Very slightly better news on the poll front this week for the Coalition, although Labor maintains its thumping lead on the BludgerTrack poll aggregate.
The only poll this week was a slightly-less-bad-for-the-government result from Essential Research, which takes some of the edge off last week’s surge to Labor. The Coalition’s two gains on the seat projection consist of one apiece in Queensland and Western Australia. No new results on leadership ratings this week.
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Doubtless, this will not help Turnbull at all. They are a very disgruntled lot, the Libs.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2017/sep/03/north-korea-nuclear-test-south-korea-yohap-kim-jong-un-live
I have found the WAxiteerss theme song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1WwnEDWAM
Consequences after SSM for father’s/mother’s day? The apostrophe will need to be moved: fathers’ and mothers’
[confessions
Lyle Shelton @LyleShelton
So under gay marriage, what will be the consequence for Fathers’ Day?
So hysterical!]
So, any unmarried fathers out there, STOP!
DON’T EVEN THINK ABOUT CELEBRATING TODAY!
Ooooo yes! Please!!! 🙂
We’ll call it “married persons with children day”.
briefly
nothing can save Turnbull
CTar1
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Doubtless, this will not help Turnbull at all.
nothing can save Turnbull
🙂
I suspect you’re right. He’s enfeebled….soon to be described as “embattled”…
Barney:
Yep, good point!
jenauthor
I bet they just remove the apostrophe altogether. 😉
Chinese media reports second quake at site of suspected North Korean nuclear test.
The only time Trumble ever shows any feistiness is when he’s trying to denigrate Shorten … that is a demonstration of the ‘terminal’ state of his govt.
Anybody or any policy that confronts him and he turns into a jellyfish … the kind that has no stingers and beaches itself on the strand hoping the tide will refloat him.
Likely you’re right Lizzie – will be too confusing for people who have ha their education stilted by successive Liberal govts
Yeah a success my ass LNP:
)(Jerrah)( @UptightGamer
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Replying to @rachelbaxendale and @AlanTudgeMP
52% of ppl forced onto card couldnt buy food, 44% couldnt buy essential items for kids because of restrictions :/
At $10,000 per person to admin now it has gone up from $4,000 per person a few years ago.
jenauthor
big lol
N Korea says reacting to American aggression. Not sure whether Trump should try to extend a hand of friendship or just butt out altogether.
ACOSS @ACOSS
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‘Centrelink cashless welfare card trial costing taxpayers $10,000 per participant’
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-05-02/cashless-welfare-trial-costing-taxpayers-$10k-per-participant/8488268?pfmredir=sm
@Ides of March:
South Korea reported it too.
zoidlord @ #468 Sunday, September 3rd, 2017 – 2:54 pm
When is it too expensive to minimise domestic beatings and violence?
It’s crazy to even contemplate. The WA Libs are essentially broadcasting to voters they have no plans and no ideas for the state or the country!
zoidlord @ #465 Sunday, September 3rd, 2017 – 2:50 pm
That statistic is very hard to believe.
Fess
They could reach out to the N Qlders, too. Then if the NT joined them, it might get interesting.
(Caveat: could such a mixed group really work together?)
I wonder if some MP has vested interest in The company that is rolling out Cashless card I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case.
CTar1
“nothing can save Turnbull”
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Channelling Gough ? 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpJD0nSxN94
zoidlord @ #475 Sunday, September 3rd, 2017 – 3:06 pm
See https://theaimn.com/lnp-welfare-card-true-facts-exposed-corruption-disguised-philanthropy/
This was linked earlier
WAXIT ? In the words of Mr Miyagi
DPRK News Service @DPRK_News
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Marshal Kim Jong-Un slowly caresses destruction of United States, ever so gently, with loving and masterful hands.
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Lizzie:
WA secession has been mooted previously and I doubt this investigation or whatever will go anywhere. But the optics are just awful for the Turnbull govt. Weeks and months of the coalition talking about themselves and obsessing over third order issues, and now the WA Libs give them talk of secession. Totally out of touch.
Only the demonstrated incompetents need to be audited. They know who they are.
Real Australuans should set up a ‘ Fuck off Liberals you’re full of it Committee’.
confessions
Childish behaviour. In the sulks because they expect privilege and aren’t getting it?
@Laughtong
Ahh totally forgot bout that site, thanks!
Does this mean that we won’t have to stop any boats heading for WA. How does one become an “independent state within the commonwealth” Is that an oxymoron?
Prince Leonard of Hutt in the running to takeover as monarch of WA
Why are so few supposedly educated people able to pronounce nuclear? It’s not NUCULAR.
LNPs FTTC TECH to cost more:
http://www.news.com.au/technology/nbn-confirms-one-million-homes-to-receive-fibretothecurb-but-some-will-have-to-wait-longer-for-it/news-story/05d9b7140089d71f87cf169d36f4e2f3
lizzie
It comes from listening to too many ‘Mercans, especially Dubya Bush. He even put a song out about it 🙂
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzfN6bI70fE
lizzie @ #487 Sunday, September 3rd, 2017 – 4:10 pm
It’s product differentiation. You remember them because they say normal things incorrectly.
Hawke did the same trick when he used to call State leaders Preeemiers.
How does one become an “independent state within the commonwealth” Is that an oxymoron?
I assume that they mean they want to be an independent nation within the Commonwealth of Nations, with the Queen / her heirs & successors as Head of State, like NZ. Also like NZ, they would be a unitary state.
GG
Grin. I try my best to forget them.
Seriously, if someone pays so little attention to detail, I wouldn’t trust their judgement when reading reports or passing laws.
Maybe Gina would campaign to take a chunk of Northern WA out of WA, to create a capitalist paradise with low taxes (paid only by workers), where workers are paid $2 per hour, unions are banned, overseas workers are brought over kanaka-style as indentured labour, there are no laws regarding the environment, fair work, fair trade and where she can use nuclear bombs to blast out harbours and mineral deposits like her dad wanted to.
That is, unless she can take over an independent WA.
I feel the same way whenever I hear people say ‘pleece’ instead of police.
sprocket:
I was trying to remember the name of that province – thanks for reminding me!
Rex Douglas
If they don’t possess the intelligence to know their own ancestry and look into possible problems then they shouldn’t be attempting to run the country, although adoption could turn up a few curly ones.
The 1933 WA “secession” referendum had 2 questions and had these results.Could one of the smarter bears in the pub expand on the difference between the two and their implications ? Ta in advance.
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1. Western Australia withdrawal from Commonwealth of Australia YES 138,653 NO 70,706
2. Australian states’ constitutional convention YES 88,275 NO 119,031″
Barry Reynolds @ #496 Sunday, September 3rd, 2017 – 4:38 pm
Not to mention overseas surrogacy, sperm donor children and people born through clandestine affairs.
poroti:
WA Lib policy is to party like it’s 1933! Too funny.
Seriously they have no ideas for the state whatsoever.
Barney in Go Dau @ #419 Sunday, September 3rd, 2017 – 11:10 am
briefly @ #445 Sunday, September 3rd, 2017 – 12:27 pm
Clearly they’ve learned nothing from the flogging they just got in the WA state election and are well on track to a repeat dose in the upcoming federal election.