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@GMegalogenis It's a bit rancid 6 minutes ago via TweetDeck in reply to GMegalogenis
Truss also used it in 2008 bit.ly/NhKUyt So 06, 08, 12. Must be on his mental post-it-notes 6 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Hang on - that's from 2006! Seems it's a "thing" for Mr Truss 13 minutes ago via TweetDeck
It wasn't as bad as it sounded bit.ly/NhJlka Still a bit odd. Wonder what he meant by black tape? 14 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Did Truss really call aboriginal heritage issues regarding mining "Black tape"? 17 minutes ago via TweetDeck
Sounds like it was a good time to turn Parliament off! 39 minutes ago via TweetDeck
@AbrasiveTeapot Letting the place bend as it's needed to bend, without breaking 41 minutes ago via TweetDeck in reply to AbrasiveTeapot
@AbrasiveTeapot Just about all of our booms have ended in crashes previously. That's what a lot of the economic reform was about 41 minutes ago via TweetDeck in reply to AbrasiveTeapot
@catebla If I was a cautious type, I would 43 minutes ago via TweetDeck in reply to catebla
@SincDavidson You aren't suggesting that a government (via declared list of acceptable goods) knows better how to spend money than parents? about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to SincDavidson
@SincDavidson Hang on Sinc, I thought you were a permanent income hypothesis dude when it came to the stimulus payments? Changed now? :-P about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to SincDavidson
He's here all week! #qt <groan> about 2 hours ago via TweetDeck
@AbrasiveTeapot Probably Federation - broke down interstate trade barriers to virtually nothing about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to AbrasiveTeapot
twitpic.com/9qufq1 (HT @robcorr) #qt about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
@SincDavidson Likewise! about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to SincDavidson
@SincDavidson True - but hard for them to do anything else. about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to SincDavidson
@SincDavidson Possibly. A lot will depend on the details of the funding nature through to the structure of the firms doing the work about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to SincDavidson
@SincDavidson The budget projected enormous CAPEX growth. At the time, some were saying it was too optimistic! (it actually forecast low) about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to SincDavidson
@SincDavidson Depend on how they funded uit about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck in reply to SincDavidson
If anyone looked at the methodology of that alleged "competitiveness report" and valued their gravitas , they wouldn't be quoting it #qt about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck

Name Possum Comitatus
Location Brisbane
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Bio The snarky polling marsupial and Crikey blogger. Doesn't play well with others.Economist for Together Queensland, Qld's Public Sector Union.Views are my own