She'd survive a nuclear holocaust I reckon, it pays to be connected. This one will be gone soon, but govt departments and trade unions teem with junior Gillards, what will be our protection from them?This is now just starting and HAS to be the last straw for her surely.
Labor will be planning her exit right now and no mucking around this time.
Again, you can complain about the TA all you like.
Julia Gillard is the one who introduced a carbon tax after she said she wouldn't.
It is also her government that is failing on border security.
Australia's Migration Act 1958 requires people who are not Australian citizens and who are unlawfully in Australia to be detained. Unless they are given legal permission to remain in Australia by being granted a visa unlawful non-citizens must be removed from Australia as soon as reasonably practicable.
From the australian:
Wonder if that is true or not?
You can stop wondering, it is.
It shouldn't be a competition between who is the most awful or the most deceptive.Again, you can complain about the TA all you like.
Julia Gillard is the one who introduced a carbon tax after she said she wouldn't.
It is also her government that is failing on border security.
Most people want a government that genuinely provides the traditional fair go for all Australians.
It shouldn't and I see the quality of out political leaders overall as poor. It does however need to be seen in the context of politics overall. The current situation is that the current government is so poor that the slogan-like statements is enough. Labor are not testing him.It shouldn't be a competition between who is the most awful or the most deceptive.
I can't speak for others, but my criticism of Tony Abbott has no connection with a comparison with the Prime Minister or anyone else from Labor. It's to do with my disappointment that he continues to make slogan-like exaggerated statements and doesn't seem able to balance this 'attack dog' persona with any serious discussion about his vision for Australia. One is left wondering if he is even actually articulate enough to be Prime Minister. We don't know, because he never speaks more than a short, punchy sentence at a time.
Labor voters, underwhelmed by Gillard and sensing the seismic shift under way, would now happily settle for Turnbull, even Hockey, if they had to cop a Liberal. But Saint Malcolm or Uncle Joe aren't on offer, for now, so people get ready for Barnstorming Tony: flying close to the ground, yet higher than he promised, and forever striving not to disappoint.
It smacks of the same missuse of union funds, very similar to the Thomson affair, it could turn nasty for Gillard very quickly.
It shouldn't be a competition between who is the most awful or the most deceptive.
He's probably a reasonably decent individual and certainly adheres to the values of personal responsibility v the welfare state etc. But then he has the ridiculously expensive middle class welfare policy on maternity leave.
Indications are that he would make more use of the Productivity Commission which would be a plus, and would make at least some alterations to the Fair Work legislation so that business is not so disadvantaged.
I actually learned more about Mr Abbott from reading an extensive article in the "Weekend Australian" on "How would Tony Abbott Govern" than I've managed to discover from years of watching and listening to him.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...ld-abbott-govern/story-fn59niix-1226452916462
Quite true, and I'm sure he has the determination to follow through on this in government, turning back every boat if necessary.As PM, I don't currently have high hopes, but he does have the ability to suprise. He's seen the long game on asylum seekers and has all but brought Labor to its knees on this alone.
On this evening's ABC Radio news, I think at 6pm, there was a brief item (leading the news) that one of the current partners of S & G here in Australia has come out and said (paraphrasing) that there was an investigation about the matters currently in the media and no reason was found to dispute Ms Gillard's assurances that she had done nothing wrong.Well MrBurns, you may be right, it looks as though Tony is onto it. Historicaly he usually gets the timing right, so I would think Gillard is going to be under the pump.
Now we will see how nasty politics can get when you are backed into a corner.
It will be interesting to see how labor deal with it, as you say they may use it to give her 'the old heave ho'.
This issue, if proved correct will blow labor out of the water. With nothing to lose they may put themselves through a cleansing phase. LOL
http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...-a-union-scandal/story-fndo20i0-1226453434111
Since then, the managing director of Slater and Gordon, Andrew Grech, has released a statement on the matter.
Mr Grech says Ms Gillard cooperated fully with the internal legal review and it found nothing to contradict the information provided by Ms Gillard.
He says Ms Gillard took leave from the firm to campaign for the Senate in 1995 and resigned the following year when she took up a position as a political advisor.
Editor’s note: This story has been changed to make it clear the Prime Minister used the words “malicious nonsense” when describing claims about her resignation from Slater and Gordon, not about The Australian’s report on such matters.
I think the interview with Paul Kelly signifies the end for Julia Gillard.
Where there's smoke there's fire and the smoke was coming out of her ears. She had the last word, but it will be seen as a challenge by parts of the media and her political opponents.
The exchange only ceased when Peter Van Olsen interjected.
Like I said earlier, Abbott normaly doesn't say anything, unless he is on a winner. Time will tell but it will be nasty, Gillard in a corner won't be nice.IMO
Abbott gets a lot of things wrong, but no semantics, spin, euphemisms or political correctness, can paper over the truth that people who enter Australia illegally are illegal immigrants. An unlawful entry is one without an entry visa.
Anyone, whether they called themselves refugees or not, who came here by plane without a visa, would be returned to their point of departure by the next available service.
Furthermore, it’s illegal for anyone to employ criminals to conduct an illegal act on his or her behalf.
People smuggling is a crime. I would think that these boat people are acting illegally by employing people-smuggling criminals to conduct criminal activity on their behalf.
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