Kevin Rudd has doen it with ease. He and his wife would make Malcolm Turbull look like a pauper!
One thing still alive and well in Australia is the "tall poppy syndrome".
The 2009 annual BRW list of the richest Australians put Turnbull at 182 of 200, with an estimated net worth of $178 million. Based on this alone, he has a snow flakes chance in hell of being elected to the position of Prime Minister. How can someone with that much money relate to the average man in the street.
Kevin Rudd has doen it with ease. He and his wife would make Malcolm Turbull look like a pauper!
Fair point, Trainspotter. The difference is that Rudd is the PM and Turnbull the former merchant wanker will never be.
Agree. However, the punters don't care as long as they get their handouts.More so than a career public servant turned politician type on the gravy train.
That's quite true. Mr Turnbull may have some lessons to learn in the political smarts department, but he has made his money from nothing.Old news is still news in my book. Multimillionare Kevin Rudd thinks that disclosure rules do not apply to him.
He has intentionally kept financial interests hidden from parliament despite the fact that his family company Invisage received over $160,000.00 in government funding over the last four years:
Alot of people take shots at Malcolm Turbull for being "an out of touch rich guy". But Kevin Rudd and his wife combined actually give Turnbull a genuine contest for the title: "Australia's richest parliamentarian".
Of course the difference between Turnbull and Rudd is that Turbull made his fourtune in the private sector with no help from the government. In contrast, the Rudd family has made their money by securing lucrative government contracts.
Jeez, you can't half tell who the noble, virtuous and intelligent Liberal supporters are; and who the silly, deluded and sinful Labor supporters are.
That's quite true. Mr Turnbull may have some lessons to learn in the political smarts department, but he has made his money from nothing.
From my humble observations you either have it or you don't.
Malcolm will never be PM.
Well, if all he had to start with was his education I reckon that's starting from nothing. He was already pretty successful when he married Lucy.As far as I'm aware, that is not really the case. He recieved top-notch education, married some money, and become a lawyer for Packer. Along the way he got into business and then became an exec at Goldman Sachs. While he's certainly done well for himself, it's not really proper to say he made it from nothing. He started further up the ladder than most hope to finish.
Well, if all he had to start with was his education I reckon that's starting from nothing. He was already pretty successful when he married Lucy.
How about Wilson Tuckey?????????
Sure why not? Lets see if we can clone Adolf, Mussolini, Genghis, and how about Bush (W). Hey why not have: PM (Adolf), Treasurer (Bush), Foreign Affairs (Mussolini), and Defence (Genghis).
What could possibly go wrong?
I dont' quite see your point stocks. Surely you are not suggesting the Wilson Tuckey is in the same league as those people. You may not agree with his views but that's a preposterous suggestion.
I don't know if Turnbull will survive but I wonder is Peter Costello smells blood. Here is a report that Costello backs Tuckey on ETS debate. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,25855506-11949,00.html
And the latest polls indicate that maybe, just maybe, the great unwashed are starting to see through rudds ploy in all this (which is simply a political game to split the liberals, and strengthen his power base).
Peter Costello still has time to do a Colin Barnett. If he's got the ticker, that is. The timing is in his favour and could be perfect.
Usual protocol would be for Tony Abbott to step up with Julie Bishop as Deputy. Mirror image of Kruddy and Gizzard but with a Liberal bent. Neither has the political nouse of current power players but would claw back some credibility until the "next" Liberal Leader with gonads, spit and polish comes along. This is the normal infighting that ALL oppositions go through whilst they jockey themselves into a position of factional support. Labor did it with Bomber Beazley/Crean/Latham/Bomber again then finally out of NOWHERE comes this snivelling little PIE FACE we call a P.M. Only a matter of time and keeping the gunpowder dry until the unrepresented swill will rise up from self flagellating and overpower this excretement of a human being that single handedly has plunged Australia to the bottom of the debt pile. IMO
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