ConservativeHippie,

"Poirot would make a great defence attorney as he/she has absolutely no scruples when it comes to defending a crook... a la Peter Slipper, Craig Thompson, and Man Monis to name a few of her favourites."

Lol!...okay CH....you've now decided you're going to wing it. Got a bit of an inkling that if you link Poirot to the defence of Monis that you're onto something, eh?

So you're quite prepared to post a statement like that even though it's only really some nebulous waffle flitting around in your mental basement...what the heck, let's go for it, says CH to himself.

That's the kind of mental stature that comes out with mendacious crap like that.

So, Mr Conservative-high-and-mighty - he who is always swooning with indignation at other poster's opinions...produce the posts where I've defended Man Monis?

Go ahead - go and have a scratch about.

Good luck - because you'll need it!

You're obviously Jayb Mark II, who yodelled much the same thing - and failed to produce the evidence....but don't let that stop you, ConservativeHippie.

You go right ahead and prove to everyone here that you're not a misrepresentative, unscrupulous, shifty clod who runs off at mouth because he lacks real debating skills - so decides to say anything that comes to mind to blacken the name of another poster.

Off you go and prove you're not of that ilk.

Grab your basket and pluck up every post where Poirot defended Man Monis - and bring your bounty back to the OLO table for all your fans to feast upon!

I hope they're not hungry....

As for Slipper and Thomson, you'll find that I was defending the "rule of law" - something you seem to think is a "technicality"...but there you go.

Dear Poirot,

There's quite a few people who don't seem to have a
clue about the rule of law and what it means.
They don't seem to understand why set a different
standard for the Speaker, someone meant to uphold
the standards of our Parliament.

Interestingly Andrew Bolt asks this very question in
the Herald Sun. He states that "Bronwyn Bishop must
resign - or prove she didn't try to cheat taxpayers
by charging them $5000 for her notorious helicopter
jaunt. What employee would go unpunished for
apparently trying to diddle their boss of that kind of
money? So why set a different standard for the Speaker,
someone meant to uphold the standards of our Parliament."

John Hewson, Peter Costello, and other Liberal MPs
fully agree. More voices are joining the chorus
condemning Mrs Bishop's behaviour. And Mr Abbott who so
relentlessly pursued Mr Slipper - now knows exactly what he
needs to do.

"For any Parliamentarian, let alone the Speaker ... such
allegations go to the integrity of the highest parliamentary
office in the House of Representatives... it is therefore
incumbent for the PM ...to require him to stand aside
until these matters are concluded before the courts."
(Mr Abbott in 2012).

Fox, "There's quite a few people who don't seem to have a
clue about the rule of law and what it means"

Is that so? Then do tell us about the rule of law where federal politicians' entitlements are concerned.

Have you referred to that ANAO report yet? Because the government's own auditor and the administering department might benefit from your advice. See here,

<ANAO Audit Report No.3 2009–10
Administration of Parliamentarians' Entitlements
by the Department of Finance and Deregulation
http://www.anao.gov.au/uploads/documents/2009-10_ANAO_Audit_Report_3_.pdf

-Tabled in the House of Representatives and Senate, 8 September 2009

As a reminder, Rudd Government 2007–10, Gillard 24 June 2010 – 27 June 2013 and Rudd 27 June 2013 - 18 September 2013.

For interest, Bill Shorten and some of his colleagues served in the Rudd and Gillard governments.
[Posted by onthebeach, Friday, 24 July 2015 12:59:37 AM]>

Foxy one.
What is the total dollar cost of all the salaries to operate the Parliament and of Australia, that is wasted on schoolyard rabble type noise and interruption PER MINUTE, that Speaker Bishop is endeavouring to overcome to get the nation to progress with worthwhile business debate?

Dear JF Aus,

Bronwyn Bishop is an absolute disgrace whose
behaviour in the Chair has brought the
Parliament into disrepute, Her behaviour as
Speaker would not be tolerated in the Parliaments of other
Commonwealth countries that also have the
Westminster System like Canada, New Zealand, and of course -
the UK.

The following website is worth a read:

http://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/browyn-bishop-the-worlds-worst-speaker,7107

If you really believe that her ejecting 400 Labor MPs
compared to only 7 Coalition Members is being "even-handed,"
behaviour of a supposedly impartial Speaker, than there is
nothing more to be said.

Foxy,

JF Aus thinks govt members sit quietly on their side, filling in their lunch forms and reciting Advance Australia Fair - while the rabble on the left shout non-stop over the dispatch box.

Has he ever watched Question Time?

If he did, he'd see members on both sides doing what they've always done - and that is to interject vociferously.

Both sides.

It's nothing to see the govt "front bench" mouthing off in exactly the same manner as those opposite - louder and more vehement at times.

Bishop is deaf to those on her right on the majority of occasions.