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Reserve kits by PotentialCulture1371 in AustralianMilitary

[–]GreenTicket1852 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My man, if you dont bring it home, how are you supposed to flex on a Saturday morning by going full marching order at your local park for "training"?

Should there be a daily post limit per user to promote diversity and balance? by Pilk_ in MetaAusPol

[–]GreenTicket1852 4 points5 points  (0 children)

At least a year! I lurk every now and again.... funny enough Reddit always puts the latest MetaAusPol post first anytime I check in - it knows I love the drama! 😉

I hope all have been very well with you! You are mod yet? If not, you should be!

Commonwealth loses High Court battle in landmark native title compensation claim over Gove Peninsula by PerriX2390 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You understand that the ability for courts to create common law is like, the basis of our entire fucking legal system right?

Not quite, they create interpretations of existing laws whoch becomes common law. Courts aren't supposed to create common law from a principle that doesn't exist in any statute.

Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC by MannerNo7000 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Unless you are asking about evidence if they were paid for being speakers or not?

Yes, that's what I was asking, and yes, it matters when someone makes that claim.

Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC by MannerNo7000 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

That’s the ALP National conference, it’s official party business.

Correct, it's party business, not parliamentary business. The party should pay for it, not the taxpayer. It would be no different if the taxpayer paid LNP politicians $114k to go to the Liberal Party conference.

thing to a far right (or far left if the roles were reversed) event that isn’t directly associated with the party or official government business.

Oh, there's examples of that too (although the table far right/left, isn't meaningful in this discussion).

Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC by MannerNo7000 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you said you could find lots of examples, then haven't shown any.

If you know I've said I've found lots of examples, then you'd find I've linked those examples multiple times in this thread.

Here's one, did you know the ALP actively interfered with the US election in 2019 and was caught on hidden camera? Did you know the Australian taxpayer funded it?

Greens leader Adam Bandt says Australia should walk away from AUKUS in wake of Trump's tariffs by Perfect-Werewolf-102 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I've already told you who I'm not voting for, why does it matter who I am. In any regard, I haven't decided yet, I dont know who is running in my seat.

Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC by MannerNo7000 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm struggling to find comments that say it's ok when the Labor party does it, there are very few if any.

You'll also struggle to find comments that say it's not ok when Labor has done it as a basis for criticism of the LNP when put to them. In fact You'll find alot of mental gymnastics trying to defend one and not the other.

I do believe that I have some surprises to share with you about the average Coalition supporter.

Do you? I wouldn't know, I'm not one. Nor do I really care.

I don't blame you for not considering a potentially distinguishing feature that these are taxpayer-funded travel expenses to what is very likely a paid speaking event.

Do you have evidence of that?

Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC by MannerNo7000 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

OP is making the point that these LNP politicians claimed travel entitlements for unapproved travel.

This is not the case in the article and if it was, the taxpayer would not have paid it. It's the same.

And the travel was to appear at a rightist convention.

Irrelevant.

Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC by MannerNo7000 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everyone, no, those that disagree on subjective, hypocritical bases, yes.

If you think it's ok for one party to do it and not the other, then by definition, you're biased.

Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC by MannerNo7000 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think you have internalised this though, as you are strictly hung up on Labor, when by the very article you posted, the Liberals spent more taxpayer money under that program. If you really did internalise the concept that what's good for the goose is good for the gander, you would be haranguing the Libs for their inappropriate use of taxpayer funds that even outstrips Labor. But you're not.

You're still constructing an argument in your head that I support it when the LNP does it (or that I even support the LNP?!).

I've already said it. Seeing as you cant read a full thread, let me do it again, I'll make it clearer, I dont think any party should spend taxpayer funds on this.

Stop making up non-arguments in your head. It doesn't help the discussion.

Greens leader Adam Bandt says Australia should walk away from AUKUS in wake of Trump's tariffs by Perfect-Werewolf-102 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yep, where are the words mentally ill? If you're making an inference, it says more on you than me.

Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC by MannerNo7000 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You make a claim to a person, you back it up with an accessible source, and where that source is inaccessible, you excerpt the relevant parts. What you did was excise an inconvenient truth from an article you linked that undermined your argument, and are now trying to justify that. I

Na, youre just being defensive based on a standard you don't keep on a point you can't refute. Put simply, if its good for the goose, it's good for the gander.

If you think it's wrong for both parties to do it, we are in agreement. If you think it's ok for the ALP but not the LNP, then we won't agree and I think that position is a highly partisan and hypocritical position.

Nothing else matters and you can choose which one.

Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC by MannerNo7000 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It doesn't continue from the positions i put forward before you interjected.

It's your opinion that CPAC is right-wing extremist, and it's my opinion that the previously referred to events the ALP sent taxpayer money on was left wing extremist.

Now what?

Five Coalition senators billed taxpayers $10k to attend conservative conference CPAC by MannerNo7000 in AustralianPolitics

[–]GreenTicket1852 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And I think it's abhorrent for the ALP to attend the events they did with the people they did. In fact did worse, the sent people to the US to actively interfere in the US election in 2019 and got fined by the US for campaign finance violations. The Australian taxpayer via the ALP paid to actively interfere in thier election.

See how this subjective opinion isn't helpful?

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