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@icyfroth wrote:

Our Prime Minister is copping flack because of making Prince Phillip a Knight and I can’t say I disagree with them. Prince Phillip does fund The Duke of Edinburgh awards Australia wide and lots of young people have benefited from that however Prince Phillip is not Australian and the majority wouldn’t know about the awards.

Prince Phillip probably doesn’t need another award.

 

 

Actually Prince Phillip doesn't fund the Duke of Edinburgh awards. The awards are funded by business and he only leant his name to them. 

Of-course, Prince Philip does not fund anything, he has to struggle on measly 1/2 million yearly allowance.  Guess not having to pay rent helps.

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@alexander*beetle wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

Our Prime Minister is copping flack because of making Prince Phillip a Knight and I can’t say I disagree with them. Prince Phillip does fund The Duke of Edinburgh awards Australia wide and lots of young people have benefited from that however Prince Phillip is not Australian and the majority wouldn’t know about the awards.

Prince Phillip probably doesn’t need another award.

 

 

Actually Prince Phillip doesn't fund the Duke of Edinburgh awards. The awards are funded by business and he only leant his name to them. 

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Does he get royalties for lending his name?

icy wrote:

Prince Phillip **does fund The Duke of Edinburgh awards Australia wide and lots of young people have benefited from that however Prince Phillip is not Australian and the majority wouldn’t know about the awards.

 **Are you 100% sure about that?

Duke of Edinbugh Awards - By 1971 the Award operated in 31 countries; this had increased to 48 countries by 1989 as it spread beyond the boundaries of the Commonwealth. Such rapid expansion led to the formation of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award International Association in 1988.

There are 47 other countries that haven't felt the need to  give Prince Philip a Knighthood or similar.

His Royal Highness has remained committed to the Award since its inception over 50 years ago. He continues to be involved, particularly in recognising the achievements of Award participants and the adults who support them.

No mention of Phil giving $$/funding there - could get quite exxy funding 48 countries for Duke of Edinburgh awards programmes wouldn't it?

The Duke of Edinburgh - International Award

We rely on the generous support of corporate donors, trusts, foundations and dedicated individuals who enable us to extend the Award to more young people. Your support means the world to us and the young people who can take part.

icy - The media are always happy to focus on the dumb things, and the real issues are swept under the carpet, unfortunately most Australians are running with the media at present and all we hear is the down side.

Abbott has been doing/saying 'dumb' things for the past 5 weeks at least (not counting the 12 months prior) ..e.g. . the $20 GP fee back flip....... They aren't 'one off's' they are continual.

Here is another one [dumb things, the PM said/did]

The government allowed its least successful proponent to speak on the record about this on Friday. The Prime Minister said: "If you don't want to work on a weekend, fair enough, don't work on a weekend. But if you do want to work on a weekend, and lots of people, particularly students, particularly young people, want to work on a weekend, you want the places to be open to provide jobs."

26 Jan

http://www.canberratimes.com.au/comment/tony-abbott-brings-work-choices-back-from-the-dead-20150126-...

According to the PM, doctors in hospitals, nurses, policemen, firemen,ambulance staff, disability support workers, supermarket managers, can ALL decide that they don't want to work on weekends anymore. Will students/young people be able to take over their jobs on the weekends?

Students/young people work in retail & hospitality jobs mostly.. casual jobs. Any young person who isn't studying and needs a full-time income, has a hard time getting enough casual hours work to earn enough to cover living costs in these occupations.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-28/senator-ricky-muir-remains-open-to-deregulating-university-fee...