On the contrary, tonights SBS news indicates that the East Timor Prime Minister and President are warming to the idea. Of course dollars will be behind that.
I think Gillard will be multi facited on policy and will continue to move with overall vibes, quick on the uptake and prepared to listen.
what choice we got?
1. a nut chewing nazi moll
2.a god preaching chewed up nazi nut
at least gillard doing a cupla things of late thats an attempt at fixing **** ups.
vote 1 for gillard.
I'm finding it hard to see how Green Assessment of your Home Mark II differs from the Mark I version. They should just scrap the whole idea imo.Meanwhile, under the radar
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/pol...en-start-program/story-e6frgczf-1225889424311
She is also further bastardizing the English language: in the Lateline interview she more than once said that she has "tasked" the appropriate personnel to.....". I hate this.LOLOL "irritable bowel syndrome" ... mine is just downright ANGRY !
The concillatory words currently being used by our first female PM is stupefying the nation into a trance. All she needs now is a flute and we can all dance to her merry tune.
I disagree. I think the fact that she's female will play far less than the method of her ascension. And it only catches Australia up with much of the rest of the world who have had female heads of government some time ago.If we think for a minute about all this, the Labour Party has a huge win by simply being THE party that got a female into the PM position.
Sorry, disagree again. I do not think Rudd even saw this coming. He was devastated. Yes, he eventually wanted to sit on that seat at the UN but he did not want the humiliation of being tossed out of the Prime Ministership.Rudd knew all along that this would happen and was well prepared for it. Conspiracy theory you betchaCrocodile tears from the Billy Graham look alike were all just that. He's off to do what he always wanted to do..not be PM.
Um, that might be a bit of an overstatement, Explod. They have just said they are prepared to have some dialogue about it. As with the RSPT, the dialogue should have been held before she came out and made an announcement that suggested it was a fait accompli. Why don't they learn from their mistakes?On the contrary, tonights SBS news indicates that the East Timor Prime Minister and President are warming to the idea. Of course dollars will be behind that.
The Oracle Posted at 9:54 AM Today
I live in the heart of Dili in East Timor. Let me tell you that most of the expatriate population here think this suggestion is nothing short of ridiculous. This country is trying hard to solve its own problems, and does not have the capacity or the infrastructure to solve Australia's, a fact that would have been very obvious to the Prime Minister had she ever set foot on the place. Tap water is undrinkable, sanitation has considerable upside, blackouts are a feature of daily life, Dengue fever is rife, and many roads have dangerous uncovered manholes. I do not believe there is any support at all in the local community for this prematurely announced proposal. I think that the people of Timor Leste are entitle to feel offended by the manner in which it was announced.
It would highlight the John Howard government's success.What's wrong with the already funded Nauru?
Not OK with it at all, but, she is the Boss now. Having said that, we may not be at finalised policy yet. If you have stated that you are looking for everyones input (as she stated at the start of this argument) it says that you will alter policy on the run to follow the opinion polls.
Yep, straight out electioneering i'd agree, have confidence in her on that.
The events of the past two days on asylum seekers is an absolute debacle and will not inspire voters who thought she was OK a week ago.
That's our Prime Minister who wants to govern Australia.
The honeymoon is over!!
I think you are on the wrong thread. You are very much a victim of the Stockholm Syndrome.
Someome has to ballance the absolute right wing bias around here. On the Syndrome, as a member of the Greens my observations are purely cosmetic within the bounds of this thread.
Cosmetic is right, but trying to make Gillard look good is just like putting lipstick on a pig.
Yeh, good point, but Howard, Rudd et al. never ever looked too crash hot either. But an ole codger like me reckons Gillard's okay.
And apart from the nasty connotation here, what has looks got to do with politics. My Grandma inspired confidence but she did not look that crash hot.
Maybe Calliope has the hots for a certain man in budgy smugglers.
GILLARD: I did outline a vision, and the vision was for a regional processing centre, and that is important because it completely undercuts the people-smuggling market.
Smith: So where will it be?
Gillard: I'm not going to leave, er, undisturbed the impression that I made an announcement about a specific location.
Smith: Where will it be then?
Gillard: Well we will have the discussions and they have started already.
Smith: Yeah, but where will it be?
Gillard: Well, this will have to emerge from the work with our regional neighbours.
Smith: So you don't know?
Gillard: That's exactly why I said there will be no quick fix.
Smith: Do you know where your regional processing centre will be?
Gillard: Er, what I've said . . . no, what I've said is this consensus about a regional processing centre, where it would be, how it would work, all of those things would need to come out of the regional dialogue.
Smith: Have you got a plan?
Gillard: Well, clearly I've got a vision for what would undercut the people-smuggling trade to our country.
Smith: So you've got a vision.
Gillard: What is new is that I have commenced the discussions on it, and I've got the determination to get it done.
Smith: You haven't answered the question though. Have you got a plan?
Gillard: Well I've just outlined to you exactly what I'm doing.
Smith: So you've got a vision.
Gillard: Well, I've obviously got this plan about a regional processing centre and we are pursuing it through discussions and I've got a determination to get it done.
Smith: You've got a plan about a regional processing centre and you can't tell me where it will be.
Gillard: Well, this is what needs to emerge from our discussions with our regional partners.
...I am uninspired by the Labor ideal of borrowing money and placing the Nation in debt to it's eyeballs whoever the leader is. Maybe that is just me being a business man and looking at it from a very simplistic point of view.
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