Juvenile moment in Parliament

[er10b]

They need Chopper as speaker... 'settle the fuck down'

[fraddstar]

@er10b LMFAO !!! Brilliant !

[preceeding]

"Juvenile moment in Parliament"

Yeah, but this is just another day in Parliament House...

[MrFunxy]

Oh look its Malcolm Turbull... oh yeah he got the knife :D Riiiight after Brendan Nelson... riiiight after John Howard :D

[colindominy]

I wouldn't exactly call this unsightly embarrassing mess 'entertaining'. They all seem exceedingly juvenile .. kindergarten kids behave more maturely than these shameful, pretensious, bullshitting idiots.

[ScottJackson117]

All they need is Shaun Micalef and I would wouldnt miss a single Parliment adress!

[wivvix]

Juvenile moment in Parliament? There's a few too many words there.

Juvenile Parliament, is both more succinct and accurate.

[QuadfishTym]

The speaker must spend like 90% of his time telling everyone to calm the f**k down.

[TheLoneStranger0]

The "treasurer" is a f***wit!

[brynbutler100]

All Australian must know that our politicians act like this in question time to make the 6 o'clock news. If they fail to get on the news, they fail to be noticed by their constituents, then they fail to get votes.

Dont blame the politicians, blame the media for turning politics into entertainment, because apparently "Australia are to stupid to have serious political debate".

Want more, read Lindsay Tanners book, "Dumbing down Democracy".

[Soundgarden8497]

wayne swan you fucking dickhead

[kyletjackson2]

They're all juvenile moments.

[TheJaaysog]

god bless you australia, britain loves you like a son

[liveit11001000110]

Politics failed 2000 years ago when the roman empire created it.

IT failed then, WHY THE FUCK ARE WE STILL LIVEING AND DIEING BY IT!

REVOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!

[LordFabs]

@liveit11001000110 Go live in mongolia

[LULZBOATCPTN]

this heres the wattle its the emblem of our land you can stick it in a bottle you can hold it in your hand AMEN

[DCFunBud]

That is the ugliest Parliament in the world. That sea green color upholstery has to go!

[ibnesaddam]

@gazzalite751  well said :)

[Hubbingbird]

0:24 ...sounds like South Park

[20127918547]

FUCK why do we let our selves be ruled by these fucking bastards, same shit another day.

REVOLUTION!!!!!!

[bobzilla211]

0:26 elaine from seinfeld agrees

[986401]

this is just a hugely entertaining. i could never get bored of watching people suits that have a say in what happens to the country act like children. lolololol cardboard kevin rudd

[forbzy1590]

What the F does he even say..??!

[GoddyofWar]

@forbzy1590 He yelled out "That's why you fucked it up"

[Jagwa3]

I love seeing this stuff! haha

[smancez]

What was the comment? Can't hear it!!

[wasabimanic]

checkout Nigerian and Kenyan Parliament for spats

[CyrusTheElder]

it doesn't have the same atmosphere as the British parliament....

the AP isnt as engaging IMO.

[Wehrhafter]

this is so much funnier than the german parliament thx australia =D

[harlza18]

LOL loved how the guy yells out and the speaker says in a OMFG type of voice "member for dickson" XDDDD LOLOLOL

[sabdow]

Australian Parliament is by far the most entertaining show about politics, EVER

[Fenizrael]

>implying that I would have to lay down my life for Queen and country.

Oh America!

[xeltex]

@gazzalite751 stop trolling dumbshit , we arnt subjects , we dont pay tax to the queen fucking idiot

[whitebitchnigga]

@gazzalite751 You are subjects under the Queen dumbass.

[whitebitchnigga]

@gazzalite751 Australians,British and Canadians people are not citizens you are subjects. Americans are citizens

[0bsidianBlackbird]

@whitebitchnigga call us what you want, it makes no difference. We are free people, and answer to no monarch.

[Tzimnewman3]

@whitebitchnigga Actually we are citizens since the Queen does not have the power to implement new laws and can never collect taxes.

She is more a figurehead then any real power. Anyway soon Australia will become a Republic once the queen dies.

[OzzyFan87]

How the hell do they get anything done?

[Realfoxhawk]

@gazzalite751 Not sure I agree about that. There is a Union Jack on the Hawaiian flag and that does not make Hawaii part of the Commonwealth. Republicans believe that it represents everything bad about Australia. But lets not forget our soldiers fought under that flag in many conflicts. For this reason many Australians and even a lot of Republicans want the flag to stay the same. If it does change it will be changing to suit a minority which would be wrong.

[fatheranthony4pope]

@Realfoxhawk Even though I would prefer the retention of the current flag, it would very much depend on what other flag was on offer, as to whether it better represents the nation - personally I would be more than happy for the Eureka Southern Cross Flag to replace the current flag.

However I do not accept the argument that soldiers fought under the current flag so therefore it should be kept. This argument does not hold up as aussies have fought under several flags in different situations.

[kenfig]

Who's that bearded bastard in the top left hand corner at 0:5 seconds ? ; looks like Father Abraham from The Smurfs !

[GPS94]

The Speaker should be my politics teacher

[minimandude]

hahaha the speaker is hilarious, LOL, its funny when he forgets the names of the people haha or he looses his train of thought. :)

[AuslandCharlie]

if we acted like this or the way they do in other sittings at school we would be sent to the principals office and probably suspended or harshily punished.

At Uni we would be told to get lost.

[LABOURSUPPORTER]

@gazzalite751 But if it wasn't for Britain you wouldn't be there.

[Bananaandapples2008]

Wayne Swan is fucking pathetic.

[eliasfrown]

@Bananaandapples2008 That's what you took from this video?

[Bananaandapples2008]

@eliasfrown correct

[fatheranthony4pope]

@gazzalite751 but that was more for financial reasons, and because they did not want a repeat of that disaster they made for themselves in America, (War of Independence). At the time of federation, there was the beginnings of sentimentalities towards a Republic, and ever since then the number of people wanting one has grown. The only reason that Australia chose not to become a Republic in 1999, was due to the model on offer. Australians did not like the model of Govenrment so they voted no

[Realfoxhawk]

@fatheranthony4pope With respect mate it would not have gone through anyway. The respective states that voted no in the referendum would have voted no again at a state level to change their respective state constitutions. You would have ended up with two states with Governors and a Governor General representing the Queen and four with state Presidents and a national President. Their way of getting around this was to have the President titled the 'GG' in states that retained the monarchy. silly

[fatheranthony4pope]

@Realfoxhawk But that is having it both ways - if I am right which I wont say I am, but if I am right and it was the model that was the problem, and that hypothetically it did pass nationally if it had a different model, that would then require a majority of states to have passed it, so there would no longer have been 4 states in the no camp. (if that made sense :P )

also at state level the role would stil be Governor, not state presidents just to be anal :P

[fatheranthony4pope]

@Realfoxhawk also I am very sure that the State constitutions would not have needed a referendum, but just would have been ammended, due to a Federal decision being able to over rule state decisions. same as if States make a law, and then Federal Govt makes a contradictory law, then Federal is the one that is adhered to.

I am not saying I am in favour of Republic, I just acknowledge that a the time of the Referendum, the majority wanted a Republic, just not the one on offer.

[beidlgsicht]

who is that blondie in the background right at the beginning?

PS: ORDER !!

[AvatarMarxon90]

The Portuguese Parliament is much more a circus than this...

[S0up3rD0up3r]

ARE YOU A SNAKE IN A WOMAN'S SUIT?!

[SexuaLobster]

@S0up3rD0up3r

OUTRAGEOUS!!!!

[CarrickLoyalists]

@gazzalite751

I know, I like Australians are most Brits do.

But don't forget where you came from, you're all partly British.

:)

[ReasonableBro]

@CarrickLoyalists i, as an australian, like the british. but its people like you that act so imperialistic that make so many australians hate you guys. no really, shut up. you're not winning anyone over, and quite frankly you smell like a troll who doesn't give a shit about his country and just wants to piss people off.

[BreezyBrisbane]

@ReasonableBro its Not "imperialistic" just some facts Like America is mainly made from Europeans & British. I Like the US & UK. i see NO reason for us to hate each other over simple issues. Ive been to both US & UK.

Americans were more friendly But England was cleaner

[fatheranthony4pope]

@CarrickLoyalists actually we arenot part British. Only people born in Britain who immigrate here are part British, everyone else, and their decendants are Australian. Period. Unlike America we do not refer to people as half half eg. African-American. In this country you are just plain Australian. Only Monarchists, Anglophiles, and pretencious British people(not all British people) would put forward a motion that we are all part British.

[Realfoxhawk]

@CarrickLoyalists Nah not really. Australia is a nation in its own right and as a constitutional monarchy it has a Queen of its own. Just because we have the same head of state does not mean that we are British in any way. In fact if Queen Elizabeth only abdicated the English throne she would still be Queen of Australia, Canada and all the others. While the person is the same the metaphorical 'crowns' are legally different.

[CarrickLoyalists]

@gazzalite751

Will never happen :)

[fatheranthony4pope]

@CarrickLoyalists I beg to differ CarrickLoyalists, once the Queen dies, there will be pretty much no sentimentality left. As Queen of Australia she has been dignified and a well upstanding Head of State, however the shameful shambles that is the rest of the entire House of Windsor cannot be classed in the same category as her, she is an exception to the rule so it seems.

[Realfoxhawk]

@fatheranthony4pope Thats more a matter of opinion there. Sure Charles has very little support - however what he has is rising as time passes. Secondly William has quite a lot of support.

[fatheranthony4pope]

@CarrickLoyalists By your logic you are actually German and French, not British. Your Royal Family is German - they changed their name from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1917 to try and hide their roots from the rest of the French/German nation.

Remember this is your definition of who you are not mine.

[CarrickLoyalists]

@gazzalite751

Whats that on your flag? Oh wait....

:)

[GoddyofWar]

I think he said "That's why you fucked it up"

[Roadrunnerz45]

@GoddyofWar if he really said that the speaker would have booted him straight away. according to hansard he said "thats why we built it up"

[IrishDutchman]

OOH TREASURER BURNED HIS SHIT! DAMN!

[richie8811]

where's the royal parliamentary barbie?

[AdamAus85]

Good bye surplus, thanks a bunch Labor.

[123444122]

We did not go into recession. I know what I would prefer. Enough said.

[fatheranthony4pope]

@AdamAus85 I would prefer a deficit with Labor saving the country from economic ruin, than the Liberal alternative which would have put millions into unemployment. At least labor invests in infrastructure. Liberals wasted billions of dollars that were gained throuh the mining boom, and let our infrastructure in the nation deteriorate. They were so dumb that they sold off all Government owned buildings except the Parliament house, so that now we have to rent buildings we once owned!

[AdamAus85]

@fatheranthony4pope I think unemployment didn't skyrocket because a lot of employers lost their full time status within companies. They were reduced to part time employees, etc.

[Realfoxhawk]

@AdamAus85 A lot of things occur that influence the unemployment figure so you cannot trust it. For example in the Job Network young people with p/t work and the promise of an apprenticeship were FORCED to quit work and take up year 12 and lose that apprenticeship offer just so the unemployment rate could drop. It was our major role for about six months. God knows how many young people we made quit p/t work and forced into study they had quit in hte first place just for politics.

[redmanonaroundabout]

This is obviously fake.

[aidzz69]

@redmanonaroundabout

u obviously dont live in Australia

[Realfoxhawk]

@redmanonaroundabout lol - what a nonsense statement.

[Justin51289]

What was the interjection?

[Justin51289]

... What was the interjection?

[wanky448]

i though our government the US was bad but shit i feel bad for you good british citizens over there

[BlackpoolBhoy]

That was Australia... our parliament is far more agressive

[venuecam]

Australian parliament is never agressive. More like boistorous and juvenile. These suits still believe they're at private school.

[harlequin2262]

@venuecam

Yeah. It's all in the open, at least. American Senate is just creepy. Where's the debate? Makes me wonder what's going on behind the scenes.

[RuflessRecords]

@harlequin2262 creepy? what? boring maybe, watch more C-span

[harlequin2262]

@RuflessRecords

Creepy that any governments going to have a hell of a lot of internal dissent. But it's never in congress. It's not in the open. It's all hidden in layers of secrecy and innuendo.

[C906070]

Err we must still be one Queen Elizabeths tenants at one of her properties then?

[Realfoxhawk]

@wanky448 We are not British. If I went to England and asked for a British passport I would not get one. Calling Australia British is about as accurate as calling Canada a part of the United States.

[Slimtubestyle]

Swan is a twat!

[baresolid]

Good lord I thought the House of Commons was raucus, these Aussies are even more disorderly, though it seems the speaker interjects more, there are fewer people in this chamber and the chairs are nicely spaced (and they have desks and good weather!) these lot just can't get enough of the heckling.

[harlequin2262]

It all manages to work, somehow. Remember that basically these are the parts amusing enough to go onto YT, I assume that generally things are quieter. Although Question Time is usually a clown car of amusing viewing.

[Georgiahulse]

There are so many connections to the British Houses of Parliament here - even right down the speaker, the dispatch box and the seating arrangements.

[james1234279]

well we do follow the Westminster parliament system

[Realfoxhawk]

@Georgiahulse There are a lot of differences though. No peers or peerage in the house. Senate chosen on a quota system. Elections to the lower house are run on a preferential system instead of a first past the post system (where a person in the UK can get a third of all votes and take office even though two thirds of his electorate hate everything that he stands for).

[mightymellow01]

can anyone tell me what he actually said? or subtitle the video?

[Mollarooza]

@mightymellow01 Why would you need subtitles for?

they are speaking in english?

[SteveLikesThings]

The english language hasn't taken over the world just yet, a lot of people don't speak english xD

[jismith1989]

If you think that's puerile, you should see the British parliament!

[kingbodup]

in britain its just the conservatives that make twats out of them selves, the labour members keep their dignity. dont judge us all on the fuckin tories

[jismith1989]

Well, I'm British myself, and not a fan of the Conservatives much either, but that's a little unfair! There are plenty of pathetic MPs on all sides of the house.

[kingbodup]

yeah, everyone makes a noise, but no other party is nearly as childish in their reactions as the tories

[bathroomdealer]

You obviously watch Parliamentary coverage very little. For years, Labour whips have sat around in the house like fat overpaid bullies, causing the Labour members to heckle anything the Torries say on fear of deselection. They sit there like braying cattle, mind you what can you expect from a bunch of middle class lefties and ex shop stewards who think that they own the system rather than serve it

[wackid89]

I agree with bathroomdealer on this one, both parties may be as bad as each other but c'mon - have you seen the commons debates in the last 3 years? Labour have been getting their giblets handed to them on a plate.

[sasha007k]

you brits should see the video (australian parliament) where the opposition brought in a cardboard cut out of the prime minister because he was absent. I bet you cant beat that.

[jismith1989]

:D

No. I think we can only come close to that one!

[TomNortherner]

We had a liberal dressed up as a giraffe.

[MisterMeds]

Sasha007k "you brits should see the video (australian parliament) where the opposition brought in a cardboard cut out of the prime minister because he was absent. I bet you cant beat that"

Actually we can beat that, because our Prime Minsister IS a cardboard cut out!

[sasha007k]

hahaha

[aarandir]

If G. Brown was a cardboard cutout there would be no end to numerous inventive ways I'd use to burn him.

[youknowituk]

lol do you have a link?

[sasha007k]

yeah but if i post it youtube will think i am a spammer, just search for "cardboard kevin rudd" without quotations

[SydShogan]

Swam deserves everything that he gets!

[pickledpork]

About time the Speaker cautioned a few members by specifically quoting a standing order.