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In Kev's case the application would be at the right end as it would stem the flow of what's been coming out, even if only very briefly.
In Kev's case the application would be at the right end as it would stem the flow of what's been coming out, even if only very briefly.Or a 'suppository of wisdom' in chip form.
In Kev's case the application would be at the right end as it would stem the flow of what's been coming out, even if only very briefly.
The ABC's Rebecca Carmody reports that the WA Labor Party has done a preference swap with the Greens that it's hoping will sway the results in a number of marginal seats.
Two days ago, Tony Abbott challenged Kevin Rudd to follow his lead and put the Greens last in every seat, but Labor has decided to ignore the challenge.
It is understood WA Labor has agreed to give its preferences to Greens senator Scott Ludlam, who risks losing his seat after one term.
In return, the Greens will give Labor preferential treatment in the marginal seats of Hasluck, Swan and in Brand - which Labor minister Gary Gray is in danger of losing.
Labor is likely to infuriate the Nationals with its plan to give its preferences to the Liberals ahead of the Nationals in the seats of O'Connor and Durack.
If Labor makes good on its threat, the Nationals will struggle to win either seat.
Mr Rudd described Mr Katter as "unique", adding: "You've got to understand Queensland to understand Bob's uniqueness.
"Bob, for reasons which many of you may find odd, has been a longstanding friend of mine."
The real poll. ALP 55%, Coalition 2 party preferred on both 45%
I'll bet you a $20 scratchie that the coalition win the election.
SMH has now resorted to making up interviews with Abbott it seems, with serial dipsht Mike Carltons piece 'don't quote me.'
Tony Abbott’s “sex appeal” candidate, Fiona Scott, is poised for a landslide victory in the litmus-test western Sydney seat of Lindsay with a stunning 60% of the primary vote, according to a Guardian Lonergan poll.
Scott’s huge lead over the sitting member, the assistant treasurer, David Bradbury, who has held the marginal seat since 2007, surprised even the pollster.
“Given the size of the swing, we have triple-checked the data and we are very confident this poll is accurate. We asked respondents how they voted last federal election. When we model this historic data we would have predicted Bradbury to be elected over Scott with a two-candidate preferred vote of 52%, which is very close to the actual 2010 poll result of 51%,” Lonergan research managing director Chris Lonergan told Guardian Australia.
I don't believe for a moment that Tony Abbott said any of that. How on earth can Carlton get away with printing this crap???SMH has now resorted to making up interviews with Abbott it seems, with serial dipsht Mike Carltons piece 'don't quote me.'
The people who made a fuss about this were those who would never have voted for Tony Abbott anyway.The voters in Lindsay agree with Tony Abbott. For a woman to be told by Tony Abbott that she has sex appeal is a great vote booster. The sanctimonious PC crowd can stick that up their jumper.
Rudd on Abbott
"There is an alternative, I'm told, and the alternative is this: cut, cut, cut and cut to the bone. His name's Tony Abbott, he's got a three-word slogan. You heard his three-word slogans? Let me tell you what his new three-word slogan is: cut, cut and cut."
cut (1), cut (2) and (3) cut (4)
No wonder we are so much in debt.
Labor's national executive has ordered the party to preference the Greens ahead of all others in every state except Queensland.
Labor has a deal with Bob Katter's Australian Party in Queensland, but in other states and in the ACT, Greens senate candidates have been given a boost to their electoral chances.
The move has angered ALP members in Victoria, who fear the deal might also affect how people vote in the lower house seat of Melbourne, which Labor is trying to win back from the Greens.
ALP national secretary George Wright did not respond to calls from Fairfax Media.
A senior Greens operative said the balance-of-power party would be preferencing Labor in the Senate in a similar fashion.
''You can forget all the rhetoric. At the end of the day, Labor and the Greens need to preference each other that way to keep the others out,'' the contact said.
It's unfortunate that many delegate that right to their party of choice.Let's remember that preferences are still the choice of the individual voter. From the way the issue is being reported, one would think that parties actually have the right to direct to whom preferences should flow.
A Katter's Australian Party source confirmed the fledgling party ”” whose chances were best in Queensland ”” would preference the Coalition above Labor in most state Senate races.
But in Queensland, KAP and Labor have reached a deal to preference each other above the Liberal National Party in the Senate.
A FIRED-up Kevin Rudd has told Holden workers and union officials he knows he is in a tough spot but is determined to "fight" his way out of his losing position in the polls to deliver a $2 billion package for the car industry.
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