As Shorten enters poo-gate, Labor still likes potty-mouths

Not quite a workers’ paradise? Candace Sutton, news.com.au, July 21:

Federal MP Emma Husar’s office staff claim they were her slaves, washing her dishes, cleaning up her dog’s poo and running errands while being verbally abused … “Everyone had a turn in being her slave,” said (one. She allegedly referred to staff) as “f***wits” and c***s” … Working for Husar was “hell” and one ex-staffer said, “people are just afraid to go into work”. “She would question their work ethic, run them down, make them rewrite a letter six or seven times” … (and) allegedly told a male worker to wash her dishes … to learn about “white male privilege”.

Not just Husar having problems! BBC News, July 24:

A Kuwaiti social-media … (star) Sondos Alqattan … has said that the outcry she received (over her comments about Asian maids) was “unjustified” … “I have not (in) any circumstances … degraded or in any way mistreated an employee of mine … I consider all employees as equal human being (sic)” … Ms Alqattan said (in a video): “How can you have a servant at home who keeps their own passport with them? And what’s worse is they have one day off every week. I don’t want a Filipina maid any more.”

Shorten speaks out on poo! Rachel Baxendale, The Australian, July 25:

(Bill Shorten:) “I wouldn’t ask you or anyone else to pick up my dog’s poo, but that’s probably just what dog owners do. But I’m not walking the dog.”

Paper to clean up poo? Andrew Clennell, The Australian, July 26:

Federal Labor MP Emma Husar has been accused of using parliamentary entitlements to buy … toilet paper.

App the answer? Pooperapp.com:

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Potty-mouthed preferred? Peter Gleeson, The Courier-Mail, July 25:

A senior CFMEU official with a history of … appalling verbal abuse has been appointed … (by the Queensland Labor government to the body) that oversees the construction industry … CFMEU assistant secretary Jade Ingham … is notorious for his abusive language … he barked at (a John Holland) construction manager … “You’ve said your piece, now f--- off’. He told a union rally: “We just like a f---ing blue.” On Monday … Ingham appeared in the Federal Court … (regarding allegations) he … had organised six unlawful work stoppages.

Bare necessity! BBC News, July 25:

A Georgia lawmaker ridiculed … on Sacha Baron Cohen’s Who is America? … will resign … Mr Spencer … (bared) his buttocks to scare off terrorists. “If you want to win, you show some skin,” Baron Cohen, disguised as … “Israeli anti-terrorism expert” Col Erran Morad (cried, convincing) Mr Spencer to … (drop his underpants) and chase Baron Cohen shouting “USA!” (Baron Cohen said) terrorists do not want to be touched by other men’s buttocks because they are afraid of homosexuality … (and to) shout the “n-word” … to ward off a kidnapper … (He) then says: “Are you crazy? The ‘n-word’ is noonie! Not this word. This word is disgusting!”

Selfie defence! ABC News, July 25:

(Sacha Baron Cohen) told Mr Spencer that the best way to identify a terrorist under a burka was to “pretend to be a Chinese tourist” and to use a selfie stick to take a photo up the suspect’s skirt. Mr Spencer demonstrated the technique … (mumbling “Konnichiwa”, Japanese for hello,) “Red Dragon”, “Beijing” and “Sushi”.