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A True Leader would....???

IMO, this is a classic situation where a true leader (can really) shine(s) and earns their bread+butter.

Being able to say, "Sorry, l made a mistake doing it my way, lets fix it even it means stepping back to the old way". Gillard is too arrogant to do this. She is not a leader. I will never vote for her.

 

[drsmith]

Re: A True Leader would....???

It's getting a bit fiesty in the old school yard.

7.22pm: Shadow treasurer Joe Hockey is beyond fury.

I will never vote for the Malaysia deal.

His voice is crackling with fury.

I will never allow a child to be sent unaccompanied to Malaysia.

It will be over my dead body.

7.20pm: Couldn't get crazier?

Labor MP Graham Perrett is in the chamber, without his shoes on.

7.15pm: Don't provoke me, warns Bob Katter.

Suddenly.

Now he's shouting at National Paul Neville.

Oh boy.

We are now down to a 12-month susnet clause on the Malaysian deal proposed by, of all people, Andrew Wilkie.

My guess is that it will get up, but will be doomed in the Senate.

This is now a fight to the political death between Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott. My bet is on Tony Abbott if he can hold his troops together.

http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opi...olitics-live-june-27-2012-20120627-2118r.html

 

[drsmith]

Re: A True Leader would....???

Wilkie's sunset clause is up in the Reps and the Greens have panicked, voting for it even though they are going to vote against Oakshott's bill.

 

[sptrawler]

Re: A True Leader would....???

It's getting a bit fiesty in the old school yard.


We are now down to a 12-month susnet clause on the Malaysian deal proposed by, of all people, Andrew Wilkie.

My guess is that it will get up, but will be doomed in the Senate.

This is now a fight to the political death between Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott. My bet is on Tony Abbott if he can hold his troops together.

http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opi...olitics-live-june-27-2012-20120627-2118r.html

Well one thing this debate will do, it will show the left biased media that maybe Abbott isn't as thick as they try to make out. Also how shallow labor is when it is all about saving face rather than saving lives.IMO

 

[moXJO]

Re: A True Leader would....???

The Opposition Leader earlier offered Lower House cross bench MPs to increase Australia's refugee intake to 20,000 a year to fend off a humiliating defeat. But parliament voted down the proposed amendments

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/national/tra...es/story-e6frfkw9-1226410005101#ixzz1yzACcKd2

An increase in refugee numbers huh, flys in the face of what labor posters have been saying here

 

[sptrawler]

Re: A True Leader would....???

An increase in refugee numbers huh, flys in the face of what labor posters have been saying here

Exactly this could throw a huge wedge in the minority government, could blow it to pieces. Abbott is putting forward humane policy while labor and Oakeshott can't get over Malaysia and their own egos.

 

[drsmith]

Re: A True Leader would....???

Well one thing this debate will do, it will show the left biased media that maybe Abbott isn't as thick as they try to make out. Also how shallow labor is when it is all about saving face rather than saving lives.IMO

The Greens seem to be that first to have fallen off the cart.

They don't support the Malaysian solution yet support a sunset clause on it. Only a faint hope, but I wonder if Labor will now turn on them. I wouldn't put it past Julia Gillard.

 

[sptrawler]

Re: A True Leader would....???

The Greens seem to be that first to have fallen off the cart.

They don't support the Malaysian solution yet support a sunset clause on it. Only a faint hope, but I wonder if Labor will now turn on them. I wouldn't put it past Julia Gillard.

Obviously the greens are going to be standing in line, with toes missing and black feet alongside labor.

If that has happened Abbott will be all over them tommorrow. The reporters won't know what to say, they can't bash Abbott. LOL

 

[drsmith]

Re: A True Leader would....???

Obviously the greens are going to be standing in line, with toes missing and black feet alongside labor.

If that has happened Abbott will be all over them tommorrow. The reporters won't know what to say, they can't bash Abbott. LOL

It's happened.

7.41pm: The Wilkie amendment has passed.

Now, the main event.

7.40pm: The Greens are voting for the Wilkie amendment, even though they oppose the Oakeshott bill.

7.30pm: Here's the vote on the Wilkie amendment.

http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opi...olitics-live-june-27-2012-20120627-2118r.html

7:56pm: The amended Oakeshott bill has passed through the Lower House. It will go to the Senate tomorrow.

The Greens' Adam Bandt is voting with the Opposition, as promised. Katter w Govt, also Wilkie, Windsor, Oakeshot (it's his bill after all)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-...ess-off-christmas-island/4095566?WT.svl=news0

Bob Brown will be choking on his dinner.

 

[sptrawler]

Jeez the Goon Show rolls on, what a bunch of dick witts.

 

[dutchie]

I watched Bob Katter speak and to me he looked like an blubbering idiot (it reminded me a lot of Joh)

I still can't make out what he was talking about or whether he was for or against?

Is it just me or what?

 

[drsmith]

The Coalition troops all managed to stay on one side although it was a close thing with Julie Bishop intervening to discourage Mal Washer from crossing the floor.

I watched Bob Katter speak and to me he looked like an blubbering idiot (it reminded me a lot of Joh)

I still can't make out what he was talking about or whether he was for or against?

Is it just me or what?

He voted for it.

 

[Glen48]

Ya needta watch a lotsa John Wayne movies pilgrim ,to understand what he is saying.

 

[sptrawler]

I watched Bob Katter speak and to me he looked like an blubbering idiot (it reminded me a lot of Joh)

I still can't make out what he was talking about or whether he was for or against?

Is it just me or what?

Thankfully he aligned himself with the goon show, probably felt at home, last thing you need is a loose cannon.
This debate has only just begun, even if it gets up again it will be challenged again in the high court, it is all a bloody joke.
One wonders what the motivation is, the boat people or the minority government trying to hang on to credibility? Maybe trying to hold off another failure untill the election, best of luck with that, everyones patience must be streched at the moment.

 

[drsmith]

Jeez the Goon Show rolls on, what a bunch of dick witts.

At the end of the day, we've had the Greens contradict themselves on the Malaysian solution and a sunset clause that in itself creates a very obvious problem.

Politically, I suspect Tony Abbott won't be too unhappy with today's outcomes.

 

[sptrawler]

At the end of the day, we've had the Greens contradict themselves on the Malaysian solution and a sunset clause that in itself creates a very obvious problem.

Politically, I suspect Tony Abbott won't be too unhappy with today's outcomes.

I don't think it will be a problem, Gillard and Wilkie trying to save their skins for 12 months on a sunset clause. If the greens sell their souls to go along with it, it will unravel like a badly wrapped nappy. Malaysia will take them to the cleaners, oops maybe I should say take us to the cleaners.

 

[Calliope]

He appeared to be quite drunk.

 

[bellenuit]

Could someone please provide a quick overview of what Wilkie's sunset clause and the Oakshott bill are.

 

[Julia]

We can shuck off our guilt feelings about this boat sinking. It was all a stunt.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...otaged-indonesia/story-fn3dxix6-1226410340392

Yes, it was similarly reported on ABC Radio news. The same people smugglers who organised the capsized boat of a few days ago did likewise with this one.
What alerted anyone was the distress call made from the boat some hours before an aircraft was able to fly over and observe all the passengers sitting calmly on board, clad in their lifejackets, and the boat not at all in any trouble.

So it seems the plan is to put people on a boat, having taken their money, give them all the necessary instructions about how to contact emergency help, give that help sufficient time to arrive and save them, and then scuttle the boat.

Fantastic.

Surprise,surprise!
http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/no-greens-we-cant-wait-for-world-peace-to-stop-the-boats/

This was exactly echoed in the 7.30 interview with Christine Milne. She rigorously defended her nutty position, despite Leigh Sales repeatedly pointing out that what the Greens want is simply never going to be accepted by either or both of the major parties. Quite a heated exchange.

The Greens seem to be that first to have fallen off the cart.

They don't support the Malaysian solution yet support a sunset clause on it. Only a faint hope, but I wonder if Labor will now turn on them. I wouldn't put it past Julia Gillard.

It's about the only way Ms Gillard can salvage any vestige of credibility.

 

[Julia]

Could someone please provide a quick overview of what Wilkie's sunset clause and the Oakshott bill are.

THIS IS WHAT INDEPENDENT ROB OAKESHOTT'S BILL WOULD DO:

* Let the Federal Government send asylum seekers to countries that are part of the Bali Process, a grouping of more than 50 countries aligned against people smuggling.
* This would allow both offshore processing in Malaysia and Nauru to go ahead.
* The Government backs Oakeshott's bill, which is similar to its own stalled bill.
* But the Coalition wants amendments to limit offshore processing to UN Refugee Convention countries, ruling out Malaysia and allowing Nauru.
* The Coalition offered some sweeteners - including a dramatic increase in Australia's annual refugee intake - to win crossbench support for its changes but these were rejected by the house.
* While the bill is expected to pass, it's likely to be killed off in the Senate because the Australia Greens do not support offshore processing.

Re Andrew Wilkie's sunset clause: I'm not quite sure, but I think it means the legislation - if it passes - will have to be reconsidered in 12 months time.
Probably moot, as it's unlikely to get through the Senate. The Greens are doing as they did with the original ETS legislation and saying "nothing is better than any amendment to what we want". Entirely in character with their unrealistic stance in everything.

The government and the opposition could vote together in the Senate which would have the welcome effect of making the Greens irrelevant. Hard to imagine this happening, at least at this stage.