Entries from March 2008
And know we get to little Joe, for those who don’t know the whole Tripodi family is very well known in the Fairfield-Cabramatta area. So seeing little Joe start off in Young Labour where both our Reba and Joe pushed for the take over of the right wing faction.
Since then:
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Reba and Joe broke off their proposed marriage,
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Joe joined a sub-faction of the right wing called the “Terrigals” (little up market for right wing Labour don’t you think?)
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Been accused of sexual assult by a Young Democrats staffer (the matter was droped by the staffer)
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Has nearly had a apprehended violence order slap on him (only to have the alleged victim withdraw the matter at the last minute)
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Been involved in the mess surrouding the Orange Grove Shopping Centre and alleged “doing a favour for Westfields”, he was cleared when the final report was brought down.
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Got promoted to parliamentary secretary position in 2003
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Surported his mate Morris Iemma to the leadership position…..
The list goes on…..and on…….
So since 1995 our Joe Member of Fairfield has been:
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Minister for Housing (1 Feb 05 to 10 Aug 05)
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Minister for Roads (3 Aug 05 to 17 Feb 06)
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Minister for Energy (17 Feb 05 to 2 Apr 07)
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Minister for Small Business and Regulatory Reform (2 Apr 07)
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Minister for Ports and Waterways (2 Apr 07)
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Plus Legislative Assembly representative on the Senate of the University of Sydney, Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Minister for Transport & the Min. Assisting the Min. for Forests, Member, Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Vice-Chairman, Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Member, Joint Standing Committee upon Small Business and Chairman, Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Busy boy even if Peter Draper doesn’t think so…..
What I wonder is, what has Joe done for Fairfield lately it seems by his hansard (see Joes Parlimentary Page) that he hasn’t said much at all about Fairfield since 2005.
But let us not be hasty to judge, let us go have a go look at his website……….oh does he have one? Can’t find it on Google or Yahoo…….well……. Try again, maybe we should look and see if he has written anything on the NSW Labour Party website but it seems that their are no news items on the website infact the whole site seems more about getting members and funding!?!
Even the the Offical Labour Party website has no mention of our little Joe.
So what has Joe been doing for Fairfield……..who knows………..?
Poll Bludger Article on our Joe - Very Good write up on our Joe (Recommended Read)
Joe’s Parliment Page
My Article on Reba
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I think Polly bashing should be a national sport, it’s just so much fun. What’s nearly more fun is watching them bash each other.
Thanks to Peter Draper MP for Tamworth who spent his Chrisy Holidays checking out the Hansard so he could rate his proformance last year against other MP.
Well Petey turned up some interesting stats that may leave some MP making some very quick statements in question time.
Apparently if you go and count up the amount of questions and/or statement made by the MPs you find out that some MPs are a little shy and don’t make very big contribution.
MR Petey Draper’s too shy list seems to include half of the Natonal and Liberal Party (Peter Debnam being pointed out for special attention), but perhaps that isn’t surprising.
And perhaps what is surprising is that Joe Tripodi and Cherie Burton both Labor.
As much as I would to give Petey a harty slap on the back for bringing this matter to the attention of the electorate I just can’t bring myself too, you see back in 2003 our Petey believed that Farmers and “Sportsman” for some reason NEED semi-automatic pistols with barrels smaller than 120mm………I’m not a country girl nor do I know anything about guns so maybe I just don’t get it but…….why does a farmer need a pistol?
From Petey’s Hansard:
I strongly condemn this bill, which, is yet another anti-country initiative, and, of course, the majority of people who will be directly affected live well outside the major cities. It is legislation that will directly disadvantage a group of legitimate and decent people who pursue a legitimate and decent sport. Under the new regulations a revolver with a barrel under 100 millimetres will become illegal. Any semiautomatic with a barrel length of less than 120 millimetres will also be deemed illegal. Most semiautomatic pistols have 100-millimetre barrels, so the vast majority will be non-compliant.
But hay I don’t live in Tamworth and Petey isn’t my MP so if that’s the view of the people of Tamworth then fair enough.
Rule of Thumb – Never congratulate a Poly to much 
ABC News Report
Mr Draper’s website
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Well, well, well if I needed any proof that the Liberal’s Dr Nelson is the best leader for the Liberal Party, then his main rival good old Malcolm Turnbill as just provided us with a beauty.
He has stated that the “skill shortage is a myth” not sure what fairy tale book your reading Mal but us here in the real world know that their is a very broad skill shortage and Mr Swan’s better safe than sorry approach is a welcome change from where I stand.
Mind you the really funny thing is a 2007 budget article on Mal’s website sort of stated otherwise, so a change in seats changes your mind does it Mal????
Well see for yourself after all he does say “skill-shortage trades” though he doesn’t list which those trades are………
But then there is the News item on the Liberal Party of Australia website from Feb this year that outline how “skill-shortages” don’t just occur in the metro area but effect the country areas too. Hay not going to argue about that statement. But fairs fair our Mal didn’t write this article it was the national’s Mr Truss.
Oh and then their was Mal’s mate Andy Southcott who wrote a news article in Jan this year about TAFE colleges having a role in reducing the “skills-shortage”
Skills or No Skill do we have them or not ……..personally when we de-valued liberal education system we lost skills but to each his/her own………….
Fortunately Mr Swan dropped the funniest one liner so fair this year, when he said that old Mal head was full of sand…………….
ABC News – Chronic skills crisis a myth: Turnbull
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