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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...k=584eabbafd679c7adae9acc1288d648b-1480485458

AN HOUR AGO | 4.15PMSA “obese man with body odour”: Leyonhjelm

David Leyonhjelm has likened the South Australian government to an obese 40-year-old man with awful body odour who lives with his mother, refuses to work and plays Xbox all day, pausing only to demand more Cheezels. The Liberal Democrats senator made the claim in a scathing attack against all SA politicians, especially fellow cross bencher Nick Xenophon.

He said the state needs an intervention, and pointed to its demands for more water under the Murray-Darling Basin plan and its power generation policies.

“Sadly, the lone positive influence that South Australian politicians are having on Australia right now is to make politicians from other states feel better about themselves,” Senator Leyonhjelm told parliament.

“There seems to be a sizeable voting bloc of whingeing Wendys and doctors’ wives who like to be represented either by doe-eyed Greens who have never grown up, or shameless populists and protectionists.”

In a direct attack on Senator Xenophon, the NSW senator said those who “fly economy and wear cheap suits” were costing Australia billions and were “every bit as dodgy with other people’s money as the shonkiest crony capitalist”.


Nick Xenophon. Picture: AAP.

Senator Leyonhjelm said SA had gone backwards in every category of private investment over the past five years.

Even the tiny ACT economy could overtake it within 20 years, “despite its primary products being bulldust and hot air”.

“Unless its course changes, South Australia risks becoming one big, barren, candle-lit retirement village.” “We should respond less to all of their bleatings - their bleatings for money, for water, for power, and for anything else, until such time as they can demonstrate they can behave like responsible adults in the federation.”

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Haha One Dick schooling another Dick...

Dick Smith 1 waleed Aly 0

Gee, I thought that made Dick Smith look a bit dumb.

Backing the One Nation position on immigration makes you look foolish.

And saying that we don't need immigrants as part of our future work force - so that our aging population just stiffs the young with more and more tax burden - is incredibly naive. Just saying "you don't know economics" when he didn't have a solution (other than paying more tax himself, which is very generous) makes him look foolish.
 

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Gee, I thought that made Dick Smith look a bit dumb.

Backing the One Nation position on immigration makes you look foolish.

And saying that we don't need immigrants as part of our future work force - so that our aging population just stiffs the young with more and more tax burden - is incredibly naive. Just saying "you don't know economics" when he didn't have a solution (other than paying more tax himself, which is very generous) makes him look foolish.
I didn't see the interview as the shakedown is not really my cup of tea, but gather both were arguing immigration/working visa extremes.

Imo, the balance is in between.

Doesn't help when both side of politics often make a media attention seeking grab on the issue, rather than properly discussing the issue at hand.

Same now happening on power, river murray, etc.

It's about time politicians grew up & argued the facts intelligently & eloquently like adults...but I realise given the types it attracts, this is unlikely.
 

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Gee, I thought that made Dick Smith look a bit dumb.

Backing the One Nation position on immigration makes you look foolish.

And saying that we don't need immigrants as part of our future work force - so that our aging population just stiffs the young with more and more tax burden - is incredibly naive. Just saying "you don't know economics" when he didn't have a solution (other than paying more tax himself, which is very generous) makes him look foolish.
And I thought it exposed Waleed Aly as the smart ass W*nker he is....so we'll have to agree to disagree on that.
 
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