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Andrei.Hicks

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Reply #165 - Apr 29^th, 2011 at 4:10pm

buzzanddidj wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 3:50pm:

Please delete wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 3:35pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 3:30pm:

Mr Swan said the Government had spent $58,915.70 on return first-class flights for four staff from Canberra to London for the meeting.

FKING DISGRACEFUL

Less the cost of business class to which they were entitled.

Call it $30K.

Two nights in Rome or London hotels for John Howard, as I recall.

And $30K is a "drop in the bucket" considering it was a working office" - all the way - in last minute preparation and fine tuning for the GFC crisis meeting of OECD countries

Considering the way AUSTRALIA fared through it, I'd say it was a good investment

Yep surplus to debt in 18 months.

Way to go convicts.

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Reply #166 - Apr 29^th, 2011 at 4:12pm

buzzanddidj wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 3:39pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 3:30pm:

Mr Swan said the Government had spent $58,915.70 on return first-class flights for four staff from Canberra to London for the meeting.

FKING DISGRACEFUL

And the SAME arrangements were used under PREVIOUS governments
But being a LABOR government, it was a NATURAL for the front page of "The Australian"

Don't get too tense about it buzz...When it was LIBERAL government, the 'other' half of the media was complaining about it..

No matter which of the 'big' parties is in, thhe 'other half' of the media carries on about it..

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Re: Dump The baby bonus ????
Reply #167 - Apr 29^th, 2011 at 4:38pm

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 4:10pm:

buzzanddidj wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 3:50pm:

Please delete wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 3:35pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 3:30pm:

Mr Swan said the Government had spent $58,915.70 on return first-class flights for four staff from Canberra to London for the meeting.

FKING DISGRACEFUL

Less the cost of business class to which they were entitled.

Call it $30K.

Two nights in Rome or London hotels for John Howard, as I recall.

And $30K is a "drop in the bucket" considering it was a working office" - all the way - in last minute preparation and fine tuning for the GFC crisis meeting of OECD countries

Considering the way AUSTRALIA fared through it, I'd say it was a good investment

Yep surplus to debt in 18 months.

Way to go convicts.

And one of the LOWEST unemployment rates in the WORLD
And the ONLY OECD member not to have gone into recession

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Re: Dump The baby bonus ????
Reply #169 - Apr 29^th, 2011 at 7:04pm

gizmo_2655 wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 4:12pm:

buzzanddidj wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 3:39pm:

Andrei.Hicks wrote on Apr 29^th, 2011 at 3:30pm:

Mr Swan said the Government had spent $58,915.70 on return first-class flights for four staff from Canberra to London for the meeting.

FKING DISGRACEFUL

And the SAME arrangements were used under PREVIOUS governments
But being a LABOR government, it was a NATURAL for the front page of "The Australian"

Don't get too tense about it buzz...When it was LIBERAL government, the 'other' half of the media was complaining about it..

No matter which of the 'big' parties is in, thhe 'other half' of the media carries on about it..

WHAT OTHER HALF OF THE MEDIA IS THAT??
The Melbourne Age has traditionally been a bit more rational, but what other media outlet do we have that is not heavily biased against Labor?

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