Read my post again... I only really said it made him human (much like our old mate Swanny). Didn't really post an opinion on either because quite frankly I have no problem with either act. I think it's great that they are showing some of their personal lives. Much better than the inhumane robots they usually front up with.Happy to help with a quote from the so called story:
So he was responding to a bit of fluff interview on TripleM, hardly the intellectual hub of Australia.
I'd also take an interest in what my daughters were reading. What on earth is wrong with that?
He's not exactly then deciding to set Liberal policy on the basis of what some middle aged woman discovers about her sexuality. For god's sake, Ves. If you are seriously trying to compare the content of Swan's John Button Lecture, a prestigious event attended by Australia's top people, with an off the cuff response to a trivial question about some currently popular bit of memoir or fiction or whatever, you need to have a rethink.
Just because it's never been done before doesn't mean that will happen with this one. I don't think there has ever been such an unwanted tax implemented so deceitfully and which has such a massive potential to hurt our economy.
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Thanks for your honesty.
So what’s the answer to this dilemma, in your opinion?
Nobody in their right mind is going to vote for such a hopelessly incompetent government as Gillard’s mob.
Rudd would be just as bad or worse, as he’s already proven.
Abbot is in your opinion a dangerous bastard to put into power. A change of leadership in the conservatives wouldn't mean a change in policies.
The Greens are an extremist party whose policies would decimate the Australian economy.
So where does that leave us? Who gets your vote at the next election?
+2 but surely people are not that dumb
Abbotts position is more political than substance, its a proven election winner to rave about big bad taxes and judging by the contributions to this thread it works perfectly.
The Australian economy has had major utility price rises of more than 50% outside of the carbon tax ....nothing said by Abbott Australia hasn't imploded.
But I know Abbott's just wonderful all those photo opportunities proves it.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-04/australia-leads-global-charge-on-mining-returns/4176752Resource nationalism is the term being used to describe governments wanting a greater return from mining companies – by way of taxes, royalties or other means - in exchange for their right to mine.
Leading the charge on resource nationalism, according to the global mining industry, is resource-rich Australia.
And the industry blames the Australian Government for encouraging the trend.
According to Ernst and Young's most recent survey of global mining, resource nationalism is regarded as the number one risk for the resources sector in 2012.
"You don't own the minerals," Prime Minister Julia Gillard told miners at the Minerals Council of Australia annual dinner in May.
"I don't own the minerals, governments only sell you the right to mine the resource. A resource we hold in trust for a sovereign people. They own it and they deserve their share."
One mining executive told the Australian Financial Review the mining executives were "dumbstruck" by Ms Gillard's comments.
"She told us this is Australia and it has a Labor government, that it is a party of redistribution, so suck it up," the executive said.
There is also concern that Australia is exporting Labor's redistribution ideology on natural resources to other countries.
A common response by the mining industry to the introduction of the Mineral Resources Rent Tax (MRRT) was that companies would leave Australia to invest in other countries especially in Africa, like Ghana, Guinea, South Africa and Liberia.
But now Africa is taking lessons from Australia in what is called "mining governance".
I wouldn’t bet on it – there were a hell of a lot of dumb people last time who, after having decided to vote Rudd & Co out of office, suddenly changed their minds and decided that Labor were worth another go under their new leader, Gillard.
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With great respect IFocus, I would say there is more to Abbott raving on about the big new taxes.
The majority of voters do not like Prime Ministers who lie
Unemployment is rising in Australia while it is becoming lower in the USA.
Another factor is the influence of the Greens. Gillard has given into every piece of legislation put foward by the Greens just to stay in power.
The Greens were influential in causing Gillard to lie about the Carbon dioxide tax.
Without the Greens, we would now be free of this big new tax, a tax that has and will continue to be passed on to you and me in one form or another and it will be exploited by some unscrupulous business. If the Labor had wanted to increase taxes, it have been better to have increased the GST to 12.5% where buyers would know exactly what tax they would be paying.
So, I think you would have to agree Abbott's raving on about big new taxes is only a very small % attributed to the poor polling of Labor's primary vote.
Please look up the meaning of lie.
This is what will stick to voters minds come election time.
In an election-eve interview with The Australian, the Prime Minister revealed she would view victory tomorrow as a mandate for a carbon price, provided the community was ready for this step.
You do realise that that clip of Gillard is cut off mid-sentence right?This is what will stick to voters minds come election time.
I love how Bill Shorten spits the dummy, when told his pie will be soft, if microwaved.
Just shows how in touch he is with the rank and file, most of their pies are soft from a "Jiffy truck" what a wan#er.
Get a life Bill, you are a "dick" , grow a set of balls and stand up to Julia
Actually I am fairly sure that the day before the election she said in an interview that if elected she aspired to legislating a fixed priced mechanism or a carbon reduction scheme. Hadn't this been Labour Policy since 2007, can someone tell me where my misunderstanding on this issue is?
No carbon tax under a government I lead and its introduction being described as hysterical nonsense by Wayne Swan.You do realise that that clip of Gillard is cut off mid-sentence right?
Absolutely hilarious that people are still posting something that has been taken completely out of context.
You do realise that that clip of Gillard is cut off mid-sentence right?
Absolutely hilarious that people are still posting something that has been taken completely out of context.
Abbotts position is more political than substance, its a proven election winner to rave about big bad taxes and judging by the contributions to this thread it works perfectly.
The Australian economy has had major utility price rises of more than 50% outside of the carbon tax ....nothing said by Abbott Australia hasn't imploded.
But I know Abbott's just wonderful all those photo opportunities proves it.
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