The Gillard Government

[noco]

Any government that is dependent on the three wingnut Independents is on very shaky grounds. Abbott's best bet would be another election.

If Oakshot defects to the Coalition, there will have to be another election of the lower house.
If two independants defect at the one time, Abbott becomes Prims Minister, then his best bet would be to have a double dissolution if the occassion arises and hopefully rid the Senate of the Greens or he could call an election of the lower house to gain a larger majority. His problem will be the Senate where the Greens will hold the balance of power from July 1 2011.

 

[Logique]

...His problem will be the Senate where the Greens will hold the balance of power from July 1 2011.

The words of a former PM will resonate during 2011, 'un-representative swill', said PM Keating of the Upper House. Year 2011 will be an epic in politics.

 

[Calliope]

The words of a former PM will resonate during 2011, 'un-representative swill', said PM Keating of the Upper House. Year 2011 will be an epic in politics.

Any impending disasters like cyclones, floods, droughts and bushfires pale into insignificance compared to the havoc the Green's balance of power will wreak on the Australian economy. If you thought Gillard was rooting the country "you ain't seen nuthin yet."

 

[Garpal Gumnut]

The words of a former PM will resonate during 2011, 'un-representative swill', said PM Keating of the Upper House. Year 2011 will be an epic in politics.

Any impending disasters like cyclones, floods, droughts and bushfires pale into insignificance compared to the havoc the Green's balance of power will wreak on the Australian economy. If you thought Gillard was rooting the country "you ain't seen nuthin yet."

Too right L and C.

This year will witness the end of rationality, and the ALP as we know it, excuse me for mentioning the two in the same sentence.

gg

 

[IFocus]

The sky is falling........the sky is falling..........LOL ............keep dreaming boys

Back to the Christmas cheer for me

 

[Slipperz]

The words of a former PM will resonate during 2011, 'un-representative swill', said PM Keating of the Upper House. Year 2011 will be an epic in politics.

LOL good old PK had a way with words didn't he! Hey if the cap fits wear it and looking at what the electorate of Lyne voted for I'd say if this was 1010 not 2010 Rob Oakshotte would be swinging off a tree somewhere. Unbelievable imho just buy the electorate off with buckets off other taxpayers money.

http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2010/guide/lyne.htm


Now if my eyes don't decieve me 85.8% of the electorate didn't vote for Labor in an 18.5 swing against the incumbent Labor government.

Yet their representative is going to vote in the house with labor.

:bonk:

 

[Logique]

Internet shopping, imported-mail order: for once Bill Shorten is right.

Gerry Harvey and other retailers..moan..somebody can do it cheaper than us...moan..they don't have to pay GST like us...they pay less wages than us...moan.

The retail sector's proposal to tax imported internet shopping items is nothing less than a tariff. And as Shorten says, almost impossible and prohibitively expensive to administer.

Tariffs, you know the things everyone rounded on Bob Katter and others for proposing as protection for our domestic agriculture sector. Such impure economic theory. But not it seems, to the chain retailers (now).

 

[Mofra]

LOL good old PK had a way with words didn't he! Hey if the cap fits wear it and looking at what the electorate of Lyne voted for I'd say if this was 1010 not 2010 Rob Oakshotte would be swinging off a tree somewhere. Unbelievable imho just buy the electorate off with buckets off other taxpayers money.

Abbott tried the buy-off of Wilkie in Tas (promised $1bn for the hospital vs $100m from Jules) but it didn't quite work. Both sides aren't angels here.

 

[sails]

Abbott tried the buy-off of Wilkie in Tas (promised $1bn for the hospital vs $100m from Jules) but it didn't quite work. Both sides aren't angels here.

Jules wasn't actually quite so modest in the amount offered...:..:
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/no-pork-in-hospital-funding-agreement-20100902-14rq0.html

ANDREW WILKIE came to Canberra demanding a new Royal Hobart Hospital. When Tony Abbott offered him $1 billion for just that, he knocked it back and accepted Julia Gillard's offer of $340 million for a refurbishment.

I seem to recall reading that it was potentially a set up in that Wilke had no intention of going with Abbott and by extracting the $1B offer gave Wilke the opportunity to rubbish Abbott publically and look like the "good kid" who would take the more modest offer.

True or not, I don't know. But there were clearly some desperate tactical moves to take power at the time. One thing is for sure and that is Wilke was quick to run to the media with the details. He seemed to almost enjoy sticking it into Abbott - and as most lefties still do...

 

[Logique]

One-term Wilkie. Tasmanians aren't that silly.

Abbott was a bit naive, but won't be a second time. You can paint yourself into a corner as a politician, and hello out there to the two remaining Amigos, because northern NSW electors aren't that silly either.

 

[noco]

Julia Gillard this morning made a big announcement on her flood raged tour that she will flood proof the Bruce highway. And yes, the socialist lefties will say the coalation had 10 years to do it and did nothing. And yes, I have heard this promise from both sides of politics for decades. And yes, lots have been done to improve the highway, I recall a road trip to Rocky in 1956 and traversed gravel road from GIN Gin to Rockhampton.
But Gillard did not say when or how long she would take to carry out her promise. More spin and no action, just like Hawkie said "no child will be living in poverty by 1990'.

 

[Logique]

Julia Gillard this morning made a big announcement on her flood raged tour that she will flood proof the Bruce highway...............But Gillard did not say when or how long she would take to carry out her promise. More spin and no action, just like Hawkie said "no child will be living in poverty by 1990'.

Cheers Noco. I recall during the Federal election, we saw PM Gillard and NSW Premier Keneally striding along the platform, media pack trailing behind, promising the Sydney Northwest Rail link ($5 billion).

A one-day wonder, greeted with guffaws of laughter. Sydney-siders thought...as if..

 

[joea]

Well you have to give it to our Julia, she has come up with a new word over the hols.

"STRATEGY"

Cheers.

 

[noco]

Well you have to give it to our Julia, she has come up with a new word over the hols.

"STRATEGY"

Cheers.

Yeah, the new Joolya 2011 mark (iv)

 

[sails]

Well you have to give it to our Julia, she has come up with a new word over the hols.

"STRATEGY"

Cheers.

Haven't heard it yet, but can imagine it being drawled out quite slowly while the raised hands make their pushing away and somewhat condescending signals. Did I get it right?

I wonder how many times she will manage to get that word into a few sentences...

"Dialogue" was a classic for repetitivness as was the now infamous "mooving forward".

Now, if some people hadn't made so much fun of Abbott's speech, I probably wouldn't have posted the above. But what's good for the goose is good for the gander (or the other way around in this case)...

 

[Julia]

"The new paradigm" seems to have been dropped rather abruptly.
Guess it hasn't had much to recommend it.

 

[joea]

Haven't heard it yet, but can imagine it being drawled out quite slowly while the raised hands make their pushing away and somewhat condescending signals. Did I get it right?

I wonder how many times she will manage to get that word into a few sentences...

"Dialogue" was a classic for repetitivness as was the now infamous "mooving forward".

Now, if some people hadn't made so much fun of Abbott's speech, I probably wouldn't have posted the above. But what's good for the goose is good for the gander (or the other way around in this case)...

Hi.
A New National Ports "Strategy" was announced.
Up front Julia is going to improve the export infrastructure. By a long term plan.
Now that is interesting.
Behind the scene I am thinking that, because of the floods the export potential of Australia may dally a little. i.e. will we be in a surplus by the end of her term?

I think the next 3 months are going to be very interesting.

 

[Mofra]

Now, if some people hadn't made so much fun of Abbott's speech, I probably wouldn't have posted the above. But what's good for the goose is good for the gander (or the other way around in this case)...

Really? I've barely heard a peep about Abbott, but Julia's accent pops up in every page on this thread at least once. I would have thought an accent is the least of the worries for the "sky is falling" crew :

 

[Mofra]

Jules wasn't actually quite so modest in the amount offered...:..:
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-election/no-pork-in-hospital-funding-agreement-20100902-14rq0.html

So Abbotts pork barrel was only ~thrice the amount of Julia's - that's a good thing?

The bleating on ASF if the roles were reversed would be deafening.

 

[noco]

Hi.
A New National Ports "Strategy" was announced.
Up front Julia is going to improve the export infrastructure. By a long term plan.
Now that is interesting.
Behind the scene I am thinking that, because of the floods the export potential of Australia may dally a little. i.e. will we be in a surplus by the end of her term?

I think the next 3 months are going to be very interesting.

Joolya and Anna will flog the Queensland floods to the death. GFC mark(ii) Soory we have no money left, it's all gone to help Queensland back to life!!!!!!!!!!