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Gongs shouldn’t belong to this throng of nongs

14 Jun 05:45am

Filed under: Awards, Honours Lists, Politicians, Queens Birthday Honours

This is not about Natasha Stott Despoja. She seems like a perfectly reasonable person who worked hard while in politics. It doesn’t make her someone who deserves a medal.

Want one of these? Then get a real job

While we are at it, the same can be said for Ralph Willis, John Anderson and Bob Debus.

We have to stop handing to medals to politicians as some kind of little extra reward for long service. Why are they getting medals for doing the job we are paying them to do anyway?

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11:17am | 15/06/11

Every pollie deserves an award for putting up with the whinging whining Australia’s who are on display through this thread and yarn Read more »
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10:34am | 15/06/11

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