The Liberal Party - How long?

[Baltimore Jack]

It's going to be very interesting to see who ends up as Leader of the Flopposition after the election.
Bozo the Clown - No. Nobody gets re-elected after owning the biggest electoral wipeout in 40+ years.
Abbott - No. Will lose to Steggall. Can't be PM if you're not an MP.
Mr Potatohead - No. Will be voted out by the good voters of Dickson. Can't be PM if you're not an MP.
Bishop - No. Already announced her retirement.
Cormann - No. He's a Senator, and the PM has to come from the HoR.

Who does that leave?

The Minister for Israel?

 

[Hawk Dork]

The Minister for Israel?

Im surprised he didnt get Mossad to sort out his citizenship

 

[GreyCrow]

It's going to be very interesting to see who ends up as Leader of the Flopposition after the election.
Bozo the Clown - No. Nobody gets re-elected after owning the biggest electoral wipeout in 40+ years.
Abbott - No. Will lose to Steggall. Can't be PM if you're not an MP.
Mr Potatohead - No. Will be voted out by the good voters of Dickson. Can't be PM if you're not an MP.
Bishop - No. Already announced her retirement.
Cormann - No. He's a Senator, and the PM has to come from the HoR.

Who does that leave?

Tony Smith - The Peoples Candidate

 

[TigerTime_89]

Tony Smith - The Peoples Candidate

Is Casey safe?

 

[GreyCrow]

Is Casey safe?

4.5% in Victoria and redistributed seat

Cant say. Personal vote may help. Opposition candidate may also erode the margin

 

[TigerTime_89]

4.5% in Victoria and redistributed seat

Cant say. Personal vote may help. Opposition candidate may also erode the margin

You reckon Hunt is gone too?

 

[GreyCrow]

You reckon Hunt is gone too?

Yes but he is a campaigner so no ****s given

 

[Hawk Dork]

You reckon Hunt is gone too?

She will cannibalise his vote
It will come down to preferences

 

[TigerTime_89]

She will cannibalise his vote
It will come down to preferences

She will be the lesser of two evils.
Labor haven't announced a candidate for the seat yet.

 

[flashmanvc]

Two and a bit months out from the election, watching the libs right now is like watching a video of someone punching themselves in the face, again and again, in slow motion. This pack of crooked campaigners deserve all the scorn we can muster.

I'm not pretty enough to be this stupid.

 

[NSWCROW]

Tas lib rene hidding retires amid historical sexual abuse allegations

 

[Dry Rot]

Tas lib rene hidding retires amid historical sexual abuse allegations

MP or Senator? Winnable seat?

 

[Maggie5]

MP or Senator? Winnable seat?

Think he is State not Federal.

 

[NSWCROW]

MP or Senator? Winnable seat?

state mp i'm guessing.
I can't comment on if his seat is winnable or not though.

 

[Maggie5]

Not free, just hasn't been paid for yet.

Christian Porter says the Liberal party had agreed to purchase three campaign buses from a Western Australian company managed by ex-state Liberal politician Joe Francis months before he appointed Francis to a lucrative government-funded position.

Porter has denied claims that Francis provided the buses – one of which has been earmarked for his campaign – for free, but said the purchase agreement was timed to take place before the federal election, meaning the transaction has not yet been completed.

Francis, who lost his seat at the 2017 election, was appointed to the $244,000-a-year, seven-year posting at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) along with 13 other former Coalition MPs and staffers last week. ($1.7M over 7 years, expensive buses).

 

[GreyCrow]

Not free, just hasn't been paid for yet.

Christian Porter says the Liberal party had agreed to purchase three campaign buses from a Western Australian company managed by ex-state Liberal politician Joe Francis months before he appointed Francis to a lucrative government-funded position.

Porter has denied claims that Francis provided the buses – one of which has been earmarked for his campaign – for free, but said the purchase agreement was timed to take place before the federal election, meaning the transaction has not yet been completed.

Francis, who lost his seat at the 2017 election, was appointed to the $244,000-a-year, seven-year posting at the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) along with 13 other former Coalition MPs and staffers last week. ($1.7M over 7 years, expensive buses).

If he thinks that getting the buses BEFORE the appointment puts him in a good light he really needs to consider the timeline

Neither timeline helps him actually

 

[NTRabbit]

Corruption on a massive scale has become such an every day occurrence for them they don't even understand why people are complaining, let alone how to explain it away

 

[E Shed]

Corruption on a massive scale has become such an every day occurrence for them they don't even understand why people are complaining, let alone how to explain it away

That part they've got down pat now. They just say it was a mistake and I will repay/pay the money and that's the end of it as far as they're concerned.

 

[GreyCrow]

That part they've got down pat now. They just say it was a mistake and I will repay/pay the money and that's the end of it as far as they're concerned.

Try that on Centrelink

Thats what annoys me the most. I try and do the right thing and declare all my earnings and I still had to go back 2 years and after providing them with proof I still had to pay

Yet '' oh yeah oops I forgot here take $2700 out of my $197,000 backbenchers salary. '

Big ****ing whoop

 

[GreyWind]

Why even get the bus? We all know they will just fly to the location and we cop the bill for the bus going to where they will be.

 

[Elroo]

 

[sherb]

Hmmm, I don't know. Do bears **** in the woods?

https://independentaustralia.net/po...overnment-corrupt,12412#.XHNfmjl4o8N.facebook

 

[Pessimistic]

Try that on Centrelink

Thats what annoys me the most. I try and do the right thing and declare all my earnings and I still had to go back 2 years and after providing them with proof I still had to pay

Yet '' oh yeah oops I forgot here take $2700 out of my $197,000 backbenchers salary. '

Big ******* whoop

Not even centrelink. Any public servant in the country anywhere

 

[Gough]

Not even centrelink. Any public servant in the country anywhere

Anybody who isn't a Liberal Party MP. Slipper ended up in court without being given the opportunity to pay back his misclaimed expenses which was less than half of the money Cormann incorrectly (I'm being kind) claimed and was subsequently permitted to repay. It absolutely stinks of double standards.

 

[Forward Press]

Anybody who isn't a Liberal Party MP. Slipper ended up in court without being given the opportunity to pay back his misclaimed expenses which was less than half of the money Cormann incorrectly (I'm being kind) claimed and was subsequently permitted to repay. It absolutely stinks of double standards.

Don't even have to look outside the Speaker in the House of Reps. *coughchoppergatecough*