tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post6017235926785834533..comments2023-04-20T04:34:11.624+10:00Comments on CAIRNS HILLBILLY WATCH - DAILY LIFE IN CAIRNS, QLD EXPLAINED BY RATIONAL, THINKING PEOPLE: AUSTRALIAN POLITICIANS TURN IDEA OF "PUBLIC SERVICE" INTO GIANT RORT ON AUSTRALIAN TAXPAYERSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-77421922623892699592013-07-07T03:44:40.067+10:002013-07-07T03:44:40.067+10:00What an easy ride Manning has had since he was May...What an easy ride Manning has had since he was Mayor. He's done buggar all except to fart and fluff around, full of piss and wind, like his colleague Entsch. The only thing he has "achieved" and I say that with as much sarcasm as I can muster, is to bring in the Chinese billionaires who have bought Double Island as a private, exclusive resort for Chinese and now a Chinese casino out at Yorkeys Knob. This will bring in the Triads, the prostitutes and change this city forever. There are good reasons why the Chinese government won't allow casinos on their mainland, however the likes of Manning and Entsch lack the intelligence to investigate those reasons. So now this wealthy bumbling fool of a Mayor has given himself an enmormous helping from the public trough. Doesn't surprise me at all. We should all be asking just where is that $38 million which was allocated to the CRC by the Bligh Government for renovating the CBD?? We know from the SECRET emails between Manning and King that the money was given out. Where the hell is it? Given the lies, the cunning, the sheer deceit and the self-serving greed, it wouldnt surprise me at all if that money hasn't been misappropriated and is in some offshore bank account somewhere waiting for a certain corrupt someone to piss off out of Australia and live a life of opulence and sheer indulgence somewhere. Jethronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-62888404780532296902013-07-04T19:45:53.659+10:002013-07-04T19:45:53.659+10:00oh shucks I apologise for my criticism of our este...oh shucks I apologise for my criticism of our esteemed leaders /sponsors of this site/city what did I say ?shanghainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-27489792353210198392013-07-04T17:49:12.426+10:002013-07-04T17:49:12.426+10:00Hello HillBilly.
Perhaps you can expose to your re...Hello HillBilly.<br />Perhaps you can expose to your readers when Bob Manning refused to negotiate an EBA with employees of Cairns Port Authority whilst he was CEO in 1999. The Minister for Transport, Steve Bredhauer had to step in and negotiate with staff directly for a modest pay rise outcome. This was the tipping point whereby the state government removed Manning as CEO of Cairns Port Authority.<br />It is now time for Bob Manning to prove if he is worth a pay rise?Steven Nowakowskinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-4120637635315752312013-07-04T16:52:04.320+10:002013-07-04T16:52:04.320+10:00Thanks for the excellent analysis, HBW. We're ...Thanks for the excellent analysis, HBW. We're unlikely to find it anywhere else.<br /> Vi L. Schummnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-67126549065953157362013-07-04T11:57:44.996+10:002013-07-04T11:57:44.996+10:00Excuse me.. 30k for pensioners. In your dreams!
Tr...Excuse me.. 30k for pensioners. In your dreams!<br />Try less than 19k, at least on my planetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-3433019770010757762013-07-04T11:23:11.537+10:002013-07-04T11:23:11.537+10:00And the QLD Unions campaigned against AnnaAnd the QLD Unions campaigned against AnnaIvornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-51931966876518039222013-07-03T23:18:14.301+10:002013-07-03T23:18:14.301+10:00I don't think you need think about Abbott for ...I don't think you need think about Abbott for too much longer Alison A above. Twitter is currently running a poll asking people to vote on whether or not Malcolm Turnbull should replace Abbott as LNP Leader. Last time I looked at the results 70% of Twitters responded Yes! Abbott is learning the hard way that people in glass houses -Sethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-42387937478153976652013-07-03T20:43:42.775+10:002013-07-03T20:43:42.775+10:00What an obscene pay rise for a bunch of geriatrics...What an obscene pay rise for a bunch of geriatrics whom hardly anyone had ever heard of before they all "stood for Council" and have scarcely ever seen since they put their arses in the Council seats. Manning has demonstrated insatiable greed equal to a hog at a trough. He was quite well off TA VERY MUCH before he won the Mayoralty with an easy ride from unprecedented help from the local media machine. Greedy bastard.John S,noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-67674558005824464402013-07-03T20:29:03.623+10:002013-07-03T20:29:03.623+10:00So much cynicism! Campbell Newman and the LNP used...So much cynicism! Campbell Newman and the LNP used strategy to win government. They relentlessly bashed the ALP State Government and Anna Bligh. With the help of the MSM they psyched the voter up into such an emotional state, the voters couldn't wait to vote the Bligh Government OUT. That's what they did. Queenslanders voted a Government OUT. They did not consciously think of what they were voting IN. Newman did not campaign on a platform of well explained and costed policies. His campaign was all smear and fear and the State "debt" which he exaggerated by comparing Queensland to Greece (of all things!).<br />The LNP revealed very little of what they intended to do once they got into government. It was all kept hush hush while they were bashing Anna Bligh. It wasn't until after the election that the LNP revealed their plans to slash tens of thousands of jobs, raise the cost of living, outsource government business to mates, sell off $9 billion in State Crown land, privatise Queensland's free hospitals and, of course, give themselves the biggest salaries of all politicians in Australia.<br />It was unethical, deceitful and sly politics but highly successful for Campbell Newman and the LNP. Voters really only have themselves to blame for their own gullibility and lack of judgement. One last thing, Abbott is following the exact same modus operandi and not revealing much about his partys policies at the Federal level. <br /> Alison Allowaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-71234378579046240502013-07-03T20:07:54.586+10:002013-07-03T20:07:54.586+10:00WTF Shanghai!
Did you say Abbott's work choice...WTF Shanghai!<br />Did you say Abbott's work choices will turn back the boats, sorry I mean, Manning's pay rise?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-53863088786310612162013-07-03T18:44:57.773+10:002013-07-03T18:44:57.773+10:00Pollies bah autocorrectPollies bah autocorrectArgus Tuftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-1347244702228374712013-07-03T14:15:03.062+10:002013-07-03T14:15:03.062+10:00Politicians have been keen to implement "perf...Politicians have been keen to implement "performance pay" for teachers and other public servants. Isn't it about time we demanded "performance pay" for polices? What do we reckon ours would be worth?Argus Tuftnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-71506448202298507612013-07-03T12:20:17.582+10:002013-07-03T12:20:17.582+10:00Abbott has a version of WorkChoices to bring in if...Abbott has a version of WorkChoices to bring in if he is elected and he will abolish Medicare, hence the end of medical bulk billing. So the future for the ordinary voter out there is far less wages and higher living costs. Meanwhile the LNP politicians keep on giving themselves obscene rises. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-81048528582484721532013-07-03T11:55:13.182+10:002013-07-03T11:55:13.182+10:00Those that have just been sacked probably all vote...Those that have just been sacked probably all voted for Campbell Newman. One out of two Queenslanders did. Must be a nice feeling knowing you voted yourself out of a job, lost your house, your car and have an uncertain future where you probably won't be able to afford health care. But hey at least you voted for the party to give themselves the highest parliamentary salaries ever. Oh and the main thing of course is that there is no female political leader, now that's the main thing. rubynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-14644111748171909062013-07-03T11:41:51.962+10:002013-07-03T11:41:51.962+10:00Anna Bligh froze the salaries of Queensland parlia...Anna Bligh froze the salaries of Queensland parliamentarians. Val Schier refused any pay increases in her last two terms. Did it do them any good??? Any outrage and indignation from the voters over this greedy grab for money will be a storm in a teacup. They will soon be overwhelmed with joy at the thought that Tony Abbott is going to "turn all the boats back" like a messiah.Bob R.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-36889993795265479872013-07-03T11:11:30.830+10:002013-07-03T11:11:30.830+10:00Those that have just been sacked should be rioting...Those that have just been sacked should be rioting in the street and probly would if they weren't so drunk, because of being depressed. Its fucken bullshit and if this was to happen in other country's like Egypt those low life pollies would be in hiding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3182703408922632531.post-81282925789308225292013-07-03T11:07:39.448+10:002013-07-03T11:07:39.448+10:00The revolution can't come soon enough. "E...The revolution can't come soon enough. "Executive" pay packets are obscenely out of step with the rest of society.Tony Hillierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811119917896735831noreply@blogger.com