The Gillard Government

[bunyip]

It’s looking increasingly likely that Gillard’s days as leader are numbered.
Would anyone care to venture an opinion on who is likely to replace her?
Will they give Rudd the dud another chance? Or will it be Bill Short-brain or Swan or someone else?

 

[dutchie]

It’s looking increasingly likely that Gillard’s days as leader are numbered.
Would anyone care to venture an opinion on who is likely to replace her?
Will they give Rudd the dud another chance? Or will it be Bill Short-brain or Swan or someone else?

I think Gillard will stay on. She is pathetic and way out of her depth but there is no one better.

 

[MrBurns]

Consumer spending drops after stimulus dries up

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-20/spending-drops-after-stimulus-dries-up/4209150

Why ...it's.... it's......... brilliant !!! You give people money and they spend it, Abbott could never think of that I think we should vote Labor back in and they can take all the mining profits, double power prices and hand it all out so people will keep spending. What a fantastic bit of economics from the socialists.

Rich people are evil anyway so they can take all their money.........simple

 

[Calliope]

And we all know that Ms Gillard does not tell lies.

Asked why she did not deal in detail with the allegations, Ms Gillard said "malicious and motived" people conducting an online campaign against her would not stop, "no matter what explanation I gave".

"The truth is, I did nothing wrong," she said.

"No one has put any direct assertion to me. You haven't done it today, it hasn't been done in the newspaper, that I did anything wrong.

"In these circumstances, why are we, 17 years later, when these matters have been dealt with on the public record for the best part of a decade and a half, still talking about this?"

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...lard-information/story-fn59niix-1226453684136

 

[MrBurns]

Slater and Gordon folded like a pack of cards.

Tony will get right into it, "is it true that home renovations at your then residence were part financed by Union funds ??????" mmmmmmmm ???????? mmmmmmmmmm??????????? well??????????????????

 

[bunyip]

I think Gillard will stay on. She is pathetic and way out of her depth but there is no one better.

I hope you’re right – she’s their best chance of losing the next election.
But surely Labor can see that Gillard is leading them over a cliff, and for that reason alone I think they’re likely to dump her just like they dumped Rudd for the same reason.
And if she starts smelling even more strongly of being involved in union corruption with her former mates Wilson and Blewitt – well.........

Whichever way it goes, I just love watching her squirm as the media and the opposition turn up the heat on her.
When Whitlam was in power I didn’t think it was possible for a politician to be more incompetent or unpopular than he was. But I changed my mind when Rudd came along. And now we have Gillard whose taken unpopularity and incompetence to new levels.
Pity she hadn’t stayed in Wales where she was born – she almost makes me feel uncomfortable about my Welsh ancestry!

 

[MrBurns]

Funny isnt it, she can always say "I was PM of Australia" but simultaneously that statement comes with a lot of shame sttached in her case.

Only people who weren't in Australia at the time would be impressed by that statement.

 

[dutchie]

Must congratulate the Rudd/Gillard governments they just doubled their successes.

Firstly Rudd made the apology and now Gillard has sizzled after him with cigarette plain packaging.

Go team Labor!

 

[Calliope]

QUESTIONS PUT TO THE PRIME MINISTER
ON FRIDAY BY THE AUSTRALIAN

• What does the Prime Minister say to the assertion that her
actions were the subject of an internal investigation conducted
by Slater & Gordon’s then partners in 1995, culminating in a
tape-recorded interview with Ms Gillard in September 1995 and
her subsequent departure from the law firm the following month?

• What does the Prime Minister say to the assertion that in this
1995 interview she stated that a) she did the legal and related work
to establish the AWU Workplace Reform Association in Western
Australia; b) that she did not open a file to do this work, which
was unusual; c) that no other lawyer at the firm worked on the
matter; and d) that to her recollection no other lawyer
was consulted?

• What does the Prime Minister say to the assertion that in this
1995 interview she stated that a) Bruce Wilson assisted her in
the renovations of her own property at Abbotsford; and b) that
she could not categorically deny that funds from the AWU or
the AWU Workplace Reform Association had been used to
fund part of the renovations of her own property?

• What does the Prime Minister say to the assertion that in
this 1995 interview she understood that the purpose of the
association that she had established was to hold re-election
funds for union officials; and that it was described as a ‘slush
fund’ (contrary to the stated objects of the association)?

• What does the Prime Minister say to the assertion that in this
1995 interview she acknowledged that she attended the 1993
auction for the purchase of a house at 85 Kerr Street, Fitzroy
(which was purchased in the name of Ralph Blewitt with funds
including funds from the AWU Workplace Reform Association
that Ms Gillard had established)?

• What does the Prime Minister say to the assertion that as a
direct result of the ‘very serious view’ that the firm of Slater &
Gordon took of her actions, Ms Gillard was a) forced to leave
the firm; b) that she in fact left the firm suddenly in October
1995; and c) that she did not have another job to go to?

• What does the Prime Minister say to the assertion that she was
forced to leave the firm because the firm’s partners were very
concerned by her conduct, which they regarded, among other
things, as unprofessional and unethical; and conduct which had
put the firm and its partners in an invidious position?

THE RESPONSE FROM THE PM’S OFFICE

• The Prime Minister has made clear that she was not involved in
any wrongdoing, and has dealt with these allegations previously.

• The Prime Minister maintains good relations with
Slater & Gordon.
http://resources.news.com.au/files/2012/08/20/1226453/753941-aus-file-gillard-questions-pdf.pdf

 

[Logique]

This is still on the ABC's website, but the article has been edited (for other reasons according to the ABC)..http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-19/gillard-dismisses-allegations-of-law-firm-wrongdoing/4208360

..Managing Director of Slater and Gordon, Andrew Grech.. is he related to Godwin I wonder.

 

[bunyip]

More on Gillard from Pickering.

http://lpickering.net/item/17113

 

[DB008]

Abbott ejected from the house in unruly question time

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/abbott-ejected-from-the-house-in-unruly-question-time-20120820-24hvw.html

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has been thrown out of Parliament during question time by acting Speaker Anna Burke for refusing to withdraw unparliamentary remarks.

Mr Abbott was interjecting across the dispatch box as Prime Minister Julia Gillard answered a question on the carbon tax when he was ordered to withdraw his comments ''without qualification''.


The manager of opposition business, frontbencher Christopher Pyne, and shadow treasurer Joe Hockey were also earlier ordered to leave the chamber for one hour during an unruly question time.

 

[Ves]

So much for letting her crucify herself...

 

[Boggo]

There is some great reading in Pickering's posts on FB at the moment.
Larry's latest...

GILLARD SUPPORTER, PASCO, IS DOWN IN THE GUTTER AGAIN:

Well, well, well. The grubs are finally coming out of the woodwork now that Gillard is on the back foot. Most of you won’t know who Michael Pascoe is so I’ll fill you in.

He is a serial Left leaning grub and noted liar who aspires to journalism. He has crawled out of his hole again, this time to defend Gillard. Although I doubt even Gillard would appreciate assistance from someone of Pascoe’s ilk.

Pascoe, sacked from Channel 9, and many newspapers, is just one of the few muckrakers left who still support Gillard’s criminal history.

And why would Pasco decide to try to shoot me, the messenger? To be honest that’s all he is capable of. He has been known as an incompetent loser since I told him so to his face decades ago. Apparently he hasn’t forgotten.

He followed my six year-old home from school in order to take a photo of my home. He then lied about that to the Press Council.

He has shifted from paper to paper peddling his flawed financial advice sporting a severe bipolar disorder and with a huge chip on each shoulder.

His cowardly attack on me, as a result of my revelations about his idol Gillard, are wrong on almost every count. But that’s the frustration of Pasco. He is frustrated, old and sour because he has never been seen as a serious journo. He never will be. Serious journos don’t lie to create stories.

I will continue to bring Gillard to account despite the ravings of jealous commentators who have been unable to. And despite a failed financial commentator like Pasco who wants to protect Gillard from the truth.

I won’t dignify his drivel except to make a few points that prove his rant is sheer vindictive nonsense.

1. “Serial bankrupt”? No Pascoe. I was bankrupted once (once) by my ex’s family because I refused to pay them money that was never owed. That was 5 years ago.

2. Tomato Technologies was my son’s company that operated in the exact same legitimate way as did National Futrax (the company you happened to take a dislike to) and no, Pascoe it didn’t “fail” it was sold to another listed company. And for a tidy sum I believe. But that information belongs in your financial reports, doesn’t it Pascoe. Remember? The section where you get everything else wrong too?

3. “Stables built from arsenic treated pine”? No Pascoe. My stables were made from untreated ironbark. Perhaps you may like to have a look, they are still standing. Where do you get this nonsense from?

4. Fraud? Wrong again Pasco. I have never been involved in any fraud except to have been a victim of fraud.

5. “Rabid right”. No Pasco. You had better ask Fraser and Howard about that.

6. “Millionaire’s lifestyle”? Wrong again Pascoe. I do not own a house, I rent one and I drive an 11 year-old Jag worth around $4,000.

7. If you believe I am in receipt of any dodgy funds why not take your filthy backside down to Centerlink and explain that to them... they would love to hear from you because I am on an aged pension. Wow, defrauding the Commonwealth is a criminal offence. You could actually have me jailed, Pasco, you foul mouthed liar.

Unfortunately it is hacks like the far Left Pasco who continue to give journalism a bad name in a desperate attempt to defend Gillard.

When Gillard is gone, pickeringpost.com will happily turn its attention to rid mealy mouthed germs like Pasco from any respectable medium.

Then our newspapers might once again become reliable and accurate news sources... and without gutter snipes like Pascoe, whose only claim to fame is to defend Gillard's criminality.

and then in the Brisbane Times
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/bus...e-conman-stalking-gillard-20120820-24hxi.html

 

[sptrawler]

This whole sordid mess of misappropriation of funds will spill over into industry super funds. IMO
It has the potential of being the biggst scandal in our history!!! Jeez I hope I'm wrong but nobody seems to be keen to look into the unions and they look after a lot of workers super.

 

[MrBurns]

This whole sordid mess of misappropriation of funds will spill over into industry super funds. IMO
It has the potential of being the biggst scandal in our history!!! Jeez I hope I'm wrong but nobody seems to be keen to look into the unions and they look after a lot of workers super.

How depressing, she's had a lift in the polls
Are we a nation with a large percentage of brainless bogans among us ?

 

[wayneL]

How depressing, she's had a lift in the polls
Are we a nation with a large percentage of brainless bogans among us ?

Partly, but probably more to do with perceptions of Abbott.

IMO

 

[drsmith]

Partly, but probably more to do with perceptions of Abbott.

IMO

The Coalition is yet to fully prosecute its case for government. How successfully it does this will ultimately determine the scale of its victory.

I note that the Coalitions's primary vote held steady at 45% while Labor's rose from 33% to 35%. Labor at least at face level took a tougher stance on border protection last week and I suspect that this is in part responsoble, regardless of the backflip. In that regard, it is perhaps like when Kevin Rudd challenged Julia Gillard for PM. Ugly, but here was a bounce in their polling then too, but that faded after Kevin Rudd's challenged faltered.

The latest Essential Media poll is at odds with Newspoll's trend so it will be interesting to see what Nielsen comes out with.

 

[moXJO]

How depressing, she's had a lift in the polls
Are we a nation with a large percentage of brainless bogans among us ?

They couldn't stay as low as they were imo. They will probably drop again after this latest revelation.

 

[MrBurns]

They couldn't stay as low as they were imo. They will probably drop again after this latest revelation.

Tony Abbott is a bit off centre I must admit but I think he's decent and honest as much as you can be in politics and I suspect he may be a good PM but if I were him and I was no more popular than Gingerella I would seriously consider handing the reins to someone else. Who ? I dont know, Turnbull is soft, bring back Costello I say.

Goes to prove that you have to be pretty darn dodgy before the meatheads out there turn against you especially when there's cheques in the mail on offer and I think there's the reason she's got anyone favouring her at all.