Bridget McKenzie takes swipe at ‘vacuous’ Frydenberg over net zero
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theage.com.auPosted Sep 27, 2021, 11:22 PM UTC
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theage.com.auFrydenberg is full of shit but McKenzie is a million times worse. She moaned and dog whistled against action on climate change while the Black Summer bushfires were still happening. She is so corrupt that [the sports rorts affair is nicknamed “The McKenzie scandal”.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_rorts_affair_(2020\)) She’s so nasty and spiteful that she fiercely opposed her own brother’s right to get married. Who gives a fuck what she thinks about anything.
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She us a nasty piece of work.
She is the kind of toxic that you need to seal in glass and bury 800km down in an old geologically safe shaft for the rest of time.
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Yep. Unrepresentative swill.
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Haha I love this quote.
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Glass? Lead lined concrete with a water barrier.
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I'm constantly astonished that she's still a Senator, let alone offering up anything to public debate. I mean, how many millions do you have rort to drive a stake through your parliamentary career these days?
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In a less corrupt Australia Bridget would no longer be representing anyone. It's obvious she is trying to score some hits back on the Libs though as she must realise she took all the heat for Sports Rorts and Scummo keeps failing away as PM.
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She took all of the heat but it was like 38° tops and she just hid in shade for a bit.
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That is some sleek analogizing right there.
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The coalition: "it hurt itself in its confusion"
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I think everyone will want to be "cool" when global warming ramps up.
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Being cool is what an air conditioner is for. And the backyard pool will be redundant when the waves are lapping at your door /s
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Yeah I’m sure he’s just trying to be “cool”, Bridget. It’s totally not because pretty much every other developed nation (and lots of developing ones) is taking this more seriously than we are, regardless of whether they have conservatives in government or not. It’s totally not because fucking banks and insurance companies that literally only care about numbers on a page going up are taking it seriously because they can see the writing on the wall.
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“It is easy for the member for Kooyong or the member for Wentworth to publicly embrace a net zero target before the government has a position, because there would be next to zero real impact on the way of life of their affluent constituents,”
On the contrary, these are the people most likely to be swept out to sea as sea levels rise.
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The galling part is she could be championing forward thinking solutions for her rural constituents. But she isn't.
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The galling part is she could be championing forward thinking solutions for her rural constituents.
Foreplanning past the next election is something many major parties (including Labor at times) fail to do, but the LNP have definitely won the most gold medals.
What a day or would be if we as a country has a vision of where we want to be in 5, 10, even 20 years into the future and actually followed through...
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I didn't like Rudd (at least at the time), but credit where it's due, he held his 2020 conference with the future in mind.
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I think Rudd was that double edged sword of being so narcissistic he didn't give a shit what other people in his party/Australia thought, he just did what he thought was best. Meant he was less held back by Murdoch/elections than others have been, but on the flip side if he actually was wrong, no amount of bad press/pressure would change his mind.
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Bridget used to be a substitute teacher at my old high school. Any thinking, let alone forward thinking is not really in her capacity.
On another note she never learnt how to spell and say my name correctly.
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Don't know anything about Kooyong but Wentworth is mostly up on very high headland sorts of landscape.
You might lose a bit at Bondi Beach or Rose Bay but the hills rise very rapidly from the water and probably 95% of the electorate is quite high ground.
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Kooyong is at some of the highest points in Melbourne, kilometres from the water, it'd be absolutely fine
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Instead of coming up with a transition plan for communities reliant on high emission industries for the inevitable net zero, we have kicking and screaming.
How are we going to get any traction on this and many other issues when:
- The major reason for the current coalition existing is because they haven't the numbers to govern on their own.
- Their views on this and other issues are appearing to be increasingly divergent not just from each party, but from Australia
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Absolutely the worst people in the Nationals. It's hard to pick who is the actual worst though. Canavan is my pick, that dude is pure evil. Wouldn't be out of place as a southern states Republican senator. Of course there's George Christensen and Barnaby for competition there.
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They say you can't polish a turd, but it's pretty clear to me that Matt Canavan is just the polished version of the turd that is George Christensen.
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Thing about polishing a turd is no matter how polished it is, it's still a handful of shit.
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I'd contend that you can't actually polish a turd but you can make it smooth and cover it in glitter.... either way you're correct it's still a handful of shit...
GNU pTerry
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Why do I have that dread feeling I stole the 'handful of shit' bit from him? I felt clever for making it up.
I'm guessing the bit you're quoting from is Going Postal or maybe Making Money.
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You say that, but clearly the people who voted for Matt think he's shiny, spotless, worthy of being an MP, and not a handful of shit. Either that or they're also piles of shit themselves but that's a rude thing to say.
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the people who voted for Matt think he's shiny, spotless, worthy of being an MP
All 2,255 of them.
Canavan is a senator, he got in on the LNP group preferences.
https://results.aec.gov.au/20499/website/SenateStateFirstPrefs-20499-QLD.htm
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They say you can't polish a turd -----> but you can make it smooth and cover it in glitter.... that's Matt Canavan
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Introducing new and clean industries to regional Australia over a 29 year period... You really need to be an ideologically twisted sycophant to still be against this.
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Disclaimer: I do agtech
You really need to be an ideologically twisted sycophant to still be against this.
I tried to invest $100 million into Bruz's electorate. High tech food and energy production for export. About 100 local high paying jobs (robotics / electrical engineering etc. He would not even see me.
A bloke who owned a farmstay rang me and told me it was due to his "AirBnB", I said so what I have an Airbnb as well, what does that have to do with it". Then I saw it on FreindlyJordies, over $5 million and it was not even on his list of interests.
Bruz and the other Nats actually HATE FARMERS. If you try and do anything in NATs regions to help farmers, you will be targeted.
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If Barnaby Joyce was a female... that's impression I get when I see her talking.
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Not sure Barnaby knows how to use a spreadsheet though
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I think his assistant Vikki would disagree. HEY-YO! Ba-Dum-Ching.
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Underrated comment.
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He isn't vacuous, he is full of shit.
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No wonder Darren Chester decided to go on a sabatical.
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Yes....yes..... Let the infighting flow through you
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It's obvious that getting a few more votes from the coal miners is more important then saving the planet.
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This the lady that was in charge of Sports Rorts?
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No just the lackey that took the fall.
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She still funelled funds to her own shooting club and was actively involved in the whole rorts saga.
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Oh for sure but you don't think it was her brain child do you? She was probably encouraged by the architect to give her shooting club that money just in case somebody looked into the whole thing. Having a patsy is one of the key parts of a successful conspiracy.
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There was a LOT of communication with the PMO and it was very clear where the design and construct of the whole scheme stemmed from.
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IIRC, she only scammed ~30K for the gun club - which seems pretty ineffectual compared to the 100K sporting arenas etc..
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Quick note on accuracy - How could Sharma have regained a seat he never held previously?
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Is she an Australian version of Katie Hopkins?
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What has old Custard Cunt got her knickers in a knot over this time?
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Genuine question from an immigrant to Australia: why do people vote for The Nationals? What on earth is the appeal? I come from corrupt Africa and those guys seems better than the Nationals…
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What is the minister for rorts up to now? Oh that's it, playing the part of both sides to keep the polluting lobbyists happy. Frydenberg is a disingenuous bullshit artist trying to gaslight moderate voters to thinking LNP have changed.
Making Australia's inaction on climate change the shame of the world.
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Why the long face Bridget? Don’t be such a nag.
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That is Gold!
Bravo!
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Labor shouldn’t take the bait on this, as in be the goody two shoes.
Coalition infighting on climate change policy is tolerated by the public. It buys them time, and it won’t hurt them electorally unless an independent pulls off an effective campaign like Steggall.
As soon as the election campaign begins, the Coalition will unite behind their default “we have to act on climate change, but also protect industries” position and go into the election with zero policies.
I'm not sure they always have zero policies.
Their strategy seems to be to have the minimum necessary to convince concerned wet/moderate supporters that they are doing something, so those people can vote Coalition with a relieved conscience.
It's the equivalent of the "saving deaths at sea" talking point.
The problem is, whatever policies they have fall into either:
No-one really falls for any of this though. Anyone who has even the slightest care about the environment or long-term economic stability doesn't vote Liberal.