The Gillard Government

[sptrawler]

It's funny, since Julia's spray the whole debate has lost steam.
I think she has certainly polarised the voters, it will be interesting to see if she has played a winner.

 

[Calliope]

It's funny, since Julia's spray the whole debate has lost steam.
I think she has certainly polarised the voters, it will be interesting to see if she has played a winner.

Romney managed to alienate the majority of American women. Gillard managed to alienate the majority of Australian men, and is still boasting about it. There is a lesson in this.

 

[Julia]

Romney managed to alienate the majority of American women. Gillard managed to alienate the majority of Australian men, and is still boasting about it. There is a lesson in this.

There might also be a lesson in the very peculiar improvement in sentiment toward her from Australian men following her infamous misogyny speech. Hard to know what it is.

 

[sptrawler]

It will also be interesting, how they explain the splash of cash when it wasn't needed and actually was wasted.
Now when we need a splash of cash, the pantry's bare.
Like we said years ago any idiot can throw away money, it is when things get tough you see who is the best treasurer.LOl
All I see is a treasurer, that threw money around like an idiot, now tells all the plebs to suck it up.
He has gone from "here you go, a fist full of dollars, go buy a plasma and would you like batts with that".
To, "things are tough, we have got to stop spending more than we take in as tax"
Worlds greatest dick. IMO

Last time labor were in it took a lot of years to pay down the deficit, one would think history will repeat, as usual.

 

[Miss Hale]

There might also be a lesson in the very peculiar improvement in sentiment toward her from Australian men following her infamous misogyny speech. Hard to know what it is.

I think a lot of women may have been - understandably - alarmed by the comments of two of the republicans relating to abortion rather than alienated by Romney himself. The comments were to a certain extent IMO taken out of context, misrepresented and beaten up by the media. (Before I get :bricks1:, yes I am anti-abortion but I don't believe in legitimate rape or any concepts along those lines).

 

[DB008]

Budget? Surplus? Resources? China?

If Gillard & Co manage to stay in power, we really will see how good this treasure of ours is....'Swan, world's best treasurer'....

Reserve Bank of Australia has cut its economic growth forecasts

THE Reserve Bank has cut its economic growth forecasts, warning the resources boom is losing steam faster than expected.

And the central bank has voiced its concern over the looming "fiscal cliff" in the US, where the economic outlook is mired in uncertainty.

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/business/reserve-bank-of-australia-has-cut-its-economic-growth-forecasts/story-fn7j19iv-1226513991177

 

[noco]

OMG how much lower can this Green/Labor left wing socialist government go to stay in power?



http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opi...itch-up-by-labor/story-e6frg6zo-1226513882387

 

[noco]

No doubt this latest RBA report will prompt Julia Gillard to go to an early election maybe March 2013.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/bus...growth-warns-rba/story-e6frg8zx-1226514058330

 

[sptrawler]

I think most voters are over the crap, Julia brought that to fruition with the misogyny speach.
Most Australians had never heard of misogyny, let alone knew Abbott was afflicted with it.
Like I said earlier, I think most Australians just want to go to the polls.

 

[MrBurns]

I think most voters are over the crap, Julia brought that to fruition with the misogyny speach.
Most Australians had never heard of misogyny, let alone knew Abbott was afflicted with it.
Like I said earlier, I think most Australians just want to go to the polls.

I'm sure they do.

Gillard is making the most of the time she has left, she's taking every photo op she can and is looking very satisfied with herself.

Her voice makes me cringe.

 

[drsmith]

I think most voters are over the crap, Julia brought that to fruition with the misogyny speach.
Most Australians had never heard of misogyny, let alone knew Abbott was afflicted with it.

You've fallen for the spin.

He was never afflicted with it.

 

[sptrawler]

You've fallen for the spin.

He was never afflicted with it.

Jeez doc, I had to google it to spell it.

She is getting like Keating, "full of it"

 

[noco]

You've fallen for the spin.

He was never afflicted with it.

Doc, I heard on the Bolt show today we can expect some fire works over the AWU slush fund and Gillard's involvement in the dodgey deal with Wilson and Slater and Gordon.

 

[Logique]

You have to laugh sometimes.

If an Opposition MP were to direct the following language to the Government benches, what chance of even remaining in the Chamber, let alone escaping a misogyny charge and a parliamentary inquiry:

“Mangy maggot”, “Old tart”, “Bowser boy” “Little whinger” and “His Oiliness”.

The speaker? Celebrated parliamentary performer and Labor PM Paul Keating - http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/mirandadevine/index.php

 

[MrBurns]

I cant help but think Gilard jumped on this to stop Abbott taking the front running, she is chasing the ratings above all else.

Gillard launches royal commission into child abuse

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the creation of a national royal commission into institutional responses to instances of child sexual abuse.

The decision was taken at a meeting of federal cabinet this afternoon.

Ms Gillard had been under pressure to act following growing calls for a national inquiry into explosive allegations by a senior New South Wales police investigator that the Catholic Church covered up evidence involving paedophile priests.

A number of senior Labor MPs, as well as key independents, had already voiced their support for action on a national scale.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott also declared his support for a "wide-ranging" royal commission into child sex abuse but said it should not just focus on claims involving the Catholic Church.

 

[MrBurns]

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott also declared his support for a "wide-ranging" royal commission into child sex abuse but said it should not just focus on claims involving the Catholic Church.

Whats more I think Abbott was right, this should have been about the Catholic Church only, there's enough there to keep a Royal Commission going for 12 months at least.

But NO Gillard has to do something different to try to appear better.:frown:

 

[sptrawler]

I must say I commend her on calling this Royal Commission, about time someone did.
This should be closely followed by a Royal Commission into the unions and misappropriation of funds.
I wonder if she will call that one !!!!! LOL

 

[Julia]

I cant help but think Gilard jumped on this to stop Abbott taking the front running, she is chasing the ratings above all else.

As Opposition Leader only, Mr Abbott cannot call a Royal Commission.
Imo Ms Gillard deserves credit for being decisive about this and acting rapidly following Det Insp Fox's whistleblowing on Lateline.

Whats more I think Abbott was right, this should have been about the Catholic Church only, there's enough there to keep a Royal Commission going for 12 months at least.

Why? Do you want all those other institutions, charged with the care of vulnerable children, to be ignored for their sexual, physical and emotional abuse of those children?
There is nothing so far to suggest that the Catholic Church will not be thoroughly scrutinised in the Royal Commission. I don't see how excluding the investigation into other institutions would change that.

All this filth has been covered up for decades. It's time it was all brought out into the open, hopefully taking the heads of most of the perpetrators in the process. The damage done to children is beyond comprehension.

 

[MrBurns]

No he can't but Gillard was silent until Abbott spoke up.
A RC into all child abuse waters the whole thing down unless you want to wait 5 years
To target possibly the worst offender would be the best way to progress the matter.

 

[drsmith]

As Opposition Leader only, Mr Abbott cannot call a Royal Commission.
Imo Ms Gillard deserves credit for being decisive about this and acting rapidly following Det Insp Fox's whistleblowing on Lateline.

One of the independents (Tony Windsor I think it was) started banging on about this over the weekend.

I now tend to look at everything Julia Gillard does through the prism of skepticism. In keeping with that theme, I'd suggest she was trying to wedge Tony Abbott and keep the electorate looking at her.

Labor's decision too to reduce the baby bonus is in itself a good idea, but in the context of covering the cost of their policy failures, it's not.

As for the Catholic Church itself, it's well past time they dragged themselves a little further from the dark ages and allowed their priests to marry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerical_celibacy_(Catholic_Church)