The Daily Blog Open Mic – Monday 22nd February 2016
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Seeing JK and his plane load of buddies flitting across to Australia for the weekend at the taxpayers expense looks like more National Party troughing.
I can understand the urgent need for minders to get the PM out of the public view for a few days after so many stumbles, but couldn’t he have used some of his own money for a weekend away?
‘Human tidal wave’
https://www.rt.com/shows/crosstalk/332964-refugee-crisis-record-numbers/
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