Australian Politics--- what a JOKE

The below story is my opinion only..
This really makes me angry me because those lowlife, backstabbing parasites called politicians are so absorbed in self preservation, they are self centred and do not care about the real world. Australia today is the laughing stock of the world.... again.
We are forced to go to the polls every three years and vote for a party, if we don't we can get a fine, $20 for first time offenders and $50 for repeat offenders. Why should we bother when the person we choose to run the country doesn't last the distance. When the party elected doesn't have confidence in its self, how the hell are meant to have confidence in them.

Today Australia got its seventh Prime Minister in 11 years, with Malcolm Turnbull, who was voted in on the 15th September 2015, stepping down as current Prime Minister following a leadership challenge. The normal term for a Prime Minister here is Australia is three years so it should have been 21 yrs to have seven Prime Ministers, not 11 yrs.
Scott Morrison has become the 30^th Prime Minister of Australia after trouncing Peter Dutton and Julie Bishop in a three-way race for the Liberal leadership.


Scott Morrison or "ScoMo" - who has served as treasurer since 2015 - won the final showdown with Mr Dutton 45 votes to 40. The earlier motion to dump Mr Turnbull was also carried 45 - 40.

Energy minister Josh Frydenberg was elected deputy leader in an “absolute majority”, according to the government’s chief whip Nola Marino.
Scott Morrison grew up in the Sydney beachside suburb of Bronte. His father was a police commander and local-government councillor. After completing high school he went on to accomplish an honours degree in applied economic geography at the University of New South Wales.
Mr Morrison, 50, married his childhood sweetheart Jenny when he was 21. They have two daughters.


Have you heard of the comedy show with Drew Carey.. "Who's line is it anyway"
In the opening of the show Drew says "Welcome to Who's Line is it Anyway were everything is made up and the points don't matter"

Here in Australia its "Who's Government is it anyway were everything is made up and the votes don't matter"...

If you want to check out the list of Prime Ministers and there terms in office , click on the below link.
http://www.primeministers.naa.gov.au/primeministers/


This what the people of Australia are saying.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-24/scott-morrison-these-are-your-messages-to-our-next-pm/10160802

Rare sights in Brisbane

Brisbane has been treated to some really rear sights over the last few day.
Unfortunately I have had work commitments and couldn't get out to see these amazing machines. A wonderful friend of mine, Lloyd Fox has kindly sent me through the photos he took.

UNITED STATES AIRFORCE C-5M SUPER GALAXY 84-0061

BOEING BUSINESS JET B737-700 N839BA (CN 62699)

GULFSTREAM G-IV N473CW (CN 1194)

UNITED STATES LOCKHEED KC-130T HERCULES 164598 (CN 382-5263)

The below photos are also taken by Lloyd but are regular RPT's.

EMIRATES B777-31H A6-EGB (CN 38985)

CHINA EASTERN A330-243 B-5938 (CN 1479)

HAINAN A330-243 B-5955 (CN 1558)

SKYTRANS DASH 8 Q100 VH-QQB (CN 4)

The below E V A 777 previously registered as B-16717 is now owned and registered by Air New Zealand. ZK-OKT still sporting the EVA colour scheme made a visit to Brisbane today.

AIR NEW ZEALAND B777-35E ZK-OKT (CN 32644)

Thanks Lloyd for sharing these photos with me.

An hour at Tullamarine

Staying right on the airport perimeter I grabbed some breakfast and a coffee and I and headed off to a viewing point to do some plane spotting for an hour before work.

MALAYSIA A330-323 9M-MTO (CN 1489)

EMIRATES A380-861 A6-EDH (CN 025)

QANTAS A380-842 VH-OQK (CN 063)

AIR CANADA B787-9 C-FRSI (CN 37176)

AIR ASAIA X A330-343 9M-AAH (CN 1165)

SPORTING THE  "ANZAC THE LEGEND" LIVERY

PHILIPPINE A330-343 RP-C8780 (CN 1456)

CHINA SOUTHERN A330-323 B-5922 (CN 1425)

VIETNAM A350-941 VN-A890 (CN 056)

SHANGHAI AIRLINES A330-243 B-6546 (CN 1303)

OPERATING AS CHINA EASTERN

QANTAS B787-9 VH-ZND (CN 63390)

SPORTING THE "YAM DREAMING" LIVERY

XAIMEN B787-8 B-2761 (CN 41541)

Pilots taken to hospital after diverting due to sudden loss of pressure

Two pilots were taken to hospital for precautionary checks after making an emergency landing at Canberra Airport (CBR/YSCB) earlier this morning. Emergency services were called to the airport at 11.46pm on Wednesday after a sudden loss of pressure in the aircraft. Firefighters and paramedics were on standby at the airport when the plane landed safely just after midnight.
The pilot and co-pilot were taken to Canberra Hospital for monitoring, but were released later in the morning after precautionary checks.
Their aircraft, a Qantas Boeing 737-300 cargo plane, was flying from Brisbane (BNE/YBBN) to Melbourne (MEL/YMML) as QF 7335 when a technical fault with the onboard air conditioning system caused the pressure loss in the cabin. Manager of Airside Operations at Canberra Airport, Gary McGivern, said the airport activated its airport emergency plan in response to the incident.
“Responders included Aviation Rescue and Firefighting Service, the Australian Federal Police, and ACT Emergency Services,” Mr McGivern said.
“Canberra Airport regularly practices for these types of emergencies and are pleased that the plane landed safely and emergency services were able to attend to the pilots quickly.”
There were no passengers on board.

Aircraft Information
Airline: Qantas Freight
Code: QF/QFA
Aircraft Type: B737-376
Registration: VH-XMO
Serial Number: 23488
Engines: 2 CFMI-CFM56-3C1
First Flew: 23/02/1987
Age: 31 Yrs 5 Mts

Spotting at Melbourne airport

I was due to go to Melbourne on business this week and since today was a public holiday in Brisbane for the Brisbane EKKA (show day) I decided I would go to Melbourne a day earlier and spend the day spotting at Melbourne airport. I chose a flight a little later than normal for two reasons, 1 so I didn't have to get up at 4am and 2 the later flight was being operated by the new Boeing 787-9.
After having breakfast I went and got the morning sunrise before heading to the gate.

The flight was due to board at 6.40 and when I got to the gate at 6.38 everyone was on board already. I took my seat which was 54K and the aircraft for this trip was VH-ZNB (CN 39039) sporting the name "Waltzing Matilda".

BRISBANE CITY

The flight out of Brisbane and all the way down was very smooth, quite and comfortable, until it was time for our descent. As we passed 200 (20,000ft) we went into cloud and didn't come out for some time. We experience moderate to rough turbulence, then as we got lower the aircraft really got thrown around. I fly very regularly and this was no normal approach. By the time we landed, 20 minutes late, I thought I was going to be sick. My mouth watered and my stomach rumbled.. Luckily I settled down and went about my business of plane spotting.
I decided to stay in the Qantas terminal for a while and wait for the international heavies in front of me to leave.

UNITED B787-9 N26967 (CN 60144)

EMIRATES A380-861 A6-EET (CN 142)

CAPITAL A330-243 B-8550 (CN 1028)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE VH-YIG (CN 38711)

QANTAS A330-202 VH-EBB (CN 0522)

CHINA SOUTHERN A330-323 B-5922 (CN 1425)

SHANGHAI AIRLINES A330-243 B-6545 (CN 1291)
OPERATING AS CHINA EASTERN

JETSTAR B787-8 VH-VKB (CN 36228)

QANTAS A380-842 VH-OQE (CN 027)

XIAMEN B787-8 B-2768 (CN 41538)

Once they departed I thought I would try my luck up the top level car park, as I have seen many photos taken from up there. BIG MISTAKE... The wind was so strong and so cold I lasted about 15 minutes.

MELBOURNE TOWER

CHINA AIRLINES A350-941 B-18915 (CN 179)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA ATR 72-212 VH-FVZ (CN 1087)

So I thought I would try my luck back inside the terminal, but this time I went to the Virgin terminal. Luck still wasn't being nice as the thick dirty glass wasn't making it easy for photos.

ROYAL BRUNEI B787-8 V8-DLB (CN 34786)

QANTAS A380-842 VH-OQE (CN 027)

QANTAS B787-9 VH-ZNA (CN 39038)

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA A330-243 VH-XFG (CN 1407)

Wasn't long after that my brother rang and he came and picked me up and we drove around to few places.

SRI LANKA A330-243 4R-ALC (CN 0311)

MELBOURNE CITY

WHEN I GROW UP I WANT TO BE A 787-9

VIRGIN AUSTRALIA B737-8FE VH-BZG (CN 37822)

AIR CHINA A330-243 B-6093 (CN 0884)

SPORTING THE STAR ALLIANCE LIVERY

EMBRAER EMB 500 VH-PNM (CN 50000206)

BOMBARDIER BD 700 VH-LZP (CN 9007)

CESSNA 525 VH-MYE (CN 525-0638)