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Federal Government offers $130b in coronavirus wage subsidies for businesses to pay workers. $1500 per fortnight.

By political correspondent Brett Worthington (ABC NEWS) 

Businesses will receive a fortnightly wage subsidy up to $1,500 per employee as part of a Federal Government bid to prevent millions of people from losing their jobs to the coronavirus pandemic

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35 Replies · Reply by Sir Col "THE NODDY MUSHROOM" Apr 2, 2020
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Drumph and Iran.

Thoughts? Did ol' Donnie Drumph go for the oldest panacea in the failing popularity playbook and start beating the drums of war to distract from impeachment?

Surely the U.S. won't actually go to war against someone who can actually give them a militar

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268 Replies · Reply by Mitchy Jan 13, 2020
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Angry Eel replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"Just speaking on MON here is a list of failures
Let Mahoney go
Let Papalii go
resigned Matterson
resigned Lane
Missed Galvin
missed Keon
botched DB contract
Signed Josh Hodgson
signed Morgan harper
Just to name a few.
Hes had what 8 years and at no…"
13 minutes ago
Poppa replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"Can i suggest you guys watch last night.....Christ I cannot believe you would not look at this gift horse....offer him 1m before someone else does!"
19 minutes ago
Poppa replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"Richard you say he offers nothing attack, use his game against Storm last night, he plays for us we dont lose the game against Storm."
23 minutes ago
Angry Eel replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"You say paying a million for a centre is not smart cap management but your thinking is too narrow and is conventional thinking. Our overarching goal is obviously to build a premiership team within the confines of the cap. Conventional thinking is to…"
25 minutes ago
Mallee57 replied to Roy tannous's discussion Is this the bench moving foward
"Funny how they've put the offloads and short passing away as you say and yet they're making far more errors than they did last year. So perhaps they need to rethink their current strategy as it's not working"
26 minutes ago
Poppa replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"Yehez, I was agreeing with you and then you fcuked it up with your lack pof rationality.
1. Burtonnis an organiser, did you see how he managed that win last night for the dogs.
2. He will cost us best part of a million in an environment when his…"
28 minutes ago
Mallee57 replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"Can't see it happening as he seems quite happy at the Bulldogs and his contribution last night against the Raiders didn't give any indication he wasn't happy at the bulldogs. "
31 minutes ago
Poppa replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"LB, I am maturing slowly, my wife thinks too slowly......she wants to see a body of evidence."
34 minutes ago
Adam Magrath replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"What makes either of them a failure? I'm after something more concrete than your opinion or that of some journalist. If you've got a set of performance criteria that they have failed to meet let's hear it."
40 minutes ago
Angry Eel replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"Yes we got him for a steal but it wasn't really my point. JAC is an elite rep player that's played origin and for Aus and he had an immediate impact on Russell. We have offloaded highly paid players and filtered through some good juniors and decent…"
43 minutes ago
Cʜɪᴇғy Mclovin replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"Adam, the proof is in the pudding.  We currently have a bottom rung roster. You can deflect all you want because Sarantinos and o'neill are both proven failures. 
If you don't agree, please explain why Parramatta has a bottom 4 top 30"
45 minutes ago
Adam Magrath replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"The fox was on a fairly minimal type contract, big difference to the figures being touted for other players "
56 minutes ago
Adam Magrath replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"Just for clarification, I'm not taking aim at you or your comments. I'm saying that managing a playing roster isn't as easy as some suggest, there's a lot of moving pieces at any one time. 
I wholeheartedly agree with your take on juniors, there's…"
58 minutes ago
Coryn Hughes replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"It is when the market is so competitive and you have a half that's in the latter part of his career and the kicker you've got nothing that looks like nrl quality in your outside back ranks.
We are so devoid there.I mean at one point way back when…"
1 hour ago
LB replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"Right though the thing is paying close to a mil for a Centre is not smart cap management unless it is a once in a generation talent. Farnworth it is too much but also he is the best Centre in the world so it is easier to swallow. 
At the same time,…"
1 hour ago
Bear replied to Fiddy's discussion Burton to Eels?
"Lorenzo is at the present time a myth, might be great, might be good, might not be. Before we talk about losing him if Burton comes, how about we throw him in the mix and actually see. I can hear the deluge of "we've lost another superstar" whining…"
1 hour ago
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Keaon done deal

As of Thursday, December 11, 2025, South Sydney Rabbitohs forwardKeaon Koloamatangi has reportedly agreed to a deal with the Parramatta Eels, but it is not yet officially announced by the clubs.  Soon to be announced.

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