The Gillard Government

[MrBurns]

and Daryl Melham.

and that hairdresser bloke, I mean whats that all about ?

 

[Julia]

and Daryl Melham.

Yes, Mr Melham's resignation from his position reflects very badly on Ms Gillard.

 

[moXJO]

Is labor starting the motions of tossing Gillard?

 

[sptrawler]

Poor old Julia is losing it again, everything is Tony's fault, it's a shame Tony doesn't lose it and give Julia some credibility.LOL
Julia's got to realise that she is responsible for the outcomes, Tony only gets milage out of poor goverment decissions.
Saying Tony is negative, is like a football team saying were losing because the other team says we can't kick a goal.
Why doesn't she stop thinking of herself and then the goals will come, it won't happen, it's all about her.LOL

She would be praying that Turnbull takes over from Abbott, someone she can slap around.
Imagine it" Why does the opposition carry on about the carbon tax? When their leader thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread?"
The quotes are endless, Turnbull may as well cross the floor and stop pi$$ing about.

 

[Miss Hale]

I saw a snippet of a speech Gillard made today (not in the parliament, at a breakfast) where she was talking about women being treated equally etc. and the dificulties of being the first female PM ( ). She said she won't be happy until no one comments about women politicians because there are equal number of men and women in parliament. What???? What would that prove? Nothing. I won't be happy until we have good people in parliament regardless of their gender . I don't care if it's 50% women, 20% women or 80% women I just want to see the best people doing the job and no tokenism. 50% women will not prove anything! What is this obsession with 50% of everything?

 

[white_goodman]

I saw a snippet of a speech Gillard made today (not in the parliament, at a breakfast) where she was talking about women being treated equally etc. and the dificulties of being the first female PM ( ). She said she won't be happy until no one comments about women politicians because there are equal number of men and women in parliament. What???? What would that prove? Nothing. I won't be happy until we have good people in parliament regardless of their gender . I don't care if it's 50% women, 20% women or 80% women I just want to see the best people doing the job and no tokenism. 50% women will not prove anything! What is this obsession with 50% of everything?

because in every field the percentages reflect the wider community...
nowhere in anything is it representative of the % of the wider community... its dumb of her to say such things

 

[sptrawler]

I saw a snippet of a speech Gillard made today (not in the parliament, at a breakfast) where she was talking about women being treated equally etc. and the dificulties of being the first female PM ( ). She said she won't be happy until no one comments about women politicians because there are equal number of men and women in parliament. What???? What would that prove? Nothing. I won't be happy until we have good people in parliament regardless of their gender . I don't care if it's 50% women, 20% women or 80% women I just want to see the best people doing the job and no tokenism. 50% women will not prove anything! What is this obsession with 50% of everything?

O.K lets go along with Julia's train of thought, maybe someone, with better computer skills than me.
Can find where they cut Julie Bishop a bit of slack when she was promoted. I think they turned feral on her, from memory.
What a bunch of dickheads.

 

[dutchie]

Another poor decision by Gillard not to sack Slipper - she has no clue.

 

[Julia]

I saw a snippet of a speech Gillard made today (not in the parliament, at a breakfast) where she was talking about women being treated equally etc. and the dificulties of being the first female PM ( ). She said she won't be happy until no one comments about women politicians because there are equal number of men and women in parliament. What???? What would that prove? Nothing. I won't be happy until we have good people in parliament regardless of their gender . I don't care if it's 50% women, 20% women or 80% women I just want to see the best people doing the job and no tokenism. 50% women will not prove anything! What is this obsession with 50% of everything?

+100. What I fear - and it's entirely possible in the current climate - is the introduction of a quota system.
50% female regardless of their capability to do the job.
Hard to believe the parliament could become even worse than at present, but that would certainly be a negative move imo.

A caller to ABC radio this evening said that parliament today has moved from being in the gutter to actually descending down the sewer. Pretty much sums it up imo.

 

[MrBurns]

I think it won't be long before this Govt falls

Parliament is unworkable and remaining support for these desperate crooks is fading fast

 

[dutchie]

I think it won't be long before this Govt falls

Parliament is unworkable and remaining support for these desperate crooks is fading fast

Just when you think this government has scraped the bottom of the barrel they find another lower level!

 

[sptrawler]

Just when you think this government has scraped the bottom of the barrel they find another lower level!

Well if you are from a union background and have been sold down the toilet by people that later become Labor politicians.
You know what to expect.

Karma is an interesting concept.LOL

 

[sptrawler]

Well this sounds like a winner, the government could sell this as easily as the carbon tax.

http://www.theage.com.au/business/carbon-economy/call-for-carbon-duty-on-imports-20121009-27asi.html

Now that would make all the plebs sit up, when all the crappy junk they buy costs heaps more.
But wait, didn't this government hand out money and tell people to buy this junk?
Don't run this scenario past Wayne, it would give him a migraine.LOL

 

[sptrawler]

Well now is the time we need 'Super Wayne' to put the undies on over his pants and show he is the worlds greatest treasurer.

http://www.smh.com.au/business/imf-warns-on-global-recession-20121009-27b8k.html

Pink batts 2, the sequel. Anyone want a free $1000 cheque in the mail, no strings attached.LOL

 

[drsmith]

Meanwhile, on another front,

THE disgraced former boyfriend of the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, took a leading role in the purchase of a unit in the name of a union crony with stolen union funds, documents reveal.

The papers also confirm that Ms Gillard closely managed legal work on the 1993 transaction - without advising her senior partners at law firm Slater & Gordon of the involvement of then boyfriend Bruce Wilson.

http://www.smh.com.au/national/pms-...it-in-name-of-union-crony-20121009-27bcp.html

 

[dutchie]

Meanwhile, on another front,



http://www.smh.com.au/national/pms-...it-in-name-of-union-crony-20121009-27bcp.html

This is still a very smelly episode for the PM.

(or just young and naive)

Q: at what age do you become old and savvy??
A: only after you have been caught out.

 

[Logique]

The Slipper imbroglio. I guess a lot of us thought "be careful what you wish for". The following article was in the Fairfax press. So the writer is currently cleaning out his desk (only kidding).

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/we-expected-more-of-gillard-20121009-27bd6.html

The government had spent a month vilifying Tony Abbott for having "a problem with women". But when one of the bulwarks of the government was exposed as having a problem with women, it was suddenly acceptable.

 

[moXJO]

News limited defending Gillard, Penbo must be pi$$ed he got radio snubbed. Smh attacking her, Huh?

 

[dutchie]

http://www.debtclock.com.au/

 

[Calliope]

The Handbag Hit Squad apparently found Slipper worthy of their defence in spite of his lewd misogynism.