Political Discussion part #2 - SA General Election 2018 and onwards!

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The buyback money should have been used to buy out cotton & rice farmers, which would more effectively returned water for everyone else.

Water management has been an expensive ineffective joke... which some have made a motza & others have scammed by playing with their meters as the government turn a blind eye.
 
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Funny thing is, for his position he'll get about $205K a year for 7 years, maybe $1.4M as a nobody senator

He could try skimming from his ofice budget, but even that's chicken feed

...how's he going to make up the rest? He may be a slovenly, lazy pig-faced disgrace of a human being failed businessman with a mysteriously absent nephew who didn't pay his employees, but even he (might?) would understand/return on investment.

He's not spending $30M without more coming back.
It's not his $30M he is spending... so perhaps he will do favours for those who he got the money from...
 
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Google just told me that $62m was provided to parties after the 2016 election. To break even he’s going to need about half the available first preferences. It’s completely non-sensical, what is he hoping to achieve? He’ll never get that back in favours during the days of the 24hr news cycle.
When it's not your money...
 

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I was pretty certain that he'd struggle to get more than 1-2% in the primary vote nationally, knowing that people were aware of how hopeless he was even the first time around - now I don't know what to think.
He is spending $30m supposedly so eventually some voters will listen and it will resonate with them. The key is where their preferences go.
 

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That water thing looks very odd. I’m not sure what degree of moron goes with the, ‘it’s just my job to sign it off’ excuse. One would think a rather high level moron with just a smidge of corruptness.
We are talking about Barnaby Joyce. What else would you expect?

After all he comes from Queensland. Is the problem they spend too much time in the sun?
 

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Just read in The Age that Morrison has requested the AG to review about 10 years of water buy backs as a response to the Barnaby debacle. And kirky says he has no political nouse. “Yep, working on the issue as we speak, should get a result in a couple of months after the election and we’ll make Barnaby walk the plank then.”
 

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ALP/Unions : Do as we say, not as we do...

They’d largely be flat rate agreements though. Couple of those rates are very low for that type of changeover, I’m guessing they’re a junior rate. Need a bit more background, but I’d be surprised if these aren’t swapping penalty rates for a higher rate across the board.
 

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The buyback money should have been used to buy out cotton & rice farmers, which would more effectively returned water for everyone else.

Water management has been an expensive ineffective joke... which some have made a motza & others have scammed by playing with their meters as the government turn a blind eye.
And hemp is a far superior product than cotton. Stronger more durable clothes and takes Alot less water, while providing nutrients to the soil. No need for those cotton fields
 

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Perhaps some of them can finally start paying taxes in Australia! ;)
So it’s a tax? kirky?

But in all seriousness, we know companies won’t work to reduced profits, we will all pay.

I for one would like to know how much their policy is going to cost and it’s a disgrace they are keeping it hidden.
 
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