Takže je vymaľované! Súčasný parlament zložený z totálne neschopných politikov skončil. Je úplne namieste povedať, že konečne. Zvádza to konštatovať, že aj fraške je koniec. Lenže… ako možno vidieť z toho, čo sa teraz deje a ako sa títo politici správajú naďalej, vyzerá to skôr na začiatok nového konca. Taký september, aký nás zrejme čaká, nebol ani v Amerike po 11. septembri 2001. Tam spadli len dve budovy, ale u nás hrozí, že padne celý štát… síce len na hubu, ale aj to by malo byť pre obyvateľov Slovenska varovaním.
Stačí sa poobzerať naokolo po predvolebných plagátoch a heslách na nich. Ksichty, čo tu celé roky škodia a neurobili nič z toho, čo nasľubovali predtým, sľubujú ďalej. Jeden hru „mení“, iný ju „nemení“. A „jamkatý“ sľubuje, že všetko bude lacnejšie. Kde bol odteraz? Veď bol aj premiérom! Dokonca vyťahuje kartu o „zodpovednosti politikov“. Doteraz však neprešla a ani nikdy neprejde cez parlament – vlastne cez nich samých. „Hranol“ na „jamkatého“ vyťahuje buzerantstvo a „Balónik“ vyzýva „Hranola“ do súboja, kto má lepších odborníkov. Všimol si azda niekto, aby hocikto iný, mimo SaS, o „Balónikových odborníkoch“ povedal, či napísal, že sú odborníci? Samozrejme, že nie. Toto nehorázne klamstvo šíria o sebe len oni sami . Pripomíname, že ešte nedávno tvrdil, že odbornosť na vrcholných miestach je „na príťaž“, že to všetko musia riadiť „manažéri“. Ale manažér, ktorý o probléme nič nevie, je úplne „nanič“. Viete, ako sa hovorí o odborníkoch a špecialistoch: Špecialista vie všetko o hovne a odborník vie hovno o všetkom. Alebo naopak …? 😊

Ale netýka sa to len „Balónika“, týka sa to všetkých. A netýka sa to len odbornosti, ale najmä toho, kto z nich čo kedy dokázal a najmä ich charakteru. To by mali byť rozhodujúce kritériá na to, aby sme niekomu dovolili nás zastupovať (myslíme tým, v parlamente).
Blíži sa termín ďalších parlamentných volieb a je jedno, či sú predčasné. Znova nás idú tie isté ksichty presviedčať, aby sme volili práve ich. A čo urobí Slovač? Nuž, ako sprosté, tupé stádo pôjde voliť znova tých istých. Veď pamäť nemá žiadnu, sme holubičí národ, ktorý všetko všetkým odpúšťa a tak sme zabudli na výzvu Sama Chalupku ešte z roku 1864 „Mor ho!“. Nemáme už cisára, tak sme si našli na svoje vlastné zotročovanie svojich vlastných ľudí – politikov. Sme ich otrokmi, hračkou v rukách ich moci. Sme presne ako Mimoni zo známeho filmu, ktorí celý čas hľadajú na Zemi toho najhoršieho Zloducha, aby mali koho velebiť a poslúchať. Slovač si tých najhorších zakaždým nájde raz-dva. Nerozumieme, prečo sme my Slováci taký sprostý národ.

Nemá význam rozoberať, koho vlastne voliť. Niet totiž koho. Všetci tu už raz boli a všetci ukázali, že im ide len o ich vlastné blaho. Československo vraj kedysi patrilo medzi najmenej zadlžené štáty. Zvládalo dokonca ekonomicky podporovať Kubu, Vietnam, aj kusisko Afriky. Všetko sme mali zo svojho vlastného vrecka. V pamätnom novembri 1989 sa kričalo, že „Máme holé ruce!“, teraz sa k tomu môžu pridať, že aj „holé rite“. A komu za to vďačíme? Možno by ste povedali, že práve týmto politikom, no nie je to celkom pravda. Vďačíme za to len a len sami sebe, pretože my sme im umožnili robiť si s nami, čo sa im zapáči, či čo sa im v ich chorých hlavách v noci prisnije. Každý robí to, čo sa mu dovolí a my sme im to doteraz dovoľovali. Silne pochybujeme, že by sa to po nadchádzajúcich voľbách zmenilo.

Totiž, každý národ má takú vládu, akú si zaslúži… alebo horšiu.

Tento portál mal slúžiť na to, aby si náš národ uvedomil, kde je skutočná podstata jeho vlastnej biedy, kde sú korene toho zla a aké sú možné cesty z tohto marazmu von. Nezdá sa nám, že by sme boli dosiahli, čo sme zamýšľali. Podľa všetkého sa tu nič nezmení, lebo ľuďom je už všetko jedno.

Ale pamätajte si, nikto nám neurobí tak zle, ako my sami sebe. Na to pamätajte, keď pôjdete v septembri k volebným urnám.

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  28. The Australian government has issued a stern warning to horror fans flocking to cinemas to see the ultra-violent slasher
    film Terrifier 3, cautioning audiences about
    its extreme content and disturbing themes.

    The film, directed by Damien Leone, has drawn huge crowds since it’s release on October 10, as it continues the blood-soaked saga of Art the Clown with more gruesome,
    stomach-churning scenes.

    The movie has broken box office records as horror enthusiasts are
    lured in by the film’s reputation for intense violence and shock value.

    The Department of Infrastructure, Transport,
    Regional Development, Communications, and the Arts has warned Australian audiences to prepare for scenes of graphic violence, dismemberment and disturbing themes that go well beyond
    typical horror fare.

    The film includes brutal depictions of murder using a variety of weapons, from
    chainsaws to axes and guns, resulting in explicit injury detail and copious amounts of
    blood.

    The warning also highlights that the movie portrays self-harm, cannibalism, animal cruelty and violence involving children, pushing the boundaries of what the
    most hardened horror fans has seen before.

    One of the film’s more controversial moments includes a scene of implied masturbation coupled with self-harm, along with
    a shower scene that hints at sexual activity. 

    The Australian government has issued a stern warning to horror
    fans flocking to cinemas to see the ultra-violent slasher film Terrifier
    3, cautioning audiences about its extreme content and disturbing themes 

    The film, directed by Damien Leone, has drawn huge
    crowds since it’s release on October 10, as it continues the blood-soaked saga
    of Art the Clown with more gruesome, stomach-churning scenes 

    In addition, male genital nudity and obscured shots of female breast
    and buttock nudity have caused concern among viewers and the
    classification board alike.

    The film’s R18+ rating in Australia is due to its high impact
    violence, blood, gore and explicit sexual content.

    Despite these warnings, audiences have turned out in droves.

    The Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, and the Arts has warned Australian audiences to prepare for scenes of graphic violence, dismemberment and disturbing themes that go well beyond typical horror fare 

    Many cinema-goers in Sydney and Melbourne reportedly clapped and cheered during some of the film’s most grotesque death scenes.

    This latest instalment of the Terrifier franchise is a continuation of the
    sadistic horror unleashed by Art the Clown, a character who has now
    become a modern horror icon for his relentless brutality.

    In Terrifier 3, Art’s reign of terror continues, once again targeting Sienna Shaw who narrowly survived his attacks
    in the previous movie.

    Sienna, portrayed by actress Lauren LaVera, takes on Art in a deadly showdown that is as gory as it is horrifying,
    featuring scenes of decapitations, dismemberments and visceral body horror.

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    ‚Traumatising‘ horror sequel leaves two Perth
    moviegoers unconscious and one injured

    The Terrifier franchise, which began in 2016, quickly gained a cult following due to its extreme violence and over-the-top death scenes.

    The first film, which saw Art the Clown mutilate a victim with a hacksaw,
    shocked audiences with its brutal kill sequences.

    The sequel, Terrifier 2, went viral last year after reports emerged that
    viewers were fainting and vomiting in cinemas due to its graphic content.

    Now, with Terrifier 3, Leone has doubled down on the carnage,
    taking the gore to new, unsettling levels.

    Despite Australia’s strict film censorship laws, Terrifier 3 was
    approved for theatrical release with a strong warning attached.

    The film’s notoriety has only heightened its appeal to horror fans,
    who continue to fill cinemas across the country.

    Earlier this month, two people fainted and fled for the exit when it hit a Perth cinema for early previews.

    According to multiple eye witness accounts, one young woman badly injured herself
    after she fell down the cinema stairs while fleeing the movie theatre.

    ‚This is going to sound made up and I promise you it’s
    not,‘ Australian horror film critic Emma Clarke began her review of
    David Leone’s controversial new horror-slasher.

    The Rotten Tomatoes verified critic said two people fainted right in front of her during the screening she attended at Innaloo Cinemas in Perth over the
    weekend.

    The first fainted during the opening scene, she said in her film review shared to
    YouTube, and the second nearer to the end of the two-house spectacle.

    ‚Can you tell me… why did two people feint right in front of me during that film?‘ she said.

    ‚Both trying to run down the stairs to get to the bathrooms because they felt so queasy.‘

    The horror film fanatic said she spoke to both people and tried
    to assist them because she was seated directly behind them.

    The first was a man, who left with a friend who came to
    check on him, and second Australian victim was a young woman.

    ‚This poor girl gashed her head open as she fell down the stairs, I
    felt so bad for her. I went and checked on her afterwards,‘ Clarke claimed.

    ‚She did get help. She was with her friend.
    It really shook me up too. It actually took me out of
    the film for the moment.‘

    The reviewer, who has been sharing her thoughts on scary
    movies for the past four years, said she has never seen audience members have such a visceral reaction to a film.

    Many cinema-goers in Sydney and Melbourne reportedly clapped and cheered during
    some of the film’s most grotesque death scenes

    Clarke described the third installment of Leone’s series — which is set
    to open nationally on Thursday, October 11 — as ‚ fun, intense,
    gory, disturbed, and over the top.‘

    ‚I’m not used to horror actually hurting people, so that was a really strange experience,‘ she said.

    ‚Before anyone says they’re paid actors, I saw the girl
    and she had injuries. They were both very young people. I feel really awful about it to be honest.‘

    ‚It was a very scary moment trying to help them out.‘

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  32. Australian politicians are almost always opting to fly with Qantas on taxpayer-funded
    trips, despite Virgin offering cheaper tickets.

    Federal MPs flew with the national carrier for 80 per
    cent of work trips last year despite it not always
    being the cheapest route, according to travel data provided to the government.

    While politicians and their staffers are required to book the cheapest flight, it also has to be
    the most efficient, with Qantas offering the most routes between major cities.

    MPs are banned from accruing frequent flyer
    points on taxpayer-funded trips like ordinary Aussies
    can, but they can can receive lifetime status credits, which allows access to airport lounges and flight upgrades.

    ‚How else can one explain the extraordinary dominance of Qantas in securing bookings by parliamentarians and their staff?‘ Myriam Robin wrote in an opinion piece for the
    Australian Financial Review.

    ‚There’s nothing like accruing status credits on someone
    else’s dime.‘

    Transport Minister Catherine King has since committed to a
    review of flight bookings by government officials which will be conducted by the Department of
    Finance this year, despite there being just two months left of 2024.

    Politicians‘ preference for Qantas may also be put down to the airline’s exclusive invite-only
    ‚Chairman’s Lounge‘.

    Australian politicians are almost always opting to fly with Qantas on taxpayer-funded trips, despite Virgin offering cheaper
    tickets. (pictured is Anthony Albanese, with former Qantas boss Alan Joyce, and fiancee Jodie Haydon)

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    The Flying Kanga-RORT – why you’re footing the bill as airlines wine
    and dine pollies in VIP club

    Daily Mail Australia in August revealed that
    nearly every single federal politician in the country has accepted free membership
    of the club.

    Qantas and the Albanese government have both denied the airline enjoys
    any disproportionate level of influence over the country’s political classes.

    A Daily Mail Australia audit of the members‘ interest registers
    – in both the House of Representatives and the Senate – revealed almost
    93 per cent of the nation’s leaders have been ‚gifted‘ membership to the lavish, all-inclusive
    lounge.

    The high profile ranks of government giftees include Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as well as every member of his 22-person Cabinet,
    his seven-person Outer Ministry and all 12 assistant ministers.

    While most politicians declared their Qantas‘ privileges as
    a ‚gift‘, Labor MP Marion Scrymgour listed her membership as
    her ‚Chairman Lounge entitlement‘.

    Daily Mail Australia in August revealed that nearly every single federal politician in the country has accepted
    free membership of Qantas‘ exclusive Chairman’s Lounge.

    And it’s not just politicians on the take, with more than 60 MPs
    – including Marles, Chalmers, King, Bill Shorten, Zali Steggall and Tanya
    Plibersek – disclosing their spouses have also been granted unfettered, independent access to Qantas‘ luxurious members only lounge.

    Often touted as ‚the most exclusive club in the country‘, membership to the
    Chairman’s Lounge has long been veiled in secrecy.

    Even the entrances to each of the country’s six opulent VIP clubs – in Sydney,
    Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra and Perth airports – are suitably discreet.

    Though, once inside, the designer lounges are immediately more
    ostentatious, with free à la carte fine dining, table service,
    a decadent selection of wines and Champagne and a discreet army of dedicated lounge attendants.

    Membership to the club is ‚priceless‘ – it cannot be bought for any amount of money
    nor obtained via any amount of frequent flyers points.

    Instead, each member is hand-picked and approved by the company’s chief executive and
    chairman.

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  33. The cost for one of London’s most pricey
    apartments will begin at £35million – with 600 megarich customers already securing a spot on the waiting list.

    Pricing details of billionaire John Caudwell’s spectacular 1 Mayfair development have
    now been revealed and only those with the deepest pockets can hope to afford one
    of the lavish pads.

    The cheapest apartment on offer is expected to be an eye-watering £35million – around 70 times the average cost
    of a house in the capital.

    Due to complete in Spring 2026 the scheme will easily surpass
    London’s previous record breaker, the £1.3billion One Hyde Park
    development in Knightsbridge.

    Caudwell told The Standard that there are already more than 600 prospective buyers on a waiting list of billionaires and centi-millionaires
    who have expressed an interest in making a purchase at the scheme.

    There will be just 24 ‚principal residences‘ in the
    property including lateral apartments, penthouses and
    townhouses with up to five bedrooms, and five more smaller ‚pieds-à-terre‘
    apartments.

    The size of the homes has not yet been disclosed but the developers say even the most modest property will start with a guide price
    exceeded by only a handful of mansions in London’s richest neighbourhoods. 

    The average price of all 29 units – which cover 300,000 sq ft – will be close
    to £70million. 

    The cost of London’s most pricey apartments will begin at £35million – with 600
    megarich customers already securing a spot on the waiting list.
    Pictured: A Computer generated image of the Mayfair development

    Details of pricing at John Caudwell’s spectacular Mayfair development has now been revealed and only
    those with the deepest pockets can hope to afford one of
    the lavish pads. Pictured: The building’s topping out ceremony

    The entry level price of £35million is 70 times the average London property value of around £500,000, and 130 times the
    national average price of £268,000 revealed in today’s Nationwide house price survey for November.

    The development’s basement is being dug down to 90ft below ground level to make room for a health spa with a 20 metre swimming pool as well as
    a car park.

    The designs were led by New York based architect Robert Stern and practice RAMSA, with contractors,
    Mace, the construction managers and PJ Carey responsible for the
    creation of the basement substructure and superstructure.

    Due to complete in Spring 2026 after a six years build the scheme will easily surpass London’s previous
    record breaker, the £1.3billion One Hyde Park development in Knightsbridge.
    Pictured: The ground floor at 1 Mayfair 

    Billionaire John Caudwell (pictured) is funding the scheme.
    He founded the mobile phones retailers Phones 4u

    The size of the homes has not yet been disclosed but the developers say
    even the most modest property will start with a
    guide price exceeded by only a handful of mansions in London’s richest neighbourhoods.
    Pictured: A glamourous hallway within Mayfair 1

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    Caudwell – who founded the mobile phones retailers Phones 4u – attended the topping out of 1 Mayfair alongside senior members
    of the construction team.

    The ceremony was marked by the final steel rafter, one of
    79 at roof level, being put into place on the top of the nine-storey main apartment building.

    No expense has been spared on the building’s interior and it will feature a ceiling with hand-painted frescos based on Michelangelo’s Map of the
    Heavens in the Vatican, a reception room with a double height
    ceiling and 18ft high French windows overlooking the garden.

    There will also be a Palace of Versailles Hall of Mirrors-style crystal callery, created from over 1,264 hand-set pieces of cut glass, a library
    and a garden gallery, with seating areas opening directly onto the central courtyard
    garden.

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  40. Anthony Albanese has tried to claim his relationship with Alan Joyce was a strictly professional one between a Prime Minister and a corporate titan, as he battles
    claims the Qantas boss was his ‚personal travel agent‘ for free flights and upgrades.

    However that characterization of the relationship was at odds with that made by Mr Joyce,
    who said he was ‚good mates‘ with Mr Albanese and had been ‚for years‘.

    In the wake of the explosive claims that the Prime Minister had Mr
    Joyce arrange free tickets and upgrades, Mr Albanese distanced himself from
    the Qantas chief.

    When asked about about their relationship on Sunday Mr Albanese implied it was purely
    in a professional capacity, having been Transport Minister and
    shadow transport spokesperson before becoming Prime Minister. 

    ‚He (Joyce) was the CEO of the national airline
    … I had the same relationship with him that I have with John Borghetti as the CEO of Virgin,‘
    Mr Albanese said.

    That assessment was at odds with the many
    photos showing Mr Albanese and Mr Joyce apparently
    greatly enjoying each other’s company. 

    Mr Albanese and Mr Joyce were pictured in high
    spirits on the red carpet at the Qantas 100th Gala Dinner
    in March last year.

    In photos from the event, Mr Joyce proudly walks the
    red carpet with one arm around the prime minister and the other around Mr Albanese’s partner, Jodie Haydon.

    Just five months later, in August, a smiling Mr Albanese attended Qantas’s unveiling of it’s
    special ‚Yes 23′ emblazoned airplanes for the Voice referendum.

    Former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce jovially walked the red carpet with one
    arm around the prime minister and the other around his partner, Jodie Haydon for a special anniversary event last year

    Mr Joyce was seen touching Mr Albanese’s arm, with the PM bursting into laughter.

    Even when Scott Morrison was PM,  Mr Joyce enjoyed an apparently close relationship with Mr
    Albanese as the pair stood close together at the
    launch of the Qantas‘ landmark Perth to London flight in March, 2018. 

    During a Senate hearing in September 2023, Mr Joyce
    said he had been ‚friends for years‘ with Mr Albanese.

    Asked about why he gifted Mr Albanese’s son Nathan a membership to the prestigious and exclusive Chairman’s Lounge Mr Joyce refused to confirm or deny but talked up
    his relationship with the Prime Minister.

    ‚I’ve been good mates with Albo for some time,‘ Mr Joyce said. 

    However, the then Qantas CEO refused to say whether he lobbied the Prime Minister on the controversial decision to lock
    competitor Qatar Airways out of domestic
    routes.

    It has since emerged in a new book about Qantas, The Chairman’s Lounge, by former Australian Financial Review columnist Joe Aston that Ms Haydon is also a Chairman’s Lounge member. 

    Mr Albanese and Mr Joyce also appeared to greatly enjoying each other’s company at  a Qantas event in August last year

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    Reports have emerged in a new book Mr Albanese received 22 upgrades from economy from Qantas and he would liaise personally with the former airline
    boss for them. 

    Aston also alleged Mr Albanese directly contacted Mr Joyce while in his various
    parliamentary jobs to ask for special upgrades for himself or
    his family.

    According to unnamed Qantas ‚insiders‘ 11 of the 22 flights Mr Albanese received upgrades
    for were ‚privately funded‘ and included overseas
    trips to Rome, London, Los Angeles and Honolulu, with some being for holidays.

    Mr Albanese insisted on Tuesday that the London flights
    was for work purposes and all were ‚declared in the appropriate way‘.    

    Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has leapt on the accusations describing Mr Albanese as
    being the ‚best friend‘ of Mr Joyce. 

    Mr Dutton told Sky News on Monday night it was ‚strange‘ Mr Albanese had directly contacted
    Mr Joyce to request upgrades while holding a regulatory position in the transport sector.

    ‚If you’re the Transport Minister and you’re picking up the phone to
    one of the most important stakeholders in the portfolio
    asking for a free upgrade, then again, I think the Prime Minister would be able to answer those questions more effectively than anyone else because
    I’m not aware of anyone else having done it,‘ Mr Dutton said.

    It has since emerged that Ms Haydon also has membership of the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge

    The Prime Minister denied frequently asking Mr Joyce for upgrades on Tuesday at press conference in the NSW city of Newcastle.

    ‚The only discussions that I can recall with Alan Joyce certainly were not
    discussed through calls – we discussed the first flight from Australia to Dubai on the A380,‘ he
    said.

    ‚I’ve declared everything in accordance with all of the rules.‘

    Aston was asked on Monday night by ABC interviewer Sarah Ferguson about how confident he was that Mr
    Albanese had made calls personally to Mr Joyce for upgrades.

    ‚I am very comfortable with my sourcing,‘ Aston said.

    Asked whether he thought Mr Albanese had been influenced by Mr Joyce’s lobbying to block
    UAE airline Qatar domestically Aston said it was ‚implausible‘ to think that the Prime Minister’s office
    had nothing to do with the decision.

    Mr Albanese’s son Nathan, 24, has reportedly also been granted access to the Qantas Chairman’s Lounge (pictured, Mr Albanese and son Nathan in May, 2022)

    ‚It’s very hard to imagine a decision of any political sensitivity in the Albanese government that
    would not go through the Prime Minister’s office,‘ Aston replied.

    He noted the opening up of the Australian domestic market Qatar had seemingly
    been sailing through with Transport Minister Catherine King speaking
    warmly about the proposal until ‚everything changed‘ to stop it
    dead in tracks. 

     Ms King repeatedly denied in parliament the decision to block Qatar was due to Qantas lobbying her
    or any Labor colleagues.

    Despite Mr Albanese claiming he declared every upgrade received
    from Qantas the Australian Financial Review reported on Tuesday that he failed to do
    for his former wife Carmel Tebbutt when the two traveled
    together.

    Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has  questioned the alleged personal
    requests Mr Albanese made to Mr Joyce  while in his various parliamentary jobs

    Even when Scott Morrison was prime minister, Mr Joyce appeared to have
    a close relationship with Mr Albanese (the pair are pictured at an event in 2019)

    Sky New host Sharri Markson on Monday night labeled Mr Joyce as ‚basically Albanese’s personal travel agent.‘

    ‚This is all a question of integrity. Most Australians
    struggle to afford even an economy airfare. They’d
    never be able to afford the luxury of business class.
    It’s out of our reach,‘ she said.

    ‚Can Albanese truly be impartial when it comes to
    making decisions about Qantas when he’s been getting tens of
    thousands of dollars worth of free upgrades to business class?
    The revelations puts the decision he made as
    transport minister and prime minister under a cloud.

    ‚Aside from the integrity issues, this revelation is also politically lethal.
    Albanese took care to curate a self-image of a housing commission boy who made it.
    But now the perception is cementing of a long-term pollie enjoying the perks
    of public office.‘

    Another awkward paradox of Mr Albanese’s  apparent close relationship with
    Mr Joyce is that the Labor leader in a trade unionist advocate while Qantas attempted to break the power of the Transport Workers Union by sacking 1700 staff during Covid. 

    The sacking has since been ruled illegal by Federal Court in a case brought by the union with Qantas
    facing possible hundreds of thousands in compensation payouts. 

    The friendship however did find one perhaps unlikely defender in semi-retired 3AW radio star Neil Mitchell. 

    ‚Quick test: upgrade Albo is a bad look,‘ Mitchell wrote on X.

    ‚But does anybody believe he was seriously compromised by having Alan Joyce as a
    bestie? Time to rewrite rules governing politicians.‘ 

    WHAT IS THE QANTAS CHAIRMAN’S CLUB?

    The Qantas Chairman’s Lounge is an invitation-only club approved by the company chairman, with
    the guest list a closely-guarded secret.

    It has been dubbed ¿the most exclusive club in the country¿ and comes with a distinct black card.

    Members include senior-ranking MPs including ministers, state premiers and the Prime Minister,
    leaders of major unions and sporting groups, Qantas ambassadors, selected A-list celebrities, major corporate figures and high-profile media personalities.

    The clubs can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra,
    Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide but are not signed, you have to know where
    to look.

    Inside you will find expensive wood and brass furnishings, wool carpet and marble flooring all bathed in natural
    light. 

    Members enjoy fine à la carte dining with a complimentary
    premium array of beers, spirits and Australian wines.
    Wine bottles are often given as departing gift

    Facilities may also include spas, showers and an assortment of books and magazines.

    Members may bring in two guests at a time. 

    Lounge attendants personally alert you when your flight is to board and your personal preferences are logged for each flight.

    Membership also entitles you to first-class facilities at Qantas partner airlines.

    free upgrades where they are available and a hotline to Qantas’s customer service for any and
    all travel needs. 

    Source: Executive Traveller

     

     

     

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  48. Russell Crowe has argued that the rise of
    independent politicians are better representing the views of
    everyday Australians, unlike the two-party-dominated system in the United States. 

    The Oscar-winning actor made the claim in response to podcast host Joe Rogan  complaining that Americans were ‚completely
    trapped in the two-party system‘.

    ‚We have the same sort of situation, but we have a very interesting thing that’s happening in Australia at the moment, which is
    the rise of independents,‘ Crowe countered.

    ‚The main parties have to deal with the fact those independents have to bring a non-party-line series of
    points to the argument.

    ‚And it’s working well. It’s working for us.
    In that it’s making both of the main parties re-examine who they are and what they stand for.

    Rogan mused ‚we could use that here, for sure‘, highlighting how US politics is completely dominated by the Democrat and
    Republican parties.

    There are other parties, including the Green,
    Libertarian, and Reform parties, but these receive vanishingly few votes in comparison.

    Independent candidates can also stand and have been known to
    perform well on occasion. 

    The Oscar-winning actor (pictured ) made the observation in response to podcast host Joe Rogan who complained that Americans were ‚completely trapped in the two-party system‘

    Joe Rogan (pictured) is one of the most powerful media figures in the world 

    Civil rights opponent George Wallace ran a third-party campaign in the 1968 US election which
    saw him garner 10 million votes and take five southern states, while another disaffected
    Democrat, Strom Thurmond, in 1948 carried four southern states on a similarly racist platform but with only a million votes.

    The nephew of a president, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was poised to get on the ballot
    in dozens of states as an independent candidate before he
    pulled out and backed Republican Donald Trump. 

    He has now been appointed Health secretary in Trump’s incoming cabinet. 

    Trump himself had previously belonged to the Reform Party.

    The former New York property developer had even considered running for president in the 2000 election under the banner
    of that movement – formed by former third-party presidential candidate Ross
    Perot, who won 19 per cent of the popular vote in 1992 but
    gained no electoral college votes.

    Perot was the most popular minority party candidate since former Republican president Teddy
    Roosevelt in 1912 ran as the Bull Moose Party candidate – carrying six states including California and coming second ahead of Republican William
    Taft.

    Australia has seen a rise in recent years of nominally independent politicians who have taken votes
    away from the two traditional parties of Labor and the Liberal-National
    coalition

    This situation is helped by a strong Green party who now have 12
    senators and four members in the House of Representatives. 

    Zali Steggall (pictured) became the first ‚teal‘ independent to achieve huge success when she ousted former prime minister Tony Abbott in his seat in Sydney’s northern beaches at
    the 2019 election

    Meanwhile, independent candidates who run on strong climate platforms but are fiscally conservative have
    been labelled ‚teal‘ candidates.

    This is because they have combined their ‚green‘ views on climate with the
    traditional ‚blue‘ approach of the centre-right Liberal Party on economics.

    Zali Steggall became the first teal independent to achieve huge success when she ousted former
    prime minister Tony Abbott in his seat in Sydney’s northern beaches
    at the 2019 election.

    In similar fashion, Monique Ryan won the traditionally Liberal seat from
    former treasurer Josh Frydenberg at the 2022 election. 

    She was one of seven teals elected, swelling the lower house crossbench
    to 16, with this tally including the four Greens,
    three conservative independents and progressives Andrew Wilkie and
    Helen Haines.

    Crowe’s three-hour conversation with Rogan, which was first
    aired in August, has recently resurfaced in teal social media
    adverts.

    They are being pushed by Melbourne philanthropist Simon Holmes à Court, who
    founded Climate 200, which has given campaign funding to some teal candidates.

    Not all the 12 independents elected in 2022 were teals, however. 

    Maverick independent Bob Katter has just celebrated 50 years in parliament (pictured:
    being congratulated by prime minister Anthony Albanese)

    Dai Lee, a former state Liberal candidate, defeated former Labor frontbencher and former NSW Labor premier
    Kristina Keneally in the south-west Sydney seat of Fowler.

    And, of course, maverick Bob Katter who
    has just celebrated 50 years in parliament, spending 20 years
    as a Queensland state MP before serving the past three decades in federal parliament as
    the MP for the regional far north Queensland electorate of Kennedy. 

    Among his many mad-hat policies over the years include a bid to teach school kids how
    to fire rifles and a desire to build a missile shield across northern Australia.

    The House of Representatives crossbench grew to 17 in late 2022 when Andrew Gee quit the Nationals in protest at its opposition to the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. 

    The Greens and independents make up 11 per cent of the 151-member lower house –
    the highest proportion of non major party MPs since Federation in 1901. 

    Joe Rogan

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