I watched a re-run of Q&A this morning. The audience laughed when Craig Emerson spoke so fondly of Julia saying that he had known her since 1998.
This was a canny audience. They knew that this was when Emerson deserted his wife and three kids and shacked up with the fair Julia in Canberra. He was her live-in lover.
Have to disagree. Bolt tends to oversimply situations to adjust to the tabloid editorialism that earns him a crust. His "interesting" use of logic and crusade for the far, far, far right tend to be tend to override any sense of proper discussion when Bolt is concerned.
Peter Dutton was head and shoulders above the other 3 politicians there. Craig Emerton for the most part realised this and spent most of his efforts trying to get a rise out of Barnaby.
One dissapointing aspect about last night's show was that neither of the Coalition members did not get a chance to respond to internet sensorship when that issue was raised.
Julia has lifted the restriction from a Sunday 8th dabate to any time.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...nomy-at-any-time/story-fn59niix-1225900561807
Hopefully Tony will stand his ground.
The message on that became somewhat confusing with the release of his revised maternity leave scheme,Hopefully he wont and be exposed on his weak economic credentials like raising business tax.
Ah, says Abbott, but it's only temporary: "Once the budget position has been restored, we will reduce the levy and eventually abolish it," says the Liberal policy published yesterday.
OK, and when will the budget position be restored? This takes us back to Abbott's first answer. If he won't say, we can't know.
Or if his Action Contract is really Liberal policy, it will be in 2013. Which is exactly when the corporate levy kicks in.
So in this case, the levy will be redundant even as it kicks in. Not only a big new tax, but an unnecessary one, according to the Liberals' own policy.
The Sex Party and Family first could join forces and call themselves Sex First.after watching the Sex Party vs Family First today, I might vote for Family First.
Sorry to interupt the flow,
but do people think this Abbott 'no means no' so-called gaff about the debate is anything other than political opportunism from his enemies? A poll today in the SMH has it running at precisely 50-50 on 28,000 votes. Not the best choice of words sure, but perhaps a little precious here?
this Abbott 'no means no' so-called gaff ... A poll today in the SMH has it running at precisely 50-50 on 28,000 votes.
The Sex Party and Family first could join forces and call themselves Sex First.
Family would then be second as in nature.
Logique, I made just this point on the DJ's thread yesterday. Other than Wayne, who understood the connection I was trying to make, it probably didn't make sense to most on that thread.Sorry to interupt the flow,
but do people think this Abbott 'no means no' so-called gaff about the debate is anything other than political opportunism from his enemies? A poll today in the SMH has it running at precisely 50-50 on 28,000 votes. Not the best choice of words sure, but perhaps a little precious here?
That's so right, Timmy. I've done the same thing, expecting to get an advice "You have already voted on this poll", but no I could have happily voted a thousand times should I have wanted to.The poll on the SMH ... hmmmm ....
Just as an experiment I voted three times on it ... before I got bored.
(Just erase cookies after you vote each time ... too easy).
If the party faithful are thus motivated (& either party can do it, not picking sides) the poll might say whatever the faithful want it to say.
Etc.
The taskforce established to investigate waste under Julia Gillard's schools stimulus program has spent more than $1.1 million on consultants' fees in its first three months of operation.
Taskforce head Brad Orgill has told a Senate enquiry that about $80,000 alone was paid to public relations consultant Michael Salmon for eight weeks of media management.
The costings show that the BER taskforce has hired 12 companies to help investigate claims of wastage and rorting in the $16.2 billion program.
On the BER Taskforce:
Oops, this went over my head also. With Medibank Private - I would not be happy either.From Julia:
Logique, I made just this point on the DJ's thread yesterday. Other than Wayne, who understood the connection I was trying to make, it probably didn't make sense to most on that thread.
The problem for Labor and Gillard is that Labor's support is at a highwater mark in Victoria and South Australia, where the maximum net gain they could hope to garner is four seats, while in Queensland and NSW a swath of seats on slim margins could result in a loss of 16 seats. Western Australia still seems unhappy with Labor after the mining tax, and another seat would be lost there on these figures.
As well, the Greens would pick up Lindsay Tanner's seat of Melbourne and Labor expects to lose Solomon in the Top End.
Sorry to interupt the flow,
but do people think this Abbott 'no means no' so-called gaff about the debate is anything other than political opportunism from his enemies? A poll today in the SMH has it running at precisely 50-50 on 28,000 votes. Not the best choice of words sure, but perhaps a little precious here?
Logique, I made just this point on the DJ's thread yesterday. Other than Wayne, who understood the connection I was trying to make, it probably didn't make sense to most on that thread.
It goes to our readiness to leap into outrage mode in so many areas, and our seemingly incessant need to look for offence in an otherwise quite ordinary comment. Political opportunism? Sure, but so silly that it may well backfire on the complainers.
The poll on the SMH ... hmmmm ....
Just as an experiment I voted three times on it ... before I got bored.
(Just erase cookies after you vote each time ... too easy).
If the party faithful are thus motivated (& either party can do it, not picking sides) the poll might say whatever the faithful want it to say.
Etc.
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