Is it true that tax payers also paid for Tony Abbott's

[donnashuggy]

Budgie Smugglers?

[freshwater-2]

Maybe I could use the Australian flag and carry a plastic water pistol or a water blaster in the back of the ute, that'l show em !

Good one.....ha ha ha.

[newstart2380]

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@just_me_karen wrote:
No it's not. Rabbit admitted it and paid the money back. He has sponsorship all over his sport clothes. What a disgraceful PM he is.

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If you are going to be critical of Tony Abbott who paid back the money are you gloing to be critical of Mark Dreyfus who has not paid back the money he spent taking his family to Perisher for a holiday ? or is that a different.

What a fit and sporty PM we have, he is a credit to our sporty way of life. I admire the fact he gets out there and sets a standard, goodness knows most Australians (according to statistics) could certainly follow his lead and do some exersise.

[azureline**]

Oh dear......... there are some quite recent examples of poor judgement, easily found.

[newstart2380]

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@azureline** wrote:

Oh dear......... there are some quite recent examples of poor judgement, easily found.

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Maybe but on both sides

[izabsmiling]

NS, which lot of money are you referring to with our current PM ?

when did he pay it back ? or 'the debts' back ?..how long afterwards ? 

has he paid them all back?

did others ie Peter Slipper pay back his debt and still had to go to Court ...was this encouraged by our Current PM at that time (he being opposition leader ) while he himself was taking our charity .

Do you hold him above the Law ?

Does He place himself there ? 

and if so ...is that a good thing do you think ? Do you respect that attitude ?

[newstart2380]

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@izabsmiling wrote:

NS, which lot of money are you referring to with our current PM ?

when did he pay it back ? or 'the debts' back ?..how long afterwards ? 

has he paid them all back?

did others ie Peter Slipper pay back his debt and still had to go to Court ...was this encouraged by our Current PM at that time (he being opposition leader ) while he himself was taking our charity .

Do you hold him above the Law ?

Does He place himself there ? 

and if so ...is that a good thing do you think ? Do you respect that attitude ?

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I am referring to the money for the wedding of Peter Slipper $600 and the $1095 to attend former Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella's wedding in Wangaratta in 2006.

Don't know much about Peter Slippery, he did not register as very important to me.

No one is ablove the law.

Only Tony Abbott would know that for sure but I don't think so

I don't respect any polititian whether Lib or Lab who thinks he/she is above the law.

But I am not one eyed like so many here, I believe the new government deserves a fair go, the others had 6 years and that was a fair go.

[izabsmiling]

Newstart as no one is above the law and the rule of law applies to all of us .

It looks silly and childish if a PM of a Country and those who support/promote him/her stick their bottom lip out ,stamp their feet and seemingly shout at everyone else where and when it is and does apply to them...or at least expected to apply to them.

[izabsmiling]

Newstart wrote:AHHH, don't let that stop you, it doesn't stop others

is that like "but but but Mum he/she did this" when being reprimanded for their own actions ?

...when what he/she did doesn't make the actions/words of that child right or excuse them .

[lurker17260]

those who don't like the way it is governed, take a plane to somewehere, anywhere.

Why didn't you take your own advise when the ALP was in government then?  

What on earth would Australia be like if everytime someone didn't like the actions of the current government they had to leave?  Not quite the democracy most of us prefer to live under.  Or would you prefer that Australians didn't have any choice in who governs?

[izabsmiling]

 some perhaps don't like the rights and freedoms we all have within the bounds of the Law .

If they don't like any of the above ...perhaps they are the people who aren't happy in our Country ?