10-15-2020, 07:19 PM
Update to the MIA 'Village Idiot' - 
First courtesy of the Morning Mail...
A government labouring under the weight of a moron!
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01.10.20. Is Scott Morrison just too thick to understand that his deputy is an embarrassment to the nation—an idiot on the world stage? Known as, “The Village Idiot” Michael McCormack has become accepted a government that fails to see the extent of his buffoonery. The media knows that McCormack is their man when they want to expose a politician as a clown. He is the perfect patsy for ridicule and “Strewth” Editor Alice Workman will make you laugh as she yanks the strings on marionette ever ready to oblige. Sad that it is!
Michael McCormack is one in a melon.
“We abhor anybody who does the right thing by young people, backpackers, whatever the case might be as far as the conditions of living, as far as paying the right wages, as far as doing the right thing,” the Deputy Prime Minister declared. We’ll go ahead and assume Big Mac isn’t bananas for anyone who does the wrong thing.
Apple of Big Mac’s eye
Maybe he wasn’t peeling well.
Don’t worry, the DPM recovered the one way he knows how — by connecting with core constituents.
“Have a go, come to regional Australia. Bring your mobile, have that Instagram moment because up a ladder, picking fruit, blue sky in the background, wonderful country breeze, wonderful friends around. You’ll find more friends, you might find the love of your life out in regional Australia. ”
A pear-fect couple? We’re sure unemployed yoof will be cherry grapeful.
Question: “Do you really think young people are going to go out to these areas and pick fruit, just doin’ for the gram. Like, is that a serious suggestion?”
McCormack: “Well they should. At the end of the day, they should.”
Next, what exactly is in the Wagga Wagga water that seems to attract dodgy arsed, weak minded, witless wonders to the political arena??
Via Twitter: https://twitter.com/M_McCormackMP/status...1087392769
Then there is the 'passing strange' affinity for the Mick Mack office to hire former advisors and staff of political and bureaucratic associates??
Via the SMH:
Daryl Maguire's former staffer now working for Deputy Prime Minister
By Angus Thompson and Lucy Cormack
October 14, 2020 — 6.27pm
A former staff member of Daryl Maguire who told a corruption inquiry she was instructed to delete material from his electorate and parliamentary offices is now working for Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption last week heard Sarah Vasey was employed as a media advisor in the electorate office of the former Wagga Wagga MP when he told staff to "get rid of everything" following his resignation from Parliament in 2018.
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Sarah Vasey leaves the ICAC after giving evidence last week.CREDIT:NICK MOIR
Ms Vasey gave evidence in person that Mr Maguire's appearance before a separate inquiry that year had prompted him to ask her to "discreetly" arrange for data on three devices to be transferred onto a USB and put it in her handbag for "safekeeping".
She told the inquiry she had the USB in her possession when Mr Maguire's son James phoned the electorate office to say that ICAC officers were raiding the family's Wagga Wagga home.
Ms Vasey left the office and took the USB to her house. She eventually returned the USB to him and, at a BBQ at a later date, he told her the USB stick had "met an unfortunate accident in the paddock".
"I didn’t want them finding it on my person, like, in the office, concealing," Ms Vasey told the inquiry on October 7.
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Ms Vasey worked for former Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire.CREDIT:JAMES BRICKWOOD
"I made a very poor choice."
Asked whether she believed the scenario would reflect badly on her, she replied, "yes."
Since 2018, Ms Vasey has taken up a job at Mr McCormack's Riverina electorate office in Wagga Wagga, where, according to local sources, she has been employed on a part-time basis for several months.
Asked by the Herald whether Ms Vasey would continue to be employed by Mr McCormack following the revelations, and whether she retained his confidence as an employee, a spokesperson for the federal Nationals leader said she remained in the job.
"As the ICAC investigation is ongoing, it would not be appropriate to provide any further comment," the spokesperson said.
Mr Maguire, who was the local member for Wagga Wagga from 1999 until he was ousted almost 20 years later, faced the ICAC on Wednesday over allegations he misused his position as a public official to broker business deals.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed at the inquiry on Monday that she and Mr Maguire were in a five-year "close personal relationship".
Mr Maguire admitted at the ICAC that he "monetised" his parliamentary office by using his status as an MP for the financial gain of himself and his associates, and that he received tens of thousands of dollars in "success fees" from Chinese nationals as part of a cash-for-visas scheme.
Asked by the Herald whether allegations regarding Mr Maguire had ever been brought to his attention, a spokesperson for Mr McCormack - who was first elected to the regional seat in 2010 - answered, "no."
Asked whether Mr McCormack was aware of what Ms Vasey had been directed to do by Mr Maguire before hiring her, the spokesperson answered, "no."
Hmm...no comment - YET!
MTF...P2
First courtesy of the Morning Mail...
A government labouring under the weight of a moron!
01.10.20. Is Scott Morrison just too thick to understand that his deputy is an embarrassment to the nation—an idiot on the world stage? Known as, “The Village Idiot” Michael McCormack has become accepted a government that fails to see the extent of his buffoonery. The media knows that McCormack is their man when they want to expose a politician as a clown. He is the perfect patsy for ridicule and “Strewth” Editor Alice Workman will make you laugh as she yanks the strings on marionette ever ready to oblige. Sad that it is!
Michael McCormack is one in a melon.
“We abhor anybody who does the right thing by young people, backpackers, whatever the case might be as far as the conditions of living, as far as paying the right wages, as far as doing the right thing,” the Deputy Prime Minister declared. We’ll go ahead and assume Big Mac isn’t bananas for anyone who does the wrong thing.
Apple of Big Mac’s eye
Maybe he wasn’t peeling well.
Don’t worry, the DPM recovered the one way he knows how — by connecting with core constituents.
“Have a go, come to regional Australia. Bring your mobile, have that Instagram moment because up a ladder, picking fruit, blue sky in the background, wonderful country breeze, wonderful friends around. You’ll find more friends, you might find the love of your life out in regional Australia. ”
A pear-fect couple? We’re sure unemployed yoof will be cherry grapeful.
Question: “Do you really think young people are going to go out to these areas and pick fruit, just doin’ for the gram. Like, is that a serious suggestion?”
McCormack: “Well they should. At the end of the day, they should.”
Next, what exactly is in the Wagga Wagga water that seems to attract dodgy arsed, weak minded, witless wonders to the political arena??
Via Twitter: https://twitter.com/M_McCormackMP/status...1087392769
Quote:
Privileged to be with Daryl Maguire and Manuel, Sandra & Daniel Donebus at opening of Enixus, a big new feature of Wagga's business skyline
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Then there is the 'passing strange' affinity for the Mick Mack office to hire former advisors and staff of political and bureaucratic associates??
Via the SMH:
Daryl Maguire's former staffer now working for Deputy Prime Minister
By Angus Thompson and Lucy Cormack
October 14, 2020 — 6.27pm
A former staff member of Daryl Maguire who told a corruption inquiry she was instructed to delete material from his electorate and parliamentary offices is now working for Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack.
The Independent Commission Against Corruption last week heard Sarah Vasey was employed as a media advisor in the electorate office of the former Wagga Wagga MP when he told staff to "get rid of everything" following his resignation from Parliament in 2018.
Sarah Vasey leaves the ICAC after giving evidence last week.CREDIT:NICK MOIR
Ms Vasey gave evidence in person that Mr Maguire's appearance before a separate inquiry that year had prompted him to ask her to "discreetly" arrange for data on three devices to be transferred onto a USB and put it in her handbag for "safekeeping".
She told the inquiry she had the USB in her possession when Mr Maguire's son James phoned the electorate office to say that ICAC officers were raiding the family's Wagga Wagga home.
Ms Vasey left the office and took the USB to her house. She eventually returned the USB to him and, at a BBQ at a later date, he told her the USB stick had "met an unfortunate accident in the paddock".
"I didn’t want them finding it on my person, like, in the office, concealing," Ms Vasey told the inquiry on October 7.
Ms Vasey worked for former Wagga Wagga MP Daryl Maguire.CREDIT:JAMES BRICKWOOD
"I made a very poor choice."
Asked whether she believed the scenario would reflect badly on her, she replied, "yes."
Since 2018, Ms Vasey has taken up a job at Mr McCormack's Riverina electorate office in Wagga Wagga, where, according to local sources, she has been employed on a part-time basis for several months.
Asked by the Herald whether Ms Vasey would continue to be employed by Mr McCormack following the revelations, and whether she retained his confidence as an employee, a spokesperson for the federal Nationals leader said she remained in the job.
"As the ICAC investigation is ongoing, it would not be appropriate to provide any further comment," the spokesperson said.
Mr Maguire, who was the local member for Wagga Wagga from 1999 until he was ousted almost 20 years later, faced the ICAC on Wednesday over allegations he misused his position as a public official to broker business deals.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian revealed at the inquiry on Monday that she and Mr Maguire were in a five-year "close personal relationship".
Mr Maguire admitted at the ICAC that he "monetised" his parliamentary office by using his status as an MP for the financial gain of himself and his associates, and that he received tens of thousands of dollars in "success fees" from Chinese nationals as part of a cash-for-visas scheme.
Asked by the Herald whether allegations regarding Mr Maguire had ever been brought to his attention, a spokesperson for Mr McCormack - who was first elected to the regional seat in 2010 - answered, "no."
Asked whether Mr McCormack was aware of what Ms Vasey had been directed to do by Mr Maguire before hiring her, the spokesperson answered, "no."
Hmm...no comment - YET!
MTF...P2