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This could only be either tokenistic or a misunderstanding. The Prime Minister of Sydney doesn't even know what a 'shirt front' is.Baloo said:
Tommy H said:
Putin's no man IMO. plastic tough guy up there with plasma. Anyone so keen on posing in dominant positions has some sort of inferiority complex. Here's some manly Vlad for you
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Let's see what Cockey tells us for the Budget tonight. Any more changes to super and pension?
martyshire said:
Probably better coz they won't ease access to super. Just leave it alone.
Increasing the asset test threshold for rich pensioners was good for the mid to low class.
Employers receiving a $10,000 incentive to retain employees over 50 is a laughter. Will never work. So much fraud and corruption in this area.
Youth don't have to wait 6 months for the dole anymore. What was Cockey thinking last year??
Big smack at foreigners (investors, students etc..) and foreign aid (but why 70% cut to Africa and just 40% to Indonesia??)
$22m to capture online Jihadists....is this for real?
Cockey trying to stimulate spending via small business...
AMPS said:
Here's a lovely clip that sums up your hero mate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6NpVF5n3ug
I could get the pictures out of his *smile* dacks all over the place but I can't be bothered. You Liberal people just make me laugh. He is laughed at all over the world. Putin has it all over him. Sorry to burst your bubble but enjoy your clip of your illustrious leader.
Just for another laugh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3IaKVmkXuk
Joe Hockey says no to Mothers double dipping.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/double-dipping-new-mothers-wont-get-any-government-money/story-fni0fiyv-1227349610935
Good to see Joe doing some heavy lifting, he's really doing the hard yards.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/taxpayers-footing-bill-on-treasurer-joe-hockeys-15-million-canberra-house/story-fni0cx12-1227026624945
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/double-dipping-new-mothers-wont-get-any-government-money/story-fni0fiyv-1227349610935
Good to see Joe doing some heavy lifting, he's really doing the hard yards.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/taxpayers-footing-bill-on-treasurer-joe-hockeys-15-million-canberra-house/story-fni0cx12-1227026624945
I used to not mind Barnaby Joyce, but he has been peddling backwards faster and faster over the past couple of years. The below article summarises the Libs in power just a bit too much for my liking...
Gina Rinehart, Barnaby Joyce slammed for 'extraordinary' actions during trust case
By finance reporter Simon Frazer and staff
Updated 46 minutes ago
John Hancock says the long-running legal battle with his billionaire mining magnate mother Gina Rinehart has taken a toll.
PHOTO: John Hancock says the long-running legal battle with his billionaire mining magnate mother Gina Rinehart has taken a toll. (ABC News/file image)
RELATED STORY: Rinehart's eldest daughter handed control of family's $4b trust
MAP: Australia
Gina Rinehart's son John Hancock has taken aim at federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce over his involvement in a dispute over a multi-billion dollar family trust.
Yesterday the New South Wales Supreme Court ordered that Gina Rinehart's daughter Bianca Rinehart be appointed trustee of the funds, currently worth more than $4 billion.
Justice Paul Brereton said Ms Rinehart had demonstrated the ability to robustly assert the rights of the trust over her mother and her company Hancock Prospecting.
I just think it's extraordinary, and this character sits three chairs down from our Prime Minister.
John Hancock
In handing down his decision, Justice Brereton said it had become clear throughout the proceedings Mrs Rinehart had "gone to extraordinary lengths" to maintain control directly or indirectly of the trust.
Gina Rinehart's eldest son, John Hancock, told Radio National Breakfast the pressure extended beyond the family, with Barnaby Joyce sending his sister Hope an email trying to convince her not to proceed.
"Coming from his government email I just think it's extraordinary, and this character sits three chairs down from our Prime Minister," Mr Hancock told RN business editor Sheryl Bagwell.
"I think it's nothing short of dangerous and I would want to see exactly what communications he had prior to sending this email."
Mr Joyce's office has been contacted for comment.
Gina Rinehart's behaviour 'closely approached intimidation'
Three of Gina Rinehart's children launched the case in 2011, arguing she had engaged in misconduct while overseeing the trust, though one daughter subsequently dropped out.
Lawyer Alan Camp, who has known the Rinehart family for more than 40 years and is now a confidant to John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart, told the ABC's 7.30 program last night the judge found a long list of misconduct against Gina Rinehart.
Media player: "Space" to play, "M" to mute, "left" and "right" to seek.
VIDEO: Gina Rinehart's bitter family trust dispute seems resolved with eldest daughter appointed trustee (7.30)
"Findings against Mrs Rinehart that first of all, went to her manipulation of advice offered initially by PricewaterhouseCoopers which she then prevailed on them to change and they agreed somehow to change," he said.
"He found that she had deployed people, including Barnaby Joyce and others, to bring pressure to bear or attempt to bring pressure to bear on one of her younger children Hope, who later pulled out of the case."
Justice Brereton said in his judgment Mrs Rinehart's behaviour came close to intimidation.
"In the course of the litigation, Mrs Rinehart ... has repeatedly, directly, or through her lawyers, or through other influential connections, sought to deter the plaintiffs from prosecuting it, by measures some of which closely approach intimidation," he observed.
Despite the Supreme Court win, the feud between Gina Rinehart and her two eldest children looks set to continue.
Mr Hancock told Radio National he and his sister are relieved to an extent, but the pressure of the case had taken its toll.
He also said Ms Rinehart would have a lot of work to do going through all the trust documents that the court has now ordered her mother to hand over.
"My sister will go through the trust records that have so far been denied to us and look for any irregularities or past conduct of the previous trustee," he said.
"We've also got a Federal Court action which is claiming rights to certain mining tenements in Western Australia."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-29/gina-rinehart-barnaby-joyce-slammed-over-trust-pressure/6506022
Gina Rinehart, Barnaby Joyce slammed for 'extraordinary' actions during trust case
By finance reporter Simon Frazer and staff
Updated 46 minutes ago
John Hancock says the long-running legal battle with his billionaire mining magnate mother Gina Rinehart has taken a toll.
PHOTO: John Hancock says the long-running legal battle with his billionaire mining magnate mother Gina Rinehart has taken a toll. (ABC News/file image)
RELATED STORY: Rinehart's eldest daughter handed control of family's $4b trust
MAP: Australia
Gina Rinehart's son John Hancock has taken aim at federal Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce over his involvement in a dispute over a multi-billion dollar family trust.
Yesterday the New South Wales Supreme Court ordered that Gina Rinehart's daughter Bianca Rinehart be appointed trustee of the funds, currently worth more than $4 billion.
Justice Paul Brereton said Ms Rinehart had demonstrated the ability to robustly assert the rights of the trust over her mother and her company Hancock Prospecting.
I just think it's extraordinary, and this character sits three chairs down from our Prime Minister.
John Hancock
In handing down his decision, Justice Brereton said it had become clear throughout the proceedings Mrs Rinehart had "gone to extraordinary lengths" to maintain control directly or indirectly of the trust.
Gina Rinehart's eldest son, John Hancock, told Radio National Breakfast the pressure extended beyond the family, with Barnaby Joyce sending his sister Hope an email trying to convince her not to proceed.
"Coming from his government email I just think it's extraordinary, and this character sits three chairs down from our Prime Minister," Mr Hancock told RN business editor Sheryl Bagwell.
"I think it's nothing short of dangerous and I would want to see exactly what communications he had prior to sending this email."
Mr Joyce's office has been contacted for comment.
Gina Rinehart's behaviour 'closely approached intimidation'
Three of Gina Rinehart's children launched the case in 2011, arguing she had engaged in misconduct while overseeing the trust, though one daughter subsequently dropped out.
Lawyer Alan Camp, who has known the Rinehart family for more than 40 years and is now a confidant to John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart, told the ABC's 7.30 program last night the judge found a long list of misconduct against Gina Rinehart.
Media player: "Space" to play, "M" to mute, "left" and "right" to seek.
VIDEO: Gina Rinehart's bitter family trust dispute seems resolved with eldest daughter appointed trustee (7.30)
"Findings against Mrs Rinehart that first of all, went to her manipulation of advice offered initially by PricewaterhouseCoopers which she then prevailed on them to change and they agreed somehow to change," he said.
"He found that she had deployed people, including Barnaby Joyce and others, to bring pressure to bear or attempt to bring pressure to bear on one of her younger children Hope, who later pulled out of the case."
Justice Brereton said in his judgment Mrs Rinehart's behaviour came close to intimidation.
"In the course of the litigation, Mrs Rinehart ... has repeatedly, directly, or through her lawyers, or through other influential connections, sought to deter the plaintiffs from prosecuting it, by measures some of which closely approach intimidation," he observed.
Despite the Supreme Court win, the feud between Gina Rinehart and her two eldest children looks set to continue.
Mr Hancock told Radio National he and his sister are relieved to an extent, but the pressure of the case had taken its toll.
He also said Ms Rinehart would have a lot of work to do going through all the trust documents that the court has now ordered her mother to hand over.
"My sister will go through the trust records that have so far been denied to us and look for any irregularities or past conduct of the previous trustee," he said.
"We've also got a Federal Court action which is claiming rights to certain mining tenements in Western Australia."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-29/gina-rinehart-barnaby-joyce-slammed-over-trust-pressure/6506022
tigerman said:
their was a story about some rich person paying for some Libs/Nats to go to a wedding kids i think in India. Not sure if it was Joyce and Rinehart but it sounds right.