can't we all get along? 

This thread is a sobering reminder of why I gave up on this forum long ago.

Your avatar is a Wanderers fan with a balaclava. People gave up on you a long time ago.  

It just oozes inequality and if you want to join the them crowd in the "us v them" mob I can't stop you!

I like the bit that says if you're half decent looking you can't be a nanny.  Who knew?

I would like that, although it's been proved by history to be a resounding NO!

History of who? 

Seeing as how Boca v River Plate, Real Madrid v Barca and many more exist as being one of the foundation stones of modern football and an intrinsic part of the game, I'd say ET - pfft!

Well, I could say Neanderthals and the new species of humanoid coming out of Africa, or the Britons and Romans. History is pretty flexible.

we're on a football forum we're smart then the neanderthals and romans! 

Isn't that the difference between a nanny and an au-pair ?

wnb

This isn't anything to do with "us vs them". This is nothing more then a friend helping a friend. It is no different to a friend giving a friend a service/discount/whatever, that they may not necessarily give to other people. It's a case of "not what you know, but who you know" type thing. As far as I can see, there is nothing sinister going on here. Then again, I could be wrong.

Are you meant to do favours for favours with lives as opposed to Mars Bars?

 He is an MP not your mate that works down the servo.

It's the blatant hypocrisy that has people gunning for him.
Not the fact he let a couple of mate's crumpets stay.

Also when did Australia start becoming a country where you are happy with politicians helping who they know and sneering at who they don't as opposed to being a good public servant to the people they work for?

That might be the way the world works but have we become so apathetic that when it happens we just shrug as opposed to holding people in public office accountable?

The hypocrisy is people making out this is some new and rare thing . Ministers on all sides of politics always have and always will give "special consideration" to individual cases ...in other words ..."favours to mates" .
Labour has always done it, the coalition has always done it.
It is not illegal ..it is actually part of their brief to listen to petitions from the public...however both sides will obviously listen harder if a friend is the petitioner.
Nothing to see here .
The only "illegality here is that Dutton may have lied to parliament by saying he did not know one of them.
All pollies lie to parliament ...but Dutton may have been caught out doing it.

Rather like Mods who only send some threads to ET

Would have been happy to leave this thread in Aus football if it hadn't descended into a bitch-fight about whether photos should be posted when discussing au pairs, etc.

loooooooooool

-PB