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Caveman said:
The WA Libs have increased debt since in office,so I dont think it was debt
that was worrying the voters.
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Absolutely, it is a perception of trust, that the community bonds with.
Unfortunately with the baggage Labor are carrying, no one is buying the trust me call.
In W.A the voters aren't worried, as reflected in the poll.
Yet they are worried federally.lol:xyxthumbs
 
sptrawler said:
Absolutely, it is a perception of trust, that the community bonds with.
Unfortunately with the baggage Labor are carrying, no one is buying the trust me call.
In W.A the voters aren't worried, as reflected in the poll.
Yet they are worried federally.lol:xyxthumbs
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Caveman said:
The WA Libs have increased debt since in office,so I dont think it was debt
that was worrying the voters.
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State Labor didn't run the scare campaign against building infrastructure, traditionally thats been the domain of conservative oppositions and governments where they work hard at running the conversation around waste full spending.
 
Yesterday I posted this mistakenly on the Rudd thread. I am starting to get the two wimps mixed up. Bolt has more on this on his blog today.

This morning Bolt tried to draw Tony Abbott out on how he could put his expected large majority in the September election to good use by being a little daring. Bolt was interested in how Abbott would pull the unions into line, and what he would do to reduce the numbers of 2 million public servants and 4 million on some form of welfare or pension.

Abbott wimped out. He doesn't want to be seen as courageous. Newman in Queensland made courageous decisions, and the polls show it, but he has two years to make them work.

Sir Humphrey: If you want to be really sure that the minister doesn't accept it you must say the decision is courageous.
Bernard: And that’s worse than controversial?
Sir Humphrey: Controversial only means this will lose you votes, courageous means this will lose you the election
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http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/
 
Calliope said:
Yesterday I posted this mistakenly on the Rudd thread. I am starting to get the two wimps mixed up. Bolt has more on this on his blog today.

This morning Bolt tried to draw Tony Abbott out on how he could put his expected large majority in the September election to good use by being a little daring. Bolt was interested in how Abbott would pull the unions into line, and what he would do to reduce the numbers of 2 million public servants and 4 million on some form of welfare or pension.

Abbott wimped out. He doesn't want to be seen as courageous. Newman in Queensland made courageous decisions, and the polls show it, but he has two years to make them work.


http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/
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I don't think it would be too smart to start talking about mass sackings before an election do you ?
 
MrBurns said:
I don't think it would be too smart to start talking about mass sackings before an election do you ?
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Mass sackings? That sounds like Gillard/Albanese rhetoric. Abbott will never have a better mandate to trim the fat and also bring the unions into line. I think it is about time he made a few "courageous" decisions. At the moment I am not sure what he stands for...especially on climate change or "green energy".

The only things he keeps mouthing off about is abolishing the Carbon Tax and the Mining tax and "stopping the boats". But I think that actually sending the boats back will fall into the "courageous" zone.:rolleyes:
 
Calliope said:
Mass sackings? That sounds like Gillard/Albanese rhetoric. Abbott will never have a better mandate to trim the fat and also bring the unions into line. I think it is about time he made a few "courageous" decisions. At the moment I am not sure what he stands for...especially on climate change or "green energy".

The only things he keeps mouthing off about is abolishing the Carbon Tax and the Mining tax and "stopping the boats". But I think that actually sending the boats back will fall into the "courageous" zone.:rolleyes:
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He has to reduce the public service dramatically, no need to go on about it now though.
 
MrBurns said:
He has to reduce the public service dramatically, no need to go on about it now though.
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Typical forked tounge Lib philosophy here.

Yeh, sackum all, like the tram conductors, more on the dole and less to keep a vibrant working sector. Smaller Govmint, larger private sector in which to outsource (to mostly party mates).

In fact here in Victoria under the Libs the Road Construction companies are now telling the government where to and how to build the next highways.

Gillard on chan 24 as we speak is articulate with the press and going to leave Abbott for dead from here on in.
 
Explod,

Do you believe that the road to environmental sustainability is via economic ruin ?

That's where Labor in its present form would take us given enough time.
 
explod said:
Typical forked tounge Lib philosophy here.

Yeh, sackum all, like the tram conductors, more on the dole and less to keep a vibrant working sector. Smaller Govmint, larger private sector in which to outsource (to mostly party mates).

In fact here in Victoria under the Libs the Road Construction companies are now telling the government where to and how to build the next highways.

Gillard on chan 24 as we speak is articulate with the press and going to leave Abbott for dead from here on in.
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Gee explode, ok let's keep it all going, now where's the money coming from eh eh eh ??? Well ???
 
Considering how incompetent the Labor government is it is easy to overlook the fact that Tony Abbott's image
has significantly improved these last few months.
If you look at his past he has being consistently underestimated at his opponents expense.
I think he will make a good PM.:xyxthumbs
 
explod said:
Gillard on chan 24 as we speak is articulate with the press and going to leave Abbott for dead from here on in.
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Gee if that is as articulate as Gillard can get then Labor is going to be in deeper trouble in the polls than they are now.

As Fatty would say "she's got nothin"

Might be time you also purchased some new glasses explod (no offense intended).
 
waza1960 said:
Considering how incompetent the Labor government is it is easy to overlook the fact that Tony Abbott's image
has significantly improved these last few months.
If you look at his past he has being consistently underestimated at his opponents expense.
I think he will make a good PM.:xyxthumbs
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For the first time since Julia Gillard became ALP leader, there's a consistent movement in net satisfaction for the two major party leaders, in opposite directions.

https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=762559
 
MrBurns said:
If you got up close you'd see he walks like a boxer/tough guy which, by the way, he is.
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And today as we commemorate our saviours excruciating crucifixion and his temporary dying for our sins, some of which are a little more serious than others, and considering the nature of those more serious sins and their prominence in statute law and the abomination that those sins are to anyone with a shred of human decency, unless of course there's a justification some where I've missed of moving Know predatory child molesters from one district branch of your organisation to another district branch, where they continue their debased and despicable behaviour on the most innocent and trusting. All while the knowing upper echelons of organisation threaten cajole and maline the assaulted and abused into a fearful silence. And when police investigations are started the raw power of the organisation is brought to bear to shut down and compromise those investigations. Is Cardinal Pell back from Rome.
... Well, A tough guy might want to go into bat to make sure those due it, get their come up-pence.
Some body like that might just be worth a vote.
Please make a point alerting me to Tony's thoughts on the matter. Or is he to be like so many others as soft as $hite
 
orr said:
And today as we commemorate our saviours excruciating crucifixion and his temporary dying for our sins, some of which are a little more serious than others, and considering the nature of those more serious sins and their prominence in statute law and the abomination that those sins are to anyone with a shred of human decency, unless of course there's a justification some where I've missed of moving Know predatory child molesters from one district branch of your organisation to another district branch, where they continue their debased and despicable behaviour on the most innocent and trusting. All while the knowing upper echelons of organisation threaten cajole and maline the assaulted and abused into a fearful silence. And when police investigations are started the raw power of the organisation is brought to bear to shut down and compromise those investigations. Is Cardinal Pell back from Rome.
... Well, A tough guy might want to go into bat to make sure those due it, get their come up-pence.
Some body like that might just be worth a vote.
Please make a point alerting me to Tony's thoughts on the matter. Or is he to be like so many others as soft as $hite
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Maybe you could get Craig Thomson to fill you in on how it's done?
Apparently they say he has misled and misused a position of trust.
 
waza1960 said:
Considering how incompetent the Labor government is it is easy to overlook the fact that Tony Abbott's image
has significantly improved these last few months.
If you look at his past he has being consistently underestimated at his opponents expense.
I think he will make a good PM.:xyxthumbs
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Agree, Gillard is drowning all by herself, with her actions and her words.
We are watching....
 
Medibank Private will struggle to survive against the not for profit funds if it is sold imo.
I wonder if he will float it or do a trade sale to say Bupa.

One of the reasons for keeping Medibank in house besides the dividends was the influence it gave the Government on the drug companies and hospitals. I know its been a policy for a while though and I know the IPA hates government competitors to private businesses.

They would also like Auspost sold, but this makes a lot of moolah for the government. Wasn't that on the agenda at some stage? I think there is a strong case for the postal service to be run by the Government.
 
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