The Gillard Government

[dutchie]

From now until the next election the Labor party will put forward the only policy they have:

Abbott Abbott Abbott


(this will overcome their previous committee/forum/talk feast policy)

 

[sptrawler]

It doesn't appear the public is swallowing the labor spin.
Even good ol Kev and the worlds greatest treasurer are in trouble.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/all-qld-labor-mps-could-go-newspoll/story-e6freon6-1226413937281

 

[Logique]

Indeed it was.

Speaking of Labor love-ins, Q&A tonight should set a new milestone. A carbon pricing love-in. Greg Combet and assorted worthies. But I'm sure Lenore will insist on balance.

All they've done is set a price on carbon, just as the ATO has set a price on income, and the GST sets a price on consumption. Of course, none of these are taxes. More Coolaid please.

 

[Calliope]

Julia commiserating with Fairfax employees.

"IT must be horrible to wake up every morning wondering if you will still have your job," she sympathised, pausing for near-perfect comic timing. "I can't imagine how that must feel."

 

[sptrawler]

It's a bit of a shame the Fairfax employees, can't adopt Julias attitude and tell the bosses to get stuffed, we are staying no matter what you say.
It has worked for Julia, the electorate tells her she is not wanted and to call an election. Julia says "What, I can't hear you " and get stuffed, by the way cop a new tax.

 

[sails]

... Julia says "What, I can't hear you " and get stuffed, by the way cop a new tax.

And taxed for a problem that may not even exist...

 

[So_Cynical]

Page 189 of this crap and lets see what we have...posts by

• dutchie
• sptrawler
• Calliope
• sails
• Logique

This must be similar to what its like when Alan Jones listens to his own show.

 

[sails]

Page 189 of this crap and lets see what we have...posts by

• dutchie
• sptrawler
• Calliope
• sails
• Logique

This must be similar to what its like when Alan Jones listens to his own show.

haha - crap to you but not to the majority of Aussies. Have you check the polls lately...

 

[dutchie]

Page 189 of this crap and lets see what we have...posts by

• dutchie
• sptrawler
• Calliope
• sails
• Logique

This must be similar to what its like when Alan Jones listens to his own show.

There is an endless supply of crap from this government.

 

[Logique]

Page 189 of this crap and lets see what we have...posts by

• dutchie
• sptrawler
• Calliope
• sails
• Logique

This must be similar to what its like when Alan Jones listens to his own show.

We're clearly an influential group of posters. ALP primary vote hovering between 28-30%.

 

[moXJO]

This is another moment where I think maybe labor is finally getting it with the buttering up of relations at the annual Indonesia-Australia Leaders' Meeting in Darwin. Fostering relationships will make it a lot easier when it comes to slowing the people smugglers trade and should have been pushed for months ago. There are Indonesian police on the ground with better solutions then the current crop of pollies.
There are a few areas where I have been impressed with labor in the last week

TWO of Labor's most senior ministers have accused the current generation of union leaders of ignoring the national interest, saying exorbitant greenfield wage claims risk killing off a massive pipeline of resources investment.

Resources Minister Martin Ferguson and Regional Development Minister Simon Crean - both former ACTU leaders - urged unions to consider the nation's long-term productivity capacity, as they had done when negotiating the 1980s Prices and Incomes Accord.

Mr Ferguson said unions were forcing “unsustainable” deals that risked harming the nation's competitiveness.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/industrial-relations/unions-risk-killing-mining-investment-warn-labor-ministers-martin-ferguson-and-simon-crean/story-fn59noo3-1226414514443
This was another comment that hit the mark.

But here is the problem.....
Labor is fixing problems they have created in the first place, and it's a long list. It's not just tweaking policy it's fixing major blunders that Labor has created. How many times can you shoot yourself in the foot, seriously

 

[sptrawler]

Page 189 of this crap and lets see what we have...posts by

• dutchie
• sptrawler
• Calliope
• sails
• Logique

This must be similar to what its like when Alan Jones listens to his own show.

Thankfully we always have yourself and IFocus, to keep the thread balanced. Actually without you two the thread would only be one page long.
There aren't any other labor supporters, so keep flying the flag.

 

[IFocus]

Page 189 of this crap and lets see what we have...posts by

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• sptrawler
• Calliope
• sails
• Logique

This must be similar to what its like when Alan Jones listens to his own show.

Quote of the year I think

 

[IFocus]

BTW how is Cando going in QLD looking a little messy so early....................

 

[Logique]

Quote of the year I think

I'm starting to suspect that the 'Gillard Five' aren't going to be invited to the ALP Christmas Party this year.

 

[IFocus]

I'm starting to suspect that the 'Gillard Five' aren't going to be invited to the ALP Christmas Party this year.

LOL I suspect the Xmas party will be a quite affair at best..........

 

[Julia]

BTW how is Cando going in QLD looking a little messy so early....................

Heavens, how did you get that idea? He's going extremely well. Has already put in place much of what he promised. As someone who voted for him, I couldn't be more pleased. Such a relief after the wasteful ways of Bligh et al.

 

[drsmith]

LOL I suspect the Xmas party will be a quite affair at best..........

Labor will cancel Xmas if their celebrations of Gillard's second anniversary as PM are anything to go by.

 

[moXJO]

Another labor stuff up being fixed by state liberal

The construction companies knew governments and commercial property developers would pay the higher costs. However, faced with bad construction industry management and unions who knew how to exploit it, the Howard government stepped in and set up the Australia Building and Construction Commission.

The ABCC effectively put a rod behind weak managers by making many bad work site practices illegal. The ABCC was starting to bring down costs and would have achieved a reduction of at least 25 per cent. But then the Gillard government disemboweled the ABCC to make it completely ineffective. The situation was made worse by the disastrous Victorian desalination plant agreement, which took bad practices to a new level.
In the absence of Canberra action, the Victorian government is taking the lead and duplicating many of the ABCC requirements on Victorian government projects.

http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/unions-mining-BHP-Rio-Tinto-Ferguson-Crean-ABCC-IR-pd20120705-VVS83?OpenDocument&src=sph

 

[Glen48]

Ya bring in a brand new tax and 3 days later find out you have been conned:


http://johnosullivan.wordpress.com/...plead-for-immunity-from-criminal-prosecution/