![]() |
Interesting article in the media about the ICAC and that it is going after insignificant small stuff when it should be chasing the really big stuff.
I wonder if the ICAC has done itself some longer term damage by bringing down a 2nd innocent Liberal Premiere ? |
The Chief of Army is pushing a politically correct line on the Army very hard and may be making a major problem for the ADF in the future. Across the Pacific the US Navy is having problems retaining it's best officers and crew due to pushing to many politically correct programs on them. Quite a few have been citing this as the reason they are leaving. The ADF will face the same problem when it's best and brightest leave instead of copping more left wing political indoctrination.
|
Interesting for the ABC ?
ABC becomes first Western broadcaster to go China-wide The ABC has won permission from the Chinese government to have its Australia Network content made available to the entire Chinese population - the most extensive access afforded to any Western broadcaster. ABC becomes first Western broadcaster to go China-wide |
The ABC has won permission from the Chinese government to have its Australia Network content made available to the entire Chinese population - the most extensive access afforded to any Western broadcaster. |
No, they can see what everyone else sees.
Must admit the Chinese must really think the ABC is not a danger for them to allow that level of coverage. I am sure some criteria are attached as to what can and can't be broadcast. Combine that with the supposed request that Chinese ships operate under Australian orders in the US Exercise and you have to wonder :rolleyes: Never known the Chinese to be subservient although we are probably the lesser of two evils ? :O |
The ABC has won permission from the Chinese government to have its Australia Network content made available to the entire Chinese population - the most extensive access afforded to any Western broadcaster. |
Poor Barry, honest mistake that anyone could of made, even the shock jocks were struggling and spluttering trying to smooth this one out for their righty buddies.
Don't worry, a bottle of wine will be nothing compared to the next clown. A BILLION dollar stuff-up has given the state government's financial credentials a bloody nose but also dragged its budget back into the black. Treasurer Mike Baird's first budget was revealed to have been littered with accounting and data entry errors that meant his deficit of $337 million should in fact be a surplus of $680 million. In a scathing assessment of how the government misplaced $1 billion, Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat said the budget result had "bounced around a bit like a pinball machine". "NSW is a billion-dollar business, it is not a school tuckshop," he said. "A $1 million error is unfortunate, a $10 million error is undesirable but a $100 million error is totally unacceptable. |
What I haven't heard any of the pundits say yet is that Barry O'Farrell has set the bar awfully high for any future witnesses who come before ICAC. That means that more than a few Labor luminaries may well find themselves in a position that any honest (wo)man would find uncomfortable.
The all-important word there, of course, is "honest". |
Originally Posted by Andu
(Post 8437684)
If ever there was one iota of doubt about the ALPBC's slavish adherence to a strictly left wing editorial policy and agenda, this news item should put those doubts firmly to rest.
|
Cos the Chinese are commies. Andu and rh200 suggesting that the ABC political wing will fit right in.
The all-important word there, of course, is "honest". |
but maybe there are a few left in the wild |
Lets not get too carried away with BoF's apparent misdemeanor. They are supposed to declare gifts over a certain value, which he also 'forgot' to do. Forgetting a $3000 gift isn't that different to accepting a free holiday or a car. Where do you draw the line?
|
Perchance was an ALPBC reporter? I hope so. |
As opposed to the Labor cheer squad, the ALPBC :O
Interesting that the voting in The Age has it approx 75% vs 25% against Abbott when asked the question was his response justified ! |
Forgetting a $3000 gift isn't that different to accepting a free holiday or a car. Where do you draw the line? I imagine most on the yuppie side of the left and yuppie side of the right could. In case of Barry though, I could imagine him yelling out to the missus, "hey some one just sent us a bottle of plonk, lets crack it finish off before tea". |
A very funny carton on the Pickering site with Barry O'F's wife asking him how he could have forgotten her wine trifle.
I'm with rh200 on the question of price. How would you know? Particularly in an incredibly busy period immediately after assuming the Premiership. I mean, I know Grange is expensive - but I wouldn't have a clue whether a particular year costs $300, $3,000 or $30,000. Paying $300 for a bottle of wine, to me, is absolutely bloody silly, and something only pretentious gits would do to either impress some other pretentious git or to get into a lady's - make that female's - knickers. It speaks volumes that BO'F took the time to hand write thank you notes to God only knows how many people at the time. My guess would be that he's have a very hard time recalling what he wrote in one in a hundred of them. |
You don't hand write thank you notes for a 4ltr cask of claret. BoF knew the value of what he had received, and a) failed to note it in his register of pecuniary interests as required, and b) as it was obviously an attempt to buy influence should have been returned. Then he lied about receiving it to an anti-corruption inquiry for gods sake. How much do you want to bend the rules because you like him?
|
"How much do you want to bend the rules because you like him?"
As much as the left bends it for themselves :O I have a question. Why was he called before the ICAC and asked about this ? Or did it come out when asked about his relationship with the other person ? |
Ethel .....sounds like minor edition of Gillards/Rudds "government".
|
you would have to know its a $3000 dollar bottle of wine. A bottle of plonk showed up for me I wouldn't have a clue. Why was he called before the ICAC and asked about this ? Wouldn't it be a good thing if gifts of all kinds were banned for all politicians? By gifts, I mean would airline and hotel upgrades, Foxtel subscriptions, club memberships, admission to sporting events (ie, invitations), dinners and other meals, tickets to cultural events such as the opera and ballet. One could go on and on. Gifts exchanged with politicians would be acceptable provided they were declared but anything from any commercial body should be ruled completely out. One can only dream... |
All times are GMT. The time now is 02:29. |
Copyright © 2021 MH Sub I, LLC dba Internet Brands. All rights reserved. Use of this site indicates your consent to the Terms of Use.