OT: Current Affairs and Politics

[Gronk]

Happy 2021 Budget all.

Let's put a pin in this tweet right here.

 

[Gary Gutful]

I’m glad we aren’t as focused on Govt debt anymore. Not all spending is bad.

 

[Gronk]

I’m glad we aren’t as focused on Govt debt anymore. Not all spending is bad.

Alan Jones said that our grandkids would be paying off that $300b debt !

 

[Bandwagon]

Alan Jones said that our grandkids would be paying of that $300b debt !

Alan Jones clearly doesn't understand how government debt works.

 

[Bandwagon]

I’m glad we aren’t as focused on Govt debt anymore. Not all spending is bad.

I find it very interesting that conversation has been put out to pasture, and how compliant the media is around quietly ignoring now, something that was an imminent disaster but a few short years ago.

Makes you wonder what drives these narratives.

 

[Bandwagon]

He’s trying to get a sound bite using a horribly generalised question for a complex issue.

The Minister was trying to explain that different technologies and configurations suit different market needs, as per the below research by ARENA which was funded by our out of touch renewables denying Government.

https://arena.gov.au/projects/dispatchable-renewable-electricity-options/

Maybe, he tried earlier in the interview to get specific about the Kaban project and got nowhere. I note the first question referred specifically to the 157MW.

Would be interested in seeing the entire interview if anyone has a link.

Sure he's looking for a "gotcha", but Pitt isn't explaining shit, he's avoiding the subject because he knows where it's going.

Fact is he's made an ideological call and is trying to avoid having to provide a factual argument to support it.

Most likely because he hasn't really got one.

 

[Twizzle]

Alan Jones clearly doesn't understand how government debt works.

and how to have grand children

 

[Gary Gutful]

Alan Jones said that our grandkids would be paying off that $300b debt !

Alan Jones probably had other thoughts about our grandkids.

 

[Gary Gutful]

Sure he's looking for a "gotcha", but Pitt isn't explaining shit, he's avoiding the subject because he knows where it's going.

Fact is he's made an ideological call and is trying to avoid having to provide a factual argument to support it.

Most likely because he hasn't really got one.

Yeah, he was overly sensitive to the 'gotcha' and as a result it didn't look good.

 

[Angry_eel]

I find it very interesting that conversation has been put out to pasture, and how compliant the media is around quietly ignoring now, something that was an imminent disaster but a few short years ago.

Makes you wonder what drives these narratives.

One set of rules for Labor, another set of rules for the Liberals.

 

[Bandwagon]

One set of rules for Labor, another set of rules for the Liberals.

Like say how the school halls ( building education plan ) was a mismanaged waste of tax payer money, but corporates like Harvey Norman's receiving hundreds of millions of tax payer dollars despite record sales isn't?

 

[Bandwagon]

Yeah, he was overly sensitive to the 'gotcha' and as a result it didn't look good.

The thing there for mine is that if he's gonna over ride the decisions made by a body such as the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund with ministerial veto, then he should be able to counter the attempt at gotcha with valid reasoning as to why, and that should be defendable against such a line of questioning.

It's a decision made about literally hundreds of millions of dollars. There's far too much of this kind of thing going on with this government. If all they're gonna do is continuously over ride the recommendations of their departments or the associated statutory bodies, because reasons, why bother with the charade in the first place.

 

[Gary Gutful]

The thing there for mine is that if he's gonna over ride the decisions made by a body such as the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund with ministerial veto, then he should be able to counter the attempt at gotcha with valid reasoning as to why, and that should be defendable against such a line of questioning.

It's a decision made about literally hundreds of millions of dollars. There's far too much of this kind of thing going on with this government. If all they're gonna do is continuously over ride the recommendations of their departments or the associated statutory bodies, because reasons, why bother with the charade in the first place.

Its not the first time there has been meddling and interference with NAIF's decision making. The debacle surrounding Adani's request for funding of their rail line was particularly memorable.

Why bother? Because it keeps elected party members in marginal electorates in the north happy.

 

[Bandwagon]

Its not the first time there has been meddling and interference with NAIF's decision making. The debacle surrounding Adani's request for funding of their rail line was particularly memorable.

Why bother? Because it keeps elected party members in marginal electorates in the north happy.

The why bother question was rhetorical, hence the lack of a question mark.

 

[Gary Gutful]

The why bother question was rhetorical, hence the lack of a question mark.

Do I look like I'm bothered.

 

[Bandwagon]

Do I look like I'm bothered.

How the f**k would I know?

 

[Gary Gutful]

How the f**k would I know?

It was a rhetorical question FFS!

 

[Bandwagon]

It was a rhetorical question FFS!

FFS!

 

[crocodile]

Alan Jones said that our grandkids would be paying off that $300b debt !

It never gets paid off.

 

[crocodile]

I find it very interesting that conversation has been put out to pasture, and how compliant the media is around quietly ignoring now, something that was an imminent disaster but a few short years ago.

Makes you wonder what drives these narratives.

News drives the narrative and the ensuing advertising revenue. It's all about selling papers. Metaphorically anyway. Then exploitation of the embedded narrative for point scoring from your opponent. The old saying "Never let the truth get in the way".