‘Boring audiences to death’: Musk hits out at Sydney Morning Herald

[@KamalToe24]

Timber? In a state that banned logging? Surely not.

[@williamscoggin1509]

It's pretty obvious that someone somewhere pocketed $38,500 from the cost of that table. 🧐

[@sandrablosser9888]

It went to the committee who had to study what table they should purchase.

[@Jrsydevil7]

That's called "Creative Accounting" and it's more like someone pocketed $39,500.00....

[@mikmop]

Dining tables can be a bit like guitars. A handmade guitar similar to the quality of a mass produced can cost 10-20 times as much. And a large, custom made, solid timber dining table (8+ seats) can typically cost AU$8,000 - AU$15,000+ Other factors which can further increase costs are: Premium woods (e.g., Blackbutt, Tasmanian Oak, Jarrah, Walnut). Intricate designs or finishes. Handcrafted details or unique joinery, etc. Hand finishing is one example of how costs can escalate if it's not being done in a factory with a machine than can mass produce repetitive tasks and you're doing it manually by hand. Take sanding for instance. Sanding time can typically be: 10-16 hours for a very large table with significant imperfections, or when you're aiming for a professional-grade finish. And if you're hand-sanding a live-edge slab table, it could take even longer due to uneven surfaces and edges. Typical time estimate for a 4 layer sanding job. 1st layer. Coarse Sanding (60-80 grit): For sanding rough or reclaimed wood, 3-5 hours to remove deep imperfections. 2nd layer. Medium Sanding (120-150 grit): For smoothing out the surface and preparing it for fine sanding: 2-4 hours. 3rd layer. For fine Sanding (220-320 grit): Achieving a smooth surface, removing all visible scratches: 3-5 hours. 4th layer. Extra Fine Sanding (400+ grit): For perfectionists aiming for a silky finish: 1-2 hours. Total maximum sanding time: 10-16 hours for a very large table with significant imperfections or when aiming for a professional-grade finish. Now at $40k, I think you're probably right in that there's been a bit of profiteering happening here, but not by the amounts you're suggesting. If a craftsman's brother-in-law was the purchasing officer at Parliament House let's say, their mate's rates would be maybe two to three times the regular price. And you'll find that's a pretty standard mark-up for all government managed contracts, whether you're building a rail line or buying a dining table.

[@chuckh5999]

a cfmeu chippy?

[@gjb977]

$40k !!! $800 more like it.

[@rodsloane706]

K$40? For that? Sounds like yet another Victorian Labor spending/credit card f--- up!

[@bradwilliams1691]

I would estimate $1000 for the dining table and chairs & $39,000 into someone's Swiss bank account.

[@RaymondSua-sh1xm]

Fark no. Give them a couple of milk crates and a trestle table..lol.

[@oldtimers6460]

Could have saved a fortune by shopping at Ikea.

[@shellyaus]

if the servants can afford this, imagine how rich the public are?

[@KerrieRedgate]

I don’t think that table looks anywhere near as valuable as the one Prime Minister Keating bought for Kirribilli, I think it was teak and imported. Keating got a lot of flack for that one, but I do think it was a tad more elegant and probably increased in value as it aged. This new one looks more like an IKEA Buy-Back model.

[@alexzatsepin]

This is a theft and cirruption

[@DavidKing-PTL]

Not their bloody money! 😡

[@chrisyoung9194]

Obviously someone has a son with a furniture shop!

[@YolBasDa]

Complete robery by a few cheats, how long will that money last?

[@hoof31]

Only person who would pay for 40k table be Kamala Campaign team.

[@cowboyx9380]

HAPPY NEW YEAR AUSTRALIA! Sincerely….MAGA

[@tonyperkins7485]

Are labour serious.

[@Xxx-c5p]

Herald readership is plummeting.

[@doktorb3at]

It's like the US military paying $10,000 for toilet seats.

[@MichaelPapalia]

And 20 thousand dollars for a hammer..lol 😂

[@3rdpig]

Problem is the military creates specs for their toilet seats that no manufacturer of toilet seats can meet. So some company has to build molds or machinery and make a seat to the same tolerances that a rocket motor has to meet, and they have to offset all those startup costs by charging a stupid amount of money for the seats themselves.

[@oasis042]

Coulda got an IKEA for $500

[@hadrian3487]

I can get the same thing in a garage sale for $500 bucks.

[@timsouza7903]

Looks like something my wife would have bought at Goodwill for half price or, $20 US

The Herald lost its glamour and vogue once they banned the thousands of young kids Australia wide that would get up at 5am every morning to then take their bundles of herald newpapers to every traffic jammed street corner to sell getting amongst the busy traffic screaming out with paper in hand " Herald Herald get your Herald " and some would even scream out the front page headline to get more sales and were greatly admired by motorists for their resilience and hard work ethic in all weather conditions including when its was poring down rain freezing cold . R I P Herald

[@carolryan3923]

I reckon I have seen one exactly the same in my local Salvo's for $40.00

[@StephenPasno-rw5qo]

No mate that was on eBay for 10k they pocketed the rest probably😅😅😅, but I believe they're going to raffle some seats so you can sit with parliament at the table and eat

[@wolflinkin]

$40k? It must have been made by the CFMEU

[@chuckh5999]

well someone's got to pay for their bosses PTSD.

[@danrowlands3705]

As someone who works with timber daily this is not worth $40k and needs investigating.... and the fact it won't be shows where we the people stand in the Australian Governments eyes ...

[@Joeblow-k2n]

IKEA table who pocketed the rest

[@Prognosis__]

I’m surprised they didn’t steal the trestle tables from their Masonic lodge 😂 Happy new year everyone

[@larrylongprong5219]

Happy new year man, the local yahoos are doing the 9 o clock fireworks 🤣

[@HansReichardtsohn_grub]

Happy new year mate. Had to change my handle as Hans cloned my account

[@Father-Grandfather-2]

​@@larrylongprong5219Happy new year. 🥳

[@_wokeweaklingscryoverwords_]

Happy New Years to You, and Australia 🎇🎉✨

[@rogerwilco4736]

Hahaha spot on mate😂😂

[@ChrisGordon-p4p]

Disgraceful waste of taxpayers money

[@richardsuter2816]

I’m surprised at the lack of outlandish thrones !

[@GraemeSchubert]

Wealthiest Greeny on the planet. Protecting his investment 😅

[@StephenPasno-rw5qo]

No it's from conflict timber in Africa so it's very expensive timber that you're not supposed to cut down more than likely and that's why there is a high cost but I saw the exact same one on eBay for 10k

[@BozoTheclown-cs9mk]

So Elon is going to try buying the LNP. They have been for sale for decades now, same as Labor.

[@JonDeth]

*Thieves as always and it tells you about their personal spending from the tax payers that they surely manage to funnel money into their own pockets through government contracts going to their social ties in business who pay them as special advisors on those contracts they're awarded.* It's what goes on in all 1st world English speaking nations. *Just paying 4 grand for that table is outrageous.* 40 grand is giving the builder a year salary off a single sale!

[@dont_listen_to_Albo]

Dining is part of living. This is evidence of the high cost of living.

[@regolith1350]

It’s very fitting that Sydney Morning Herald abbreviates to SMH, which also means “shaking my head”.

[@SThomson-cr1zr]

So easy to spend other people's money. Where's the accountability?

[@sailorichiban]

Looks Like it came from IKEA , AUSTRALIA IS SO RICH !

[@PhilipRanson-d5t]

He’s right,everyone knows

[@RST-z4b]

Carpenter laughing his balls off

[@loonpond]

I would like to see what exactly the previous "uncomfortable" table looked like. It can't have been any worse than this. Might've been nicer, actually.

[@peternicholson1700]

Maybe it's a magic table.

[@BlackBeastsofIpswich]

Don't they sell that at IKEA for a little over $1000?

[@AudreyL-k8n]

The price of a table....This is news???

[@yogaessentialsandwellness503]

I recon it is news worthy if government is spending ridiculous amounts of money for table a chair setting using taxpayers money!

[@VeronicaMoreno-qd8yh]

*Sky, where is Rita Panahi?*

[@gore1089]

Rita's panicking

[@lloydsingline340]

I think that Rita deserves a holiday break,don't y

[@lloydsingline340]

......you.She has done a tremendous job exposing left wokism with " lefties losing it".The stupidity exposed is bizarre.

[@martinepstein3332]

Doee Musk have the Sydney Morning Telegraph posted through his letterbox every morning

[@joechiato5278]

Yes, he's one of their last ones.

[@martinepstein3332]

@joechiato5278 who reads newspapers nowadays, most young people are not interested and get their information from the Internet. People no longer, regrettably, have the time to sit down and read any paper, not just the Sydney Morning Telegraph, Sad, but a fact of life

[@Scotty123-o3u]

⁠The Sydney Telegraph being one of Australia’s least trusted newspapers according to surveys.

[@martinepstein3332]

@Scotty123-o3u few papers, not just the Sydney Morning Telegraph, can be trusted to give true accounts of the news, many have a bias either way. . Famous saying: Don't believe everything you read in newspapers

[@eugenechaks9452]

Not even hell can accept such a crime

[@Johnhoylesunvaccinatedbrot-l9s]

Uncle Elon's star seed mission shows he is a true missionary and friend of humanity.

[@Father-Grandfather-2]

Elon Musk is the world’s richest person partly due to his companies impressive innovations. But his wealth is also due to 'Massive' government contracts and programs, that affected his two main businesses - electric vehicles and space travel. Aren't you against big government? 🤔

[@killbotone6210]

That's President Elon. Show some respect you MAGA Worm.

[@alexspielberg4090]

@@Father-Grandfather-2 does that justify an ordinary table to be $40k? What is wrong with contracts?

[@pelicancountrysinger]

space spy tech = control grid Fail shill

[@Father-Grandfather-2]

@@alexspielberg4090 Absolutely nothing wrong with contracts.

[@MichaelPapalia]

That Table looks like its worth $4 -6 thousand Tops..

[@mindyours752]

You crazy if you think it hits even a thousand. My table is pure wood with amazing carvings and design and worth around 4k. That doesnt come close to my dining table. They got robbed.

[@MichaelPapalia]

@ your probably right

[@OzTrump]

SMH won’t allow comments on their X account…that says it all really.

[@charlottepatterson2864]

Elon! ELon!! ELON!!!

[@Jrsydevil7]

It sounds like someone took a "Creative Accounting" class.

[@chrissyjones-major1557]

Omg! What a rip off! Who decided that. I got one for free that’s better.

[@jeffreyluciana8711]

liberals will spare no expense when it comes to making themselves comfortable

[@isomorph7954]

40k table? Surely they could have thrown in an engine and a drivetrain.

[@every1665]

"And how much is that kitchen table setting?" - "$1750 plus delivery of $50 in the metro area". - "By the way, I'm from the Victorian Government and we've got $40,000 left in our 'General fittings' budget to clear." Know what I mean? - "In that case we can do a special deal and sacrifice it for just $38,000 plus $2,000 delivery."

[@leonharrison800]

Does Musk or SMH matter?? Does Sky News matter??😂😂😂

[@lloydsingline340]

Yes !!

[@trickyboy1517]

All hail president Musk!!! It going to be hilarious watching the twitter spats between him and Puppet Donald when Musk gets fired. ;)

[@Dethectic]

That table hoax is something you'd expect from the ANC government in South Africa.

[@LegendaryInfortainment]

Don't charge $40k for Ikea-ware. That'd be the honest thing to do.

[@davidcat1455]

🇦🇺🇺🇸 President Musk and VP Trump wish Australia a happy new year. 😃👍

[@regenerate2427]

Stupid comment

[@leonharrison800]

When do Musk and Trump matter? Irrelevant like Sky News. 🤮🤮

[@dimitzvonmelbourne7886]

The SMH and The Age will disappear soon, and there's curse on them. I agree with Elon Musk. Actually we have 3 things in common: 1 Both dislike SMH 2 Both lived in Canada 3 Both worked under the chair of Tesla Robyn D

[@Britishguydt8nf]

$400 max

[@pacificchick8750]

It's a beautiful, classic example of mid-century modern...but certainly not worth that price!

[@MrNorris121]

President elon is very boring

[@dougdownunder5622]

So what.

[@williamoneil9787]

People that say the words "president Elon" are pretty boring as well, and not the least bit creative.

[@regenerate2427]

Another stupid comment

[@dougdownunder5622]

@williamoneil9787 More like drones it seems.

[@lloydsingline340]

Many of us don't think so !! A highly successful business person like Trump !!

[@kaoswar2450]

Can get something that looks the same for $50 from ikea

[@loisritchie8340]

The news reader is laughing about it?? You should be outraged too! Stupid media..

[@0021cam]

Well he’s one to talk, his stupid X site he rebranded is a disaster! I cannot even see my own tweets! Fix your site Musk!!

[@deanhall6045]

Hahaha .... But they can only bore you to death if you let them, Elon. Love ya.

[@marklengal9990]

IKEA saw them coming!

[@hazelholmshaw9415]

M.F.I. That the word.m

[@richardcarey169]

Big news week to start the year.....good old sky spews

[@lloydsingline340]

What have you got ?

[@richardcarey169]

@lloydsingline340 Syphilis

[@janalleijn1904]

Elon for PRESIDENT ❤️

[@williamoneil9787]

He can do humanity a greater service by doing what he's been doing.

[@ilguitaro]

@@williamoneil9787 Doing what....being a shyster?! Coz that's what he is if you look closely enough. The previous generation had their heads up Gate's butt in pretty much the same way, and look how he turned out! Musk is the Gates of this generation.

[@angeloap1]

Oh Maron🤌🏻

[@helengormlie966]

you cant make this %^^& up. MAGA..

[@StanBurns]

Looks like a pile of shit . Terrible !