@@TYsdrawkcaBHi, he was old school & Aussie, this is him telling a joke about how Australians are built different. No Snowflakes here. ABC News (Australia) RUclips·26 Sept 2013
Americans will not remember rhis but in the 1970s when Frank Sinatra came to Australia he grossly insulted a woman journalist who tried to interview. There was an uproar, an apology was called for but Sinatra refused. Bob Hawke was leader of very powerful labour union at the time, and Bob was called in to have "discussions" with Sinatra. He was told that the union was going to prevent his departure from the country until he relented. The American press loved the story and ran the headlines, "Aussies teach Sinatra how to eat crow. "
Sinatra called Australian female journalists 'hookers' and offered to pay them 'a buck and a half'. The Australian Journalist Association demanded an apology. Sinatra refused. Transport Workers' Union came on board refusing to refuel and load his plane, stranding Sinatra in Australia.
If only those unionists didn't sabotage our own soldiers during wartime. The bastards even refused to take wounded soldiers off ships so they could get proper medical care.
I remember this event, about 1978. That journalist was disrespectful and trying to get a reaction to sensationalise her story, typical media, like hyenas. She god her story cos Sinatra did react badly. Forget her name now, but have no interest in remembering her.
Ryan, one of Paul’s sisters worked at Sydney Airport during my time there. She was a senior airline executive and a lovely person to deal with. My brother-in-law’s mother was a Keating (can’t remember how close). My B-I-L resembles Paul but has never insulted anyone. Bronwyn Bishop’s comment “wins by a nose” refers to a photo finish at a horse race. It was quite witty of her which didn’t happen often when she was Speaker of the House. The silver-haired ex- Prime Minister who said he sings like a cow is Kevin Rudd. He’s currently Australian Ambassador to the USA.
I ran into him (he was alone and so was I) at Potts Point, I was walking down to the Flwet Base, he was probably looking for little boys....when our eyes met, I saw the fear in his eyes that I might say or do something....years later I was smashed walking out of the hotel place I was living and Rudd's security kept looking at me (didn't know who they were in my state), apparently I was the threat as the PM was being put in the car....later I caught the lift with his wife, alone, no security. Fast foward years, my uncle is PM security in Parliament House, used to swim with ScoMo, which if you k ew my uncle you'd laugh (brick shithouse, not a swimming champion).
@@cheekybrewskitovarich. Actually many people have beaten the record over the years. I myself have downed a pint in just over 2 seconds many times & a yard glass in under 10 when I was in my 20's , 20yrs ago.
@@cheekybrewskitovarichyeah, he set the record in the 50s at Oxford - downing it in 11 seconds, but the record has been beaten a number of times. I think it's down to 5 seconds now?
Bob hawke was the head of the unions Paul Keating could really dish it out If U really want a good laugh Watch UK tv series Yes minister an Yes prime An that really shows U how Parliament works. minister
@@theearthbutterfly I done a yard glass 20yrs ago in about 10 seconds after about 9 pints. It was times but not by an official. Rest of the night I don't remember but cleaning the hallway & bathroom the next day won't leave my mind.
He didn't call her (the Speaker) the C word, he was calling the other guy from the opposition, who started approaching the despatch box, the C word. Also possibly a friendly use of the term, as I detected no real malice in his tone and it appeared the other bloke was being a bit cheeky. The C word here is not always an insult, and depending on context and tone of delivery can indicate a friendly exchange. For example, I have literally greeted an old friend with the words, "Get effed c**t" before giving them a hug and both of us expressing how happy we were to see one another.
"Wins by a nose" is a reference to horse racing. Winning at the finish line by the length of the horse's nose in a photo finish. Which, in turn meant that Bronwyn Bishop [Member for McKellar] was insinuating that the Deputy Prime Minister [Julia Gillard, (later Prime Minister)] had a bigger nose than herself, which Julia acknowledged by saying her genetics gave her the edge in that regard. Bronwyn was also probably inferring that Julia was a 'nag' [an old or feeble horse]. Bronwyn outscored Julia on that one.
The Guy that said How ya going over there darling, was my favourite Prime Minister Paul Keating. He was as funny as a circus and had no filter he said exactly what he thought..
"Fair suck of the sav" is an Australian slang phrase that basically means "You've got to be kidding!" Or just a fair shake lol Kev just added his own bits to them and mixed them up lol
i saw bob on TV back in the late 60s, i was 7 or 8yrs old. i think he was a union leader or something but i remember thinking he will probably be our PM soon just based on his popularity and energy.
He was the best labour has had, I voted for him, but he did rely on pulling heartstrings and likeableness, more than policy. But to be fair, he did the most for working Aussies than any labour leader has.
The Despatch Boxes are 2 wooden chests that sit on the central table in the House of Representatives. One is next to the Prime Minister's chair and the other is next to the Leader of the Opposition's chair. The Despatch Boxes are made of rosewood and decorated with silver and enamel. They are hinged and lockable. The Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, ministers and shadow ministers use the Despatch Boxes to rest their speech notes and other documents while speaking in the House. This is called speaking 'from the Despatch Box'. The Despatch Box on the government side of the House contains forms and religious books used for swearing-in new members of the House. The Despatch Boxes symbolise the link between the British House of Commons and the Australian House of Representatives. Despatch boxes were first used in the British Parliament in the 17th century to transport parliamentary documents to the House of Commons. The Australian Parliament's Despatch Boxes are replicas of the boxes which sat in the House of Commons before they were destroyed by a bomb explosion in the Second World War. King George V gave the House of Representatives' Despatch Boxes to the Australian Parliament to mark the opening of Old Parliament House in 1927. Inside the lid of each box is an inscription signed by King George V. In 1988, the Despatch Boxes were brought to the current Parliament House.
You see when P.M. Scott Morrison was giving a press conference on someone footpath and the owner of the house yelled out get of the grass I just layed it.
1:45 Yes, thats our Speaker.. Meant to be impartial, but always a member of a Party. Ms Bishop was notoriously biased (to the Right Wing) and would throw out half the Front Bench of the Labor Party in Question Time (she holds the record of "removals". 3:50 Bob Hawke was widely considered to be one of Australia’s greatest Prime Ministers. Hawke once boasted a personal approval rating of 75%, is to date the longest-serving Labor leader and forever transformed politics in Australia. While studying at Oxford University in the UK in 1954, he sculled a yard glass (two and a half pints) of beer in just eleven seconds - an achievement that earned him a spot in the Guinness Book of Records. 7:45 Clerks of the Court wear court wigs.. its a tradition thing.. Like we still have wigs in Supreme and High court.. Lawyers/Judges do alike a parade!!
Speakers aren't always members of a party, Peter Slipper had left the LNP after he failed to get endorsement for his seat at the next election Labor elected him speaker to help maintain minority government. Tony Smith and Andrew Wallace - while still Liberal party members - stopped attending party meetings to try and maintain impartiality.
@@smalltime0true, although all the drama with Slipper was a whole spectacle in itself. Also when there's a minority goverment it's harder to pick speaker because you don't want to lose one of your own votes on the floor
@@theearthbutterfly Speakers still break ties, but its also hilarious just screwing over the opposition by electing one of their disgruntled members as speaker
. Two despatch boxes, with elaborate silver and enamel decorations, are situated on the Table in front of the Clerk and Deputy Clerk, respectively. These were a gift from King George V to mark the opening of the provisional Parliament House in Canberra in 1927 and the inauguration of the sittings of the Parliament in the national capital.[21] The despatch boxes, which are purely ornamental, are exact replicas of those which lay on the Table at Westminster prior to their loss when the Commons Chamber was destroyed by bombs in 1941. They are a continuing link between the House of Commons and the House of Representatives. The Prime Minister, Ministers and members of the opposition executive speak ‘from the despatch box’.
You MUST react to the misogyny speech from Julia Gillard (the redhead woman as Deputy Prime Minister in some of these shorts) in her capacity as later Labor Prime Minister. She tore the strips off the opposition leader, Tony Abbott over his misogyny. It was brilliant with no notes and straight off the cuff. The video is played in university courses around the world.
yup, this was the most common comment on yesterday's video too. I think he thinks his audience is mainly male, so might be reluctant to do that one, but he really should
Gillard was a misandrist and set back men's rights and their access to their kids by decades. I despise her and the leftist push to take kids away from their fathers.
I was waiting for several moments in these videos that didn’t make the cut. Maybe there’s more of these videos somewhere. Paul Keating literally reeling in Alexander Downer like a fish was gold. On a more serious note you should have a look at Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech during her time as PM. It because quite famous internationally. She completely humiliated Tony Abbott
So Tony did take her job after that speech, sooo devastating lmao. How long was this epic take down before she stepped down? The first female Prime minister of Australia. Made to step down, disgraceful to all woman. I remember Obama giving a speech before Trump took his job too. Hilarious @@andrewhall9175
Bob Hawke, whose father was also a politician in an earlier generation, was a Prime Minister [PM] for a Labor Government [Democrat]. Prior to becoming PM Bob was the president of the ACTU [Australian Council of Trade Unions] the largest peak body representing most union workers in Australia. He was, indeed, a popular PM. A Rhodes Scholar, he held the best time record at Oxford for drinking a yard glass. Look that one up. He was known to be a drinker, but largely gave up drinking alcohol to become PM. Didn't stop but did cut down. He's also known famously for his comment on TV when Australia beat the USA in the America's Cup.: "I tell you what, any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum." He was a real character, even unto the grave.
@@annabelmayo450 you're right, sorry. He was a minister. While in South Australia, however, Arthur [Clem] Hawke was also the General Secretary of the Austrlian Labor Party in South Australia[1919 to 1920]. I was probably thinking of Kim Beazley whose dad was a minister in the Whitlam government. Consider me chastised.
One of his most boss moments was with Frank Sinatra while he lead the ACTU. Sinatra's security kinda roughed up some journalists and later Sinatra called the women whores. Some journalist union got really pissed off, and since the unions at that time were pretty tight with eachother Hawke co-ordinated union strikes to target Sinatra. This meant that a lot of hospitality workers, transport union workers, and people necessary for him to tour would strike whenever Sinatra needed them. They even basically grounded his private plane, as anyone who'd be able to refuel it would go on strike whenever it was planned to be refuelled. Sinatra had a loose connection to prime minister Whitlam''s son, but it was clear that Whitlam was both unable to do anything about it and wouldn't want to oppose the unions even if he could. Eventually they got a half assed apology from Sinatra and they eased up on the action and he left. Sinatra had experience and connections to dodgy corrupt unions in the US, but they had nothing on Hawke's ability to legally mobilise a highly unionised country to disrupt and protest his conduct in a way that even the prime minister couldn't stop.
Bob Hawk was Prime Minister from 1983 to 1993 he had a 75% popular approval rating. He was when he addressed the nation on the Baijing massacre he openly wept, and the country loved him all the more for it. In the end, Browyn Bishop was having a go at Julia Gillard. They were both taking shots at each other, and Browyn said the deputy Prime Minister won by a nose with the jokes. Winning by a nose is a horse racing term, but she was really saying that Julia Gillard had a big nose. In which she does, so Julia said you can thank my genes for that.
Fun fact, the official sign/name for Julia Gillard in Auslan (Australian sign language) is finger on top of nose, thumb under it & moving outwards so as to extend the nose
@@TYsdrawkcaB it iiiisssssss :) My favourite sign is the King's birthday holiday, which is a crown, then hands near pelvis, showing a delivering baby motion, then both hands, middle finger circling Sign language is awesome, very expressive :) Holiday is basically signing "up yours" to the boss, but the near thrusting motion before that really takes the cake imo :)
Bob Hawke used to hold a world record for drinking a yard glass of beer in 11 seconds. 🍺🍺🍺 Speaker is the title person in charge of the House of Representativs. They really don't change often, usually only after an election. These clips just cover a lot of years.
Recently we've had a new speaker every second week :P Only reason why we've only had 32 speakers in total (and 34 terms because musical chairs) is because a lot of the OG speakers did 5+ yrs stints.
Epic indeed, but I'm not sure it fits in a 'Funniest Moments' compilation. Maybe 'Most Dramatic Moments..)? Or, it might be worth suggesting as a separate video to watch, on its own. :-)
The conversation at the end was the older woman saying that the deputy prime minister had won by a nose (a term from horse racing and suggesting that she has a big nose). The deputy responded saying that her genetics have given her an advantage (giving her a big nose)
If I remember correctly, something along the lines of "if any boss sakes anyone for not turning up for work today is a bloody mug" 😅 Please correct if I'm wrong.
The bloke going off about the carp (fish) is Barnaby Joyce. He was also the one to go on about Johnny Depp and Amber Heards pet puppies being smuggled into Australia without quarantining first.
Hawke as a union leader had the ability to settle intractable disputes, and when he got into politics as PM he did the same. The Prices and Wages Accord was amazing, he and Keating reset the entire economic framework of the country, and even now it is hard to believe that they got everyone on board. While Hawke could appeal to the emotions, Keating could appeal to the intellect. They were both incredibly smart, but Keating was and is just on a different level, and you sometimes see that in his razor sharp wit in debates.
@@UteChewb As much ass I believe keating was the greatest Prime Minister ever, I wish he never overtook Hawke. Labor may have even stayed in for longer should it have been both Hawke and Keating. It was a dynamic duo 💯 Hawke was the charming loveable fellow who had great international ties balancing the US and China Keating was the rogue who made everyone hate labor's opponents by making vicious speeches in parliament. Together they were unstoppable
He didn’t call Madam Speaker a c**t. The guy on the left called the guy on the right a c**t. But later said that he actually said grub. But as you heard he definitely said c**t.
Hawkey was a legend, and he could really drink, but he also gave up drinking while in office, and was a Rhodes scholar (really really hard to get prestigious free trip to be educated at Oxford university in England), so he was smart too. I heard a story once that he was waiting with some 🇺🇸 dignitary and the car that was picking them up had something happen to it. Enter your average bogan who offered them a ride. Hawkey took it. The yank telling the story was gobsmacked 😂😂😂
Great bits that were missed - Kevin Rudd picking earwax out and eating it sitting in parliament - Abbott and Pyne trying to run away to avoid a vote - Senator Mary Jo Fisher doing the hokey pokey in a session - Bob Katter's "every 3 months a person is torn to pieces" - anything Tony ever did or said
You forgot Tony Burke raising a point of order during a particularly red faced rant from Barnaby: “No point of order Mr Speaker. I just thought he needed to take a breath in.”
Another version of 'fair shake of the sauce bottle' is 'fair suck of the sav'. Both are often shortened to 'fair shake' or 'fair suck'. Basically it's kind of the equivalent of saying, "Oh come on", or "Geez, settle down". Wait until you discover Australian Rhyming Slang, then you'll really need a translator. :D
You have to watch The Chasers war on everything. “Chaser APEC prank” Some comedians dressed up as Osama Bin Ladin and got through George Bushes security when he was visiting Australia. Hilarious but also eye opening. They got through to President Bush successfully.
Top score Ryan. An interesting aside; The width of the table the despatch boxes are on is an inch wider than the length of two swords as when the first parliament sat the representatives were armed with their swords.
Yes, we have a speaker of the house, but they do swap out with deputies. The old woman at the beginning is probably the worst speaker in our history. Her claim to fame other than being incompetent and rorting taxpayer money is she charged taxpayers for a helicopter ride to an event because she was to lazy to drive the 45 minutes it would have taken.
9:15 Fair shake of the sauce bottle - Steady on, be reasonable. This is one of several variations on the Australian exclamation ‘fair go’. It expresses a keen sense of injustice - 'fair suck of the sauce bottle, mate, I’m only asking for a loan till payday!' The phrase was probably originally used with reference to sauce bottle meaning 'a bottle of alcoholic liquor'. In 2006 Australian opposition leader Kevin Rudd famously used a variant of the phrase: 'fair shake of the sauce bottle'. Sometimes ‘saveloy’ or ‘sav’ is substituted for ‘sauce bottle’. The phrase ‘fair crack of the whip’ has the same meaning. Fair suck of the sauce bottle is first recorded in the 1970s. Kevin Rudd is the person speaking here. He substitutes shake for suck, because he doesn't want to offend people.
Fair shake of the (tomato) sauce bottle was by PM Kevin Rudd - a fluid Chinese speaker. It’s a call to treat people fairly. Tomato sauce is like US Ketchup. And goes well with meat meals. (Meat pies, sausage rolls etc)
@@melodyc6363 wow, seriously? How can an American not know who Murdock is, given the damage he's done to their country? I guess just doesn't recognise the name, only the damage or something?
What's in the Despatch Boxes? The Despatch Boxes were gifts of King George V upon the opening of the provisional parliament house in Canberra in 1927, after the parliament sat for the first years from 1901 using the Victorian parliament chambers in Melbourne. The Despatch Boxes were previously used to transport official documents to the King, such is the expression of "being mentioned in despatches" meaning mentioned in high places. In the chamber, the boxes are used as a speaking lectern from where the prime minister, front bench ministers and their opposition counterparts address the parliament. The observation that the boxes on the table in the UK House of Commons look very similar is no coincidence. During the Blitz on London in 1941, the Palace of Westminster was bombed and the interior of the House of Commons destroyed. In the reconstruction after the war, Australia and New Zealand gifted a replica copy of the boxes in the House of Representatives and made from Kauri, a New Zealand timber, to the House of Commons, along with the Speaker's Chair. I understand that the boxes contain religious texts, such as the Bible, Koran etc as required to enable elected members to be sworn in to the parliament after their election, in a form according to their creed. It may also remind those who speak at them of the solemnity and responsibility of where they are speaking from (if you can stop rolling around the floor laughing).
It wouldn't surprise me if Barnaby Joyce (the guy with the bright red face who rants weird things, like the carp stuff) is drunk during most of the rants he's filmed in....
The guy in the suit was PM Paul Keating (former Treasurer) Bob Hawke was PM before him and had a Guinness book of records entry for sculling a yard of beer in Oxford Uni. He was a Rhodes Scholar. Before PM he was chief of the unions in Australia. (ACTU)
The speaker of the house could also ware a wig. It is their choice whether to or not. I think the correct outfit for the speaker is a wig, a black academic gown, a lace collar and a white bow tie.
The bloke who couldn't bowl a cricket ball was John Howard, a conservative prime minister. Worst P M we ever had imo. The 3 regular blokes, Bob Hawke, Paul Keatings and Kevin Rudd were Labor PMs, representing progressive governments.
@@krpurple2678Howard dismantled all the safeguards put in place to ensure things ran smoothly and buggered everything he got his hands on. Abbott came along and made it even worse while looking like a clown, and Scotty just sat on his ass and lied and deflected from ever having to do any actual work
These clips are from different periods of time and different governments, so the Speaker of the House changed too. As for Bob Hawke, he was an enormously popular politician for most of his time in Parliament. He worked as a union leader for many years before that. He was also known for his love of a beer or seven, and had, ahem, 'an eye for the ladies' ... 😅 A different era.
The guy you said is something else, the carp dude, is the fella who wanted to put down pistol and boo (Johnny Depps dogs) when Johnny snuck them into Oz. .. He's a unit, that's for sure. He's also the reason Parliament introduced the 'bonk ban'.
Paul Keating was an absolute beast in Parliament. If you ever want to see him demolish someone check the last debate he had with John Hewson before the 1993 election.
When i started working in parliament house anyone with a photo pass waked straight in. We used to bring stacks of technical equipment. Actual members were stil able to walk straight in for yearsxafter they introduced the mantomeyers and high tech xray scanners.
Thats barnaby joyce minister for agriculture.the carp(fish) are taking over we also have a catastrophic problem with cane toads that are killing everything.
The Gerry thing at 7:27 is the guy's first name. In parliament you either call people by the seat (electoral division) they have "Member for Melbourne" in this case, or the portfolio they occupy "Minister for Immigration" I think at this time. He was also Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders for a bit, so maybe that.
@12:00 Christopher Pyne is calling the other guy (Tony Burke) a 'mug', he was the member for opposition business and Pyne was minister for government business, they had competing portfolios. The speaker in this case is a member of Pyne's own party.
I know it was awhile ago, when Australia hosted the worlds fair, i was sitting in the stands of a show and Bob Hawk came in, the whole place stood clapped and cheering it was an emotional time for him and us.
The speaker of the parliament is not the same as the speaker of congress. The US speaker is the leader of the majority party, whereas in our House that’s the PM. Our speaker is more like a referee - again, voted from the membership of the house, so usually controlled by the majority party, but some times when their numbers are very tight they’ll get an independent or minor to do it (and it means a pay bump for that member so they’ll usually find someone to do it).
Kevin Rudd (whom you expected to sing) was very popular with the electorate. But I recall a political journalist at the time saying Australia was divided into two groups, those who like Mr Rudd and those who’d met him. I haven’t met him, so reserve judgment. Blonde Madame Speaker was Bronwyn Bishop, currently holding the record of longest serving female politician, who will always be remembered for chartering a private helicopter, at taxpayer’s exorbitant expense, to take her the 80kms (50 miles) from Geelong to Melbourne. Not a fan, I must say. But it is lovely to catch a glimpse of a Tony Jones moderated Q&A. He left massive shoes to fill when he retired, and I don’t think any of the subsequent hosts have quite lived up to his excellence at herding cats. Kerry Packer was a major media magnate. Like Murdoch, though not as powerful internationally.
I remember carp were so rampant that when we went fishing in the 80s and early to mid 90s, you would catch 1 native fish for every 9 carp we caught. You could walk along the bank of the river and shoot carp with a 4/10 shotgun because they would just suck on the mud on the rivers edge. Then from the mid to late 90s and onwards we were catching mostly Golden Perch (yellow belly) and Murray Cod. 8 out of 10 catches were native fish and sometimes the occasional turtle. We use to release the turtle back into the water and leave the carp on the bank of the river where a big Goanna would come every year to our camp and feast on the dead carp. I haven’t gone back since l lost my father. I use to love going with him every year during the Melbourne cup long weekend. My dad knew a guy who managed a large multi thousand acre cattle property, so it was private which was great. We use to go netting for yabbies along this very long channel that was on the property. We would catch enuff big ones for a feast back at camp and we would use the little ones for bait. The nearest town was around 20 minutes away which was called Moulamien in NSW. We would go in every second day to pick up fresh ice for the eskis. I really miss those times. My dad was going there years before l was born in 77.
Bob Hawke was probably one of the best pm's we have had, also he brought in our modern day medicare and superannuation + fun fact he held the guiness world record for "the fastest drinking of a yard of beer"
If I remember rightly in regards to the guy that brought in the pipe bomb in to the chamber. All parliamentarian offices, long with both chambers are behind where the security areas are. What he did is that because he has the knowledge of making it, he brought all the parts, peace by peace, through the security check points, and left all the parts in his office. After a space of a few weeks or so. He then made the pipe bomb in his office. He did that to show that if someone build a bomb of site, and then try and bring them through the security check points. They will stop the person in doing so, but they are not "trained" to keep an eye out in when someone is bringing in parts for one.
I grew up with a family friend who used to come around for a few beers with my dad and watch the wrestling once a month or so on a Sunday. Turned out my ‘Uncle Bob’ ended up being the prime minister. 🤷♀️😂
He didn’t bring a bomb in. He brought the pipes to show that the individual elements weren’t prohibited and could be brought in on different days without any restriction.
The Speaker is nominated by the Government. When they have an absolute majority they just put one of their own people in. When an election is a bit closer, they might be forced to put an opposition member in to maintain their majority in the House (the speaker doesn't get to vote). So with each Government there's usually a new speaker. In addition there's a series of backup/deputy speakers who fill in when the speaker is busy with other commitments (you almost always see the real speaker during Question Time (2PM when Parliament is sitting) - which is where most of that footage comes from (it's the best or worst part of Parliament depending on who you ask) - but if you went to Parliament at different time it's not unusual to see different people in the Speaker's chair....
The speaker changes in these videos as they are highlighted compilations of events over several government periods, and different speakers are assigned by different governments and parties in power. Usually a given speaker remains until government changes to different party.
In the US the Speaker is leader of the majority party. In Australia the Speaker is supposed to be impartial, although the woman Speaker you saw, Brown Bishop, was a disgraceful exception. Also, there is a number of deputy Speakers from both sides who will be in the chair during routine business.
@@robinryan4429in Aus the speaker tends to also come from the majority party, but to be speaker they have to give up their "allegiance" to the party as it were to be unbiased (in theory). Both sides will submit someone to be speaker but obv the party with the majority will get the votes. It's the same as the US where candidates are voted on (although ours is more of a formality)
Chris Pyne, the then Education Minister, was using the C-bomb (though he claimed he had said ‘grub’) about Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition, not the Speaker, Bronwyn Bishop. Aussies, as well as Brits and I think also Irish people and New Zealanders, tend to use that term for males much more than females.
Section 94A is the suspension of a Member of Parliament or a Senator for the rest of the sitting day. MP's usually try to get suspended during question time 2pm - 3pm on a Thursday (the last sitting day of the week) so they can catch an early flight back to their State.
The main reason the person in the Speaker's chair keeps changing is that these clips span decades (a lot of the clips here are around 30 years old) and keep bouncing around. Day to day there will often be an acting speaker in the chair so that is also not an unusual change, however the majority of these clips feature the actual Speaker at the time (partly as most of the clips are from Question Time when most members will be present and when the most rancour occurs). Question Time produces the sound bites for the news, it's not when the actual work of parliament happens. The shoe throwing thing wasn't the original - Bush had shoes thrown at him in 2008 and the clip here with Howard was in 2010 and would have been inspired by the original.
The two boxes on the table are traditional dispatch boxes for documents. The two Clerks at the Table advise about procedures and record the minutes of proceedings. 'Hansard' reporters sit at the small central table and record all the debates.
Bob Hawke was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. While he was there, he set the Guinness World Record for drinking the fastest Yard of beer. He also was the head of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and it was Hawke who negotiated with the unions for Frank Sinatra to be able to leave the country (Sinatra basically referred to a female journalist as a ‘hooker’, and the unions black banned him, refusing to fuel planes, nothing). He gave up drinking alcohol while he was PM. There is a bar/brewery named in his honour. If you have watched the new NCIS:Sydney… 2 of the characters end up in the Hawkey bar in episode 1. It’s real. The ‘sauce bottle’ guy is Kevin Rudd, who was PM (same party as Hawkey). He was an Australian diplomat at one stage, and he speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese. When the Chinese leader visited Australia one time & addressed the Parliament, KRudd (as he is known) was the only one who didn’t need to wear headphones to listen to the translators.
Bob Hawke was immortalised by the Guinness Book of Records in 1954 for sculling 2.5 pints of beer in 11 seconds
NO WAYY THAT'S FUCKING INSANE
@@TYsdrawkcaBhe also use to, while being in parliament attend drinking challenges. Dudes a legend.
you have the same name as a music teacher i know lmao @@michaelrogers7386
@@TYsdrawkcaBand he achieved that record at Oxford University, fact
@@TYsdrawkcaBHi, he was old school & Aussie, this is him telling a joke about how Australians are built different. No Snowflakes here.
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RUclips·26 Sept 2013
Americans will not remember rhis but in the 1970s when Frank Sinatra came to Australia he grossly insulted a woman journalist who tried to interview. There was an uproar, an apology was called for but Sinatra refused. Bob Hawke was leader of very powerful labour union at the time, and Bob was called in to have "discussions" with Sinatra. He was told that the union was going to prevent his departure from the country until he relented. The American press loved the story and ran the headlines, "Aussies teach Sinatra how to eat crow. "
Great memory, I just remember it.
I certainly remember this
Sinatra called Australian female journalists 'hookers' and offered to pay them 'a buck and a half'. The Australian Journalist Association demanded an apology. Sinatra refused. Transport Workers' Union came on board refusing to refuel and load his plane, stranding Sinatra in Australia.
If only those unionists didn't sabotage our own soldiers during wartime.
The bastards even refused to take wounded soldiers off ships so they could get proper medical care.
I remember this event, about 1978. That journalist was disrespectful and trying to get a reaction to sensationalise her story, typical media, like hyenas. She god her story cos Sinatra did react badly. Forget her name now, but have no interest in remembering her.
Paul Keating was the best at dishing it out... Legend.
And rather good looking too😮
Absolutely
You’re a grub!! lol
Ryan, one of Paul’s sisters worked at Sydney Airport during my time there. She was a senior airline executive and a lovely person to deal with. My brother-in-law’s mother was a Keating (can’t remember how close). My B-I-L resembles Paul but has never insulted anyone.
Bronwyn Bishop’s comment “wins by a nose” refers to a photo finish at a horse race. It was quite witty of her which didn’t happen often when she was Speaker of the House. The silver-haired ex- Prime Minister who said he sings like a cow is Kevin Rudd. He’s currently Australian Ambassador to the USA.
I ran into him (he was alone and so was I) at Potts Point, I was walking down to the Flwet Base, he was probably looking for little boys....when our eyes met, I saw the fear in his eyes that I might say or do something....years later I was smashed walking out of the hotel place I was living and Rudd's security kept looking at me (didn't know who they were in my state), apparently I was the threat as the PM was being put in the car....later I caught the lift with his wife, alone, no security. Fast foward years, my uncle is PM security in Parliament House, used to swim with ScoMo, which if you k ew my uncle you'd laugh (brick shithouse, not a swimming champion).
Bob Hawke still holds the record for chugging a yard glass of beer.
Still? I knew he held the record for a pint for years, didn't know he had the yard glass record too
@@cheekybrewskitovarich. Actually many people have beaten the record over the years. I myself have downed a pint in just over 2 seconds many times & a yard glass in under 10 when I was in my 20's , 20yrs ago.
@@cheekybrewskitovarichyeah, he set the record in the 50s at Oxford - downing it in 11 seconds, but the record has been beaten a number of times. I think it's down to 5 seconds now?
Bob hawke was the head of the unions
Paul Keating could really dish it out
If U really want a good laugh
Watch UK tv series
Yes minister an
Yes prime
An that really shows U how Parliament works. minister
@@theearthbutterfly I done a yard glass 20yrs ago in about 10 seconds after about 9 pints. It was times but not by an official. Rest of the night I don't remember but cleaning the hallway & bathroom the next day won't leave my mind.
He didn't call her (the Speaker) the C word, he was calling the other guy from the opposition, who started approaching the despatch box, the C word. Also possibly a friendly use of the term, as I detected no real malice in his tone and it appeared the other bloke was being a bit cheeky. The C word here is not always an insult, and depending on context and tone of delivery can indicate a friendly exchange. For example, I have literally greeted an old friend with the words, "Get effed c**t" before giving them a hug and both of us expressing how happy we were to see one another.
I met Bob Hawke once and you couldn't meet a nicer more down to earth person. We'll never have another PM like him.
Absolutely right.
Love bob, Rip, the best. He really connected with the australian people. for real. legend
"Wins by a nose" is a reference to horse racing. Winning at the finish line by the length of the horse's nose in a photo finish. Which, in turn meant that Bronwyn Bishop [Member for McKellar] was insinuating that the Deputy Prime Minister [Julia Gillard, (later Prime Minister)] had a bigger nose than herself, which Julia acknowledged by saying her genetics gave her the edge in that regard. Bronwyn was also probably inferring that Julia was a 'nag' [an old or feeble horse]. Bronwyn outscored Julia on that one.
she had a pretty decent sized snozz too, might not be that deep lol
Paul Keating had the best insults/retorts but Bob Hawke was just a legend.
Why because he could Skol a beer!!!🤮
Paul Keating was the best talker in parliament. Always great with the insults. 🦘🦘🤣🤣🤣🤣
Absolutely
Yeah he was pretty funny.
My favourite was when he said Alexander Downer had a face like a knee.
"It was like being flogged with a warm lettuce". 🤣
Well, the thing about poor old Costello, he's all tip and no iceberg
The Guy that said How ya going over there darling, was my favourite Prime Minister Paul Keating. He was as funny as a circus and had no filter he said exactly what he thought..
Hawke Keating and Whitlam were all based
A fair shake of the sauce bottle means something is unfair. Kevin Rudd who said it is an ex Prime Minister and is currently our ambassador in the USA.
A great man
I forget now what the actual saying was since he put forth his version lol fair suck of the sav I believe lol ruddy F’d it up lol
I always thaught it was fare suck of the old sav😂
Thats what I've always said
"Fair suck of the sav" is an Australian slang phrase that basically means "You've got to be kidding!"
Or just a fair shake lol
Kev just added his own bits to them and mixed them up lol
TBH Rudd can be hard to hear in Parliament. He often spoke quietly and calmly and just gets drowned out from heckles
Bob was a bit of a political anomaly… No one since has come close to the level of intelligence, charisma and relatability possessed by Bob…
Paul Keating was much smarter, just not as likeable. But Bob was/is King.. And Im ALP to this day..
i saw bob on TV back in the late 60s, i was 7 or 8yrs old. i think he was a union leader or something but i remember thinking he will probably be our PM soon just based on his popularity and energy.
He certainly was a breath of fresh air. 👍
Gough Whitlam was just as smart if not smarter than Bob. Having said that, I love both of them
He was the best labour has had, I voted for him, but he did rely on pulling heartstrings and likeableness, more than policy. But to be fair, he did the most for working Aussies than any labour leader has.
Bob Hawke was an Aussie Larrikin and absolutely liked by lots of us.
Larrikin
@@DeepThought9999 oops
@@DeepThought9999larrikin translates to "seriously"? 😂😂😂
He wasn't nice to his first wife or children. Unfaithful & expected others to clean up afterwards.
The Despatch Boxes are 2 wooden chests that sit on the central table in the House of Representatives. One is next to the Prime Minister's chair and the other is next to the Leader of the Opposition's chair.
The Despatch Boxes are made of rosewood and decorated with silver and enamel. They are hinged and lockable.
The Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, ministers and shadow ministers use the Despatch Boxes to rest their speech notes and other documents while speaking in the House. This is called speaking 'from the Despatch Box'.
The Despatch Box on the government side of the House contains forms and religious books used for swearing-in new members of the House.
The Despatch Boxes symbolise the link between the British House of Commons and the Australian House of Representatives.
Despatch boxes were first used in the British Parliament in the 17th century to transport parliamentary documents to the House of Commons. The Australian Parliament's Despatch Boxes are replicas of the boxes which sat in the House of Commons before they were destroyed by a bomb explosion in the Second World War.
King George V gave the House of Representatives' Despatch Boxes to the Australian Parliament to mark the opening of Old Parliament House in 1927. Inside the lid of each box is an inscription signed by King George V. In 1988, the Despatch Boxes were brought to the current Parliament House.
What
You see when P.M. Scott Morrison was giving a press conference on someone footpath and the owner of the house yelled out get of the grass I just layed it.
Ryan arrives, "Did that scare you?". Mate, there's great whites, killer spiders, wildfires, taipans, and Pauline Hanson in Australia. 😂
Please explain!!?
and we all know which is the most terrifying LOL
As an Aussie who remembers lots of these characters and their colourful language, this video was a real hoot!
Ryan, the guy saying “fair shake of the sauce bottle” was our PM and is now Australian Ambassador to Washington
1:45 Yes, thats our Speaker.. Meant to be impartial, but always a member of a Party. Ms Bishop was notoriously biased (to the Right Wing) and would throw out half the Front Bench of the Labor Party in Question Time (she holds the record of "removals".
3:50 Bob Hawke was widely considered to be one of Australia’s greatest Prime Ministers. Hawke once boasted a personal approval rating of 75%, is to date the longest-serving Labor leader and forever transformed politics in Australia. While studying at Oxford University in the UK in 1954, he sculled a yard glass (two and a half pints) of beer in just eleven seconds - an achievement that earned him a spot in the Guinness Book of Records.
7:45 Clerks of the Court wear court wigs.. its a tradition thing.. Like we still have wigs in Supreme and High court.. Lawyers/Judges do alike a parade!!
Speakers aren't always members of a party, Peter Slipper had left the LNP after he failed to get endorsement for his seat at the next election Labor elected him speaker to help maintain minority government. Tony Smith and Andrew Wallace - while still Liberal party members - stopped attending party meetings to try and maintain impartiality.
@@smalltime0true, although all the drama with Slipper was a whole spectacle in itself.
Also when there's a minority goverment it's harder to pick speaker because you don't want to lose one of your own votes on the floor
@@theearthbutterfly Speakers still break ties, but its also hilarious just screwing over the opposition by electing one of their disgruntled members as speaker
@@smalltime0 yeah of course, but if a party only has 75 seats they don't want to "lose" another and look bad in the press 🤭
Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was the one “shaking the sauce bottle”
He is currently Australian Ambassador in the US
whom DJT refers isn't the brightest bulb - & he's right.........
@@fishnchips8132 Nothing coming from Trump of all people has any credibility
. Two despatch boxes, with elaborate silver and enamel decorations, are situated on the Table in front of the Clerk and Deputy Clerk, respectively. These were a gift from King George V to mark the opening of the provisional Parliament House in Canberra in 1927 and the inauguration of the sittings of the Parliament in the national capital.[21] The despatch boxes, which are purely ornamental, are exact replicas of those which lay on the Table at Westminster prior to their loss when the Commons Chamber was destroyed by bombs in 1941. They are a continuing link between the House of Commons and the House of Representatives. The Prime Minister, Ministers and members of the opposition executive speak ‘from the despatch box’.
The wigs are for lawyers, they also wear robes. Also I had lunch with Bob Hawk while he was Prime Minister. We had sausage sandwiches. A regular guy.
You MUST react to the misogyny speech from Julia Gillard (the redhead woman as Deputy Prime Minister in some of these shorts) in her capacity as later Labor Prime Minister. She tore the strips off the opposition leader, Tony Abbott over his misogyny. It was brilliant with no notes and straight off the cuff. The video is played in university courses around the world.
Yes please!!!
yup, this was the most common comment on yesterday's video too. I think he thinks his audience is mainly male, so might be reluctant to do that one, but he really should
That Speech was word perfect 👌
Yesss!!!
Gillard was a misandrist and set back men's rights and their access to their kids by decades. I despise her and the leftist push to take kids away from their fathers.
There are a few 15 minute compilations of Paul Keating's best quotes and insults. He really is a savage wit. Well worth a watch.
I was waiting for several moments in these videos that didn’t make the cut. Maybe there’s more of these videos somewhere. Paul Keating literally reeling in Alexander Downer like a fish was gold. On a more serious note you should have a look at Julia Gillard’s misogyny speech during her time as PM. It because quite famous internationally. She completely humiliated Tony Abbott
Tony Abbott? The guy Who took her job? yeah, super humiliating 😂😂
Her best speech ever 👏👏👏
@@grantisshananaa4906 Watch the speech if you can deal with it and you’ll see the humiliation on Tony’s face🤷🏻♂️
So Tony did take her job after that speech, sooo devastating lmao. How long was this epic take down before she stepped down? The first female Prime minister of Australia. Made to step down, disgraceful to all woman. I remember Obama giving a speech before Trump took his job too. Hilarious @@andrewhall9175
Bob Hawke, whose father was also a politician in an earlier generation, was a Prime Minister [PM] for a Labor Government [Democrat]. Prior to becoming PM Bob was the president of the ACTU [Australian Council of Trade Unions] the largest peak body representing most union workers in Australia. He was, indeed, a popular PM. A Rhodes Scholar, he held the best time record at Oxford for drinking a yard glass. Look that one up. He was known to be a drinker, but largely gave up drinking alcohol to become PM. Didn't stop but did cut down. He's also known famously for his comment on TV when Australia beat the USA in the America's Cup.: "I tell you what, any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum." He was a real character, even unto the grave.
i think his father was a minister of religion,not a politician.
@@annabelmayo450 you're right, sorry. He was a minister. While in South Australia, however, Arthur [Clem] Hawke was also the General Secretary of the Austrlian Labor Party in South Australia[1919 to 1920]. I was probably thinking of Kim Beazley whose dad was a minister in the Whitlam government. Consider me chastised.
The Democrats are close to the Liberals in Bob Hawkes time than Labor
One of his most boss moments was with Frank Sinatra while he lead the ACTU. Sinatra's security kinda roughed up some journalists and later Sinatra called the women whores. Some journalist union got really pissed off, and since the unions at that time were pretty tight with eachother Hawke co-ordinated union strikes to target Sinatra. This meant that a lot of hospitality workers, transport union workers, and people necessary for him to tour would strike whenever Sinatra needed them. They even basically grounded his private plane, as anyone who'd be able to refuel it would go on strike whenever it was planned to be refuelled. Sinatra had a loose connection to prime minister Whitlam''s son, but it was clear that Whitlam was both unable to do anything about it and wouldn't want to oppose the unions even if he could. Eventually they got a half assed apology from Sinatra and they eased up on the action and he left.
Sinatra had experience and connections to dodgy corrupt unions in the US, but they had nothing on Hawke's ability to legally mobilise a highly unionised country to disrupt and protest his conduct in a way that even the prime minister couldn't stop.
@@jeremykhan887 Yeah, now that you mentioned it, I remember that episode..... showing my age... again... lol.
Bob Hawk was Prime Minister from 1983 to 1993 he had a 75% popular approval rating. He was when he addressed the nation on the Baijing massacre he openly wept, and the country loved him all the more for it. In the end, Browyn Bishop was having a go at Julia Gillard. They were both taking shots at each other, and Browyn said the deputy Prime Minister won by a nose with the jokes. Winning by a nose is a horse racing term, but she was really saying that Julia Gillard had a big nose. In which she does, so Julia said you can thank my genes for that.
Fun fact, the official sign/name for Julia Gillard in Auslan (Australian sign language) is finger on top of nose, thumb under it & moving outwards so as to extend the nose
@@mehere8038 there's no way that's trueeee
@@TYsdrawkcaB it iiiisssssss :)
My favourite sign is the King's birthday holiday, which is a crown, then hands near pelvis, showing a delivering baby motion, then both hands, middle finger circling
Sign language is awesome, very expressive :) Holiday is basically signing "up yours" to the boss, but the near thrusting motion before that really takes the cake imo :)
@@mehere8038 god damn it my school doesn't offer auslan but hey i get to learn mandarin
Bob Hawke used to hold a world record for drinking a yard glass of beer in 11 seconds. 🍺🍺🍺 Speaker is the title person in charge of the House of Representativs. They really don't change often, usually only after an election. These clips just cover a lot of years.
cheers
He still holds that record and it can never be taken away because they no longer allow anyone to try for it.
Recently we've had a new speaker every second week :P
Only reason why we've only had 32 speakers in total (and 34 terms because musical chairs) is because a lot of the OG speakers did 5+ yrs stints.
What! Still no misogyny speech. That was epic and was shown around the world
Epic indeed, but I'm not sure it fits in a 'Funniest Moments' compilation. Maybe 'Most Dramatic Moments..)?
Or, it might be worth suggesting as a separate video to watch, on its own. :-)
It's on another video. You can search for it
The conversation at the end was the older woman saying that the deputy prime minister had won by a nose (a term from horse racing and suggesting that she has a big nose). The deputy responded saying that her genetics have given her an advantage (giving her a big nose)
We still love Bob Hawke even though he's gone. You should check out his comment when we won the Americas Cup lol
If I remember correctly, something along the lines of "if any boss sakes anyone for not turning up for work today is a bloody mug" 😅
Please correct if I'm wrong.
The bloke going off about the carp (fish) is Barnaby Joyce. He was also the one to go on about Johnny Depp and Amber Heards pet puppies being smuggled into Australia without quarantining first.
And rightly so.
He also knocked up a staffer and was found drunk lying in the street recently
Bob Hawke was from 1983 to 1991, He is still ranked as one of most popular Prime Ministers of all time ⏲️
Hawke, Keating, Whitlam, Curtin and Chifley were the great labor leaders of the 20th century
@AustralianHistory-ip1tp Personally I couldn't stand Keating
Hawke as a union leader had the ability to settle intractable disputes, and when he got into politics as PM he did the same. The Prices and Wages Accord was amazing, he and Keating reset the entire economic framework of the country, and even now it is hard to believe that they got everyone on board. While Hawke could appeal to the emotions, Keating could appeal to the intellect. They were both incredibly smart, but Keating was and is just on a different level, and you sometimes see that in his razor sharp wit in debates.
@@AustralianHistory-ip1tp*great Australian leaders of the 20th century
@@UteChewb As much ass I believe keating was the greatest Prime Minister ever, I wish he never overtook Hawke. Labor may have even stayed in for longer should it have been both Hawke and Keating. It was a dynamic duo 💯
Hawke was the charming loveable fellow who had great international ties balancing the US and China
Keating was the rogue who made everyone hate labor's opponents by making vicious speeches in parliament. Together they were unstoppable
Calling someone a communist is not an insult here like it is in the US
Shhh! The yanks will take it serious and start bombing us next.
If you a LNP person a communist they would probably take it that way.
It kinda is. Just because Australia never officially banned the communist party doesn't mean they aren't considered idiots.
The real issue is when people confuse communism and socialisim
@@StonedDragons It’s not like it is in the US. Those guys are a whole ‘nother level
He didn’t call Madam Speaker a c**t. The guy on the left called the guy on the right a c**t. But later said that he actually said grub. But as you heard he definitely said c**t.
Hawkey was a legend, and he could really drink, but he also gave up drinking while in office, and was a Rhodes scholar (really really hard to get prestigious free trip to be educated at Oxford university in England), so he was smart too. I heard a story once that he was waiting with some 🇺🇸 dignitary and the car that was picking them up had something happen to it. Enter your average bogan who offered them a ride. Hawkey took it. The yank telling the story was gobsmacked 😂😂😂
This explains a few things loooool - I got in a few cars with strangers back in my school boy days.
The 'pissing matches' are during 'question time' ~2-3pm on sitting days (4 days 18-20 weeks a year).
Great bits that were missed
- Kevin Rudd picking earwax out and eating it sitting in parliament
- Abbott and Pyne trying to run away to avoid a vote
- Senator Mary Jo Fisher doing the hokey pokey in a session
- Bob Katter's "every 3 months a person is torn to pieces"
- anything Tony ever did or said
You forgot Tony Burke raising a point of order during a particularly red faced rant from Barnaby: “No point of order Mr Speaker. I just thought he needed to take a breath in.”
Another version of 'fair shake of the sauce bottle' is 'fair suck of the sav'. Both are often shortened to 'fair shake' or 'fair suck'. Basically it's kind of the equivalent of saying, "Oh come on", or "Geez, settle down". Wait until you discover Australian Rhyming Slang, then you'll really need a translator. :D
You have to watch The Chasers war on everything. “Chaser APEC prank” Some comedians dressed up as Osama Bin Ladin and got through George Bushes security when he was visiting Australia. Hilarious but also eye opening. They got through to President Bush successfully.
Top score Ryan.
An interesting aside;
The width of the table the despatch boxes are on is an inch wider than the length of two swords as when the first parliament sat the representatives were armed with their swords.
Woow thanks for that - I didn't know, and it's probably a good thing it is so wide given the passing matches that go on.
Yes, we have a speaker of the house, but they do swap out with deputies. The old woman at the beginning is probably the worst speaker in our history. Her claim to fame other than being incompetent and rorting taxpayer money is she charged taxpayers for a helicopter ride to an event because she was to lazy to drive the 45 minutes it would have taken.
Bob Hawk holds the world record for fastest yard glass scull of beer.
The 'Person changing a lot' is exactly that.... The speaker of the house😅
I recommend you maybe also look at Paul Keating's best insults or anything along those lines
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9:15 Fair shake of the sauce bottle - Steady on, be reasonable. This is one of several variations on the Australian exclamation ‘fair go’. It expresses a keen sense of injustice - 'fair suck of the sauce bottle, mate, I’m only asking for a loan till payday!' The phrase was probably originally used with reference to sauce bottle meaning 'a bottle of alcoholic liquor'. In 2006 Australian opposition leader Kevin Rudd famously used a variant of the phrase: 'fair shake of the sauce bottle'. Sometimes ‘saveloy’ or ‘sav’ is substituted for ‘sauce bottle’. The phrase ‘fair crack of the whip’ has the same meaning. Fair suck of the sauce bottle is first recorded in the 1970s.
Kevin Rudd is the person speaking here. He substitutes shake for suck, because he doesn't want to offend people.
Fair shake of the (tomato) sauce bottle was by PM Kevin Rudd - a fluid Chinese speaker.
It’s a call to treat people fairly.
Tomato sauce is like US Ketchup. And goes well with meat meals. (Meat pies, sausage rolls etc)
Kerry Packer was one of the richest men in Australia.
And was a very powerful media tycoon, which is important in the context of the clip.
or to put it in simple terms for Ryan, Murdock's rival
@@mehere8038 Ryan didn’t know who Murdoch was… 😏
@@melodyc6363 wow, seriously? How can an American not know who Murdock is, given the damage he's done to their country?
I guess just doesn't recognise the name, only the damage or something?
The pipe bomb guy was Wilson "ironbar" Tuckey, a somewhat eccentric pollie from WA.
What's in the Despatch Boxes? The Despatch Boxes were gifts of King George V upon the opening of the provisional parliament house in Canberra in 1927, after the parliament sat for the first years from 1901 using the Victorian parliament chambers in Melbourne. The Despatch Boxes were previously used to transport official documents to the King, such is the expression of "being mentioned in despatches" meaning mentioned in high places. In the chamber, the boxes are used as a speaking lectern from where the prime minister, front bench ministers and their opposition counterparts address the parliament. The observation that the boxes on the table in the UK House of Commons look very similar is no coincidence. During the Blitz on London in 1941, the Palace of Westminster was bombed and the interior of the House of Commons destroyed. In the reconstruction after the war, Australia and New Zealand gifted a replica copy of the boxes in the House of Representatives and made from Kauri, a New Zealand timber, to the House of Commons, along with the Speaker's Chair.
I understand that the boxes contain religious texts, such as the Bible, Koran etc as required to enable elected members to be sworn in to the parliament after their election, in a form according to their creed. It may also remind those who speak at them of the solemnity and responsibility of where they are speaking from (if you can stop rolling around the floor laughing).
Thanks for sharing this. I’ve wondered about the boxes forever and now I learned something
when we won the americas cup from you and a lot of us partied the nite away bob hawke said if any boss sacks you for being late to work there a bum
It wouldn't surprise me if Barnaby Joyce (the guy with the bright red face who rants weird things, like the carp stuff) is drunk during most of the rants he's filmed in....
They did find him lying drunk in the street that one time
@brosert - I agree and I am one if his constituents, no I haven't voted for him since 2013.
The guy in the suit was PM Paul Keating (former Treasurer)
Bob Hawke was PM before him and had a Guinness book of records entry for sculling a yard of beer in Oxford Uni. He was a Rhodes Scholar.
Before PM he was chief of the unions in Australia. (ACTU)
Aussie here - Omg Ryan, your 😳reaction to the C bomb had me in stitches 😂😂
1:45 yes, that's the speaker of the house, not just equivalent, it's the exact same name for the role.
I like his videos! He gets into it and looks stuff up and rewinds to understand whats going on
Bob Hawke held record for drinking a Yard glass of beer
Bob Hawk, Guiness world record for fastest half yard glass
The speaker of the house could also ware a wig. It is their choice whether to or not. I think the correct outfit for the speaker is a wig, a black academic gown, a lace collar and a white bow tie.
The speaker does in Canadian Parliament which is the same as Australian Parliament
The bloke who couldn't bowl a cricket ball was John Howard, a conservative prime minister. Worst P M
we ever had imo. The 3 regular blokes, Bob Hawke, Paul Keatings and Kevin Rudd were Labor PMs, representing progressive governments.
But he did lead the effort to buy back guns and repeal gun laws after the Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania... give him credit for that one thing.
Abbott and Morrison were useless
@@krpurple2678Howard dismantled all the safeguards put in place to ensure things ran smoothly and buggered everything he got his hands on. Abbott came along and made it even worse while looking like a clown, and Scotty just sat on his ass and lied and deflected from ever having to do any actual work
And Julia
@@theearthbutterfly I agree! There's a book about John Howard called National Insecurity- The Howard Government's Betrayal of Australia
You would enjoy the insults Paul Keating made in parliament. He certainly had a turn of phrase .
There’s so many great moments in our question time in parliament lol
These clips are from different periods of time and different governments, so the Speaker of the House changed too. As for Bob Hawke, he was an enormously popular politician for most of his time in Parliament. He worked as a union leader for many years before that. He was also known for his love of a beer or seven, and had, ahem, 'an eye for the ladies' ... 😅 A different era.
The guy you said is something else, the carp dude, is the fella who wanted to put down pistol and boo (Johnny Depps dogs) when Johnny snuck them into Oz. .. He's a unit, that's for sure. He's also the reason Parliament introduced the 'bonk ban'.
Paul Keating was an absolute beast in Parliament. If you ever want to see him demolish someone check the last debate he had with John Hewson before the 1993 election.
Paul Keating “do you slowly!!!”
Keating made some great speeches
- Unknown Soldier ANZAC day speech.
- Redfern Speech Aboriginal Recognition speech.
When i started working in parliament house anyone with a photo pass waked straight in. We used to bring stacks of technical equipment. Actual members were stil able to walk straight in for yearsxafter they introduced the mantomeyers and high tech xray scanners.
Thats barnaby joyce minister for agriculture.the carp(fish) are taking over we also have a catastrophic problem with cane toads that are killing everything.
The Gerry thing at 7:27 is the guy's first name.
In parliament you either call people by the seat (electoral division) they have "Member for Melbourne" in this case, or the portfolio they occupy "Minister for Immigration" I think at this time. He was also Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders for a bit, so maybe that.
@12:00 Christopher Pyne is calling the other guy (Tony Burke) a 'mug', he was the member for opposition business and Pyne was minister for government business, they had competing portfolios. The speaker in this case is a member of Pyne's own party.
I know it was awhile ago, when Australia hosted the worlds fair, i was sitting in the stands of a show and Bob Hawk came in, the whole place stood clapped and cheering it was an emotional time for him and us.
Omg I was hoping there would be a part 2! The video you're reacting to is a fav of mine
The speaker of the parliament is not the same as the speaker of congress. The US speaker is the leader of the majority party, whereas in our House that’s the PM. Our speaker is more like a referee - again, voted from the membership of the house, so usually controlled by the majority party, but some times when their numbers are very tight they’ll get an independent or minor to do it (and it means a pay bump for that member so they’ll usually find someone to do it).
My fav. exchange from long ago -
Winston Turnbull : I'm a country member
Gough Whitlam : Yes I do remember.
Kevin Rudd (whom you expected to sing) was very popular with the electorate. But I recall a political journalist at the time saying Australia was divided into two groups, those who like Mr Rudd and those who’d met him. I haven’t met him, so reserve judgment. Blonde Madame Speaker was Bronwyn Bishop, currently holding the record of longest serving female politician, who will always be remembered for chartering a private helicopter, at taxpayer’s exorbitant expense, to take her the 80kms (50 miles) from Geelong to Melbourne. Not a fan, I must say.
But it is lovely to catch a glimpse of a Tony Jones moderated Q&A. He left massive shoes to fill when he retired, and I don’t think any of the subsequent hosts have quite lived up to his excellence at herding cats.
Kerry Packer was a major media magnate. Like Murdoch, though not as powerful internationally.
I've never heard the 'carp! caaarp!' rant before, that was hilarious. Also, casually dropping the c-bomb in parliament? God-tier stuff my man.
It is the speaker of the house, but that video is over around 20 years, they get changed out every now and then.
Bob Hawke knew how to drink a beer, he was a great PM
I remember carp were so rampant that when we went fishing in the 80s and early to mid 90s, you would catch 1 native fish for every 9 carp we caught. You could walk along the bank of the river and shoot carp with a 4/10 shotgun because they would just suck on the mud on the rivers edge. Then from the mid to late 90s and onwards we were catching mostly Golden Perch (yellow belly) and Murray Cod. 8 out of 10 catches were native fish and sometimes the occasional turtle. We use to release the turtle back into the water and leave the carp on the bank of the river where a big Goanna would come every year to our camp and feast on the dead carp. I haven’t gone back since l lost my father. I use to love going with him every year during the Melbourne cup long weekend. My dad knew a guy who managed a large multi thousand acre cattle property, so it was private which was great. We use to go netting for yabbies along this very long channel that was on the property. We would catch enuff big ones for a feast back at camp and we would use the little ones for bait. The nearest town was around 20 minutes away which was called Moulamien in NSW. We would go in every second day to pick up fresh ice for the eskis. I really miss those times. My dad was going there years before l was born in 77.
Bob Hawke was probably one of the best pm's we have had, also he brought in our modern day medicare and superannuation + fun fact he held the guiness world record for "the fastest drinking of a yard of beer"
The "Treasure Chest" is actually what is call the Dispatch Box - which look very much like the Crafting Table from Minecraft.
If I remember rightly in regards to the guy that brought in the pipe bomb in to the chamber. All parliamentarian offices, long with both chambers are behind where the security areas are. What he did is that because he has the knowledge of making it, he brought all the parts, peace by peace, through the security check points, and left all the parts in his office. After a space of a few weeks or so. He then made the pipe bomb in his office. He did that to show that if someone build a bomb of site, and then try and bring them through the security check points. They will stop the person in doing so, but they are not "trained" to keep an eye out in when someone is bringing in parts for one.
I grew up with a family friend who used to come around for a few beers with my dad and watch the wrestling once a month or so on a Sunday.
Turned out my ‘Uncle Bob’ ended up being the prime minister. 🤷♀️😂
He didn’t bring a bomb in. He brought the pipes to show that the individual elements weren’t prohibited and could be brought in on different days without any restriction.
Yes Ry... he just said that... and that was the very thing I was alluding to in the comments yesterday. That was Christopher Pyyyyyyyyyyne. Funny AF
The Speaker is nominated by the Government. When they have an absolute majority they just put one of their own people in. When an election is a bit closer, they might be forced to put an opposition member in to maintain their majority in the House (the speaker doesn't get to vote). So with each Government there's usually a new speaker. In addition there's a series of backup/deputy speakers who fill in when the speaker is busy with other commitments (you almost always see the real speaker during Question Time (2PM when Parliament is sitting) - which is where most of that footage comes from (it's the best or worst part of Parliament depending on who you ask) - but if you went to Parliament at different time it's not unusual to see different people in the Speaker's chair....
The speaker changes in these videos as they are highlighted compilations of events over several government periods, and different speakers are assigned by different governments and parties in power. Usually a given speaker remains until government changes to different party.
Yes we do know about the Speaker of the House.... both NZ and Aust. have speakers of the house controlling their parliaments.
It comes from the UK, where the House of Commons has been presided over by a Speaker since the 14th century.
In the US the Speaker is leader of the majority party. In Australia the Speaker is supposed to be impartial, although the woman Speaker you saw, Brown Bishop, was a disgraceful exception. Also, there is a number of deputy Speakers from both sides who will be in the chair during routine business.
@@robinryan4429in Aus the speaker tends to also come from the majority party, but to be speaker they have to give up their "allegiance" to the party as it were to be unbiased (in theory).
Both sides will submit someone to be speaker but obv the party with the majority will get the votes. It's the same as the US where candidates are voted on (although ours is more of a formality)
Chris Pyne, the then Education Minister, was using the C-bomb (though he claimed he had said ‘grub’) about Bill Shorten, Leader of the Opposition, not the Speaker, Bronwyn Bishop. Aussies, as well as Brits and I think also Irish people and New Zealanders, tend to use that term for males much more than females.
I'd thought he called Tony Bourke that when he stood up to make a point of order
Section 94A is the suspension of a Member of Parliament or a Senator for the rest of the sitting day.
MP's usually try to get suspended during question time 2pm - 3pm on a Thursday (the last sitting day of the week) so they can catch an early flight back to their State.
Winning by a nose is a horse racing term, describing a finish which is almost a tie. The inference is that Julia Gillard has a large nose.
Kerry Packer was a media mogul. (I assume that's the Kerry being referred to). And Julia Gillard has a big nose, hence the "win by a nose" line.
Also look up Julia Goddard, 1st female P.M - The misogyny speech, IT WENT VIRAL. Classic, people on RUclips copied many times. 😊
The main reason the person in the Speaker's chair keeps changing is that these clips span decades (a lot of the clips here are around 30 years old) and keep bouncing around. Day to day there will often be an acting speaker in the chair so that is also not an unusual change, however the majority of these clips feature the actual Speaker at the time (partly as most of the clips are from Question Time when most members will be present and when the most rancour occurs). Question Time produces the sound bites for the news, it's not when the actual work of parliament happens.
The shoe throwing thing wasn't the original - Bush had shoes thrown at him in 2008 and the clip here with Howard was in 2010 and would have been inspired by the original.
Wins by a nose, a term used in horse racing for the winning horse crossing the finish line, usually by photo finish, judged to lead "by a nose"
The two boxes on the table are traditional dispatch boxes for documents. The two Clerks at the Table advise about procedures and record the minutes of proceedings. 'Hansard' reporters sit at the small central table and record all the debates.
The guy that was going to sing use to be the Prime Minister now he is the Australian Ambassador to the USA
The Chairperson’s job is to keep Order in the House
Bob Hawke was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. While he was there, he set the Guinness World Record for drinking the fastest Yard of beer. He also was the head of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and it was Hawke who negotiated with the unions for Frank Sinatra to be able to leave the country (Sinatra basically referred to a female journalist as a ‘hooker’, and the unions black banned him, refusing to fuel planes, nothing). He gave up drinking alcohol while he was PM. There is a bar/brewery named in his honour. If you have watched the new NCIS:Sydney… 2 of the characters end up in the Hawkey bar in episode 1. It’s real. The ‘sauce bottle’ guy is Kevin Rudd, who was PM (same party as Hawkey). He was an Australian diplomat at one stage, and he speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese. When the Chinese leader visited Australia one time & addressed the Parliament, KRudd (as he is known) was the only one who didn’t need to wear headphones to listen to the translators.