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Morrison's $60,000 press conference
Mar 6^th, 2019 at 6:15pm

Christmas Island tropical tour a waste of taxpayer cash
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Australians just paid about $2000 a minute for a press conference on Christmas Island that told them nothing new.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his entourage spoke at the event for less than 30 minutes after landing on the island in a Royal Australian Air Force jet.

This breezy outlay of taxpayer cash is cynical and wasteful just weeks before the government releases a federal budget that will confirm deficits of $360 billion over the past decade.

A government that once crusaded on a budget emergency is now soaking taxpayers to save itself at the May election.

The RAAF Boeing 737 is an expensive jet to run. The government’s own documents show it costs about $22,000 to fly it from Sydney to Broome, with several thousand dollars more for the hop to Christmas Island.

The flight from Christmas Island to Perth costs about $15,000 and the return to Canberra another $14,000. These are approximate figures based on flights taken in previous years and costed by the RAAF.

That means the Wednesday press conference cost roughly $60,000 in flights alone, and no doubt more when ancillary costs on the ground are taken into account.

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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38529 Gender:	Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference Reply #1 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 6:20pm Jayzuz......and that could not have been done in Canberra? FMD.
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Bam Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 21905 Gender:	Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference Reply #2 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 6:36pm Nothing wastes taxpayers' money more freely than a moribund Coalition government with an election approaching.
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Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference
Reply #3 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 6:42pm

Aussie wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 6:20pm:

Jayzuz......and that could not have been done in Canberra?

FMD.

Yes, but that wouldn't have put Christmas Island on Channel 7's "News" tonight.

Morriscum's strategy is to hammer the "boats" nonsense as much as he can, right up to the election.

He'll do anything he can, and spend any amount of money he can get his hands on, to demonize asylum seekers and scare the voters into thinking Labor will let people smugglers bring terrorists into or country in rickety boats.

He really is a a most vile human being.

I'm ashamed to have scum like that living in my country.

When asked about wages today, he said "If Labor get in, the only people who'll be getting a pay rise are the people smugglers".

What the hell has become of our country?

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 74257 Gender:	Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference Reply #4 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 6:44pm anyone else remember the budget emergency we were having when our debt was a third of what it is today
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Dnarever Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 58171 Here Gender:	Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference Reply #5 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 6:47pm I have to disagree it was a very important message from GoSlow. He was rolling out the welcome mat for boat people inviting them to come and be part of his election campaign.
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 103154 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference Reply #6 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:00pm $60,000 is nothing compared to the $billions Labor wasted due to asylum seekers.
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Aussie Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 38529 Gender:	Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference Reply #7 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:04pm Bobby. wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:00pm: $60,000 is nothing compared to the $billions Labor wasted due to asylum seekers. Oh...okay....so it does not matter that Morrison just wasted $60,000.00, yes?
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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 103154 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference Reply #8 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:06pm Aussie wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:04pm: Bobby. wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:00pm: $60,000 is nothing compared to the $billions Labor wasted due to asylum seekers. Oh...okay....so it does not matter that Morrison just wasted $60,000.00, yes? It does matter. I don't like to see any waste of my tax payers money.
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 74257 Gender:	Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference Reply #9 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:06pm Bobby. wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:00pm: $60,000 is nothing compared to the $billions Labor wasted due to asylum seekers. the libs have cost us over $5B keeping them on manus you fool. You could pay a 100 000 refugees the dole for their whole life and still not spend that sort of money
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 83842 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference Reply #10 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:15pm "An average flight on a Delta Air Lines 737-800 costs $5625 per hour. The plane burns 850 gallons per hour. Fuel costs $4,156 based on Jet-A fuel costing $4.89 a gallon. Two-cockpit crew and five flight attendants cost around $500 an hour." That's US dollars...
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Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference
Reply #11 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:24pm

John Smith wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:06pm:

Bobby. wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:00pm:

$60,000 is nothing compared to the $billions
Labor wasted due to asylum seekers.

the libs have cost us over $5B keeping them on manus you fool. You could pay a 100 000 refugees the dole for their whole life and still not spend that sort of money Cheesy

It was all the fault of Labor.

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Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference
Reply #12 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:26pm

Bobby. wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:24pm:

John Smith wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:06pm:

Bobby. wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:00pm:

$60,000 is nothing compared to the $billions
Labor wasted due to asylum seekers.

the libs have cost us over $5B keeping them on manus you fool. You could pay a 100 000 refugees the dole for their whole life and still not spend that sort of money Cheesy

It was all the fault of Labor.

and you're an idiot.

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Our esteemed leader:
I hope that bitch who was running their brothels for them gets raped with a cactus.

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Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference
Reply #13 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:30pm

John Smith wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:26pm:

Bobby. wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:24pm:

John Smith wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:06pm:

Bobby. wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:00pm:

$60,000 is nothing compared to the $billions
Labor wasted due to asylum seekers.

the libs have cost us over $5B keeping them on manus you fool. You could pay a 100 000 refugees the dole for their whole life and still not spend that sort of money Cheesy

It was all the fault of Labor.

and you're an idiot.

I'm like Einstein compared to you.

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Re: Morrison's $60,000 press conference
Reply #14 - Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:33pm

Bobby. wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:30pm:

John Smith wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:26pm:

Bobby. wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:24pm:

John Smith wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:06pm:

Bobby. wrote on Mar 6^th, 2019 at 7:00pm:

$60,000 is nothing compared to the $billions
Labor wasted due to asylum seekers.

the libs have cost us over $5B keeping them on manus you fool. You could pay a 100 000 refugees the dole for their whole life and still not spend that sort of money Cheesy

It was all the fault of Labor.

and you're an idiot.

I'm like Einstein compared to you.

the only way you can compare yourself to einstein is if you did an IQ test with him now that he's been dead for over 50 years. And still my money would be on him beating you.

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