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drsmith said:
Gillard Labor has been finished for a long time.

It's just unfortunate the electorate has to wait to bury the dead.
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Yes bury the dead, but we will have to put up with the STINK of them for years to come, thanks a lot labour:banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
sails said:
Agree with the article, Joea. Even if labor change leader, it's unlikely to change the underlying driving in the wrong direction. A new leader would have to start listening, quit the lies and start representing the wishes of the majority.
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The low standing of the labor government is a team effort - not just Gillard's doing. From the above article;

Labor's nadir has been a team effort, the work of a party that operates as an extension of the big unions rather than the 82 per cent of ''working Australians'' who do not belong to unions. Federal Labor can share the blame for its dismal 27 per cent standing in the polls, not shunt it onto their leader.
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Calliope said:
The low standing of the labor government is a team effort - not just Gillard's doing. From the above article;
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No doubt about the mediocre team in play here. Conroy, Evans and Garrett probably has to be the worst of them.

But when the PM - the figurehead - the chief negotiator and salesman is Gillard, then you have the makings of an absolute disaster.

I'll bet you the deals neogtiated with the Greens, Wilkie and the independents to form government didn't go through Cabinet. And the first anyone heard about East Timor or the people's assembly on climate change, they thought they were mis-hearing Gillard's crazy accent. There are many decisions (some policy-based, many not) that come straight from Gillard.

So let's not give Gillard even a partial excuse for her team's mediocrity. After all, John Howard flourished with Bronwyn Bishop in his team for many years. And Keating/Hawke did the same with Ros Kelly.
 
Glad that time is -moving forward-
and during next election -we have job to do-
also we have to do -what is right for the country-

Pity we will have to pay Kevin and Julia till they kick the bucket,
also pity that they don't have to share their retirement payout.
 
Moving forward to the next cockup............

The Premier, Barry O'Farrell, has told the NSW Parliament his government will seek to pass urgent legislation to ensure an administrator can be appointed to the scandal-plagued HSU East branch.

The move follows an application to the Federal Court this morning by six branches of the Health Services Union for an administrator to be appointed.

The application was put before Justice Geoffrey Flick this morning.

Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has made a similar application.

Justice Flick was told the federal government may not have the jurisdiction to seek the order.

The court heard a minister had not attempted to make such an order in 100 years.
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http://www.smh.com.au/national/ofar...ealth-union-administrator-20120503-1y0ko.html
 
12 bloody submarines!! Why would we need twelve?
We need 4, two based in Darwin, two based on the east coast.
Cannot see anybody coming from the south.
Any more than 4, then they will just run into one another.
joea
 
joea said:
12 bloody submarines!! Why would we need twelve?
We need 4, two based in Darwin, two based on the east coast.
Any more than 4, then they will just run into one another.
joea
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How many do we have at the moment?
6 Collins Class subs.
How many are operational? 1.....

Don't stress too much joea, if all goes to plan and Gillard+Co. get booted out in 18 months time, this submarine plan by the current Government will get amended with a new Government in power.
 
DB008 said:
How many do we have at the moment?
6 Collins Class subs.
How many are operational? 1.....

Don't stress too much joea, if all goes to plan and Gillard+Co. get booted out in 18 months time, this submarine plan by the current Government will get amended with a new Government in power.
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Thank God for that. That has settled me a little!:D
For a minute there I thought Twiggy Forrest must be organizing a couple of crews.
It seems he is the guy getting people in jobs in WA.
joea
 
joea said:
12 bloody submarines!! Why would we need twelve?
We need 4, two based in Darwin, two based on the east coast.
Cannot see anybody coming from the south.
Any more than 4, then they will just run into one another.
joea
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We wouldn't want any in WA where all our major energy resources are would we?

And the Indian ocean is just a mere swimming pool.
 
StumpyPhantom said:
Wow - check out this article
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/labor-on-the-critical-list-20120501-1xw40.html
It is mind-numbing paralysis. Labor's best chance is a time-machine, or for someone to click their fingers so they can awake from this nightmare.
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Not half an Age journo is she - any opposition to the carbon tax and mining tax is 'shouty, superficial and shallow'.:D:D
Tony Abbott could take control of both houses of Parliament at the next election, and Labor's legacy is gone.

Carbon tax gone. Mining tax gone. Prospect of history judging this Labor government and this turbulent period in national affairs more kindly than the shouty, superficial, shallow present verdict ”” gone.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/labor-on-the-critical-list-20120501-1xw40.html#ixzz1tqPCfHxm
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I met a fairy today who granted me one wish."
I want to live forever" I said."
Sorry" said the fairy, "I'm not allowed to grant wishes like that, try something else.”
"Fine" I said, "I don't want to die until Julia Gillard is re-elected as Prime Minister".
"You're a shifty little bastard, aren't you?" said the fairy.
 
I met a fairy today who granted me one wish."
I want to live forever" I said."
Sorry" said the fairy, "I'm not allowed to grant wishes like that, try something else.”
"Fine" I said, "I don't want to die until Julia Gillard is re-elected as Prime Minister".
"You're a shifty little bastard, aren't you?" said the fairy.


That Fairy looked very familiar!
 
Carbon compo 'not enough' for poorest households

Families and pensioners will soon be getting the first round of compensation for the incoming carbon tax, but there are fears it will not be enough for some low income households.

A new report into Australia's spending habits found that while incomes have kept up with cost of living pressures across the board, electricity prices were growing more sharply than other costs.
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Told you so

This will be a disaster, the compo won't even touch the sides and Gillard will be off with her boyfriend on a PM's perks for life.

This will effect everyone, this is just the first report of what I considered an inevitable outcome.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-...-not-enough-for-low-income-households/3991364
 
MrBurns said:
Told you so

This will be a disaster, the compo won't even touch the sides and Gillard will be off with her boyfriend on a PM's perks for life.

This will effect everyone, this is just the first report of what I considered an inevitable outcome.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-...-not-enough-for-low-income-households/3991364
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And to make the situation even worse (yeah - that's possible), the unions have already made a wage claim based on the fact that their better paid members (ie. those not getting the biggest compensation) will be left behind.

So the inflationary cycle, even before it all starts on 1 July, has already started.
 
StumpyPhantom said:
So the inflationary cycle, even before it all starts on 1 July, has already started.
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Inflation up, interest rates up shaemarket down ? deduct Lib influence after the election ?????????
I think it might be too late by then the economy will be suffering a bad case of Laboritis and won't recover in a hurry.
 
MrBurns said:
Inflation up, interest rates up shaemarket down ? deduct Lib influence after the election ?????????
I think it might be too late by then the economy will be suffering a bad case of Laboritis and won't recover in a hurry.
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MOOOVing FOURwerd, with our CLEEEEN ENEARGY FEEWWWWCHER, for WURRKING FAAAMILIES....
 

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