Australian Politics General...

[mullokintyre]

Australia must have an election for the federal parliament and half senate by May 21, 2022.

Today is the last day that Scomo can call on the Govenor general to call an election to be held this year.
From The OZ

Today, November 9, is the point of no return for a federal election in 2021.
Unless Scott Morrison suddenly stops his first campaigning in Victoria, after months of lockdowns and quarantines, and goes to see the Governor-General today there will not be a federal election this year.
While the Prime Minister has the right to call an election, either a House of Representatives and half-Senate or double dissolution election, the Constitution and the Commonwealth Electoral Act provide the ground rules.
The two key laws are that a federal election must be held on a Saturday and that there must be a formal campaign after the issue of the writs for an election of 33 days.
After November 9, 2021 there cannot be an election called for December 11.
The deadline for December 4 has already passed and December 18 would be the closest election to Christmas Day since the elections during the Spanish flu 100 years ago and the Great Depression 90 years ago.

Lots of experts have said that for sure it would be this year.
Albo has already switched from his call of October election earlier in the year, and is now plumping for March 2022.
Back in February this year, Malcolm Mackerras predicted an election date of November 27th . Not only that, he predicted a lower house 9 seat coalition majority, Albo would retire gracefully and be replaced by Jim Chalmers, and the senate numbers will be 37 for the Coalition, 26 Labor, ten Greens, two from Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and Lambie.
Thats a big call.
He has already missed out on the elction, will have to wait and see about the rest.
Scomo has always said that the election will be in 2022, after he has bought down a budget, which means an April budget to allow for the requirement that the election must be called before April 18t 2022.
Mick

 

[SirRumpole]

Another (ex) politician that doesn't know what he is talking about.

We fact checked Alexander Downer on private jet emissions for Glasgow. Here's what we found

As world leaders and delegates flew into Glasgow for the COP26 climate change summit, former foreign minister Alexander Downer claimed their private jets would generate more emissions in 24 hours than Scotland does in a year. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

www.abc.net.au

 

[sptrawler]

Also maybe a bit of insight into why Malcolm was so upset, when Scotty upset Emmanuel. Sounds like Mal and Many were BFF. ?

How Morrison was torn apart by Macron’s Napoleonic zeal

Emmanuel Macron’s political strike on Scott Morrison was not just about submarines - Australia had inadvertently curbed the French President’s broader, global, strategic ambitions.

www.smh.com.au

From the article:
Malcolm Turnbull’s bromance with Emmanuel Macron bloomed in 2017, after the G20 in Germany. When the summit ended the French President gave Malcolm and Lucy Turnbull a lift from Hamburg to Paris in his Falcon jet. That night they dined together at the Elysée Palace.

No doubt much of the evening was spent discussing the then $50 billion dollar contract the French had won to build 12 submarines for Australia. But the conversation wandered widely, and, at one point, Turnbull noted that Macron looked a lot like a young Napoleon.

To buttress this observation Turnbull grabbed his ever-present smartphone and showed Macron a portrait of a youthful Bonaparte. Macron looked at it and remarked, “don’t tell Theresa [May] and Angela [Merkel]”.

 

[sptrawler]

Another (ex) politician that doesn't know what he is talking about.

We fact checked Alexander Downer on private jet emissions for Glasgow. Here's what we found

As world leaders and delegates flew into Glasgow for the COP26 climate change summit, former foreign minister Alexander Downer claimed their private jets would generate more emissions in 24 hours than Scotland does in a year. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

www.abc.net.au

I wonder if Downer was saying it tonque in cheek, to highlight the hypocrisy of the business delegation and the ABC ran with it, as they do?

 

[wayneL]

Another (ex) politician that doesn't know what he is talking about.

We fact checked Alexander Downer on private jet emissions for Glasgow. Here's what we found

As world leaders and delegates flew into Glasgow for the COP26 climate change summit, former foreign minister Alexander Downer claimed their private jets would generate more emissions in 24 hours than Scotland does in a year. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

www.abc.net.au

Obvious BS.

But that still doesn't take away the hipocrisy of#CON26 attendees.

 

[mullokintyre]

Another (ex) politician that doesn't know what he is talking about.

Find me one that does know what they are talking about..
Mick

 

[IFocus]

Keating at todays national press club does a fair job, enough to send the right wing / Murdoch press into melt down.

https://www.npc.org.au/speaker/2021/920-paul-keating

 

[sptrawler]

Keating at todays national press club does a fair job, enough to send the right wing / Murdoch press into melt down.

https://www.npc.org.au/speaker/2021/920-paul-keating

I never heard it, but there was one thing that Keating was a master of, was a tongue lashing.

With regard Taiwan, well to me it isn't a big deal either way, but I guess it wouldn't be a big deal to the Chinese, if we wanted to take over New Zealand. ?

 

[IFocus]

I never heard it, but there was one thing that Keating was a master of, was a tongue lashing.

With regard Taiwan, well to me it isn't a big deal either way, but I guess it wouldn't be a big deal to the Chinese, if we wanted to take over New Zealand. ?

It was typic Keating no holds barred but as always plenty of depth and detail whether anyone agrees or not is another thing but his thinking was 1st class and he had a great line attacking some ones position on China "it would make a cat laugh".


Australian politics is poorer for his absence compared to the depth the current incumbent "EVs will steal your weekend".

 

[mullokintyre]

It was typic Keating no holds barred but as always plenty of depth and detail whether anyone agrees or not is another thing but his thinking was 1st class and he had a great line attacking some ones position on China "it would make a cat laugh".


Australian politics is poorer for his absence compared to the depth the current incumbent "EVs will steal your weekend".

Except for K Rudd, most Politicians make more sense once they have left office.
They are no longer constrained by party politics and the niceties of international "Diplomacy'.
But then again like scomo, International Diplomacy was never one of his strong points.
Who can forget the magnificent "recalcitrant" remarks aimed at that ar$hole Mahatir?
Mick

 

[The Triangle]

Keating needs to go away and stay gone away like all has-been PMs. Australian politicians need to learn how to not rely on China for most things and the Americans for most other things.

If he wants to stay relevant then he could elaborate on his daughters connections to Jeffery Epstein? I'd listen to that.

 

[Humid]

 

[Humid]

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Morris Johnson

 

[Humid]

PM's "naive" sub deal bungling to cost dearly: Senator - The Klaxon

Prime Minister Morrison’s “naive” decision to keep France in the dark and abruptly “tear up” the $90 million submarine project will cost Australian taxpayers dearly, says key Senator.

www.theklaxon.com.au

What will the deception cost us?

 

[mullokintyre]

PM's "naive" sub deal bungling to cost dearly: Senator - The Klaxon

Prime Minister Morrison’s “naive” decision to keep France in the dark and abruptly “tear up” the $90 million submarine project will cost Australian taxpayers dearly, says key Senator.

www.theklaxon.com.au

What will the deception cost us?

Well, unlike so many commentators on the subs deal, at least Patrick has some credibiltiy despite being a politician.
!. he is not a member of any mainstream party.
2.He has served in the Navy as a submariner.
Mick

 

[Humid]

With an election looming when can we expect the national security scare card?

 

[Humid]

Scott Morrison claims he was never Scott Morrison — The Shovel

"I’ve never said I was Scott Morrison. Not once"

www.theshovel.com.au

 

[MovingAverage]

most Politicians make more sense once they have left office.

Not so sure about that. Let's see, Keating just likes to be controversial for the sake of it so he can remain in the spot light a little longer than usual. Turdbull is still bitter and twisted and crawls out from under his rock to take a swing at ScoMo when he can. Gillard, well not so sure she has said anything of real substance since moving on. Rudd, well what can I say...he's just Rudd. Howard, well he usually only pops up when there is an election afoot to promote he lib stooges. Mr budgy smuggler, well he grabs whatever opportunity he can to promote the same old christian views he was banging on about years ago. I don't see much sense coming out of any of those washed up has beens.

 

[sptrawler]

Keating at todays national press club does a fair job, enough to send the right wing / Murdoch press into melt down.

https://www.npc.org.au/speaker/2021/920-paul-keating

Not only the right wing press, but it sounds like the left wing press are going into melt down too. He certainly gets responses.

Simply foul and morally vacuous: if Keating had his way, we’d cast aside 24 million free people

The Liberal chairman of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security responds to former prime minister Paul Keating.

www.smh.com.au

 

[sptrawler]

With an election looming when can we expect the national security scare card?

I think that has already been played, with the change to nuclear subs, you may have been away when it was announced.