don't let the door hit you, Abbott!!!!!!
Abbott misses out on his PMs' pension by 4 days; bet that hurts.
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I doubt he's hurting too much from it, as he still gets a huge amountkinard wrote:Abbott misses out on his PMs' pension by 4 days; bet that hurts.
The exact amount of entitlement Mr Abbott will receive is yet to be determined, and would also take into account his role as a minister in the Howard government and the length of time he served as an MP.
He still qualifies for $300,000 a year in a pension for serving two decades.
Fairfax Media reported the rules allow him to take up to half of it as a lump sum, where it is paid at 10 times the amount sacrificed - a lump sum of up to $1.53 million.
Like previous PMs, Mr Abbott should also receive an extra $300,000 a year with which to maintain a staffed office, plus travel costs.
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Abbott is still AWOL...
Bernadi is ranting and raving. So nice to see another of the hardline Christian neo-cons lose out in this.
Bernadi is ranting and raving. So nice to see another of the hardline Christian neo-cons lose out in this.
Haha - my money’s on Playboy
Would you believe that bookmakers were offering 10/1 for Malcolm to win the challenge as late as yesterday afternoon..
That's about the time I placed a lazy $100 on Malcolm-in the-middle to kick Abbotts arse.
Oh, and I changed my avatar at approx 8pm last night in anticipation of a win..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just for you >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Malcolm is a used piece of toilet paper. He failed as opposition leader because he is weak-as-piss just like his deputy Julie Bishop.
Scott Morrison will lead the Libs at the next election (what's the odds?) after 6 more months of Malcolm reminding us just how bad he is..
Place your bets!!
That's about the time I placed a lazy $100 on Malcolm-in the-middle to kick Abbotts arse.
Oh, and I changed my avatar at approx 8pm last night in anticipation of a win..
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> just for you >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Malcolm is a used piece of toilet paper. He failed as opposition leader because he is weak-as-piss just like his deputy Julie Bishop.
Scott Morrison will lead the Libs at the next election (what's the odds?) after 6 more months of Malcolm reminding us just how bad he is..
Place your bets!!
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No love lost between big Tone and the media.
Good speech overall but should have made a statement last night, however short.
Oh well, Shit Happens.
Good speech overall but should have made a statement last night, however short.
Oh well, Shit Happens.
Haha - my money’s on Playboy
well fuk me..
Malcolm just fuk'd-up during his first few words in question time as Prime Minister..
He tried to order the opposition to agree to him tabling a document..
Quiet rightly the speaker and the opposition let him know that the speaker runs the parliament, not him..lol
This is going to be fun !!
Malcolm just fuk'd-up during his first few words in question time as Prime Minister..
He tried to order the opposition to agree to him tabling a document..
Quiet rightly the speaker and the opposition let him know that the speaker runs the parliament, not him..lol
This is going to be fun !!
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Haha - I saw that. To be fair, I don't think he's slept. Did you see him this morning at 7am ? He looked like death reheated. I think he almost forgot that now he is the PM, first day in the job, he had an obligation to take questions from the press.bigphatt wrote:well fuk me..
Malcolm just fuk'd-up during his first few words in question time as Prime Minister..
He tried to order the opposition to agree to him tabling a document..
Quiet rightly the speaker and the opposition let him know that the speaker runs the parliament, not him..lol
This is going to be fun !!
Labor is hammering him on climate change at the moment. Abbott's a no-show in question time.
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You guys need some fresh DNA.bigphatt wrote:well fuk me..
Malcolm just fuk'd-up during his first few words in question time as Prime Minister..
He tried to order the opposition to agree to him tabling a document..
Quiet rightly the speaker and the opposition let him know that the speaker runs the parliament, not him..lol
This is going to be fun !!
And leave the sheep alone, this time!
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So many blind people
Caution: extreme delusional BS ahead!
'This is not an easy day for many people.
Leadership changes are never easy for our country.
My pledge today is to make this change as easy as I can.
There will be no wrecking, no undermining, and no sniping.
I have never leaked or backgrounded against anyone and I certainly won’t start now.
Our country deserves better than that.
I want our Government and our country to succeed. I always have and I always will.
I have consistently said – in Opposition and in Government – that being the Prime Minister is not an end in itself: it is about the people you serve.
The great privilege that I have had is to see the wonder of this country like few others and I want to thank the Australian people for giving me the honour to serve.
Yes, this is a tough day, but when you join the game you accept the rules.
I have held true to what I believed and I am proud of what we have achieved over the past two years.
300,000 more people are in jobs.
Labor’s bad taxes are gone.
We have signed Free Trade Agreements with our largest trading partners – with Japan, with Korea, and with China.
The biggest infrastructure programme in our country’s history is under way.
A spotlight is being shone into the dark and corrupt corners of the union movement and Labor’s party/union business model.
We have responded to the threats of terror and we have deployed to the other side of the world to bring our loved ones home.
The boats have stopped – and with the boats stopped, we’ve been better able to display our compassion to refugees.
And despite hysterical and unprincipled opposition, we've made $50 billion of repairs to the budget.
Of course, there's much that I had still wanted to do: constitutional recognition of Indigenous people – getting the kids to school, the adults to work and communities safe.
I was the first Prime Minister to spend a week a year in remote Indigenous Australia, and I hope I'm not the last.
Then there’s the challenge of ice and domestic violence, yet to be addressed.
Australia has a role to play in the struggles of the wider world: the cauldron of the Middle East, and security in the South China Sea and elsewhere.
I fear that none of this will be helped if the leadership instability that's plagued other countries continues to taint us.
But yes, I am proud of what the Abbott Government has achieved.
We stayed focused despite the white-anting.
Of course, the Government wasn't perfect.
We have been a Government of men and women, not a government of gods walking upon the earth.
Few of us, after all, entirely measure up to expectations.
The nature of politics has changed in the past decade.
We have more polls and more commentary than ever before – mostly sour, bitter, character assassination.
Poll-driven panic has produced a revolving door prime ministership which can’t be good for our country and a febrile media culture has developed that rewards treachery.
And if there’s one piece of advice I can give to the media, it’s this: refuse to print self-serving claims that the person making them won't put his or her name to; refuse to connive at dishonour by acting as the assassin's knife.
There are many to thank for the privilege of being Prime Minister.
First and foremost, I thank my family for allowing me to be the absentee spouse and parent that politics entails.
I thank Margie for her grace and dignity throughout my public life.
I thank my party for the privilege of leading it.
I thank the armed forces who are serving our country and defending our values, even as we speak.
I thank my staff who have been absolutely unceasing in their devotion to our party and our country, especially my Chief of Staff who has been unfairly maligned by people who should have known better.
Finally, I thank my country for the privilege of service.
It is humbling to lose, but that does not compare to the honour of being asked to lead.
In my Maiden Speech here in this Parliament, I quoted from the first Christian service ever preached here in Australia.
The Reverend Richard Johnson took as his text, “What shall I render unto the Lord for all his blessings to me?”
At this, my final statement as Prime Minister, I say: I have rendered all and I am proud of my service.
My love for this country is as strong as ever and may God bless this great Commonwealth.'
Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame.
and there is one of Abbott's biggest problems..The Reverend Richard Johnson took as his text, “What shall I render unto the Lord for all his blessings to me?”
He needed to be at least liked by us, not blessed by some imaginary person who lives in the sky.
But like most bible bashing morons, he is nothing but a lying try-hard.
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Julie Bishop gains my respect the longer I observe her. I think she makes a solid support to a party/country leader, and I think she knows where her strengths lie.
She's intelligent and doesn't need to prove anything. Too many people take on positions in companies/government, just because they can, or it is the 'natural progression', while totally ignoring whether or not it is where they are best suited/skilled.
She's intelligent and doesn't need to prove anything. Too many people take on positions in companies/government, just because they can, or it is the 'natural progression', while totally ignoring whether or not it is where they are best suited/skilled.
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