I thought i was being generous by offering up a round of Tooheys, they give that XXXX rubbish away and did not wish to look like a cheap skate.
I thought i was being generous by offering up a round of Tooheys, they give that XXXX rubbish away and did not wish to look like a cheap skate.
DoNotFeedTheTrollsAandBelligerent
sorry steeler..but I have found your problem..you drink that Tooheys stuff...I think you would be better off drinking what is flowing in the brisbane River at the moment than Tooheys,Originally Posted by Steeler
I thought i was being generous by offering up a round of Tooheys, they give that XXXX rubbish away and did not wish to look like a cheap skate.
What! - XXXX ?
Give a man a fish & he will eat for a day !
Teach him how to fish
& he will sit in a boat - & drink beer all day!
TEAM MOJIKO
Similar issue at the last QLD State election.
After the Labor party banging on and on about transparency around political donations (and pointing directly to 'evil' Clive Palmer) .. it turns out the CFMEU donated a nice big fat chunck of cash to the QLD ALP ... AFTER the bell had gone (i.e donations not legally allowed to be accepted)... and the ALP accepted it ! Don't tell me they didn't know the rules ... of course they did !
Once this was exposed .... it was off to the Electoral Commission for an investigation. The Commission found that indeed that the ALP had clearly broken the law. But ... surprise surprise .... the Commission found it was all too hard to prosecute the Labor Party (who is their employer and no doubt lots of PSU members in the Commission) citing "technical breaches" .. and "not in the Public's interest".
Funny ... I though upholding the law was in our interest.
Read it here ... http://www.ecq.qld.gov.au/WorkArea/l...252&libID=3272
Anyway ... goes to show that the Labor Party and the Greens are lairs. They want YOU to believe that they are above reproach in political & social morality ... and do EXACTLY the opposite ... then hide behind the lamest of excuses, endless reviews and administrative hyperbole.
I have no doubt that the LNP are full of scumbags as well (sorry Mark) ... but one thing that IS certain is that you know what you will get with the LNP and they are FAR more open on their approach to politics ... point in case is their policy on political donations.
What you get from Labor and the Greens are strict rules of conduct that YOU must abide by (Labor and Greens specialise in telling you how you will live in this world) and then exonerate themselves in from that very same rule. Apparently "some pigs are more equal than others". My guess is most of them eat a lot of seafood too !
The proof is in this Wotif.com issue and the Labors political donations. Bob Brown wants to limit political donations $1000 per person/organisation ... but just took a healthy +$1.5m donation himself. Awesome work, Bob !
The Greens, the ALP and their supporting Unions are a pack of FRAUDS !
Political rant over !
Sunshine Coast - Kevlacat 5.2
Too right !! what a joke of a thread, very misleading title and hardly fishing news. I dont give 2 shits where their money comes from, they all get donations. Also a very piss poor response from Mark Robinson "MP". Send this shite to the bilge please.
I hope the NSW libs dont play this sort of crap come election time.
And who thought Greenfields were just ride on mowers ?????????
The Greenfields Foundation was found to be an associated entity of the Liberal Party, yet it still refuses to provide the AEC with full Donor Returns, submitting unsigned returns in defiance of the AEC’s finding. As such, the true donors of the $4.6 million (effectively to the Liberal Party) remain hidden.
The companies Bunori Pty Ltd and Liberal Properties Ltd are associated entities of the Liberal Party (NSW Division). According to ASIC, the NSW Division of the Liberal Party is their ultimate holding company although it is not a registered company. There are a number of interest-free multi-million-dollar ‘intercompany’ loans between the NSW Division and its associated entities, none of which are properly disclosed or linked to a financial institution. This arrangement is far from transparent and is suggestive of another Greenfields Foundation-style arrangement.
As for Wotif a political cynic would suggest that by playing the company ( wrongly ) not the man ( rightly ) political opponents might be hoping for his removal at Wotif thus denying him of his remuneration.Would a pollie think like this of course not.
Deepfried.as for Big Barry the best he can do is keep his mouth shut let the Texan continue to self destruct and he his past the post.
DoNotFeedTheTrollsAandBelligerent
I agree with many of the sentiments stated here, but one thing I think is getting lost in the blow hard:
Wotif supports the Greens. The anti fishing, you me and us hating Green bastards.
So yes there is all sorts of stuff about who lent what to who and doesn't want anyone to know, but this $%^& donated a shitload to the Greens. Different, imo.
Tim
Carbon Really Ain't Pollution.
The company Wotif suports
1/ The ACT Abused Cild Trust
2/ The Oaktree Foundation's "Schools 4 Schools Program"
3/ The Australian Orangutang Project, a breeding program to save the Borneo orangutang
4/ The CCF Foundation (through Wotif's Thailand office) they put Thai orphans through school
Every 12 months the board of Wotif (inc Graham Wood) decide who receives financial support the company, the Greens have never got a cent off them.
Graham Wood personally suported the Greens to the tune of 1.5 million, It ain't rocket surgery. He's been throwing it around at environmental causes out of his own pocket for years. Gee's he gave the University of Qld a wooping 15 million of his own coin for population & environment studies.
Oh yes and he paid for Qld Uni's Centre for Youth Substance Abuse Research
Woods owns 23% of Wotif, the other 77% is publicly owned, and that's mainly Aussies (inc many super funds such as mine)
For those intersted in booking online accommodation from elsewhere, many Australian and overseas accommodation places have links to the following:
Agoda
Venere (Expedia)
Quick Beds (Flight Centre)
Rates to Go (Hotel Club)
Standby Rates
Need It Now
Accommodation Guru
Ezi Beds
Checkin.com
Plus the usual links to:
Total Travel, TakeABreak, Stayz, BABS, AAAT (via RACQ etc)
There are so many 'me too' sites and satellites via Roam Free that give you further choice.
However, WOTIF does hold around 70% of the Australian market share and most accommodation owners have an excellent relationship with Wotif's staff. In every respect other than this donation issue they are a good Aussie business to work with.
Finally, whichever accommodation website you use, make sure you always check out the target accommodation via Tripadvisor and the property's own website to see what others think.
Cheers
P
I refer people to the greens website: http://greensmps.org.au/content/medi...ical-donations
Its not about who donates to political parties, its about the hypocrisy shown by the greens. They are happy to receive large donations, but are apparently opposed to it at the same time.
Its not about who donates to political parties, its about the hypocrisy shown by the greens. They are happy to receive large donations, but are apparently opposed to it at the same time.
Sorry Andy beg to differ if you look at the thread title and its misleading nature.
DoNotFeedTheTrollsAandBelligerent
Andy the whole thread is titled "Wotif.com finances Greens party $1.6m" & the link takes you to the FaceBook site - "Boycott Wotif",
Your point is a correct and very valid issue Andy and I agree, but that's not what Mark posted.
Yeah, it is different. The person who owns a bit of Wotif donated to the Greens, the company didn't. What is it that you don't understand?
Have you thought for just one minute that the politically motivated original post might just be designed to stir the dribbling idiots into dribbling idiot behaviour. Dribbling idiots are a favourite group for the pollies because they are so easy to manipulate.
Might be useful for readers to get some facts before going ballistic. You are being conned!!!!
From:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nati...-1225983971339
(Quote) THE founder of travel website wotif.com donated a record $1.6 million to the Australian Greens election campaign. (unquote)
The original post is straight out BS by a pollie hoping to get support from the not-so-smart Ausfish members. What kind of scumbag is happy to hurt an Australian company by posting such blatant misinformation? You might just get an answer by starting with another look at the OP.
Chaz
Don't see much hypocrisy in the Greens behaviour. They only acted within the existing rules. Having a policy to change those rules does not require them to give the rest a free kick by not taking donations.
Chaz
Yep. And I bet he did it with the secure belief that the Greens would give him no benefits whatsoever as a result. He owns the Business, or at least enough of it to count. If anyone thinks he did it as a private donation in order to ensure that his Business received no favours, they're dreaming.
No one that rich does anything without a reason. Support the Greens? I will not support you.
Tim
Carbon Really Ain't Pollution.
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