2013 Federal Election: 7 September 2013

[Ijustnewit]

Lunatic KRudd promising AUS $2Billion to save Oz Car Industry (aka Holden)

Even Antony Green on the Drum the other day referred to the ABC's own Vote Compass results to explain how only 20% voters had any sympathy for bailing out the Oz car industry. Since many of the Vote Compass participants are sure to be ABC and tend to the left anyway and only 20% of these mainly Labour supporting particpiants think supporting the car industry is important, that is a damning statistic for anyone wanting to run this issue as a vote winner! KRudd, you are just plain nuts! :bananasmi



http://www.news.com.au/national-new...rs/story-fnho52ip-1226698747935#ixzz2cGb1SdVz

Oh boy...just a couple more weeks, just a couple more weeks....tick, tock....

Exactly, I was thinking the same thing. This example is typical of Labour's ability not to listen to the majority of the peoples wishes and the future direction and spendings of our taxes. Idiots

 

[drsmith]

The gloss is well and truly coming off now. At this rate, Labor might want Julia back as leader by polling day. At the very least, the generals in the Labor camp will be in a mild panic.

Also of interest, the Greens too have taken a hit.

VOTER support for Kevin Rudd has sunk to its lowest level on record, leaving Labor headed for a large election loss with Tony Abbott now virtually equal as preferred prime minister.

After two weeks of presidential-style campaigning - in which the Prime Minister's personal support has continued to plummet and the Opposition Leader's has steadily risen - Mr Rudd is in a worse position than when he was removed as Labor leader in June 2010.

The latest Newspoll survey, conducted exclusively for The Australian on the weekend, finds Mr Abbott in his best position ever against Mr Rudd.

Labor's primary vote, at 34 per cent, is now at its lowest level since Mr Rudd removed Julia Gillard as prime minister and the Coalition's primary vote of 47 per cent is at its highest during the same time.

Primary support for the Greens dropped from 11 per cent to 9 per cent as Mr Abbott spent much of last week campaigning against minority government, ruling out doing a deal with the Greens and challenging Mr Rudd to follow.

On a two-party-preferred basis, based on preference flows at the 2010 election, Labor's support has dropped two percentage points, to 46 per cent, and the Coalition's support has risen to 54 per cent.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...rt-at-record-low/story-fn59niix-1226699554194

 

[noco]

This will rock the Forde electorate like a 6.5 Earth Quake.

And Merri Rose went to jail for Beattie when she never should have in the first place.


http://pickeringpost.com/story/the-diaries-of-peter-beatties-mistress/1842

 

[MrBurns]

The gloss is well and truly coming off now. At this rate, Labor might want Julia back as leader by polling day. At the very least, the generals in the Labor camp will be in a mild panic.
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No wonder, Rudd is truly hopeless, he just repeats mantra until e everyone roils their eyes and turns off.

"cut cut cut cut to the bone", does he really think the more he says it the more people will like him ?

and just stop asking yourself questions in the middle of a sentence ...... you know what ? you know why ?

He's a serious annoyance.

 

[drsmith]

No wonder, Rudd is truly hopeless, he just repeats mantra until e everyone roils their eyes and turns off.

Sportsbet now has the odds at $1.09/$7.25 in favour of the Coalition and the handicap has blown out to 17.5.

I was originally thinking the election outcome would be in the range of 2PP in favour of the Coalition between 54% and 55%, but with Newspoll now at 54%, perhaps even a Gillard level of 57% is not out of the question for the Coalition. I'll now put the range at between 55% and 57% in favour of the Coalition on the assumption that Labor can't turn their campaign around and that the Coalition doesn't get to cocky.

 

[drsmith]

Two other polls out today have the race much closer than Newspoll.

Roy Morgan is at 51/49% in favour of the Coalition although the recent trend like Newspoll is in favour of the Coalition. Essential Media is 50/50, but the most interesting aspect is the trend there is against the Coalition.

 

[IFocus]

Two other polls out today have the race much closer than Newspoll.

Roy Morgan is at 51/49% in favour of the Coalition although the recent trend like Newspoll is in favour of the Coalition. Essential Media is 50/50, but the most interesting aspect is the trend there is against the Coalition.

My read at the moment is Abbott at a canter none of the gaffs or bad news re coalition is sticking plus no serious questions are being asked, Rudd looks unsettled still some time to go but looks like coalition land slide.

 

[sptrawler]

My read at the moment is Abbott at a canter none of the gaffs or bad news re coalition is sticking plus no serious questions are being asked, Rudd looks unsettled still some time to go but looks like coalition land slide.

Yep, I think you are right.
Problem is, Rudd thinks everyone just needs more spending promises(he's rich). Whereas everyone is $hitting themselves about spending.

He has completely uncoupled from mainstream Australia, absolute FW.

 

[moXJO]

My read at the moment is Abbott at a canter none of the gaffs or bad news re coalition is sticking plus no serious questions are being asked, Rudd looks unsettled still some time to go but looks like coalition land slide.

Its a long way from over yet, libs have lost the unlosable election in the last weeks before.

 

[Aussiejeff]

Even the ABC's own brand spanking new FACT CHECK unit (who's organisers claim "We aim to be available to all audiences" ) can't find lots of green ticks for their Labor masters. No Red Lights for Coalition statements, Two glaring Red Lights for Labor claims.

ABC bias even gives Tony an Amber Light for a statement about gay marriage the ABC sponsored site organisers say is "mostly true". I would have thought "Mostly true" deserving of a Green Light? Maybe if Kevvie Baby had made the statement it would have got a big Green Light? Ah well. Ya can't win 'em all if the organisers of the site are sponsored by the Labor Party...errr...public purse...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/factcheck/

 

[Tink]

Agree Mr Burns, all the annoyances are showing, cut, cut,cut, and when he punches the right arm out the front, come on kids, spending way too much time with the children.
They dont vote..
What happened to the no negativity.

It didnt take long for the public to see there is no new way, its the same old Rudd.
On the run policies, nothing calculated and he is still doing it.
The public have woken up and dont want another 3 years of this.........

 

[explod]

And do not forget, I called it here on ASF first:

The winners 55%, the losers 45%, two party preferred.

And yes I will bet all the scratchies you like on that

 

[drsmith]

The winners 55%, the losers 45%, two party preferred.

Who though now are you calling as the winners ?

Are you still calling Labor or are you now being inconsistent like Labor ?

 

[Ves]

It's pretty sad for the future of our country that the highlight of the election campaign so far has been Andrew Bolt getting trolled on Twitter (with Abbott trying to use automated bots to inflate his social media "friends" a close second), and subsequently trying to get angry and looking like an even bigger tossbag.

 

[Calliope]

It's pretty sad for the future of our country that the highlight of the election campaign so far has been Andrew Bolt getting trolled on Twitter (with Abbott trying to use automated bots to inflate his social media "friends" a close second), and subsequently trying to get angry and looking like an even bigger tossbag.

It's pretty sad for the future of our country when tossbag Kruddites can't read the writing on the wall.

 

[drsmith]

The Australian's Peter Brent on election commitments.

Abbott is planning a commission of audit. One of the chief purposes of these exercises is to enable the breaking of campaign promises.

New governments nearly always break campaign promises, using the commission of audit or traditional bureaucrats’ briefing about the state of the finances.

In 1983 newly-elected Prime Minister Bob Hawke was overheard telling his fresh-faced Treasurer Paul Keating to “lay it on with a trowel” at a press conference to announce the greater-than-expected budget deficit. So dire was the situation that unfortunately not all of Labor’s campaign promises could be honoured, they explained.

Thirteen years later Peter Costello needed no encouragement to chew the scenery. The findings of the commission of audit, and Treasury’s revised budget numbers, tilled the soil for what became known as core and non-core promises.

Funnily enough the new Labor government in 2007 and 2008 neglected to perform the ritual, not through any high ethical standards but an addiction to immediate gratification and lack of willingness to accept short-term political pain.

It was an appalling blunder on the part of Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan because it simply pushed the inevitable promise-breaking out several years when there was no one to blame but themselves. It let the Howard government off the hook; one great benefit of the exercise is the denigration of your predecessor’s record. We don’t like breaking our word any more than you do (the new government says) but you know who to blame.

That’s why it has to be done in the first year.

If the Coalition wins the election next month rest assured it will exercise the winner’s rights with energy and enthusiasm. Joe Hockey will shake his head in disbelief at the state of affairs revealed by the commission’s report. We knew the Labor government was bad (he’ll tell us) but not this bad.

Drastic action will be needed. Promises will need to be broken.

http://blogs.theaustralian.news.com.au/mumble/index.php/theaustralian/comments/opp_leader_net_satis/

 

[havaiana]

"....Schubes says that Rupert Murdoch’s News Limited newspapers are lobbyists for the current opposition...

...Tony Abbott today announced his government would commit $5million dollars of taxpayer’s money to help with the redevelopment of a football club’s stadium....

...the football club is it is 68% owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Limited."

source

http://www.forexlive.com/blog/2013/08/21/australian-election-whiff-of-a-scandal-in-the-making/

 

[Calliope]

The Australian's Peter Brent on election commitments.

If the Coalition wins the election next month rest assured it will exercise the winner’s rights with energy and enthusiasm. Joe Hockey will shake his head in disbelief at the state of affairs revealed by the commission’s report. We knew the Labor government was bad (he’ll tell us) but not this bad.*
Drastic action will be needed. Promises will need to be broken.

I certainly hope so Doc. They won't lose much popularity if they use this strategy to give the Direct Action Plan and the Paid Parental Scheme the boot.

A little more guts would be required to knock Gonski and Stop the Boats on the head even though both are doomed to fail to achieve their stated goals and will waste billions.

 

[Knobby22]

If you are a retiree or a share owner and you vote Liberal - you lose.
As a friend said "this election is a choice between Dumb or Dumber."

Read below regarding how the parental scheme will be paid for.

The fact that retirees and those saving for retirement would pay a slice of the parental leave bill shows that the inter-generational game is not widely understood.

So a superannuation fund obtains a franking credit equal to the tax paid by the company. Those franking credits are currently calculated at a tax rate of 30 cents in the dollar. When the Abbott-Hockey plan is introduced the franking credits will be calculated on the basis of 28.5 cent in the dollar. They are worth less and so the retirees and those saving to pay for retirement cop the bill because Abbott and Hockey have simply swapped a tax for a levy aiming to lower the franking credit.

It is a clear attack on the older generation to benefit the up and coming generation.

Read more: http://www.businessspectator.com.au...-pay-paid-parental-leave-scheme#ixzz2cZNIVVk6

 

[drsmith]

Those franking credits are currently calculated at a tax rate of 30 cents in the dollar. When the Abbott-Hockey plan is introduced the franking credits will be calculated on the basis of 28.5 cent in the dollar. They are worth less and so the retirees and those saving to pay for retirement cop the bill because Abbott and Hockey have simply swapped a tax for a levy aiming to lower the franking credit.

This is a perfect illustration of one of the flaws with a separate levy on top of the corporate tax rate.

If the company tax cut wasn't recouped by a separate levy, companies would have the capacity to increase dividends and hence offset the impact of reduced imputation credits on gross income at the shareholder level.

I'm surprised it's taken till the middle of the week for this specific aspect to flare up. It will certainly make tonight's leaders debate more interesting.