The Politics Thread 2017

[Raidersfan]

So Morrison and Turnball think the banks should not pass on the tax bill to its customers and shareholders (including all those with superannuation accounts).

So if they decided to add an additional tax on groceries would they expect Woollies not to pass that on to their customers ?

Yes

So you'd expect Woollies to cut costs .. like reduce their workforce yea ?

[Ginga]

So Morrison and Turnball think the banks should not pass on the tax bill to its customers and shareholders (including all those with superannuation accounts).

So if they decided to add an additional tax on groceries would they expect Woollies not to pass that on to their customers ?

Yes

So you'd expect Woollies to cut costs .. like reduce their workforce yea ?

To be honest I don't really care I just thought I'd throw you a bone as it's painfully obvious you wish to argue the points of the budget that you believe/perceive to be negative, I'm more concerned with who's on the bench come Sunday arvo.

[Dr Zaius]

[Manbush]

Bank millions in surplus yet cry poor wanting more public funding


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n ... f536059f97

[Green eyed Mick]

This one's for Bushy.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/scien ... d17fe2f305

[Raidersfan]

Bank millions in surplus yet cry poor wanting more public funding


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n ... f536059f97

You mean equal public funding

[Manbush]

Bank millions in surplus yet cry poor wanting more public funding


http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/n ... f536059f97

You mean equal public funding

Above in some cases and they siphon money off the poorer catholic schools to put into the more prestigious ones. If they're banking millions in surplus they should hardly be screaming poor, how about funding on a needs basis. Guess they need the extra millions to pay off the child abuse scandals

[Manbush]

This one's for Bushy.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/scien ... d17fe2f305

Haha saw that, wonder when the number of pot smokers overtook the number of tobacco smokers

[Ginga]

This one's for Bushy.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/scien ... d17fe2f305

Haha saw that, wonder when the number of pot smokers overtook the number of tobacco smokers

Probably when Tobacco overtook weed prices... actually I wonder if the same reason is why we had a recent string of Coke busts? Do I go with the 20 pack of Winnie blues or an eight ball of Cocaine?

[Manbush]

Trumps travel ban has been blocked again

http://bbc.in/2s3muDV

[T_R]

At least we can laugh. This is from an Arab online shopping site that specialises in American goods.

https://streamable.com/f0fa1

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[Green eyed Mick]

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/ ... wvoap.html

How this women has so much support in rural and regional areas is almost impossible to comprehend.

[T_R]

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/ ... wvoap.html

How this women has so much support in rural and regional areas is almost impossible to comprehend.

Ah, bless

[Manbush]

There's a few I wonder about, Hanson, Nile and ole Georgie boy in particular.

[Northern Raider]

At least we can laugh. This is from an Arab online shopping site that specialises in American goods.

https://streamable.com/f0fa1

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Thats a crack up

[papabear]

There's a few I wonder about, Hanson, Nile and ole Georgie boy in particular.

You could say the same about those on the hard left too though.

[gerg]

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/federal ... wwk6m.html

Ignoring most of the article because the amount spent on travel is a misrepresentation of actual amounts, how do you spend $12,000 on telephone and internet charges (I'm assuming it relates to a 6 month period too). Wouldn't you see the bill for the month (oh it's $2,000 for the month?) and do something about it?

[Manbush]

There's a few I wonder about, Hanson, Nile and ole Georgie boy in particular.

You could say the same about those on the hard left too though.

Yeah get nutters on both extremes and possibly it's bias but I'm struggling to think of any that match those three.

[papabear]

There's a few I wonder about, Hanson, Nile and ole Georgie boy in particular.

You could say the same about those on the hard left too though.

Yeah get nutters on both extremes and possibly it's bias but I'm struggling to think of any that match those three.

The hard right tend to be more offensive on social issues.

The hard left tend to save their offence for economic type issues.

[Manbush]

Census results are in, "no religion" is now Australia's highest surpassing Catholicism as number 1

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.the ... ation-live

[The Nickman]

Census results are in, "no religion" is now Australia's highest surpassing Catholicism as number 1

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.the ... ation-live

To be fair though, Christian religions combined still smash No Religion out of the water.

[The Nickman]

I think what's more alarming for me though, based on the last twelve years of data, if Islam continues to grow at the rate it's currently growing in Australia, it will comprise a third of our population in only another 244 years!

[Manbush]

Census results are in, "no religion" is now Australia's highest surpassing Catholicism as number 1

https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/amp.the ... ation-live

To be fair though, Christian religions combined still smash No Religion out of the water.

Rapid decline though, 2006 total 64%, 2011 61%, 2016 52%, next census it's a safe bet to drop under 50%.

Combined is also tricky, they only count themselves as one group when it suits their agenda but they regularly claim the others are not "true Christians", Catholicism especially is targeted by other Christians as not being Christian.

What I found surprising though is the decline in Buddhism, with all the new age BS I thought that would continue to climb.

[The Nickman]

Buddhism probably hasn't really dropped or grown when you consider the population has likely grown. It's a statistical insignificance to remain between 2 and 2.5% over the last twelve years, in my opinion.

The only significant trends I see in religion is the rise in "No Religion" over the past twelve years. Everything else is noise in relation.

[Manbush]

Still not an accurate number but getting closer, the amount of people I've seen state they don't believe but still ticked what they were raised as or believe they are culturally, oh well at least it's improving.

[Green eyed Mick]

America, **** yeah

[Manbush]

Emo Trump

[CJR]

So how long until North Korea triggers the US enough to get themselves nuked?

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[The Nickman]

So how long until North Korea triggers the US enough to get themselves nuked?

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I can't see it happening.

[CJR]

I dunno, if those test missiles actually find their way to Guam one day, NK might not give them many other options.

Especially considering Trumps plan so far is to just goad them back

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[T_R]

My biggest concern with the Trump presidency is that the world needs adults. Kim Jong-un/Il/Sun have made a dynasty by mouthing off at America, who smile benignly and pat them on the head, perhaps suspending shipments of Johnny Walker Black for a month or two. That's been all quite comfortable for the last 60 years, with odd airliner bombings, Burmese presidential assassinations, commando raids, submarine incursions and shellings all being part of a mutually understood background game.

And now Trump starts imitating the other guy! Now we have BOTH sides demanding seas of fire be rained down upon the other bloke. Our friend in Pyongyang probably choked on his early morning green tea to hear it all spouted back at him.

I find it really unsettling. This whole 38th Parallel thing has played out with all the form of classical Kabuki. If one side changes the rules....I dunno....seems like a bad idea.

Is Trump going to nuke Pyongyang? No. He's batty, but not that batty. But all military options in North Korea are bad options, which is why there's still a North Korea.

Much better that we all get back to the rules of the game, methinks.

[The Nickman]

I dunno TR, I'm not prepared to make a call on this until we hear from Manbush.

He's more than likely Facebook friends with a bunch of people in North Korea and knows EXACTLY what's going down.

[Green eyed Mick]

I am reasonably hopeful that China will step in before North Korea does anything. They have the most to lose if North Korea falls into US friendly hands.

[T_R]

I dunno TR, I'm not prepared to make a call on this until we hear from Manbush.

He's more than likely Facebook friends with a bunch of people in North Korea and knows EXACTLY what's going down.

NK could well go Muslim. They NEED Manbush.

[T_R]

I am reasonably hopeful that China will step in before North Korea does anything. They have the most to lose if North Korea falls into US friendly hands.

A demilitarised, South Korean led peninsula? I reckon China would take that in a second. Don't confuse the politics of 1950 with now.