Thank you Tony Abbott

[sarah308]

thank you Tony Abbott for having a moral concenious and a dedication to community service and voleunteering and helping the community.

qualified firefighter, qualified surf life saver and he puts the hours and effort into community, he raises hundreds of thousands of $ for charities

this is a person of values and community ethics....and prepared to go out there and put his efforts into helping

https://www.google.com.au/#q=tony+abbott+firefighter

https://www.google.com.au/#q=tony+abbott+volunteer

well done Tony keep it up you are a person of ethics and community values

[azureline**]

can someone please define "left"?

I am not sure where I am........................ I do volunteer stuff..............sometimes.

I sometimes don't like the ALP.

I sometimes don't like the LNP.

I don't vote for a particular party.

[not_an_eloi]

Tony Abbott says Canberra will pay half cost of rebuilding

Tony Abbott on Friday. He said the federal government would be 'picking up at least 50% of the tab'. 
Tony Abbott says Canberra will pick up half the costs of rebuilding in New South Wales after the devastating bushfire emergency – and has warned there could be further lives lost.

Speaking after a briefing at the Winmalee fire station on Friday afternoon, the prime minister confirmed the standard disaster relief arrangements would apply in NSW, with Canberra “picking up at least 50% of the tab”.

Additional resources will also be available to the community through Centrelink, including a call centre for people affected by the fires.

The call centre number is 180 22 66. Payments of $1,000 for eligible adults and $400 for children will cover people in the Blue Mountains, Lithgow, Muswellbrook, Port Macquarie-Hastings, Port Stephens, Wyong and Wingecarribee.

The prime minister said it was too early to estimate the scale and cost of the rebuilding task, and he warned Australians to expect a dangerous fire season. “It could be a long, hot, dry summer,” Abbott said.

oi,   wotsis  ?

[**meep**]

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@lakeland27 wrote:

social media is the newsroom nowadays. i'd like to know the difference.

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While, as far as I am concerned, there is an obvious distinction between social media and social networking, I can appreciate that it can be confusing to many people.  I believe the photos in question appeared on social networking sites.  Not social media.

[lakeland27]

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@**meep** wrote:

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@lakeland27 wrote:

social media is the newsroom nowadays. i'd like to know the difference.

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While, as far as I am concerned, there is an obvious distinction between social media and social networking, I can appreciate that it can be confusing to many people.  I believe the photos in question appeared on social networking sites.  Not social media.

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i'd like to understand the difference, because i don't find that explaination very clear

[*ibis]

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@cherples wrote:

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@punch*drunk wrote:

I might be reading different news reports, but I'm pretty sure he didnt go around publicising this. There were photos taken by someone else and shared on social media.

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It's a shame he doesn't take his full time job more seriously and leave the fires to others while he is PM.

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yea politicians are too high and mighty to do lowly work like fighting fires in their spare time 

[**meep**]

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@lakeland27 wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

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@lakeland27 wrote:

social media is the newsroom nowadays. i'd like to know the difference.

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While, as far as I am concerned, there is an obvious distinction between social media and social networking, I can appreciate that it can be confusing to many people.  I believe the photos in question appeared on social networking sites.  Not social media.

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i'd like to understand the difference, because i don't find that explaination very clear

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Sorry, I didn't actually give an explanation.  Social media would be an outlet for news broadcasting while social networking is a tool for people with similar interests  to connect with each other.    

[lakeland27]

But the information still gets 'released' regardless. probably by his staffers . they know it reaches its destination however its packaged.

so, we have a story they want delivered to the public (i'll call it a stunt, you choose to interpret it how you wish) and delivered it is. the medium or sub-category isn't relevant as long as it gets out.

[**meep**]

I'm sorry  for the off topic.  This is a thank you thread to our PM for helping to battle the bush fires

[debra9275]

no meep

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it's these photo's

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/bushfires/tony-abbott-puts-himself-in-line-of-fire/story-fn...

the one you've shown i haven't seen before

[**meep**]

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@lakeland27 wrote:

But the information still gets 'released' regardless. probably by his staffers . they know it reaches its destination however its packaged.

so, we have a story they want delivered to the public (i'll call it a stunt, you choose to interpret it how you wish) and delivered it is. the medium or sub-category isn't relevant as long as it gets out.

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Really??? hmmm....  Interesting.......