The Gillard Government

[sptrawler]

That is classic drsmith, have you seen a more wooden face.
I think Rudd is having a ball, why would he challenge, there is more fun to be had taking the pizz.

 

[drsmith]

I think Rudd is having a ball, why would he challenge, there is more fun to be had taking the pizz.

For poor Julz, it appears to be getting grubbier by the minute.

http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-...abor-leadership-challenge-20120215-1t4kw.html

 

[joea]

A couple of Paraprosdokian sentence's applied to:

Julia Gillard

" Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak."

Albanese

" Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience."

Rudd on Gillard

" The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list."

On Swan:

" You are never too old to learn something stupid."

joea

 

[Logique]

The PM is a tremendous asset now, both to Kevin Rudd and the Coalition. Sadly, not to the nation.

"The MPs are now prepared to speak on a background basis because they are disenchanted with her leadership, angry at her level of candour in her public comments this week, and no longer prepared to support her in any party ballot for the leadership.

"This stuff of Gillard's that 'I only tumbled into it on the day of the challenge' is patently untrue," said a caucus member she had lobbied before the coup.""

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/gill...rigger-coup-20120214-1t49l.html#ixzz1mODfKQpS

 

[Calliope]

I don't think Simon Crean is PM material.

By the afternoon, the PM had to sit uncomfortably beside former Labor leader Simon Crean while he was at the dispatch box during question time. Trying to score a point against the Tasmanian division of the Liberal Party (over an issue no one cares to remember), Crean said: "I say when you enter an agreement, you've got to honour it."

Nice line, except it sounded like it was directed firmly at Gillard over the Andrew Wilkie poker machine deal or her pledge the day before the 2010 election not to introduce a carbon tax.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/new...ift-pms-standing/story-fn53lw5p-1226271184311

 

[Knobby22]

I heard through someone who would know that Crean and Gillard loathe each other.

 

[noco]

Why is this stupid Government proping up Holden when the company offers workers an 18% pay rise over 3 years.

I don't know what those workers are currently being paid; that seems to be kept under wraps.

If they were genuine in their efforts to maintain their jobs they should reconsider these pay rises as absurb. These increased wages will be paid out of tax payers funds.

The company managers are lazy and the unions are just plain bloody greedy.


http://blogs.news.com.au/couriermai...ments/column_holden_plays_taxpayers_for_mugs/

 

[noco]

I heard through someone who would know that Crean and Gillard loathe each other.

It is not only Crean but about 40 others as well.

 

[joea]

In regards to Julia Gillard's suggestion, on what the ABC's Four Corners program was going to interview her on, we have the email to the PM's office suggesting something far different to what Julia explained to the public.
But then we were aware of her selective hearing, so we can now add selective reading and selective explanation to he resume.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...-ambush-question/story-fn59niix-1226272177032

joea

 

[joea]

Why is this stupid Government proping up Holden when the company offers workers an 18% pay rise over 3 years.

I don't know what those workers are currently being paid; that seems to be kept under wraps.

Good question! Two answers come to mind.
1 If the government is stupid enough to continue propping them up, they will waste
the money somehow.
2 Holden will not be in business long enough to pay out the increase.

History says, that when there is a lot of union activity for higher wages and conditions
in a Labor government, then that Labor government has not long to run.

joea

 

[inq]

Why is this stupid Government proping up Holden when the company offers workers an 18% pay rise over 3 years.

I don't know what those workers are currently being paid; that seems to be kept under wraps.

Around 50-60k/year last time I checked.

 

[joea]

It is interesting to note over the last few months how Big Business has starting to " Dig In".
It started with Qantas taking on the Unions, and has continued with the pronounced 'jobs will go" by various companies.
The Banks then give Wayne Swan and the RBA "the finger".
Now we have Gail Kelly making suggestions about penalty rates.
The strike at BHP coal mines. i.e.not giving in!!!
Then to top it off we have Alan Joyce suggesting the politicians should take their head out of the sand, over a comment made about him.
Air Australia out of business over night!

Why "dig in" when Australia is doing very well in regards to other countries around the world???
joe

 

[drsmith]

The occupants within the Gillard tent are getting very nervous now.

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...urn-on-rudd-20120217-1teic.html#ixzz1mftSOOm5

 

[Logique]

As the year wears on, expect more revisionism from the luvvies.

Mike Carlton, who informs us that his wife is a Four Corners producer, advises us that the Building the Education Revolution was in fact '..by any fair measure, a whopping success..'.

Mike goes on '...[the BER] rescued the building industry from a catastrophic collapse, exactly as planned...Only 3.5 per cent of schools complained of a dud deal; mostly in NSW, which was not the fault of the feds but of incompetence in the state bureaucracy.
Yet the conventional wisdom, whipped along by right-wing rabble-rousers in the press and on talkback radio, is that the BER was a shambolic waste of billions. And nothing the government does or says has changed that perception - not one whit..'

So you see, according to Mike, it's just that the Govt didn't sell it properly. It's just those darn right-wing rabble-rousers.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...ble-gillard-20120217-1te78.html#ixzz1mh12cZYA

 

[moXJO]

As the year wears on, expect more revisionism from the luvvies.

Mike Carlton, who informs us that his wife is a Four Corners producer, advises us that the Building the Education Revolution was in fact '..by any fair measure, a whopping success..'.

Mike goes on '...[the BER] rescued the building industry from a catastrophic collapse, exactly as planned...Only 3.5 per cent of schools complained of a dud deal; mostly in NSW, which was not the fault of the feds but of incompetence in the state bureaucracy.
Yet the conventional wisdom, whipped along by right-wing rabble-rousers in the press and on talkback radio, is that the BER was a shambolic waste of billions. And nothing the government does or says has changed that perception - not one whit..'

So you see, according to Mike, it's just that the Govt didn't sell it properly. It's just those darn right-wing rabble-rousers.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/polit...ble-gillard-20120217-1te78.html#ixzz1mh12cZYA

Hundreds of tradies were ripped off and a lot were sent to the wall from the ber.

 

[todster]

Hundreds of tradies were ripped off and a lot were sent to the wall from the ber.

Over in the wild west a lot of schools have nice new halls for the kiddies.
But lets focus on the negative it't a liberal thing

 

[Julia]

Hundreds of tradies were ripped off and a lot were sent to the wall from the ber.

Ditto via the pink batts scheme.

Over in the wild west a lot of schools have nice new halls for the kiddies.

And several schools which had smart new halls built have since closed, such closing having been planned at the time the new building was done.
What wonderful use of the taxpayer dollar.

Weren't these programs the inspiration of Mr Rudd? If Labor imagine a return to him as PM will save them, I think they're delusional. Unless, perhaps, he were to scrap the carbon tax. He could easily do this or at the very least drop the price per tonne to the nominal amount of, I think, about $1.50 that China intends to experiment with.

 

[moXJO]

Over in the wild west a lot of schools have nice new halls for the kiddies.
But lets focus on the negative it't a liberal thing

Oh you mean like the one at my kids school where the kids don't actually fit in the hall. Or canteens that don't have enough room to actually fit the food in and prepare it. Yeah let’s concentrate on idiocy, it’s a labor thing. And didn’t you have libs in WA State while the BER was going on?

The schools that had actual control over what they wanted built (private/some public) received a quality product that fit well with the school. The others got some pretty shonky work. There is a long list of gripes but it's pointless to go over it again.

On another note, more corruption to come out in the coming weeks with NSW Labor. Will be interesting to see if any fed labor get caught up as well. This one will trash the Labor brand if they connect the dots. Better hope they knock off the guy before he spills the beans. Looking at some of those ex union grubs might be an idea as well

 

[todster]

Oh you mean like the one at my kids school where the kids don't actually fit in the hall. Or canteens that don't have enough room to actually fit the food in and prepare it. Yeah let’s concentrate on idiocy, it’s a labor thing. And didn’t you have libs in WA State while the BER was going on?

The schools that had actual control over what they wanted built (private/some public) received a quality product that fit well with the school. The others got some pretty shonky work. There is a long list of gripes but it's pointless to go over it again.

On another note, more corruption to come out in the coming weeks with NSW Labor. Will be interesting to see if any fed labor get caught up as well. This one will trash the Labor brand if they connect the dots. Better hope they knock off the guy before he spills the beans. Looking at some of those ex union grubs might be an idea as well

Hey you choose where you live.

 

[moXJO]

Hey you choose where you live.

Things can only get better .... Right?