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Polish the baseball bats folks. She's announced the date.
This will be a very, very long campaign.
This will be a very, very long campaign.
Polish the baseball bats folks. She's announced the date.
This will be a very, very long campaign.
I can't see what the political advantage of such an early announcement is other than as a last ditch defence from within.Maybe she's hopeful she'll last that long.?
No joke, and no commitment to a budget surplus in the next term either.Is this a joke?
I can see a long summer in Europe coming up for McLovin.
I can't see what the political advantage of such an early announcement is other than as a last ditch defence from within.
I can't see what the political advantage of such an early announcement is other than as a last ditch defence from within.
We have survived droughts, floods and bushfires, They say we are a resilient people, but can we survive eight months of sledge and sludge?
Oh yes, there is a significant advantage to the government, creating a bigger trough for the snouts.
This way she needs only the absolute minimum of 33 days before 14 Sept to dissolve parliament and issue the writs.
Only from that time will there be an official election campaign period during which opposition be reimbursed for electioneering costs such as travel costs, election material etc.
In the meantime, the Labor members of parliament, and particularly Gillard with her own plane and ministers with their huge travel allowance will be able to spend the next 7 months flying throughout the country campaigning at no cost to Labor to the disadvantage of the opposition.
So in effect the government is getting a free ride till then.
Cheers
Country Lad
Malcolm Turnbull@TurnbullMalcolm
Deeply disappointed that Julia Gillard chose to hold the election on Yom Kippur - the most solemn and sacred day of the Jewish year
But they could do that anyway, couldn't they?
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This way she needs only the absolute minimum of 33 days before 14 Sept to dissolve parliament and issue the writs.
We'll see. I'm much more inclined to think the Greens peaked at the last election. I certainly hope so.The Green vote will most certainly gain a great deal as things are now unfolding and should well maintain the balance of power in the Senate.
Whacko! The first blunder of what will be an interminable campaign.Turnbull Tweets - "Deeply disappointed that Julia Gillard chose to hold the election on Yom Kippur - the most solemn and sacred day of the Jewish year "
And the second blunder. Both on the day of the announcement!More incompetence! She can't even announce an election properlySuch a long lead in is only going to annoy voters not placate them.
And does she realise this is smack bang in the middle of footy finals, a time usually avoided so as not to p**s off people who would rather focus on footy than voting
Exactly right.Gillard will ramp it up to a flat out blitz 'em campaign for about 3 months before the date and for most of which the coalition can not claim the costs. When she is so far behind, she needs the longest campaign time she can get. By calling the date now and issuing writs only 33 days from the election, she makes sure that the opposition doesn't have nearly as much of the election funding they need if she called the election and issued the writs say 2 months from the election.
Bligh did the same in Qld by nominating the date early and issuing the writs as late as possible, effectively having a long funded campaign for her but not for the LNP. Didn't help her much either.
Cheers
Country Lad
We'll see. I'm much more inclined to think the Greens peaked at the last election. I certainly hope so.
Eight months of a campaign. It will be interesting to see whether the very time backfires on her, so fed up with it all will most people be by the time September comes.
Some betting agencies have the Coalition at the Black Caviar odds of around $1.22.
Labor is rated the outsider in the two-horse race at $4.15.
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