Political Discussion part #2 - Let’s go out for 10 Big Macs at the Engadine Maccas!!

[Cap]

The fact that no heads will roll for fraud is unbelievable.

I bet if this was a CEO or Banker he'd be calling for blood.

The hypocrisy is the Labor party nation wide is astonishing.

 

[Elite Crow]

He did say they are still best friends, so I don't think she took him to the cleaners.

Didn’t have to, giving her half is enough to change his circumstances.

Speaking from experience, I was set up financially and whilst on good terms, I’m starting over and it’s sucks.

 

[FR0GGY]

Didn’t have to, giving her half is enough to change his circumstances.

Speaking from experience, I was set up financially and whilst on good terms, I’m starting over and it’s sucks.

You got 4k though now!

 

[Elite Crow]

You got 4k though now!

Haha, that just goes to cover the $4k the agent bumped me up.

Reckon I can repeat it this week?

 

[FR0GGY]

Haha, that just goes to cover the $4k the agent bumped me up.

Reckon I can repeat it this week?

red or black?

 

[Elite Crow]

red or black?

That’s too simple for me, I like a numbers spread. Great when it works, s**t when it doesn’t as you lose big, as I did after the GF.

 

[arrowman]

Plenty of average lawyers around and depending on other family income and costs, $200k might not leave a lot spare. Say his missus doesn't work because he's away a lot and they've put 3 kids through private schools for a dozen years each. I don't know his actual circumstances, but it's not hard to see $200k being chewed up with ease.

OK I'll back off a bit he's not James Packer.
I wouldn't mind his pension though

 

[LiquidCrow]

He said hes only got one kid a 22yo boy overseas and hes got no partner, not with his wife anymore, apparently still drives an old car.
Maybe hes got a gambling habit or something.

Heard he has 8 or so investment properties, so I imagine that he's probably carrying a lot of debt that needs servicing.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

More politically correct scenarios

 

[Sanders]

In the next election, they will still be around.

Big assumption

 

[Elite Crow]

More Politicians rorting the system.....And one of these flakes is the Victorian Attorney General..

When will this ever end.

So Vic Labor paid the money back, well whoopedy doo......only because they were found out.

And what do we get from Labor Premier Dan Andrews "Asked if anyone should lose their job over the scandal, the Premier indicated the answer was "no"."

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/vic...r-2014-election-campaign-20180321-p4z5du.html

The Australian is running another story with Labor MPs contradicting Andrews that he never knew it was wrong.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

 

[1970crow]

Pokie Addict?

Given the crusade that got him started in politics, I'd be very surprised if he didn't have some exposure to a significant gambling problem. The question would be how close to him was the problem and did it impact him financially to some extent. I had a cousin that stole $700k from the bank that she worked for to fund her pokie habit. Her husband at the time had already bailed her out by paying out the extra credit cards and personal loans that he didn't know about the first time she got in trouble.

 

[1970crow]

Well that could explain it, if he’s gone through a divorce he could have taken a big hit.

He might also be asset rich and cash-flow poor. Although, how many of us have a couple of hundred gorillas in the bank ready to deploy immediately. "Re-mortgage" really doesn't say a lot. He probably drew down the cash against his residential dwelling that had previously been fully paid off.

 

[FR0GGY]

Given the crusade that got him started in politics, I'd be very surprised if he didn't have some exposure to a significant gambling problem. The question would be how close to him was the problem and did it impact him financially to some extent. I had a cousin that stole $700k from the bank that she worked for to fund her pokie habit. Her husband at the time had already bailed her out by paying out the extra credit cards and personal loans that he didn't know about the first time she got in trouble.

He did say that in his firm he was sick of people coming in with situations that were caused by the pokies and thats what got him going.

 

[jo172]

Did i not hear right in his interview with Cornesy that he took out a loan to fund his campaign?

His old man has enough money to ensure X's grand children won't have to work a day in their lives.

 

[1970crow]

That’s too simple for me, I like a numbers spread. Great when it works, s**t when it doesn’t as you lose big, as I did after the GF.

I play the 28, 7, 29 and surrounds area when I find my way to a roulette table. Prefer craps though.

 

[Elite Crow]

I play the 28, 7, 29 and surrounds area when I find my way to a roulette table. Prefer craps though.

Thats part of my spread

 

[Vader]

Tried here in Melbourne .....also tried 24 hour Supermarkets ....failed

Used the shelf filling time to trade .....sounded logical, but Supermarkets scaled back to 10pm -11pm ....that appears to be working fine

K-Mart has had 24-hour trading in Canberra for several years now. They even applied for an exemption, allowing them to do it on Christmas Day. Thankfully that was rejected.

I think the supermarkets have a good balance. They're open from 6am to midnight. They probably don't do a lot of trade after 9pm, but it's definitely handy having them open in case you do need something urgently.

Being open late means that you can go and do your shopping after work, any day of the week. This makes the shops less crowded on Saturday mornings and during "late night shopping". Yes, Canberra does still have late night shopping - but it only really affects the smaller specialty shops, not the supermarkets.

 

[FR0GGY]

Its happening now, On The Run have supermarkets open 24/7

 

[jo172]

Its happening now, On The Run have supermarkets open 24/7

Essentially the current laws are a protectionist racket for a very small number of traders.

The consumers are the ultimate loser.

 

[WaynesWorld19]

K-Mart has had 24-hour trading in Canberra for several years now. They even applied for an exemption, allowing them to do it on Christmas Day. Thankfully that was rejected.

I think the supermarkets have a good balance. They're open from 6am to midnight. They probably don't do a lot of trade after 9pm, but it's definitely handy having them open in case you do need something urgently.

Being open late means that you can go and do your shopping after work, any day of the week. This makes the shops less crowded on Saturday mornings and during "late night shopping". Yes, Canberra does still have late night shopping - but it only really affects the smaller specialty shops, not the supermarkets.

It was aimed at shift workers, and since supermarkets were doing night fill anyway , all they needed was 1 employee to man the self serve area

 

[jo172]

Not often you'll see Brown and Olsen in company

 

[Elite Crow]

 

[1970crow]

Thats part of my spread

You coming up for the Alice Springs game?