Australian General Politics Thread

[Ricster]

Really kicking off over here.

Peter Dutton, a man i can only describe as filthy scumbag could today get 1 step closer to becoming the leader of Australia. He has the backing of other right wing members of the party. Here is an article about Dutton.
https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/how-peter-dutton-changes-australian-foreign-policy

Aussies aren't happythis morning.


Julie Bishop is also going to make a challenge. She has a problem with spending taxpayers money. https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/m.h...thor-premiere-and-day-at-the-polo_a_23251980/

So this is good news for the Labour party but still not good news for the people. Before the last General Electiom here both parties received a donation of $172k from Ernst and Young, who contributed 0% tax in 16/17.
Cant find specific link to that.
https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/tax-havens-and-the-big-four,9226

What a time to be an immigrant in Australia.

 

[robbieh]

Was watching this on Aljazeera. BBC nada.

Sadly most of these liberals/Conservatives seem to get a free pass on corruption just see the Partido Popular in Spain.

Meanwhile Corbyn who during the expenses scandal came last or first, is being vilified daily on spurious nonsense.

The world is messed up

 

[Ricster]

Was watching this on Aljazeera. BBC nada.

Sadly most of these liberals/Conservatives seem to get a free pass on corruption just see the Partido Popular in Spain.

Meanwhile Corbyn who during the expenses scandal came last or first, is being vilified daily on spurious nonsense.

The world is messed up

This was Dutton at the start of the year with his racist bullshit. I live in Melbourne and have done for the last 19months and have never been targetted by "Black African Gangs"
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...ed-to-go-out-because-of-african-gang-violence

Then low and behold, guess what the mainstream media did?
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2...eat-up-prompts-fear-among-african-australians

 

[Ricster]

Morrison new Liberal Party Leader.
GE will be held within the next 12 months i should think. The centrist Labour party here must be laughing their balls off. Only 1 party wins from all this.

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...rrison-liberal-spill-politics-parliament-live

Morrison is a homophobic twat calling a rugby player a "good man" for saying "all gays should be sent to hell"

He also is quite big on Islamophobia and has urged the shadow cabinet to capitalise on the electorate’s growing concerns about “Muslim immigration”, “Muslims in Australia” and the “inability” of Muslim migrants to integrate…

Islamophobia rife in the Aussie Tories too

 

[Ricster]

Wonder if the UK will follow suit?



Thread replies are quite interesting aswell.

 

[Ric]

Didn’t realise until today that no Australian Prime Minister has served a full term for over a decade. 5 PMs in 8 years seems a bit messed up. Almost makes our political system seem normal.

 

[Ricster]

Didn’t realise until today that no Australian Prime Minister has served a full term for over a decade. 5 PMs in 8 years seems a bit messed up. Almost makes our political system seem normal.

Its actually 6 Ric. Nobody has counted Kevin Rudd's 2 appearances before and afterJuia Gillard as PM. He did a term between 2007 and 2010 and then came back as PM in 2013 after Gillard stabbed him in the back.
Totally messed up here, and next year my opinion is we will have PM number 7 in Bill Shorten.

 

[Uncle Wally One Ball]

Was watching this on Aljazeera. BBC nada.

Which BBC news channel? Are you in the UK or do you mean on bbc world news?

 

[Ricster]

Which BBC news channel? Are you in the UK or do you mean on bbc world news?

Thinj he means nothing about the descriptions of candidates on the bbc. Might be wrong, usually am lol

 

[mat]

Another country were going have to take back to establish order.

That would unite them all to stop being ****s!

:D