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Post by matte on Oct 30, 2021 8:40:47 GMT 10
But Ponto you heard the man. Mad Matt insists that pork barrelling is OK. All political candidates and parties campaign to win and all their promises are a form of pork barrelling. It isn't illegal, it is part of the political process. |
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Post by pim on Oct 30, 2021 8:51:53 GMT 10
ROFL!!! Keep digging yourself into that hole Mad Matt. Just keep digging.   |
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Post by Gort on Oct 30, 2021 9:18:29 GMT 10
But Ponto you heard the man. Mad Matt insists that pork barrelling is OK. All political candidates and parties campaign to win and all their promises are a form of pork barrelling. It isn't illegal, it is part of the political process. Indeed it is. For example: at the last election ... $2 million for 50 carpark spots at Officer Railway Station?  A Shorten Labor Government will invest more than $850 million to upgrade congested roads, create new jobs and slash travel times for residents in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs.Federal Labor will partner with the Andrews Labor Government to deliver this major infrastructure package to tackle traffic congestion and make Melbourne’s suburbs more liveable for families. Labor will help upgrade more than 300 kilometres of road, including: Adding an extra lane in each direction to Healesville-Koo Wee Rup Road in Pakenham South, between Princes Freeway and Manks Road, with a new bridge over Deep Creek; Adding an extra lane in each direction to Lathams Road in Seaford, between Oliphant Way and Dandenong-Frankston Road, with a new bridge over the Peninsula Link; Adding an extra lane in each direction to Hallam North Road in Endeavour Hills, between Heatherton Road and James Cook Drive; Adding an extra lane in each direction to Narre Warren-Cranbourne Road in Cranbourne, between Thompsons Road and the South Gippsland Highway; Adding an extra lane in each direction to Pound Road West and Remington Drive in Dandenong South, between Abbotts Road and South Gippsland Highway, and building a new bridge over the Cranbourne train line; Upgrading Golf Links and Grant Roads in Langwarrin South, and upgrading the six-way roundabout at Golf Links, Grant, Warrandyte and Baxter-Tooradin Roads. Work on these six priority road projects will commence in early 2020 and be completed by 2025. In addition, a Shorten Labor Government will help duplicate Racecourse Road in Pakenham between the Princes Highway and the Princes Freeway, supporting the Andrews Labor Government’s work to remove all level crossings in Pakenham. This stretch of road is used by over 20,000 motorists daily. We want them moving, not stuck in traffic. Federal Labor will contribute $787 million to these upgrades.Beyond those seven priority projects, we will also contribute $65 million towards the completion of the upgrade and duplication of the 10.7 kilometre stretch of Thompsons Road between Dandenong-Frankston Road and Berwick-Cranbourne Road. This will complement the removal of the level crossing near Merinda Park Railway Station. We will make sure that one in 10 of the jobs on the new project sites are filled by an apprentice – delivering training and job opportunities for young Victorians. Federal Labor will also invest $2 million to expand the parking capacity at the Officer Railway Station from 100 to 150 spaces. This funding will be delivered from Federal Labor’s National Park and Ride Fund, and matched by the state government. anthonyalbanese.com.au/media-release-labors-roads-upgrades-for-melbournes-south-east-sunday-24-march-2019There you have it gentle reader - Labor was willing to spend 3/4 of a $Billion to try to pick up one marginal seat (LaTrobe)  |
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Post by Stellar on Oct 30, 2021 9:59:23 GMT 10
The fact is - as both Matte and Gort have pointed out, both parties are guilty of pork barrelling. Just change the law if that is the case.
Although I agree she should have been more circumspect in this matter. Personally I think that if she had had more experience with men, she would have been aware of the fact that Maguire was using her.
From the Daily Mail ...
Veteran journalist Tracy Grimshaw, host of A Current Affair, took to Twitter to provide her view of some of Mr Maguire's distasteful remarks.
'He treats her with disdain,' Ms Grimshaw tweeted, referring to Mr Maguire's recorded conversations with Ms Berejiklian.
'Domineering, self-obsessed, bordering on abusive at times.
But it is Maguire's aggressive tone and domineering behaviour towards Ms Berejiklian which has raised the eyebrows of critics and many others who tuned into proceedings.
No wonder she was reluctant to introduce him to her parents and sisters!
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Post by ponto on Oct 30, 2021 12:03:57 GMT 10
White washing her crime with the they all do it so its not dishonest is bullshit and I am sure Stellar et al would be hollering blue murder had it been a Labor Premier.
This is not a standard pork barreling event where a party collaboration decides where funds go, this was Gladys choosing herself so the McGuire could maintain his corrupt rorting land deals for financial gain...considering they were going to shack up together and financial she would have not had access to.
This all came about because of McGuires dishonest corrupt ways that came before ICAC, corruption something enabled by Gladys....bigger than Obeid and MacDonald.
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Post by Gort on Oct 30, 2021 12:33:25 GMT 10
Ros Kelly says hello.   |
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Post by ponto on Oct 30, 2021 13:57:09 GMT 10
Dickhead.
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Post by Gort on Oct 30, 2021 15:35:38 GMT 10
You know you've struck a nerve when they cannot reply with anything but an insult...  |
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Post by ponto on Oct 30, 2021 15:52:16 GMT 10
You are a dickhead....when ever criticism of ScoMo or the coalition arises you go Labor Labor Labor..its tiring and annoying...got it...??
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Post by Gort on Oct 30, 2021 15:55:30 GMT 10
Just for you Ponts ... Sing-a-long time!  A Simple Desultory Philippic (Or How I Was Robert McNamara’d Into Submission)I been Norman Mailered, Maxwell Taylored I been John O’Hara’d, McNamara’d I been Rolling Stoned and Beatled till I’m blind I been Ayn Randed, nearly branded Communist, ‘cause I’m left-handed That’s the hand I use, well never mind! I been Phil Spectored, resurrected I been Lou Adlered, Barry Sadlered Well, I paid all the dues I want to pay And I learned the truth from Lenny Bruce And all my wealth won’t buy me health So I smoke a pint of tea a day I knew a man, his brain so small
He couldn’t think of nothing at all
He’s not the same as you and me
He doesn’t dig poetry
He’s so unhip that
When you say Dylan, he thinks you’re talkin’ about Dylan Thomas
Whoever he was
The man ain’t got no culture
But it’s alright, ma
Everybody must get stonedI been Mick Jaggered, silver daggered Andy Warhol, won’t you please come home? I been mothered, fathered, aunt and uncled Roy Halleed and Art Garfunkled I just discovered somebody’s tapped my phone © 1965 Words and Music by Paul Simon |
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Post by pim on Oct 30, 2021 15:58:53 GMT 10
Trick-or-treater to dress up as ‘Wagga Wagga’ in order to get more loot www.theshovel.com.au/2021/10/30/trick-or-treater-to-dress-up-as-wagga-wagga/Three-year-old Sam Jamison will walk his local streets dressed as the regional NSW electorate of Wagga Wagga, in a plan that he believes will secure him a bigger share of available handouts. The pre-schooler said he expected the operation to run pretty smoothly. “From what I’ve heard, it’s all fairly straightforward. You just knock on someone’s door, say ‘Hand over the goods or I’ll remove you from my love circle’ and they just start throwing money at you”. He expects to net between $5 and $30 million for his efforts. Jamison said he had considered other costumes but didn’t think they would be effective enough. “Dressing up as a pumpkin is cute, but it’s not going to get you a comprehensive upgrade to your shooting range is it? Some of my mates are dressing up as Cabramatta and Newcastle, but I think they’re wasting their time. They’re not going to get anything”. He said his parents will come trick or treating with him and had decided to dress up as marginal federal Liberal electorates. “Mum’s hoping to score a new car park, Dad’s looking to upgrade his rowing club. We’re looking forward to it”.
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Post by ponto on Oct 30, 2021 16:43:10 GMT 10
Vigilante surveillance: the rise of Beijing’s neighbourhood patrols
Man dies while scuba diving in Sydney's south
Gladys Berejiklian was defiant and utterly unrepentant.
During her first day in the witness box at the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) on Friday, she stressed that she had done nothing wrong. She never made decisions that would favour anyone but the people of New South Wales. She had never suspected that the man with whom she was in a secret relationship had ever engaged in corrupt conduct.
She did not recall having any particular interest in a government grant awarded to the Australian Clay Target Association, a project long pursued by her secret partner, the former member for Wagga Wagga, Daryl Maguire. She did not give any special attention to Mr Maguire's projects, she said, telling ICAC that he was treated no differently to any other member of her government.
Gladys Berejiklian is a disciplined, practised politician who rarely strays from her talking points. But the witness box in ICAC is a very different beast to the floor of parliament or a TV press conference. There is an art to answering questions in these formats.
At a press conference in August, the then-premier told 7.30 it was a "ridiculous" proposition to suggest that she intervened in a grant assessment.
But that kind of response doesn't fly at ICAC. The NSW government has empowered the agency to compel witnesses to answer questions. Barristers are sticklers for yes or no responses.
On no less than six occasions, ICAC Commissioner Ruth McColl pulled up Ms Berejiklian for not answering questions, or for drifting off into speech-making.
There was plenty for counsel assisting to rake over. Phone intercept after phone intercept was played, detailing conversations between Ms Berejiklian and Mr Maguire about funding in his electorate. Some were explosive.
A key allegation being explored by ICAC is whether Ms Berejiklian breached public trust by failing to disclose her relationship with Mr Maguire while facilitating the awarding of two grants in his electorate.
In a phone call intercepted less than a month before Mr Maguire's reputation was shredded at his first ICAC appearance in 2018, Ms Berejiklian casually tells him that she's secured $170 million in funding for Wagga Base Hospital.
"I've just fixed that one," says Gladys Berejiklian. In the same call, she tells Daryl Maguire she secured the funding "in five minutes" after speaking to then-treasurer, now Premier, Dominic Perrottet.
"I just spoke to Dom and I said put the 140 [million dollars] in the budget.
"He just does what I ask him to."
When Gladys Berejiklian was asked by counsel assisting whether she would have made a similar intervention for another MP, she replied: "Yes, I'm confident I would have."
In an intercepted call the previous year, Gladys Berejiklian and Daryl Maguire discuss his pet project to revamp the Riverina Conservatorium of Music. During this phone call, Gladys Berejiklian complains about a government bureaucrat working on the funding proposal.
"I can't stand that guy," says the former premier. "His head will be gone soon."
But Daryl Maguire objects: "Not until he fixes my conservatorium."
Gladys Berejiklian responds: "Alright, good, tell him to fix it and then after he fixes it, I'm sacking him."...nice one Gladys...shows your true nature.
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Post by Gort on Oct 30, 2021 16:45:38 GMT 10
Eye popping revelations!  Fair suck of the saveloy. |
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Post by caskur on Oct 30, 2021 19:02:28 GMT 10
pffft, no one here has addressed her private phone conversation was recorded and released.
Seriously pathetic.
I'm no fan of Gladys but phone tapping? Are we serious?
And why do I need to know about her sex life...?
Infrastructure needs to be fixed and upgraded. Why is that pork barrelling? Ugh... silly people
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Post by caskur on Oct 30, 2021 19:15:31 GMT 10
In a phone call intercepted less than a month before Mr Maguire's reputation was shredded at his first ICAC appearance in 2018, Ms Berejiklian casually tells him that she's secured $170 million in funding for Wagga Base Hospital. OMG... OFF WITH HER HEAD FOR FUNDING A BLOODY HOSPITAL... the bitch should have bought diamonds, emeralds and opals to go with mink coats, luxury yacht with a spa...and lobster all you can eat buffet. Seriously, there is something wrong with NSW journalists... |
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Post by pim on Oct 30, 2021 19:19:28 GMT 10
Hey Toots where’s the best place on the WA south coast for fresh lobster?
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Post by ponto on Oct 30, 2021 19:28:00 GMT 10
Still they don't get it....all the funding for Wagga was about insuring McGuire could maintain his corrupt behaviour.
Only the ignorant would endorse criminal activity.
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Post by caskur on Oct 30, 2021 19:30:09 GMT 10
Eye popping revelations! Fair suck of the saveloy. That's a shocking picture.... She is being stalked. She should sue. |
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Post by caskur on Oct 30, 2021 19:36:59 GMT 10
Hey Toots where’s the best place on the WA south coast for fresh lobster? Everywhere... A good strip is from Perth to Dongara...Use The Inian Ocean Drive....go to Lancilin or Jurion Bay but Dongara and Port Denison are the best... |
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Post by caskur on Oct 30, 2021 19:45:41 GMT 10
Still they don't get it....all the funding for Wagga was about insuring McGuire could maintain his corrupt behaviour. Only the ignorant would endorse criminal activity. He cried HEAVILY about paying a lawyer $10,000, I doubt the poor bastard is over-loaded with spare funds...this is a witch hunt... witch hunt that judge for letting go a top tier drug lord... stop being a Karen....KAREN. |
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Post by ponto on Oct 30, 2021 19:58:46 GMT 10
Ignorance is thy name.
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Post by matte on Oct 30, 2021 21:23:25 GMT 10
It isn't pork barrelling if it is an ALP candidate... according to the left.
Gladys has always been honest about pork barrelling, she has stated it is part of political campaigning. It is totally legitimate and not illegal. If a candidate promises something and then wins the seat, they should damn well deliver it, even if the bureaucrats don't give their tick of approval.
I am also unsure why the ICAC is even asking Gladys about the land around Badgerys Creek. It wasn't the State of New South Wales that purchased the land, it was the federal government. She did not financially benefit from it personally. Therefore totally irrelevant to the ICAC inquiry. This is a WITCH HUNT!
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Post by pim on Oct 30, 2021 22:54:14 GMT 10
Hey Toots where’s the best place on the WA south coast for fresh lobster? Everywhere... A good strip is from Perth to Dongara...Use The Inian Ocean Drive....go to Lancilin or Jurion Bay but Dongara and Port Denison are the best... Actually the question was more serious than you might have thought. The SA south east coast is great for fresh lobster, especially Robe, but also the Eyre peninsula. In fact the whole bloody SA coastline is fabulous for seafood. Spencer Gulf prawns are wonderful. We’re due to make a second attempt at travelling to your fair state to visit people we know & love and also to go on a bit of a road trip and spend our retirement income helping the economies of your south coast towns. Seems to me that since the Southern Ocean coastline of WA has a lot in common with the SA Southern Ocean coastline the seafood would be just as abundant and just as good. So I look forward to tucking into some fresh lobster over a couple of lunches washed down with a nice Margaret River riesling. So thank you for the tip! It’s duly noted! |
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Post by caskur on Oct 31, 2021 2:20:05 GMT 10
My uncle and brother crayfish at Dongara... I get free crays all the time...
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Post by caskur on Oct 31, 2021 2:21:13 GMT 10
Our blue manna crabs are to die for..
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