Quentin Bryce - what a champion!

[i-need-a-martini]

How great is this woman?

In the last of the Boyer lectures she imagines an Australia where human rights are pivotal, all marriage is equal and we are our own republic.

Politicians take note. 

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/queens-rep-backs-republic-and-gay-marriage-201...

[i-need-a-martini]

Twinkles - she has gone well beyond the role of her job. That speech in particular shows this clearly. That was the point of my thread.

But I get it. You are an Abbott supporter. So she must be a bad egg aye? No matter how good she actually is. So you thought she was good before. But now that you know who her son in law is, so she is only satisfactory? Laughable.

[twinkles**stars]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

Twinkles - she has gone well beyond the role of her job. That speech in particular shows this clearly. That was the point of my thread.

But I get it. You are an Abbott supporter. So she must be a bad egg aye? No matter how good she actually is. So you thought she was good before. But now that you know who her son in law is, so she is only satisfactory? Laughable.

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I am not a fan of Mr Abbott and have never said I was so your assumption is wrong (again). I have known for for quite a long time who her SIL is...most of us would know? I have always admired her but she has changed of recent time IMO and looks very tired.

Nothing laughable about that...but it is laughable that you think it laughable

[bright.ton42]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

Twinkles - she has gone well beyond the role of her job. That speech in particular shows this clearly. That was the point of my thread.

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Yes she has,  I was shocked but so pleased.  For someone who is obliged by her role to be sooooo diplomatic this was a 

breath of fresh air.  

[*crikey*mate*]

well m'Lady IS 70! and she has had a very busy year - I think she is entitled to "look a little bit tired"!

As incredible as she is, she is still human and not physically, emotionally or mentally infallible!

I worked and resided (staff quarters) at GH Qld when she was GG of Qld, so had occasion to do more than meet her once or twice.

[newstart2380]

She is a true lady and has been a person to admire.

[icyfroth]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

I assume that is sarcasm icy but I am not sure what there was to be sarcastic about. 

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You know what they say about assume, don't you 'tini?

[polocross58]

We pay and house (dress, feed, transport) her very well for doing little more than dressing up and playing a non-arduous role.  We don't pay her to have opinions.  Fine, she has opinions which are those of a woman past 70 who will never have to live under the same conditions as is suffered by the most marginalised group in this and most other countries, i.e., impoverished older women.  As such, her opinions are of no greater import to me than those of the woman next door

If Q. Bryce wanted to make a difference, why not address the coal-face and real issues right  now, such as sixth generation Aussie families compelled to survive in shipping containers out in the bush minus running water, electricity, etc. while those clearly able to pay $16,000 per person are buying fake papers and flying themselves into the Land of Plenty where they'll be provided free accomodation, free money for life and no pressure to contribute a drop of sweat to the country to which they'll never have any loyalty ?

Or, she could address the tens of thousands of older women in this country who're scratching by on two minute noodles in order to be able to pay their electricity and water bills after fifty or more years of working themselves to the bone ---- something Q. Bryce has never done

She's a figurehead, a well-paid figurehead who almost certainly does not even make her own bed or wash her own undies.  We pay for her to fly around the world, first class, in order to attend empty ceremonies and sip champagne.  After her retirement from doing next to nothing, she'll live out her days in luxury and ease.  A bubble head.  So no wonder she waffles about a utopian society while older women sit alone in tiny flats, counting their coppers in the hope they'll have enough for half a litre of milk so they can offer a cup of tea in case someone drops around

[icyfroth]

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@polocross58 wrote:

We pay and house (dress, feed, transport) her very well for doing little more than dressing up and playing a non-arduous role.  We don't pay her to have opinions.  Fine, she has opinions which are those of a woman past 70 who will never have to live under the same conditions as is suffered by the most marginalised group in this and most other countries, i.e., impoverished older women.  As such, her opinions are of no greater import to me than those of the woman next door

If Q. Bryce wanted to make a difference, why not address the coal-face and real issues right  now, such as sixth generation Aussie families compelled to survive in shipping containers out in the bush minus running water, electricity, etc. while those clearly able to pay $16,000 per person are buying fake papers and flying themselves into the Land of Plenty where they'll be provided free accomodation, free money for life and no pressure to contribute a drop of sweat to the country to which they'll never have any loyalty ?

Or, she could address the tens of thousands of older women in this country who're scratching by on two minute noodles in order to be able to pay their electricity and water bills after fifty or more years of working themselves to the bone ---- something Q. Bryce has never done

She's a figurehead, a well-paid figurehead who almost certainly does not even make her own bed or wash her own undies.  We pay for her to fly around the world, first class, in order to attend empty ceremonies and sip champagne.  After her retirement from doing next to nothing, she'll live out her days in luxury and ease.  A bubble head.  So no wonder she waffles about a utopian society while older women sit alone in tiny flats, counting their coppers in the hope they'll have enough for half a litre of milk so they can offer a cup of tea in case someone drops around

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[topsidesoul]

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@polocross58 wrote:

We pay and house (dress, feed, transport) her very well for doing little more than dressing up and playing a non-arduous role.  We don't pay her to have opinions.  Fine, she has opinions which are those of a woman past 70 who will never have to live under the same conditions as is suffered by the most marginalised group in this and most other countries, i.e., impoverished older women.  As such, her opinions are of no greater import to me than those of the woman next door

If Q. Bryce wanted to make a difference, why not address the coal-face and real issues right  now, such as sixth generation Aussie families compelled to survive in shipping containers out in the bush minus running water, electricity, etc. while those clearly able to pay $16,000 per person are buying fake papers and flying themselves into the Land of Plenty where they'll be provided free accomodation, free money for life and no pressure to contribute a drop of sweat to the country to which they'll never have any loyalty ?

Or, she could address the tens of thousands of older women in this country who're scratching by on two minute noodles in order to be able to pay their electricity and water bills after fifty or more years of working themselves to the bone ---- something Q. Bryce has never done

She's a figurehead, a well-paid figurehead who almost certainly does not even make her own bed or wash her own undies.  We pay for her to fly around the world, first class, in order to attend empty ceremonies and sip champagne.  After her retirement from doing next to nothing, she'll live out her days in luxury and ease.  A bubble head.  So no wonder she waffles about a utopian society while older women sit alone in tiny flats, counting their coppers in the hope they'll have enough for half a litre of milk so they can offer a cup of tea in case someone drops around

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The same could be said about a certain mad monk....ut you would not do that...

[polocross58]

Party politics denotes very low intelligence.  To my mind, those who are unable to address any issue without party political divide are lower than those who see everything in terms of Holden vs Ford or their footy team vs someone else's footy team