Worryingly, in my view politicians don't need to consider the majority when it comes to donations. If Australia becomes twice as rich, with that extra money concentrated into few hands, those hands would still make great donors.
Anthony Albanese - How long?
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Probably the only time I’ll be saying these words, but unless someone can make a sound economic argument to convince me, I’m with Littleproud on this one.
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Don’t call me Captain Killjoy: David Littleproud opposes Matildas’ public holiday
National party leader says it’s easy for the PM to call for a national holiday if Australia win the World Cup, but business would suffer
Probably the only time I’ll be saying these words, but unless someone can make a sound economic argument to convince me, I’m with Littleproud on this one.
Don’t call me Captain Killjoy: David Littleproud opposes Matildas’ public holiday
National party leader says it’s easy for the PM to call for a national holiday if Australia win the World Cup, but business would suffer
It’ll be a moot point after Wednesday but I always thought the public holiday was if they made the final? Given its a Sunday night it’s not like they can say, oh tomorrow’s a public holiday if they win but they lose and you’ve got to go to work!
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Nah, if they win, they’ll nominate a date for the public holiday in the coming week or two and have a parade somewhere.
I was hoping he was thinking more a recovery day after the final, would have been ideal it’s supposed to be our first day back in the office after a month wfh
On Albo, I see he inserted himself onto the ground for the penalty shootout and was hugging everyone in the team
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Probably make their opponents Dames if they win, like the Queen of Australia did when our opponents beat us in the Ashes
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Pretty civilised stuff.
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not sure why the apoplexy. turners was an all-in rightist when p.m. was instrumental in stacking the a.b.c board and quite happy to use his chairman m8 - who later had to resign - to do his bidding. f**k off.
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I don'tProbably the only time I’ll be saying these words, but unless someone can make a sound economic argument to convince me, I’m with Littleproud on this one.
Don’t call me Captain Killjoy: David Littleproud opposes Matildas’ public holiday
National party leader says it’s easy for the PM to call for a national holiday if Australia win the World Cup, but business would suffer
I do agree with the casuals pointing out they'll not be able to pay bills when they lose a days work though
that's not a problem with public holidays though, same as businesses having to pay staff for them
its the ones that don't that are the issue
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Because he knifed their boy, that mutt abbott.
All he has to do is turn his head to the left and they'd melt.
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We asked our local coffee shop if they will be open and they advised that they can't afford the wages on public holidays so they will be closed and the staff (all casual but the owner and her husband) will lose a day's pay. They are already cutting back on late night shopping and Sunday hours as wages is the only bill they can cut with rent, supplies, power etc all going up and up.Probably the only time I’ll be saying these words, but unless someone can make a sound economic argument to convince me, I’m with Littleproud on this one.
Don’t call me Captain Killjoy: David Littleproud opposes Matildas’ public holiday
National party leader says it’s easy for the PM to call for a national holiday if Australia win the World Cup, but business would suffer
Disappointing that Albo is resorting to cheap populism rather than dealing with issues like housing, cost of living etc. Being better than the LNP isn't enough to keep voting for them when there are better minor party and independent options.
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This public holiday thing is weird on a lot of levels.
1. There's no shortage of creative ways for Albo to bank the goodwill without doing casuals out of a day of work. Any number of stadiums to rename in perpetuity. Any number of medals to hand out. Any number of photo opportunities.
2. It sets up a poor comparasion between that and any rewards/thanks they may receive if they fail to go the whole way.
3. PM's usually find comfort in the handcuffs the constitution places on them regarding state matters (cf. housing), this shoots a hole in that.
4. He talks up delivering something he has no control over. What if a Premier doesn't bail him out on this one?
5. More pressing issues for national cabinet to concern themselves with.
And also for those more superstitious,
A. There's plenty of time to worry about this when the job is done FFS.
1. There's no shortage of creative ways for Albo to bank the goodwill without doing casuals out of a day of work. Any number of stadiums to rename in perpetuity. Any number of medals to hand out. Any number of photo opportunities.
2. It sets up a poor comparasion between that and any rewards/thanks they may receive if they fail to go the whole way.
3. PM's usually find comfort in the handcuffs the constitution places on them regarding state matters (cf. housing), this shoots a hole in that.
4. He talks up delivering something he has no control over. What if a Premier doesn't bail him out on this one?
5. More pressing issues for national cabinet to concern themselves with.
And also for those more superstitious,
A. There's plenty of time to worry about this when the job is done FFS.
People actually whinging about getting a public holiday? Huh? Sounds like heaven
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