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My mum used to tell all my sisters friends that if i was picking on them that really I fancied them:
My sister had hot friends.
We had a pool!
The Gillard Government
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My sister had hot friends.
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My sister had hot friends.
We had a pool!
You must have done a lot of picking then todster.
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You must have done a lot of picking then todster.
Lol I didn't even have to go out home delivery
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I'm not sure who is the more stupid in this instance. Him or the silly buggers that voted for him? Same goes for the inexperienced kid that got elected in the last election.
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Setting aside the obvious comments about Ms Gillard having caught the "backflip" virus, the likelihood of the Carbon Tax is now looking like a done deal (unexpected by-elections excepted).
Personaly I think it is a stupid idea and the cost is ultimately going to be borne by the man in the street.
The biggest tax/cost will be aimed at the coal fueled power stations. Naturaly the cost will be passed on to the consumers. If you think power prices went up recently, wait until you see the flow on effect of this tax.
The second biggest polluter tax/cost to be passed on, will be be at cars/trucks etc. I'm currious to see whether this will be passed on as a user pays tax by adding a few cents to the price of fuel or will they bang it onto the annual registration of any and every vehicle regardless of the extent the vehicle pollutes?
No wonder the NSW Labor Government was in such a hurry to unload the state owned power industry. They didn't want to/couldn't afford to pick up the infrastructure & maintance costs and probably knew the back flip tax was comming. Let it be the privatised owners carrying the bogeyman label for increased power costs.
Personaly I think it is a stupid idea and the cost is ultimately going to be borne by the man in the street.
The biggest tax/cost will be aimed at the coal fueled power stations. Naturaly the cost will be passed on to the consumers. If you think power prices went up recently, wait until you see the flow on effect of this tax.
The second biggest polluter tax/cost to be passed on, will be be at cars/trucks etc. I'm currious to see whether this will be passed on as a user pays tax by adding a few cents to the price of fuel or will they bang it onto the annual registration of any and every vehicle regardless of the extent the vehicle pollutes?
No wonder the NSW Labor Government was in such a hurry to unload the state owned power industry. They didn't want to/couldn't afford to pick up the infrastructure & maintance costs and probably knew the back flip tax was comming. Let it be the privatised owners carrying the bogeyman label for increased power costs.
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All Abbott has to say is that the Coalition is adopting the same carbon tax policy as Gillard had prior to the election.
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The mining industry get $5bn per annum of diesel fuel credits. I would have thought reducing this impost on the Australian people would be a better strategy.
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Here's a Labor leader getting on with the important things.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...inister-for-rock/story-e6freuy9-1226013097784
Kristina Keneally is Minister for Rock - Exclusive by Joe Hildebrand From: The Daily Telegraph February 28, 2011
NSW will have its very own "Ambassador of Rock" under a radical plan to make Sydney the No. 1 destination for stadium acts in the Asia-Pacific and a world major events superpower.
Premier Kristina Keneally said her Government would also bid for the first ever overseas English Premier League football match, host international 20/20 cricket matches in western Sydney and beam Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks display live to other world cities.
In what is believed to be a world first, the Government will appoint a senior hired gun, reporting direct to the Premier via Events NSW, to lure the biggest-selling acts on the planet with incentives for them to launch their world tours in the Harbour City....
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...inister-for-rock/story-e6freuy9-1226013097784
Kristina Keneally is Minister for Rock - Exclusive by Joe Hildebrand From: The Daily Telegraph February 28, 2011
NSW will have its very own "Ambassador of Rock" under a radical plan to make Sydney the No. 1 destination for stadium acts in the Asia-Pacific and a world major events superpower.
Premier Kristina Keneally said her Government would also bid for the first ever overseas English Premier League football match, host international 20/20 cricket matches in western Sydney and beam Sydney's New Year's Eve fireworks display live to other world cities.
In what is believed to be a world first, the Government will appoint a senior hired gun, reporting direct to the Premier via Events NSW, to lure the biggest-selling acts on the planet with incentives for them to launch their world tours in the Harbour City....
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It's least she is thinking but when's the election?
It will need to be soon before she does something really stupid with this idea.
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Poll from "The Punch":
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It's so obvious that Gillard and Swan are not running the country - Bob Brown and Christine Milne are running it. Even labor MPs aren't happy - see article below.
They weren't happy with her flood levy either but, I understand that being labor, they are restricted from voting for anything other than the party line. The coalition do not have such a dictatorial policy. I am sure IFocus will quickly correct if my understanding is incorrect...
. Green-Left is ripping Labor apart:
and on the flood levy:
Labor MPs revolt over Julia Gillard's flood tax levy:
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It's no wonder Gadaffi looks down in the mouth. He's heard that people are comparing him to Gillard.
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http://www.abc.net.au/elections/federal/2010/
Changing Seats93.2% counted.
Last updated Thu Sep 16 03:28PM
Time Count % Electorate Held By Margin 2PP % Swing Predict
15:23 94.7 La Trobe L/NP 0.5 50.9 1.4% to ALP ALP GAIN
06:10 95.0 McEwen L/NP 0.0 55.3 5.3% to ALP ALP GAIN
11:22 89.6 Solomon ALP 0.2 51.8 1.9% to CLP CLP GAIN
14:23 90.1 Melbourne ALP 4.7 56.1 10.8% to GRN GRN GAIN
17:37 94.3 Denison ALP 15.3 51.2 16.5% from ALP IND GAIN
16:38 93.5 Bennelong ALP 1.4 53.1 4.5% to LIB LIB GAIN
14:52 94.6 Gilmore * ALP 0.4 55.3 5.7% to LIB LIB WIN
12:22 93.1 Hasluck ALP 0.8 50.6 1.4% to LIB LIB GAIN
08:53 94.5 Macarthur * ALP 0.5 53.0 3.5% to LIB LIB WIN
09:52 94.8 Macquarie ALP 0.3 51.2 1.5% to LIB LIB GAIN
14:53 92.0 Swan * ALP 0.3 52.5 2.8% to LIB LIB WIN
11:07 93.4 Bonner ALP 4.5 52.8 7.4% to LNP LNP GAIN
12:37 91.3 Brisbane ALP 4.6 51.1 5.7% to LNP LNP GAIN
14:07 93.1 Dawson ALP 2.6 52.4 5.0% to LNP LNP GAIN
13:22 94.6 Dickson * ALP 0.8 55.1 5.9% to LNP LNP WIN
12:34 92.4 Flynn ALP 2.2 53.6 5.8% to LNP LNP GAIN
15:08 91.6 Forde ALP 3.4 51.6 5.0% to LNP LNP GAIN
14:53 92.6 Herbert * ALP 0.0 52.2 2.2% to LNP LNP WIN
14:37 91.1 Leichhardt ALP 4.1 54.6 8.6% to LNP LNP GAIN
12:08 93.5 Longman ALP 1.9 51.9 3.8% to LNP LNP GAIN
The following people are not entitled to enrol and vote:
* prisoners serving a sentence of five years or more
* people who have been convicted of treason and not pardoned
* people who are incapable of understanding the nature and significance of enrolment and voting
I would suggest there are a lot of people who fall into this category. We get the government we deserve I am afraid. Melbourne turning GREEN !
Afterall ....... we elected them.
Changing Seats93.2% counted.
Last updated Thu Sep 16 03:28PM
Time Count % Electorate Held By Margin 2PP % Swing Predict
15:23 94.7 La Trobe L/NP 0.5 50.9 1.4% to ALP ALP GAIN
06:10 95.0 McEwen L/NP 0.0 55.3 5.3% to ALP ALP GAIN
11:22 89.6 Solomon ALP 0.2 51.8 1.9% to CLP CLP GAIN
14:23 90.1 Melbourne ALP 4.7 56.1 10.8% to GRN GRN GAIN
17:37 94.3 Denison ALP 15.3 51.2 16.5% from ALP IND GAIN
16:38 93.5 Bennelong ALP 1.4 53.1 4.5% to LIB LIB GAIN
14:52 94.6 Gilmore * ALP 0.4 55.3 5.7% to LIB LIB WIN
12:22 93.1 Hasluck ALP 0.8 50.6 1.4% to LIB LIB GAIN
08:53 94.5 Macarthur * ALP 0.5 53.0 3.5% to LIB LIB WIN
09:52 94.8 Macquarie ALP 0.3 51.2 1.5% to LIB LIB GAIN
14:53 92.0 Swan * ALP 0.3 52.5 2.8% to LIB LIB WIN
11:07 93.4 Bonner ALP 4.5 52.8 7.4% to LNP LNP GAIN
12:37 91.3 Brisbane ALP 4.6 51.1 5.7% to LNP LNP GAIN
14:07 93.1 Dawson ALP 2.6 52.4 5.0% to LNP LNP GAIN
13:22 94.6 Dickson * ALP 0.8 55.1 5.9% to LNP LNP WIN
12:34 92.4 Flynn ALP 2.2 53.6 5.8% to LNP LNP GAIN
15:08 91.6 Forde ALP 3.4 51.6 5.0% to LNP LNP GAIN
14:53 92.6 Herbert * ALP 0.0 52.2 2.2% to LNP LNP WIN
14:37 91.1 Leichhardt ALP 4.1 54.6 8.6% to LNP LNP GAIN
12:08 93.5 Longman ALP 1.9 51.9 3.8% to LNP LNP GAIN
The following people are not entitled to enrol and vote:
* prisoners serving a sentence of five years or more
* people who have been convicted of treason and not pardoned
* people who are incapable of understanding the nature and significance of enrolment and voting
I would suggest there are a lot of people who fall into this category. We get the government we deserve I am afraid. Melbourne turning GREEN !
Afterall ....... we elected them.
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Gripping stuff here ....... http://www.openaustralia.org/senate/?id=2010-11-24.42.2
Incompetence is actually the biggest category. With the school halls, there was billions wasted; roof insulation, four deaths, 207 fires and 250,000 dodgy jobs; border security, almost 10,000 illegal arrivals and 190 boats; computers in schools, a million promised and less than half delivered; Indigenous housing, hopelessly delayed; trade training centres program, with 2,650 promised, delayed; GP superclinics, 36 promised and four delivered; and the Green Loans scheme a debacle, with $275 million wasted.
Then there is the category of old-fashioned deceit, both the intention to never deliver and the lack of compunction about breaking commitments. There was the commitment to childcare expansion, with 260 centres promised, and staff, but 38 delivered. Then there was Fuelwatch, dumped””Labor knew they could not fix the petrol price; that was a fib. GroceryWatch, with $7 million wasted and 30 staff employed, was abandoned””another policy hoax. They said they would not means-test the baby bonus; they have done it. They said they would not means-test private health insurance rebates; they have tried to do it. Then there is the most laughable one of all, the new era of transparency: Operation Sunlight. Yet, when it comes to a $43 billion program, the NBN Co., is there a cost-benefit analysis? No. What about releasing the business case? No. There is no transparency, no ‘new paradigm’, just politics as usual.
This guy is a soothsayer !
On the front page of the Australian today we see Wayne Swan saying that actually there is a path they are following: ‘ALP must steer clear of Greens, says Swan’. I would say to Mr Swan: it’s a bit late, sunshine; you have already had the civil ceremony. We all saw it. I am not being critical of the Greens. They could see a sucker coming and they took full advantage of it.
Incompetence is actually the biggest category. With the school halls, there was billions wasted; roof insulation, four deaths, 207 fires and 250,000 dodgy jobs; border security, almost 10,000 illegal arrivals and 190 boats; computers in schools, a million promised and less than half delivered; Indigenous housing, hopelessly delayed; trade training centres program, with 2,650 promised, delayed; GP superclinics, 36 promised and four delivered; and the Green Loans scheme a debacle, with $275 million wasted.
Then there is the category of old-fashioned deceit, both the intention to never deliver and the lack of compunction about breaking commitments. There was the commitment to childcare expansion, with 260 centres promised, and staff, but 38 delivered. Then there was Fuelwatch, dumped””Labor knew they could not fix the petrol price; that was a fib. GroceryWatch, with $7 million wasted and 30 staff employed, was abandoned””another policy hoax. They said they would not means-test the baby bonus; they have done it. They said they would not means-test private health insurance rebates; they have tried to do it. Then there is the most laughable one of all, the new era of transparency: Operation Sunlight. Yet, when it comes to a $43 billion program, the NBN Co., is there a cost-benefit analysis? No. What about releasing the business case? No. There is no transparency, no ‘new paradigm’, just politics as usual.
This guy is a soothsayer !
On the front page of the Australian today we see Wayne Swan saying that actually there is a path they are following: ‘ALP must steer clear of Greens, says Swan’. I would say to Mr Swan: it’s a bit late, sunshine; you have already had the civil ceremony. We all saw it. I am not being critical of the Greens. They could see a sucker coming and they took full advantage of it.
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Gillard to address Congress
My God!!! Do we really deserve this? It will be the day we do a cultural gringe.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/gillard-readies-for-address-to-us-congress-20110305-1binv.html
My God!!! Do we really deserve this? It will be the day we do a cultural gringe.
http://www.smh.com.au/national/gillard-readies-for-address-to-us-congress-20110305-1binv.html
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The latest polls aren't looking good for labor who have apparently dropped significantly in the polls in the last two weeks since Gillard and Swan broke their catagorical pre-election promise of no carbon tax in this term:
Details here: Labor falls to historic lows: Newspoll
Details here: Labor falls to historic lows: Newspoll
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Yeah, I heard this on the TV news as I was waking up from a bit of a nap.
I reckon I heard them say also, that more voters prefer Rudd over Gillard as PM in that poll. Deja vous!?
Guess those knife's will get a good sharpen while Julia is away, bet there's a big smile on Rudds face.
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Record low approval for Labor, 30%. Difficult for PM Gillard to come back from this. Best stay over in America with Obama. Abbott is painting it as a Gillard inspired conspiracy to avoid the carbon tax in an election year, in the process tipping out Rudd.
Rudd will be thinking, what goes around comes around.
Rudd will be thinking, what goes around comes around.
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Joe Hockey's craven performance on Q&A last night guarantees he'll never be leader. I endured 15 minutes of it, but feeling nauseous, had to switch over to Parkey and Frost, ahh that's better.
Talented women like Gail Kelly have never needed to play the gender card. Even so, go into a St George or Westpac bank and count the male employees, if you can find one. Funny no questions about that last night.
It's the younger women who are the best hope for the future of feminism. They see the baggage carried by the 1970s boiler-suited brigade (not including Kelly in this), and are embarassed by it.
Talented women like Gail Kelly have never needed to play the gender card. Even so, go into a St George or Westpac bank and count the male employees, if you can find one. Funny no questions about that last night.
It's the younger women who are the best hope for the future of feminism. They see the baggage carried by the 1970s boiler-suited brigade (not including Kelly in this), and are embarassed by it.
