Gillio Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Haha, just saw that. What a tosspot.Hope everyone's enjoying the day though :thumbsup:. I'm off to the city for my last Perth Skyshow. You going to the beach Gill?We might wander down if it cools off enough, and we lay off the wine we're drinking, but we can see some of hillary's fireworks from here, so may just lay back and take it easy. Tom has cooked some lamb shanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Tom has cooked some lamb shanks.Kekovic would be proud... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillio Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Kekovic would be proud...oh yes, thats the only reason, of course................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Scot A Ellison Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Y'all,What's up with this:http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/26/world/australia-protests/index.html?c=asia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsputnik Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Kekovic would be proud...How good are those ads? :cool4:Of course, if I want lamb over here I have to auction off body parts... and it's usually Kiwi anyway! :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsputnik Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Y'all,What's up with this:http://www.cnn.com/2...dex.html?c=asiaI dunno, but the activists didn't really help their cause today.I didn't see Tony Abbott's comments as being all that bad really. Some moron said he was trying to incite race riots. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 From what I saw it looks like the security team went a bit over the top.And Abbott, while not trying to incite a race riot knew exactly what he was doing when he made those comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paxter Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 I just saw the 10-day weather forecast for Sydney...made me want to unpack my bags! Is it usually like this in Jan/Feb? :shocked:@Ser Scot: Our opposition leader (once dubbed by the PM as the love-child of Sarah Palin and Donald Trump) made some incendiary remarks about an indigenous protest. Some people got angry about it and interrupted the PM's lunch. Security and the police overreacted. General hilarity, laughter and much face-palming ensued. All par for the course really where Canberra is concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh_wulff Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 I just saw the 10-day weather forecast for Sydney...made me want to unpack my bags! Is it usually like this in Jan/Feb? :shocked:It's usually hot and humid- but recntly we're getting semitropical with a wet summer. ( and this summer , summer didn't get the memo to get here pronto) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsputnik Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Hey Pax, how is Perth treating you? Hot enough for ya yet? ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crackclaw Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 From what I saw it looks like the security team went a bit over the top.Remember that the security team is not only there for the PM, but also to ensure security of the situation. Their rationale was that the restaurant was not secure and was packed with dozens of 'innocent' civilians, all encased in a box of plate glass. The thinking was that by removing the politicians, the situation would be defused for the greater good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Hey Pax, how is Perth treating you? Hot enough for ya yet? ;)I don't about Pax, but it was 40 and we had a thunderstorm yesterday. It pissed down for about an hour last night but it didn't make any difference to the heat.It's 8.15am here and it feels like it's bloddy 40 already today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 Remember that the security team is not only there for the PM, but also to ensure security of the situation. Their rationale was that the restaurant was not secure and was packed with dozens of 'innocent' civilians, all encased in a box of plate glass. The thinking was that by removing the politicians, the situation would be defused for the greater good.Yeah, I had a proper gander at the papers this morning and fair enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurney Halleck Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 As a Canberran I can understand how some may want the tent embassy to be dismantled. It is quite ramshakle, but we have accepted it for 40 odd years.Tony Abbott went about it the wrong way. And saying what he did on Australia Day, when the tent embassy crowd swells dramatically, well, not a great move.The Tent Embassy is going nowhere anytime soon. Free rent, free water, free ameneties (minus electricity) and some of the most prime real estate in the Parliamentary Triangle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 (there is a book in this, I'm thinking something like: 'Too Stupid To Breathe, a Brief History of Sheer and Total Idiocy in the Highest Echelons of the ALP 2008-2012')PM's staffer resigns after passing on infoThe federal coalition has called for an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the resignation of a member of Prime Minister Julia Gillard's media unit.The news comes after a protest on Thursday by tent embassy supporters that sparked a security scare at a Canberra restaurant.It also follows claims made on Macquarie Radio by broadcaster Ray Hadley that someone from her office had contacted the tent embassy in Canberra to tell protesters the location of Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, who was with Ms Gillard.While the media adviser - named as Tony Hodges - did not directly tell tent embassy organisers where Mr Abbott was, the person he did tell passed that information on."A member of the Prime Minister's media unit did call another individual yesterday and disclosed the presence of the Opposition Leader at the Lobby restaurant," a spokesperson said in a statement."This information was subsequently passed onto a member of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy."Otherwise I hope everyone had a lovely Australia Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Éomer Posted January 27, 2012 Share Posted January 27, 2012 First Australia Day I did not have to work! So I was pretty pumped. Alas, I did not get on it like last year after my shift, I gym-ed it up and went for a run. For me, no beer on Australia day was pretty hard, but I couldn't end my new workout plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arantius Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 That's commitment, Eomer! I also hit the gym, and again today, but that's because I hike the Routeburn Track in a week and half so every bit of fitness counts. Currently they're having winter conditions in NZ's southern alps with snow down to 1200m, so that's something to look forward to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Éomer Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 My new workout plan was only in it's second week so I had to be committed haha. Or I would have been partying it up like the rest of my fellow Aussies. Having a beer now (XXXX Summer) to make up for it though. But It won't be at an Australia Day pace. I have never been to the snow, I must see it one day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLU-RAY Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Nobody started an Aussie Open thread, so a quick comment here; it's 5:20 AM stateside, and I don't know why the hell I'm up, but that was a dominant-ass performance from Azarenka in the final. And even still, she was so stunned when she finally won; even during the trophy presentation, she looked like she was in shock. Cute kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Éomer Posted January 28, 2012 Share Posted January 28, 2012 Speaking of the Open. For a second there I thought Andy could win the match, didn't happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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