REX to transition to ATRs, start domestic jet ops
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Interesting that Elizabeth Bryant talks about wanting to bottle Rex's apparent government influence and apply it to Virgin. I suspect that she may have had a go at just that. I've long suspected that at least part of the thinking in Bryant's appointing Paul Scurrah was an anticipation of a Federal Labor government last May.
I can’t even think to imagine that state this country would be in had Labor formed government. Just imagine.
Virgin would have become part government owned had Labor got in. That was very clear in the early day. We had local Labor MPs with associated TV crews begging on the sidewalk at T3 in Melbourne for a bailout.
I can’t even think to imagine that state this country would be in had Labor formed government. Just imagine.
I can’t even think to imagine that state this country would be in had Labor formed government. Just imagine.
A government that would have bailed VA out... so it's OK that the LNP bail out ZL but just not VA...
We also wouldn't have had people suiciding over the robodebt non-debts and the Commonwealth dragged into the courts and ordered to abandon the scheme which it characterised as nothing more than extortion... we wouldn't have had a megalomaniac 'Minister for Au Pairs' trying to turn us into a police state by having the military be allowed to spy on citizens, journalists being locked up for doing their jobs even when inquiries prove what they said was right, we wouldn't have had more and more so-called security laws to remove rights for something that is a minuscule threat compared with domestic violence... a destruction of the Superannuation system which is the envy of the world... yeah, just imagine if Labour had won...
What a mess we'd be in...
Interesting that Elizabeth Bryant talks about wanting to bottle Rex's apparent government influence and apply it to Virgin. I suspect that she may have had a go at just that. I've long suspected that at least part of the thinking in Bryant's appointing Paul Scurrah was an anticipation of a Federal Labor government last May.
What exactly does a senior manager or board member need to do these days to get fired???????
Virgin would have become part government owned had Labor got in. That was very clear in the early day. We had local Labor MPs with associated TV crews begging on the sidewalk at T3 in Melbourne for a bailout.
I can’t even think to imagine that state this country would be in had Labor formed government. Just imagine.
I can’t even think to imagine that state this country would be in had Labor formed government. Just imagine.
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Sco Mo floundering? I think you know **** all. He is literally powerless in opening the borders.
80% want them closed? I very much doubt that but I’m keen to see your data on this.
80% want them closed? I very much doubt that but I’m keen to see your data on this.
Latest newspoll.
https://www.perthnow.com.au/politics...ng-b881652897z
Scomo has started playing party politics again instead of actually leading the country all while knee deep in a crisis. It's floundering.
https://www.perthnow.com.au/politics...ng-b881652897z
A special poll also showed 80 per cent of Australians support border closures if the health situation demanded it, with Victorians, who remain in stage-four lockdown, the least enthusiastic.
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Virgin would have become part government owned had Labor got in.
AND Aerial you consider that Govt purchasing VA with a debt in excess of $7 BILLION would have been a good idea?
Seeing how Governments run, that would have been a 70 Billion black hole in no time.
And really, even the Labor party (if they had of been in power) would not be that stupid...they are just saying what you want to hear...its called being in opposition and just having thought bubbles, and preaching to people that believe that those in Government are there for the electorates good (hahahahaha...yeah right!!!).
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A special poll also showed 80 per cent of Australians support border closures if the health situation demanded it
If that was the question asked, then that doesn't mean that 80 per cent of Australians support all current state border closures, because it depends on the health situation between the states.... I support the border closures around Vic at present, because the health situation demands it. But I don't support most of the other border closures, because the health situation doesn't demand it. So how would I have answered this question in the poll?
Hmm... RTFQ?
If that was the question asked, then that doesn't mean that 80 per cent of Australians support all current state border closures, because it depends on the health situation between the states.... I support the border closures around Vic at present, because the health situation demands it. But I don't support most of the other border closures, because the health situation doesn't demand it. So how would I have answered this question in the poll?
If that was the question asked, then that doesn't mean that 80 per cent of Australians support all current state border closures, because it depends on the health situation between the states.... I support the border closures around Vic at present, because the health situation demands it. But I don't support most of the other border closures, because the health situation doesn't demand it. So how would I have answered this question in the poll?
UPDATE: The wording to the latter question was, “do you think premiers should have the authority to close their borders or restrict entry of Australians who live in other states”, which drew responses of 80% yes and 18% no. State breakdowns: 76-22 in New South Wales, 74-23 in Victoria, 84-15 in Queensland, 92-5 in South Australia and 91-7 in Western Australia, from respective samples of 475, 371, 311, 119 and 146. The overall sample of the poll was 1507, and it was conducted from Wednesday to Saturday.
I don't have a horse in this race but I am struck by the fact that "Do you think premiers should have the authority to close their borders or restrict entry of Australians who live in other states" is a different question to "Do you support the current border closures?" There may be a positive correlation between answers to both questions but that has not been demonstrated.
Hmm... RTFQ?
If that was the question asked, then that doesn't mean that 80 per cent of Australians support all current state border closures, because it depends on the health situation between the states.... I support the border closures around Vic at present, because the health situation demands it. But I don't support most of the other border closures, because the health situation doesn't demand it. So how would I have answered this question in the poll?
If that was the question asked, then that doesn't mean that 80 per cent of Australians support all current state border closures, because it depends on the health situation between the states.... I support the border closures around Vic at present, because the health situation demands it. But I don't support most of the other border closures, because the health situation doesn't demand it. So how would I have answered this question in the poll?
Interesting that Elizabeth Bryant talks about wanting to bottle Rex's apparent government influence and apply it to Virgin. I suspect that she may have had a go at just that. I've long suspected that at least part of the thinking in Bryant's appointing Paul Scurrah was an anticipation of a Federal Labor government last May.
I think you're right about Scurrah. Remember his wife who now resides at EY was Chief of Staff for Premier Anna Bligh and now has a gig through EY consultancy reviewing why the Qld government hires so many consultants! Scurrah's Qld Rail time was not a pattern of success either.
I think you're right about Scurrah. Remember his wife who now resides at EY was Chief of Staff for Premier Anna Bligh and now has a gig through EY consultancy reviewing why the Qld government hires so many consultants! Scurrah's Qld Rail time was not a pattern of success either.
Scurrah was the first (post-Aurzon split) Queensland Rail CEO between 2011 and 2012. Fortunately for him it was years before the 2016 "railfail" happened under his numerous successors in Queensland