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Chris Bowen on Insiders this morning, with the connivance of Barrie Cassidy, gave one of the most boring, repetitious, negative and duplicitous interviews I have heard for a long time.:bad:
Chris Bowen Sad to say this because when he had the Immigration p/f I saw him as a decent person hampered by the restrictions of his role. Since he has become Treasurer, however, he has much more freedom to express what he really believes, and has shown himself to be yet another tedious mouthpiece for the government.
Rudd must be eating too much Vegemite.
Really disappointing to see that the Coalition has committed to returning the budget to surplus in its first term "if the figures from Treasury are correct'. Surely, given the relatively poor condition of the economy, rising unemployment etc, this is unnecessary, leaves them open to a charge of failure, or if it actually is achieved, probably necessitating such vicious cuts that recession will be a real possibility, not to mention loss of confidence in the electorate.
Or can they actually make cuts to spending which will not have this result?
Agree.I would like to see Abbott scrap his "DIRECT ACTION PLAN" on green house emmissions and defer his paid parental scheme until the economy picks up. In the meantime Abbott should utilize the existing paid parental scheme put in place by Labor.
Really disappointing to see that the Coalition has committed to returning the budget to surplus in its first term "if the figures from Treasury are correct'. Surely, given the relatively poor condition of the economy, rising unemployment etc, this is unnecessary, leaves them open to a charge of failure, or if it actually is achieved, probably necessitating such vicious cuts that recession will be a real possibility, not to mention loss of confidence in the electorate.
Or can they actually make cuts to spending which will not have this result?
Really disappointing to see that the Coalition has committed to returning the budget to surplus in its first term "if the figures from Treasury are correct'. Surely, given the relatively poor condition of the economy, rising unemployment etc, this is unnecessary, leaves them open to a charge of failure, or if it actually is achieved, probably necessitating such vicious cuts that recession will be a real possibility, not to mention loss of confidence in the electorate.
Or can they actually make cuts to spending which will not have this result?
Well I don't know about you, but I thought Abbott did better, than I expected.
I thought Rudd was just slipping into panic mode occasionally.
Just my thoughts, may be biased, but Rudd looked flustered.
Not much of a debate, just slogans from both sides, Tony must of said 'stop the boats' 3 or 4 times...amazing how close they are on policy.
The result of the worm says Rudd won at 59% to Abbott 41%
As a Green, and therefore impartial, it was clear to me that Rudd won hands down.
So stand by my prediction of a month ago:
ALP 55% , LIB/C/P two party preferred 45%
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