MRAA (ie MRAV) bashing

JL wrote:

Everyone gets a number....if your number is drawn you get a chance to
prove you are a lawyer, and get immediatelly excused, then you get a
chance to prove you aren't a member of a political party, if you pass
that you're in, if you fail, you are shot.

Yeah, I reckon it could work.

It would be cheaper just to annoint Zebee as the benevolent dictator.

After all, how many motorcycles could she want?

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Well it's different around here then, the only people who don't try and
duck it are those with nothing better to do (pensioners, public servants
etc). Those with jobs do try and avoid it. I suspect the "you're going
to be paid $100 a day" or what ever it is a bit of a disincentive to
those who own their own business or aren't able to get indefinite paid
leave (ie anyone with a real job)

JL

 

<ponders> Yeah OK.

You going to organise the army coup or am I ?

JL
Mad Biker you can sort out the coppers

 

Why are you so ashamed of your Union and Labor party membership?

Boxer

 

The proposed IR changes do not affect me personally so I have not read the
500 page document but decided to attend the Labor parties meeting to hear
the other side of the storey, unfortunately I did not gain any real facts
from the meeting.

I think theire scope to simplify Industrial Relations in this country and
would support a reduction in the number of jurisdictions and legislation.

My observation on the IR issue was a factual observation about the number of
attendees at a meeting, and my opinion that people in my area did not appear
to be very interested in the subject based upon that factual observation.

This observation is supported by the small number of calls being received by
Federal Members in South East Queensland on the subject.

I can understand that you are upset by the proposed laws, many Union Reps
are.

Boxer

 

Being a professional service provider I find that the GST has increased by
compliance workload considerably and my accounting bills have increased by
$4,500 per year. Having regard to the time lost and increased costs of
compliance I consider that the GST has cost me in the order of $10,000 per
year to collect taxes.

Good concept but in my view it should be on everything (including food) and
we should not be paying State Government Stamp Duty and other state Taxes
and Charges that were supposed to be withdrawn at the time.

Boxer

 

I can understand the self employed people's case, but i believe the law
required employers to give employees leave to attend jury service... and
as far as indefinite leave goes, jury duty isn't indefinite... the
summons states the days for which you will be required to attend, and I
think jurors have the option of not making themselves available for
cases which are likely to go on for longer than a week or so if it will
cause hardship (self employed or work for a small company).

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

If I were selected for an extended trial at the $160 a day I would be broke
within 2 weeks.

Boxer

 

Because as I have stated before I am neither.
I have nothing to be ashamed about I speak my own views not the views of
an orchestrated campaign.
I am my own mouthpiece not somneone elses.

You are the lapdog to your party.

 

I am not in any union.

 

Too clever by half. Pity he's not on the Americans' side any more, they need
all the help they can get.

Gary (not counting the rodent, Phil the Cadaver, 'Ducky' Downer, and 'Dung'
Hill)

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:16:59 +1100

It's not how many *I* want.

It's how many I think other people need....

Zebee
- figuring there are worse ways to bankrupt a state!

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 14:01:20 +1100

"It doesn't take much brain to work it out.
An undercover exercise that went right up the spout!
Someone had to wear it, and they said it looks like Tim,
The papers helped prepare it, and they laid the blame on him."
- Roaring Jack "Framed"


Zebee
- who thinks any case that has the guy who was Prime Minister at the
time pointing out the holes in it has big holes...

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:20:15 +1100

My employer has a jury leave policy. Full time off with pay.

I was pinged for jury service to start the day after I started said job.
They were fine with it, I was packing death! Luckily after 3
postponements I was told I was off the pool for another 3 years.

Zebee

 

Yup, unpaid leave in the private sector (public sector will do it on
full pay I believe). Dunno about you but I'm not too keen on sitting on
a jury for a couple of weeks to a couple of months for an amount about
equal to the dole.

Umm I'm no expert but how can they possibly determine how long you will
have to attend for ? I think you'll find the summons states when you are
supposed to front up and be available to be selected for jury duty. If
you're not excluded then you're on the jury for the time it takes to
complete the case.

True IIANM, but that's about hardship to the employer, you don't get to
say "I work for Giant Corp P/L and while they can probably do without me
for the 3 months this trial is going to take, I can't afford to drop a
quarter of a year's income so I'd like to be excused please".

JL
(I'd be happy to be corrected that employers are only required to give
unpaid leave, would make me feel a lot less nervous about getting called
up for it)

 

Woohoo - now there's a political platform I'd vote for !

Free motorbikes for everyone !

JL
(no child will be living without a PeeWee50 by the year 2010 ?)

 

I think the law also required employers to pay their employees while
they were on jury service (the difference between the jury stipend and
their base salary that is). My employer pays base salary during jury
service and lets employees keep their jury payments as well.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

I guess you had to be there to know all that. I'd heard of it (and had a
vague inkling there was something sus about it all), but being in
primary school I was more interested in riding my bike at that time..

JL
(come to think of it, not much has changed)

 

Moe-ke?

Theo

 

Is this a Liberal Party in-joke or sumting?

Theo