^ Nope. Not at all. I think it was a hard decision, but it had to be done.
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Yet the media seem hellbent on trying to do a Gotcha on him about this.
Of course they do! Dictator Dan!
I think if the cost blew out so rapidly, it was a good idea. The last Commonwealth Games came in at under $2bn, with ongoing positives in terms of infrastructure and venues, or so the media tells us, so Dictator Dan must be at fault! But it is worth remembering no one else put their hands up to host these games, so Vic said they'd try. Now it turns out it's too difficult and expensive. Better to pull out now with some egg on face rather than a lot of egg from a new multi-billion dollar deficit.
ETA: slightly different but google "abandoned olympic venues". The waste!
I think if the cost blew out so rapidly, it was a good idea. The last Commonwealth Games came in at under $2bn, with ongoing positives in terms of infrastructure and venues, or so the media tells us, so Dictator Dan must be at fault! But it is worth remembering no one else put their hands up to host these games, so Vic said they'd try. Now it turns out it's too difficult and expensive. Better to pull out now with some egg on face rather than a lot of egg from a new multi-billion dollar deficit.
ETA: slightly different but google "abandoned olympic venues". The waste!
They are pretty much liberal propaganda machine now days. There was a comment from the liberal shock jock Neil Mitchell six weeks ago saying they should be cancelling and then yesterday blaming Dan again. Thank god I don't listen to that tool.
So I've seen the same right wing accounts who got really mad that Andrews signed up for the games ("where's the money coming from ?@!?!?!") NOW getting really mad he's reneged on it and moaning about the rural sector being shafted. Absolutely ridiculous.
I was a bit peeved about him saying they are still doing ALL the infrastructure promised in that hospitals in rural towns really need that money.
But Comm games, Olympics, absolute money pits now and would be glad if we never had them again (yes I know Brisbane has the Olympics in 2032).
I was a bit peeved about him saying they are still doing ALL the infrastructure promised in that hospitals in rural towns really need that money.
But Comm games, Olympics, absolute money pits now and would be glad if we never had them again (yes I know Brisbane has the Olympics in 2032).
Hah, just read this. Yeah seeing it all over. It's embarrassing.
Definitely not "wink wink"
Same for Andrew Bolt and his diatribes about The Voice referendum
In other news...
Many of you will remember Swami Sarasvati, a charming lady who brought yoga to Australia in the 1960s, often on TV with segments and eventually her own show. I just found out she passed away last April. Yoga was never my thing, but she was always there, and I think was a contributor to Australia's multiculturalism.
https://televisionau.com/2023/04/obituary-swami-sarasvati.html
Many of you will remember Swami Sarasvati, a charming lady who brought yoga to Australia in the 1960s, often on TV with segments and eventually her own show. I just found out she passed away last April. Yoga was never my thing, but she was always there, and I think was a contributor to Australia's multiculturalism.
https://televisionau.com/2023/04/obituary-swami-sarasvati.html
I haven't quite made up my mind. The No campaign isn't what I want but so far neither is the yes.
I don't know..... I just feel undecided is all.
Reading this now I am voting yes. Dinosaurs like Howard need to shut the hell up
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66309637
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66309637
^ Very much so he needs too shut up. But he probably won't.
My view on the voice is undecided at the moment. Planning on not saying how I vote. Gonna read more about at some stage. Not hugely important to me right at the moment.
My view on the voice is undecided at the moment. Planning on not saying how I vote. Gonna read more about at some stage. Not hugely important to me right at the moment.
I'll be saying yes. Anything that might improve things for Indigenous people is well and truly worth it.
I have yet to read / hear / see a single valid, reasoned, credible reason to say no. I've read several articles by experts in constitutional law who all agree it will do none of the things the naysayers claim it will do. And frankly, anything that Abbott, Dutton and the Hanson abomination - a "royal" worshipper and two racists - think is a bad idea is pretty much bound to be a good idea.
It's a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned. But it won't pass.
I have yet to read / hear / see a single valid, reasoned, credible reason to say no. I've read several articles by experts in constitutional law who all agree it will do none of the things the naysayers claim it will do. And frankly, anything that Abbott, Dutton and the Hanson abomination - a "royal" worshipper and two racists - think is a bad idea is pretty much bound to be a good idea.
It's a no-brainer as far as I'm concerned. But it won't pass.
Even Julie Bishop is for Yes
Oh it most certainly does......... Doesn't stop the Murdoch rags from pushing the NO narrative though.
