The Gillard Government

[dutchie]

THIS is how a lot of people who are in the 18-30 year old age group bracket think.

They have also added; Step 5 - Gina Rinehart

Their still young and naive.

 

[sptrawler]

Well it's blame Tony again.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...ng-blame-tony-says-abbott-20121002-26wem.html

It is a bit of a long bow, but hey when youre desperate.LOL
What about a bit of first hand, direct, unadulterated meglomania, with Conroy telling people he can make them wear their underpants on their heads.
Now that is an abuse of position/power, what if a teacher told his pupils he could make them do that? What if a scout master told his scouts he could make them do that? What if your boss told you he could make you do that. Now that is as stupid, if not more stupid, than Jones.
How these goons can say Abbott is in some way connected and try to make milage, when their ******** made that statement is beyond belief. IMO

 

[sptrawler]

Well the resource super profit tax isn't going to pay for the binge on plasma t.v's, home insulation, b.e.r, school computers and their repair.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/mini...t-bear-market-in-20-years-20121003-26yhy.html

Lucky we managed to lock in the carbon tax and we can hammer the manufacturing, oh I forget that's closing down.LOL

Another term of this government and we will be in the same boat as Greece.

On a more uplifting note.
Apparently Newman isn't as much on the nose as the press, labor and the union, would have you believe.

 

[Julia]

On a more uplifting note.
Apparently Newman isn't as much on the nose as the press, labor and the union, would have you believe.

That's right. His popularity is little changed from the figures recorded just prior to the election.

He's doing what needs to be done, despite the predictable wailing from the public service and the unions.

 

[drsmith]

Peter Slipper isn't the only one copping it from the courts. Bill Shorten has also been given a serve.

Justice Heydon said the circumstances of the case were "exceptional". This was because the minister's position before and during the hearing was "not that of an intervener, but that of a partisan".

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...san-bill-shorten/story-fn59noo3-1226487746127

 

[sptrawler]

I just heard on the news, some guy read out a dedication to Julia he said Australians to a man are behind her.
Where is that comming from? Anyone know who the hell he is? Also how is that news?
What an absolute bloody joke.

 

[drsmith]

Shame on David Murray.

He stood between this government and its politics.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-04/comparing-greek-economy-to-australia27s-is-27absurd27/4295674

 

[DB008]

Didn't the future fund (under David Murray's control), sell a heap of Telstra shares just before a positive government announcement regarding Telstra? He's probably still bitter about that....

*(Typo) - Mr Abbott does make a valid point - it will be interesting to see how China's slow down, shrinking investment in the mining sector and the fall (my prediction) of our AUD will have an impact in the next few years...

The lesson of Europe is that countries can go very quickly from a strong position to a parlous position if things aren't well managed," Mr Abbott told reporters in Melbourne.

"At the moment, we've got a Government which has completely mishandled the mining sector which is the one sector which above all else has kept Australia going.

"With its endless taxes, this Government is putting the economic future of our country at risk."

 

[drsmith]

In his interview on 7:30 last night, he was not partisan. He was critical of both the current government and the Howard government's fiscal management of the resources boom.

 

[DB008]

In his interview on 7:30 last night, he was not partisan. He was critical of both the current government and the Howard government's fiscal management of the resources boom.

Yes, this is true. However, Gillard and Co have introduced 2 new taxes which will effect the sector either directly or indirectly - MRRT and Carbon Tax, at peak of cycle.

 

[MrBurns]

In his interview on 7:30 last night, he was not partisan. He was critical of both the current government and the Howard government's fiscal management of the resources boom.

He was really speaking about Labor and the stuff up of the stimulus package/s then Sales lept in with "but what about the Howard Govt but but but....they did something wrong too""""

 

[Julia]

The lesson of Europe is that countries can go very quickly from a strong position to a parlous position if things aren't well managed," Mr Abbott told reporters in Melbourne.

This was one of Mr Murray's essential points. Leigh Sales protested that we had so many advantages here in Australia we could never see ourselves in the situation Greece is at present. Mr Murray pretty firmly told her that if something was not changed here we could indeed find ourselves in just such a situation.

I don't imagine Mr Murray will be on the government's Christmas Card List after that.

 

[Calliope]

A pair of nasties.

It was entirely predictable that of the 102 Labor members of Federal Parliament, the two who sought to exploit the death of John Gillard for political advantage were Albanese and Swan. The Member for Gutter and the Member for Sewer sought to attach blame to Abbott for a distasteful remark made by the broadcaster Alan Jones about John Gillard's death. Abbott had encouraged the ugly tone, they said, with not a shred of irony.
It was business as usual. These two have been alleging for months that Abbott has a personal problem with women, a scurrilous line that has no basis in fact and is overwhelmed by contrary evidence, starting with his wife and his three grown daughters who are proud of their father. I'm not suggesting that Labor has a monopoly on parliamentary boors. The Liberal shadow minister Sophie Mirabella would win the bronze medal in the boorishness competition after Swan (gold) and Albanese (silver).

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...ck-in-trade-20121007-2776r.html#ixzz28eG47wZM

 

[drsmith]

As a true reflection of how Labor is going, this will be as good as it gets.

http://essentialvision.com.au/category/essentialreport

 

[sptrawler]

As a true reflection of how Labor is going, this will be as good as it gets.

http://essentialvision.com.au/category/essentialreport

I think you are spot on Doc, the electorate has made its mind up. The only votes that labor get now are the gormeless rusted on union plebs that believe they are being represented. LOL
Or the select few that have credit cards.

 

[sptrawler]

By the way, all you labor people with clout.
Now is the time for the stimulus package, shame you blew it four years ago, duh blind Freddy picked that one.
"Now we will see how the worlds greatest treasurer goes" LOL,LOL,LOL
It would be funny, if it wasn't so serious.:1zhelp:

 

[Julia]

As a true reflection of how Labor is going, this will be as good as it gets.

http://essentialvision.com.au/category/essentialreport

The Essentialvision data is very interesting. There seems to be an anomaly, however, between the first preference + 2pp and the later tables characterising each of the leaders. Gillard scores more highly than Abbott in pretty much everything, yet more respondents would vote Liberal than Labor.
Seems that, despite all the hype, the person actually leading each side is less important than we might think.

 

[dutchie]

Julia Gillard has a real problem with powerful men. Just look at the way she treats Tony Abbott and Kevin Rudd.

 

[bunyip]

I think Gillard & Co might shoot themselves in the foot with their constant character assassination of Abbot.

Anna Bligh and her Labor goons tried the same tactics against Campbell Newman in the QLD election. It didn’t work, if anything it lost votes for Labor by showing them up as a bunch of nasty little bastards who were so devoid of sensible polices and solutions to Queensland’s economic problems that they had to lower themselves to character assassination in a desperate effort to swing voters away from the opposition.

Bligh & Co learnt the hard way that lying about a decent person was not the way to impress voters. I think Gillard and Co might have to learn the same lesson.

 

[dutchie]

Julia Gillard has a real problem with powerful men. Just look at the way she treats Tony Abbott and Kevin Rudd.

and Daryl Melham.