Banter Adelaide Board's Combined Politics/Covid discussion Banter Thread (WARNING NOT FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED)

[Kane McGoodwin]

Now we are playing the game, which party has China infiltrated more... clearly the answer is both of them, in very worrying underhanded ways which we should be rightly concerned.

It's why I would prefer political donations to be wiped out & parties paid more by election votes.

We don't want to move more towards the US model where politicians are bought by different interest groups.

 

[kirky]

ol clive was none too pleased

Palmer blasts WA Government for allowing Chinese control of Australian airports

Clive Palmer has blasted the WA Government for allowing Chinese control of Australian airports."It should ring alarm bells for all Australians that

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Palmer blasts WA Government for allowing Chinese control of Australian airports​

Clive Palmer has blasted the WA Government for allowing Chinese control of Australian airports.
“It should ring alarm bells for all Australians that the WA Labor Government has allowed Merredin Airport to transfer into Chinese ownership, meaning Australian aircraft need Chinese permission to land on their own soil,” Mr Palmer said.

Yeh the big fat one who deals with Chinese companies - yeh, no double standards there.

 

[kirky]

And Keating was Prime Minister at the time...Did he stop the sale?

Oh hang on Keating of late has become a Chinese sympathiser, maybe he always held that belief?

Ok so why didn’t the Morrison government stop it after it went into liquidation.

Both parties do it, we can agree on that.

 

[Crow till I die]

Yeh the big fat one who deals with Chinese companies - yeh, double standards. And it was originally in Chinese hands.

Sorry - what was that about the internet being a thing that disproves falsehoods.. Seems ol Clive thinks its sold

Yes, I guess it does disprove falsehoods

 

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ol clive was none too pleased

Palmer blasts WA Government for allowing Chinese control of Australian airports

Clive Palmer has blasted the WA Government for allowing Chinese control of Australian airports."It should ring alarm bells for all Australians that

www.miragenews.com

Business
31 JAN 2019 3:06 PM AEDT
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Palmer blasts WA Government for allowing Chinese control of Australian airports​

Clive Palmer has blasted the WA Government for allowing Chinese control of Australian airports.
“It should ring alarm bells for all Australians that the WA Labor Government has allowed Merredin Airport to transfer into Chinese ownership, meaning Australian aircraft need Chinese permission to land on their own soil,” Mr Palmer said.

Mate Meridith Airport was Sold to China Southern Airlines for $1 in 1995. By the Local Shire.
The Airport is currently in Liquidation, and for sale by liquidator Grant Thornton Australia.
Mark McGowen Was 28 and was a Councillor for the City of Rockingham when the Airport was Sold

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

What ever happened to Dandy Go? He was a fanboi of the CCP

He's looking for the whereabouts of Peng Shuai...

 

[kirky]

Sorry - what was that about the internet being a thing that disproves falsehoods.. Seems ol Clive thinks its sold

Yes, I guess it does disprove falsehoods

It was why I asked the original question - given original sale was back in 1995.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

Yeh the big fat one who deals with Chinese companies - yeh, no double standards there.

He still hasn't repaid the money he stole from them & wasted on his political campaigns.

Mind you he still hasn't paid all his employees their entitlements either.

Why this crook isn't in jail is beyond me.

 

[Crow till I die]

Mate Meridith Airport was Sold to China Southern Airlines for $1 in 1995. By the Local Shire.
The Airport is currently in Liquidation, and for sale by liquidator Grant Thornton Australia.
Mark McGowen Was 28 and was a Councillor for the City of Rockingham when the Airport was Sold

No - it was LEASED in 1995 for $1. Clive is stating it has since transferred ownership in full under WA Labor - now Clive might be wrong, and he might not be

 

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No - it was LEASED in 1995 for $1. Clive is stating it has since transferred ownership in full under WA Labor - now Clive might be wrong, and he might not be

Maybe You need to check on that. liquidator Grant Thornton Australia seems to believe it was Sold The New Daily, The West Australian and the ABC seem to believe it was Sold back then. As they have Published,
"Merredin Airport, 260 kilometres east of Perth, which the local shire sold to China Southern Airlines for $1 in 1995".

China Southern Airlines pilot college in liquidation as 62 local staff sacked

A training college for pilots operating from Perth's Jandakot Airport has gone into voluntary liquidation, with more than 60 local staff losing their jobs.

thenewdaily.com.au

Controversy over ownership of Merredin airport

Merredin’s multimillion dollar airfield has become an “important part of the town” but not everyone is happy it's owned by a state-run Chinese company.

thewest.com.au

Airport sold for $1 to Chinese airline put back on the market as WA pilot college goes under

A training college based in Perth for China Southern Airlines pilots enters voluntary liquidation, with 62 workers sacked and a Wheatbelt airport bought by the carrier for $1 from the local shire put back up for sale.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Crow till I die]

Maybe You need to check on that. liquidator Grant Thornton Australia seems to believe it was Sold The New Daily, The West Australian and the ABC seem to believe it was Sold back then. As they have Published,
"Merredin Airport, 260 kilometres east of Perth, which the local shire sold to China Southern Airlines for $1 in 1995".

China Southern Airlines pilot college in liquidation as 62 local staff sacked

A training college for pilots operating from Perth's Jandakot Airport has gone into voluntary liquidation, with more than 60 local staff losing their jobs.

thenewdaily.com.au

Controversy over ownership of Merredin airport

Merredin’s multimillion dollar airfield has become an “important part of the town” but not everyone is happy it's owned by a state-run Chinese company.

thewest.com.au

Airport sold for $1 to Chinese airline put back on the market as WA pilot college goes under

A training college based in Perth for China Southern Airlines pilots enters voluntary liquidation, with 62 workers sacked and a Wheatbelt airport bought by the carrier for $1 from the local shire put back up for sale.

www.abc.net.au

well here are articles that say it was leased and about to be sold - dated end 2017

Chinese Government gets 100 year lease on airport for $1

from The Australian China’s communist government could soon own an Australian airport after paying just $1 for a 100-year lease on the land. The state-owned China Southern Airlines partially …

cairnsnews.org

China now owns Australian airport after paying $1 for 100-year lease

China's communist government could soon own an Australian airport after paying just $1 for a 100-year lease on the land.

www.dailymail.co.uk

So I am with Clive until someone actually proves what he said here was wrong

 

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well here are articles that say it was leased and about to be sold - dated end 2017

Chinese Government gets 100 year lease on airport for $1

from The Australian China’s communist government could soon own an Australian airport after paying just $1 for a 100-year lease on the land. The state-owned China Southern Airlines partially …

cairnsnews.org

China now owns Australian airport after paying $1 for 100-year lease

China's communist government could soon own an Australian airport after paying just $1 for a 100-year lease on the land.

www.dailymail.co.uk

So I am with Clive until someone actually proves what he said here was wrong

I guess We will find out when liquidator Grant Thornton Australia complete the resale of the airport,

But I tend to believe the Comment from A councillor at the time,
Martin Morris said the airstrip was costing the shire money.

“We'd sell it for a dollar, as long as it still remained a public airfield and no one was charged landing fees to use it,” he said.

 

[crowsup]

Has influenza been eliminated? Reality is that we need to live with this virus as we do influenza, accepting this has nothing to do with being an anti-vaxxer. Again, the total lack of nuance from the usual moron type.

You know SFA about this virus and you think that it is the same as influenza? Who's the moron here? And I assume you also think that the annual flu shot doesn't do anything. The nuance is that you morons don't believe that vaccines work and it is stupid to believe they do. I don't know how old you are or if you have kids. But I would like to know if you have have taken any medicine prescribed by a doctor.

 

[Bearded Clam]

Richard Colbeck declined to front Senate hearing, went to the cricket

The Aged Care Services Minister defended his decision to go to the cricket the same day he refused to front a hearing on the government’s handling of the Omicron wave.

www.smh.com.au

“Aged Care Services Minister Richard Colbeck has defended his decision to go to the cricket on the same day he refused to front a Senate hearing on the government’s handling of the Omicron wave, revealed under public disclosure rules.”

my God… what do these journo’s think ffs.. that hearings into the way aged care has been handled during covid is more important than Ashes test cricket??..

 

[1970crow]

Oh dear, we don’t know how to negotiate so its all the ALP and Greens fault. Take some responsibility and accountability ffs!

what seems clear is that if the coalition can't get legislation through the senate it's their failure to negotiate. But when it's Labor in the same predicament it's the liberals saying no just to screw labor over.

 

[1970crow]

Lambie speaks her mind...WOW

And sh*t falls out of her mouth every time she opens it...She's an absolute bogan and it says a lot about the standards required to be a Politician in these times.

she's representative of the people that vote for her. Bit easier in Tassie though with their over-representation in the senate. I'd hate to imagine the types of dipshits you'd see from the NT if they had 12 senators.

 

[1970crow]

I would only be good in an advisory role, as I'm too brutally honest to last as a politician. Would be continually calling out bullshit.

you wouldn't last in an advisory role either.

 

[Crow till I die]

she's representative of the people that vote for her. Bit easier in Tassie though with their over-representation in the senate. I'd hate to imagine the types of dipshits you'd see from the NT if they had 12 senators.

VOTE 1. Jim smith of humpty doo..he lives in a half finished core filled block outbuilding and champions rights of wombats and is worried about the north pole melting

 

[1970crow]

Interesting that the Free the Flag group have been asking the government since 2019 and now the day before Australia Day and within a few months of an election it happens.

in reality all they've done is open the chequebook to the extent required to acquire the copyright from the designer. It's not really much of an accomplishment.

 

[1970crow]

What ever happened to Dandy Go? He was a fanboi of the CCP

perhaps not vigorous enough in his defence. Undergoing re-education as we speak.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

you wouldn't last in an advisory role either.

What do you mean?

I have lasted more than a decade advising the same organisations whilst others have been & gone... because I'm the best at what I do.

 

[1970crow]

Such a delicious overturn by the Feds. Darwin harbour next I hope.

thought that had already been reviewed, including from a defence angle and given the all clear.

 

[1970crow]

Now we are playing the game, which party has China infiltrated more... clearly the answer is both of them, in very worrying underhanded ways which we should be rightly concerned.

It's why I would prefer political donations to be wiped out & parties paid more by election votes.

We don't want to move more towards the US model where politicians are bought by different interest groups.

saw a headline that Malinauskas is proposing this. Didn't read the article though.

 

[Crow till I die]

she's representative of the people that vote for her. Bit easier in Tassie though with their over-representation in the senate. I'd hate to imagine the types of dipshits you'd see from the NT if they had 12 senators.

Well, imagine a guy like this throwing his hat in the ring..its easy to imagine a few that post on here voting for him

 

[1970crow]

What do you mean?

I have lasted more than a decade advising the same organisations whilst others have been & gone... because I'm the best at what I do.

advising politicians is different. Their egos are massive, you wouldn't last long being brutally honest.