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dutton was named the worst health minister in history by the industy!..
Bahaha… tony abbott and morriscum have lied to parliment nearly every day they aer/were in the place!..
So you are a Union fan now.Ummmm
Alan Joyce puts Albo’s son in Qantas Chairman’s Lounge
It’s easy to forget that Anthony Albanese has been in Canberra for a very long time. Entitlement to largesse is a lifelong practice.www.afr.com
Alan Joyce puts Albo’s son in Qantas Chairman’s Lounge
It’s easy to forget that Anthony Albanese has been in Canberra for a very long time. Entitlement to largesse is a lifelong practice.
The recent decision by the Albanese government to block Qatar Airways from launching 28 new flights per week between Doha and Australia has caused quiet amazement in the corridors of Parliament House.
Transport Minister Catherine King’s clarification last week elevated the matter to high farce. She insisted the decision was not related to a human rights incident at Doha Airport in 2020 and instead linked it to her desire “to decarbonise the transport sector”. That was such an arrant non sequitur that the only rational response was laughter.
To be understood, all of this must be viewed through the lens of Anthony Albanese’s incredibly tight relationship with Qantas CEO Alan Joyce, a bond that jars so badly with Albo’s misty-eyed working-class origin story.
Everyone knows Joyce personally curates the Chairman’s Lounge membership list. Did Qantas offer this extravagant benefit to Albanese or did Albanese request it for his son? When asked this week, neither the airline nor the Prime Minister’s Office would explain. But did any of them really think a university student sweeping into the Chairman’s Lounge like a lord wouldn’t stand out like dog’s balls?
Albanese has never disclosed Nathan’s membership in his statement of registrable interests with the parliament. The PM might argue it’s not required if his son is not technically a dependent (although the Labor leader did say in 2022 that “We’re close, we live together”).
Irrespective of the sophistry relied upon, his son has received this benefit only because of his father’s position. It should be declared, especially by the guy who was elected on an integrity platform. Ask yourself: would Ben Chifley have done this?
Otherwise, where does it end? Should young Nathan get an unlimited balance in his SportsBet account or perhaps a discount from Meriton on his first apartment, all beyond our line of sight?
I have sympathy for Nathan. This is not even about him. This is about the prime minister’s inability to resist a secret freebie, a sly gratuity of public office, or to grasp how compromised he looks.
Albanese was regulating Qantas as transport minister for six years in the Rudd and Gillard governments. What other favours might Qantas have done him (or those close to him) that he felt were unnecessary to declare?
It’s easy to forget Albo has been in Canberra for a very long time. Entitlement to largesse is a lifelong practice. He will barely have opened his own wallet in 30 years. Yet, he’s no worse than the next institutionalised MP, just one inhabitant of a swamp full of chancers.
Remember, it always starts small. It’s the little favours. Please, let the valet take your car. Only the best table in the house. Don’t worry, I know a guy. We’ll make your problem disappear. Before you know it, it’s become normal for your family to be ushered through airports like royalty.
This is what ultimately comes from public officials accepting gifts from Qantas, an industrial-scale, multi-generational influence peddler. They are better than the mafia.
What Australian company has in recent years done more to bleed mug punters and even its own workers? Qantas illegally sacked 1700 baggage handlers in November 2020 (all while sucking back $2.7 billion of non-recourse government COVID-19 subsidies). An appeal was heard in May by the High Court, where every presiding justice is a member of the Chairman’s Lounge.
I’m just astounded that a bloke of his age is so naive that he doesnt think politicians, no matter what side they come from, are bullshitters!..
But Mali and labor had all the answers. Blamed the Lib Govt for ramping and said they would fix it, and the suckers voted for this.10 Hours....disgraceful Mali.
Man dies after waiting more than 10 hours for ambulance in Adelaide | South Australia | The Guardian
The 54-year-old died on the same night a ‘code white’ was declared across the city’s public hospitalsamp.theguardian.com
ALP made it a huge election issue last election, so guaranteed Liberals will make it a huge issue next election!
I wonder what Ash the Ambo thinks
Yeah, when it's 10 hours for an ambulance & someone needing assistance dies, that warrants a full investigation... as not even being busy is an excuse for that wait.I wonder what Ash the Ambo thinks
It's almost hilarious how SA Labor got away with the campaign, I daresay it's not as funny for the guy who died.
But where is the scrutiny from the media ?
Gather most waiting more than 12 hours are mental health patients too.
Forgetting the politics 10 hours in an ambulance & someone needing assistance seems beyond belief. Labor or Liberal. This whole story needs more clarity. Surely someone was monitoring him, and he was not just sitting in the back of an ambulance on his own until he sadly passed. Sackings and criminal prosecution are required.
From what I understand it took 10 hours to pick him up after the call... not so much the waiting in the ambulance.
www.abc.net.au
Fair enough. Not familiar enough with the story.
Apparently was triaged originally as low priority, but he clearly deteriorated significantly by the time they attended.
Just read the story in your attachment. Something appears dodgy with the Triage process. There will be some nervous people awaiting the enquiry. I can almost guarantee that the people at the lower end of the hospital food chain will get most of the blame.
You're missing the point. Yes, Albo lied - all politicians do. It's easy to tell when they're lying - their lips are moving.
This is where having a lame duck opposition hurts.
Are you so naive you think things like this can be fixed overnight, with the click of the finger?
Absolutely.
There really needs to be better Commonwealth & State bilateral discussions how to fix this going forward with a proper plan.
