Barnaby Joyce

[artme]

I see the Senate clown is at it again! Did you read his comments about Cate Blanchet??

[ColW]

Not that surprising from a polly that knows nothing about Cate Blanchet,
carbon or power bills, pity we can't turn the likes off at the wall but they seem
to have their own UPS.

[Grommett]

Barnaby who
About what
Is he ever relevant, or just the mad uncle at the table

[fxst]

cate who????? oh the one that thinks she is one of us
Sorry what was the question
Pete

[Sturdee]

I see the Senate clown is at it again! Did you read his comments about Cate Blanchet??

Actually I agree with Barnaby.

She may be a good actress but she no longer lives here so she should involve herself with US politics and leave us alone.


Peter.

[artme]

Actually I agree with Barnaby.

She may be a good actress but she no longer lives here so she should involve herself with US politics and leave us alone.


Peter.

[Big Shed]

Actually I agree with Barnaby.

She may be a good actress but she no longer lives here so she should involve herself with US politics and leave us alone.


Peter.

Peter, I don't want to get involved in whether Cate Blanchett should or shouldn't be involved in this, but she is entitled to an opinion.

Born in Melbourne and since 2006 she has been a director (together with her (Australian born husband) of the Sydney Theatre Company. They live in Sydney with their 3 children

[Christopha]

Peter, I don't want to get involved in whether Cate Blanchett should or shouldn't be involved in this, but she is entitled to an opinion.

Born in Melbourne and since 2006 she has been a director (together with her (Australian born husband) of the Sydney Theatre Company. They live in Sydney with their 3 children

Maybe she does and is but she can stop trying to inflict her opinion on the subject on those who, unlike her, aren't millionaires.

[mic-d]

I can't see any difference between what people are having her do (or what she is doing, if you want to put it that way) and the retailers who are conducting a media campaign in opposition to the plain packaging of cigarettes or the mining companies who are currently conducting a sweetening campaign saying how wonderful they are because of their efforts during the recent natural disasters. It's a free country and all these things should be allowed (whether one agrees with them or not) - as should the senator's comments - because it just reveals what he actually thinks about free speech and the right of citizens to own their opinion.

[AlexS]

Maybe she does and is but she can stop trying to inflict her opinion on the subject on those who, unlike her, aren't millionaires.

So only impoverished idiots are allowed to give us their opinion?
I'm sure those who are against Cate sharing hers would think differently if they agreed with her.
I disagree with Barnaby Joyce's opinion, but I'm quite happy for him to show what a dill he is by spouting it.

[mic-d]

Barnaby likes to play the man not the ball, it's his refuge. He did the same thing with the AGW debate on Q&A a while ago when he refused to acknowledge Tim Flannery as a climate expert because he first trained as a paleontologist, and apparently it is impossible to learn new tricks. Applying his own logic, what right does he have to be a politician when he trained as an accountant, not a political scientist

[jimbur]

What amused me was when he suggested that she stick to what she does well. Perhaps he'll find something he's good at one day.
Cheers,
Jim

[rrobor]

I agree with mic-d to an extent. but really who cares what a poly says or any other begger. Cripes we all were born with grey cells between the ears, Let whoever waffle about the reality or otherwise of climate change, smoking or whatever. Guess what we all have a vote and every so often we get the chance to tell Barnaby he is correct or he is a dill, why ruffle the feathers, it aint that time yet. To quote Robert burns from his poem. The cotters wife. When husband was late home from the pub Wife was sitting by the fire. "Brewing her wrath to keep it warm".

[Toymaker Len]

Good on Cate for standing up and leading. Just as it was with the GST both sides of politics privately agree that a carbon tax is necessary and inevitable. What we see in public are the opposition fighting for donations from mining companies and votes from the ignorant.

[Waldo]

I totally agree with Barnaby.