The 'Uglies' would definitely be the Trotskyist Watermelon Greens faction.

This criticism of the Greens in the UK could easily apply to the Greens in Australia with the restriction that the Greens in Australia have always been far too elitist to ever be concerned about doing anything practical for the 'Struggle Streets'.

http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-week/leading-article/9426951/calling-the-green-party-socialist-is-an-insult-to-socialists/

Paul,

I see that you and parrot have descended into fairy tales. There is no more hard right faction in the libs than there is a Stalinist faction in Labor (that is in the greens) Lee Rhiannon, the greens member for ignoring atrocities who goes to bed with a Stalin mannequin, goes with SHY who is the member for drowning refugees who sinks refugee boats in her bath every night, and Solom the member for molesting children.

Notably all the information refuting the fabricated claims against TA have credible witnesses, yet those against TA have none.

Fox to 'Dear'(sic) JF Aus, "Questions without notice receive irrelevant, rambling and propagandist replies"

That is a description that could equally be applied to your manipulative refusal to give JF Aus a direct answer. That is the way of propagandists's spin: never answer, play with a flat bat and ramble away.

As JF Aus has said, "Many Australians are tired of productive national business not being done" and yes, the cost to the taxpayer of that incessant and childish interruption and other political distraction in Parliament would far exceed the claim by the Speaker for that helicopter (that is being recouped anyhow along with the 25% loading).

So the short answer you should have given JF Aus was a simple yes.

Yes Minister no minister one flew over the cuckoos nest, comes to mind for a good film series, synopsis for which is this thread.
Have lots of helicopter scenes, vineyard tours and the like.

Foxy,

There has never been an impartial or unbiased speaker from Labor either. Even Harry Jenkins who the left whingers hold up as the ideal threw out roughly 10 opposition members for every labor one.

SM,

"There has never been an impartial or unbiased speaker from Labor either. Even Harry Jenkins who the left whingers hold up as the ideal threw out roughly 10 opposition members for every labor one."

While it's a fairly basic premise that around 90% of throw-outs would be of Opposition members no matter who's in govt (Jenkins threw out 265 members between 2008 and Nov 2011)....Bronnie has taken things to an extreme. Less than 2 years in the position and she's sin-binned 407 members.....with her record of removals around 57 Opposition members for every Coalition one.

HJ: 10 - 1

BB: 57 - 1