosplay Nazi, but the SS suits were made IRL by Hugo Boss, soooo...

Pell: if Abbott was still PM, we would be having a national funeral.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Perrotet: I'm willing to bet that the gambling lobby is behind this (see what I did there?)

There's vague reports ClubsNSW is pouring in money to shore up their position, after the FriendlyJordies/Troy Stoltz revelations about money laundering; they're looking pretty nervous, and backing David Elliott to 'look after them'.

Stupid thing to do, being a cosplay Nazi, but the SS suits were made IRL by Hugo Boss, soooo...

Pell: if Abbott was still PM, we would be having a national funeral.

And Howard, had this happened under Howard same thing.

Wasn't it a Liberal party member who leaked this stuff about the Premier?

 

[Australis]

David Elliott, Transport Minister. Suspect he's strongly hacked by ClubsNSW. You didn't read all my post, did you?

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

David Elliott, Transport Minister. Suspect he's strongly hacked by ClubsNSW. You didn't read all my post, did you?

Ah I did see that.... But I thought he did the leaking himself

 

[Australis]

As far as I can gather, Elliott threatened Perrotet, and Dom decided to get out in front of it. This makes Elliott look bad.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

As far as I can gather, Elliott threatened Perrotet, and Dom decided to get out in front of it. This makes Elliott look bad.

Which is the smart thing to do, get in front of it. .... The media did whip this up though into a storm

 

[Australis]

Of course they did, that is what they do. They imagine it'll sell papers/rate like crazy.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Of course they did, that is what they do. They imagine it'll sell papers/rate like crazy.

I mean who hasn't done stupid shit when they were 21, I think a lot of people have done the whole nazi cosplay thing. What if you had to wear that for a play or such, we had a play of "The yellow star" at church once about the holocaust and some people had to wear a uniform on stage.

 

[Avro Arrow]

I think a lot of people have done the whole nazi cosplay thing.

... I sincerely hope you're wrong.

 

[Orac Zen]

Requiescat in pace, Renée Geyer.

Brilliant singer who had a remarkable life.

 

[Australis]

Yes, great singer. Australian music would not have been the same without her.

 

[Australis]

Bump.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

Grind.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

ooh aah

 

[Miss Chicken]

Has anyone been following the Robodebt Royal Commission?

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Has anyone been following the Robodebt Royal Commission?

Not really because most of the people questioned seem to have convenient memory issues

 

[Miss Chicken]

I think one of the worst statement of all came in an earlier sitting when Jason McNamara (the former General Manager, Integrity and Information Group, Service Australia) 1) blamed Australians of being too uneducated to understand income averaging and 2) stated that if people had worked normal hours at a normal paying job and normal wages they would not have had a problem.

The method of income averaging they ended up using was illegal, something he should have understood.
He seems to be oblivious to the casualisation of the Australian workforce.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I think one of the worst statement of all came in an earlier sitting when Jason McNamara (the former General Manager, Integrity and Information Group, Service Australia) 1) blamed Australians of being too uneducated to understand income averaging and 2) stated that if people had worked normal hours at a normal paying job and normal wages they would not have had a problem.

The method of income averaging they ended up using was illegal, something he should have understood.
He seems to be oblivious to the casualisation of the Australian workforce.

Oblivious sums up the previous Morrison Government and all its ministers........

 

[Australis]

Has anyone been following the Robodebt Royal Commission?

Only what I see on the news and the 7:30 Rpt but I pay close attention, as they tried to hit me up with one of those. All those public servants shrugging and saying "wasn't my job" and pointing in all directions, classic cases of one hand being clueless about the other, And I believe it was an attitude fostered right at the top. The PubServ has a tendency towards conservatism anyway, so this just gave them license. Pretty poor show all round, and Labor isn't rectifying it fast enough.

 

[Australis]

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