It's getting confusing - news scum newspaper are running reports (spear headed by the steaming pile known as the daily telegraph) that he's got a violent past etc though I've also seen comments there are no basis to the claims so not sure where the truth lies.
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It's getting confusing - news scum newspaper are running reports (spear headed by the steaming pile known as the daily telegraph) that he's got a violent past etc though I've also seen comments there are no basis to the claims so not sure where the truth lies.
We all screw up. I'm sure he's not a model citizen, but he's got a chance to help his kids. One I hope he takes.
But if it turns out he was flown all the way from Geelong to Ultimo by Q and A just to make O'Dwyer squirm, every last person associated with that show from the host to the floor sweeper should be thrown out on the street.
But if it turns out he was flown all the way from Geelong to Ultimo by Q and A just to make O'Dwyer squirm, every last person associated with that show from the host to the floor sweeper should be thrown out on the street.
now that sounds like the sort of crap the torygraph puts on the front page.
How to you determine if he
How do you determine the difference between 'flown all the Geelong to Ultimo by Q and A just to make O'Dwyer squirm' and 'flown all the way from Geelong to ask a legitimate question that they knew would make Dwyer squirm because of the injustice of the budget' ?
The question asked by Duncan was a legitimate question and was answered poorly by Dwyer. You cannot blame Duncan or the ABC for her answer.
How do you determine the difference between 'flown all the Geelong to Ultimo by Q and A just to make O'Dwyer squirm' and 'flown all the way from Geelong to ask a legitimate question that they knew would make Dwyer squirm because of the injustice of the budget' ?
The question asked by Duncan was a legitimate question and was answered poorly by Dwyer. You cannot blame Duncan or the ABC for her answer.
I don't blame Duncan at all. I hope he flew himself up and put it to O'Dwyer off his own bat - genuine people asking politicians questions is Q and A at its best. As I said, he asked a very good question, and O'Dwyer had an absolute shocker.
11 years of working in the Australian media tells me this stuff happens all too often. I'm not accusing them, but plenty of people are skeptical. It's not like they haven't got form with this stuff.
Why should he have flown himself up? If poor people had to pay their own way to get on to Q and A then the poor would be very under-represented. I am quite sure Q and A probably pay the expenses of quite a few of their guests.
Ahh there you go. I didn't know. Thanks.
Shorten doing well in the Peoples' Forum so far. Speaking directly and plainly with the audience. Turnbull talking at them and not looking comfortable to be honest. He'd do better in a one on one where he can debate Shorten.
Shorten doing well in the Peoples' Forum so far. Speaking directly and plainly with the audience. Turnbull talking at them and not looking comfortable to be honest. He'd do better in a one on one where he can debate Shorten.
That was a really good Town Hall discussion. The crowd was a really good cross-section. A pity it was on a Friday night when hardly anyone was watching.
Devastating questions from a mum who's done the sums on going back to work after maternity leave and realised she's set to make $2 an hour afte daycare fees and taxes.
The final question was a cracker about debt. When will we be able to even start paying down our debt? Both Turnbull and Shorten couldn't give an answer.
Two points both leaders agree on : Australia Post will not be privatized and young would be homebuyers can forget tapping super to help with house deposits.
Shorten took the honours tonight, but it's very early days in this election campaign, and the 25% of swinging voters that will decide this thing won't tune in for weeks yet.
Devastating questions from a mum who's done the sums on going back to work after maternity leave and realised she's set to make $2 an hour afte daycare fees and taxes.
The final question was a cracker about debt. When will we be able to even start paying down our debt? Both Turnbull and Shorten couldn't give an answer.
Two points both leaders agree on : Australia Post will not be privatized and young would be homebuyers can forget tapping super to help with house deposits.
Shorten took the honours tonight, but it's very early days in this election campaign, and the 25% of swinging voters that will decide this thing won't tune in for weeks yet.
And...the results are in...of the 100 undecided voters in the room :
Shorten wins 42-29.
29 still undecided.
Shorten wins 42-29.
29 still undecided.
Raspberry tim tams are disgusting.
Doesn't that apply for any Tim Tams that aren't the original?
I quite like the Orange Choc Tim Tams.
The caramel infused ones were great. But, like a Krispy Kreme donut you enjoy it for two seconds then feel a bit queasy afterwards.
Another issue I'd love to see in the elction campaign : age and disability discrimination. The Human RIghts Commission has just released a devastating report that confirmed what we suspected all along -- discrimination against these two groups is rife in Australia.
The stats are shocking : only 13% of over 55's are employed, yet 23% of this cohort say they'll need to work till 70. A full quarter of our ever-greying population is aged over 55, but they make up only 16% of the workforce. For people with diabilities, only 53% participate in the workforce (ie : look for work).
The reasons why these groups don't get jobs are cited by employers as : unreliable, distracted by family, too slow, unable to handle the pace and stress.
It's a national disgrace and the personal and financial cost is enormous. I wish I had a solution, but the mantra of "you can't teach an old dog new tricks", and this general "fear" of older people that Under 30's mangers seem to have is well entrenched. I've been on the end of it. It was one of the most depressing periods of my life trying to change careers and seeing every door slammed shut in my face because of my age, despite being academically in the top 1% of my graduating year. I wish we could move on from our obsession with asylum seekers and leadership spills and hit politicians between the eyes with things like this.
Another issue I'd love to see in the elction campaign : age and disability discrimination. The Human RIghts Commission has just released a devastating report that confirmed what we suspected all along -- discrimination against these two groups is rife in Australia.
The stats are shocking : only 13% of over 55's are employed, yet 23% of this cohort say they'll need to work till 70. A full quarter of our ever-greying population is aged over 55, but they make up only 16% of the workforce. For people with diabilities, only 53% participate in the workforce (ie : look for work).
The reasons why these groups don't get jobs are cited by employers as : unreliable, distracted by family, too slow, unable to handle the pace and stress.
It's a national disgrace and the personal and financial cost is enormous. I wish I had a solution, but the mantra of "you can't teach an old dog new tricks", and this general "fear" of older people that Under 30's mangers seem to have is well entrenched. I've been on the end of it. It was one of the most depressing periods of my life trying to change careers and seeing every door slammed shut in my face because of my age, despite being academically in the top 1% of my graduating year. I wish we could move on from our obsession with asylum seekers and leadership spills and hit politicians between the eyes with things like this.
I am both over 55 and disabled - a double whammy for me. I would like to work but I have given up looking because it was so frustrating.
The coconut ones are my favorite ever chocolate biscuit. A long time ago they had coconut slices, like mint slices, but that was shortlived. I even wrote to them asking if they could bring them back and they said no
BUT the coconut tim tams are almost as good !Prior to this the only ones I liked were caramel and the chilli ones which are also gone. The new zumba whatever flavours have generally been appalling.
But Miss Chicken you can work from home and make eleventy thousand dollars a month!
Some of the suggestions I have had from people who don't like their taxes paying for my disability pension
Blogging - you can make $5000 a month
Become a freelance journalist
Start an eBay shopping selling stuff I buy from garage sales, op shops etc
Work in a call centre
Deliver pamphlets/catalogues to letter-boxes
Looking after people's houses/pets when they are on holiday
Etc etc etc
Blogging - you can make $5000 a month
Become a freelance journalist
Start an eBay shopping selling stuff I buy from garage sales, op shops etc
Work in a call centre
Deliver pamphlets/catalogues to letter-boxes
Looking after people's houses/pets when they are on holiday
Etc etc etc
I found older workers to be more reliable and more chill, whereas a factory I worked in, you knew if it was a fine day, the young blokes would bunk off to surf.
I'm not game to try banana daiquiri tim tams, they are vastly reduced in my supermarket. Did quite like the coconut ones and the caramel ones, still prefer the dark chocolate ones.
No one has seen the pic of my grandson in the pic thread.
I'm not game to try banana daiquiri tim tams, they are vastly reduced in my supermarket. Did quite like the coconut ones and the caramel ones, still prefer the dark chocolate ones.
No one has seen the pic of my grandson in the pic thread.
I don't usually go into the pic thread. Too many pictures that are too big for my iPad and they shrink the thread until I have trouble reading the text.
