The Gillard Government

[sails]

Was really annoyed when I heard the latest ad on the radio from the government regarding unfair treatment of women in the workplace. Yet another oh so obvious attempt at gaining the women's vote. The example they used was so over the top it was laughable (someone telling a woman she shouldn't be at work because she was pregnant, I can't see this being a serious issue in 2013 ). Pity the Gillard government is not doing something about increasing workplaces full stop

Yes, Miss Hale, it is annoying. The saga continues and it seems to be all about Gillard in self-preservation mode when she is paid to be running the country.

If she put this much energy into actually governing for ALL Australians she might find she had more votes.

Unfortunately for her, these stunts are translating into more votes lost for brand of alp.

 

[sptrawler]

Absolutely, the Labor Party has lost touch with mainstream Australia.IMO

They took on a defacto relationship with the Greens and Independents, to form government.
In doing so the Greens enacted all their policies. To the detriment of mining and manufacturing workers.

They now wonder why they are in trouble.lol
Then start trash talking everyone else.lol
Don't worry too much though, they all do ok with their pensions.

Poor old Kev can't be too happy, the 40% payrise came after Julia knifed him.

Apparently she gets $177,000 pension indexed for life, he won't get that and he was voted in.lol

 

[Julia]

Was really annoyed when I heard the latest ad on the radio from the government regarding unfair treatment of women in the workplace. Yet another oh so obvious attempt at gaining the women's vote. The example they used was so over the top it was laughable (someone telling a woman she shouldn't be at work because she was pregnant, I can't see this being a serious issue in 2013 ). Pity the Gillard government is not doing something about increasing workplaces full stop

This seems to go to her political obtuseness. I couldn't believe it when I heard the advertisement.
Did she learn nothing from the critical backlash following her abortion/blue ties/sexism blunder?
Apparently not.

What she seems to be doing is every single day increasing her chances of complete oblivion, taking her Party with her.

What must people like Keating be thinking about the once proud Labor Party?

 

[sptrawler]

What must people like Keating be thinking about the once proud Labor Party?

I would love to hear Keatings thoughts.lol

He would have the perfect one liner for this goon show.

 

[noco]

This seems to go to her political obtuseness. I couldn't believe it when I heard the advertisement.
Did she learn nothing from the critical backlash following her abortion/blue ties/sexism blunder?
Apparently not.

What she seems to be doing is every single day increasing her chances of complete oblivion, taking her Party with her.

What must people like Keating be thinking about the once proud Labor Party?

As I have said before, I believe the Labor Party have got themselves in such a mess, they just do not know how to solve it so they will take the easy way out. Lose the election and let the coaltition sort out the mess.

 

[Julia]

From "The Hamster Wheel" with Julian Morrow, this 'obituary' for Julia Gillard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp1_llDdmfM

Accurate and very funny, but is it a bit out of order to be putting up an obituary for her?

 

[sptrawler]

From "The Hamster Wheel" with Julian Morrow, this 'obituary' for Julia Gillard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp1_llDdmfM

Accurate and very funny, but is it a bit out of order to be putting up an obituary for her?

Pretty well sums it up, sad as it may be.

 

[sails]

From "The Hamster Wheel" with Julian Morrow, this 'obituary' for Julia Gillard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp1_llDdmfM

Accurate and very funny, but is it a bit out of order to be putting up an obituary for her?

Political obituary - not literal!

 

[sails]

Latest Newspoll according to Crikey:

The Australian’s Troy Bramston tweets that Newspoll has the Coalition leading 57-43, down from 58-42 last time. However, the poll has Labor’s primary vote below 30% for the first time this year, down one to 29%, with the Coalition down four points to 45% and the Greens steady on 9%. Tony Abbott’s lead as preferred prime minister has reached a new peak of 45-33, up from 43-35 at the last poll three weeks ago. More to follow

Read more:
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2013/06/23/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-5/

 

[bellenuit]

ALP MPs kept in dark on disastrous Labor poll which predicts election wipeout

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...election-wipeout/story-fni0cx12-1226668469923

 

[noco]

Gillard and her troops seem to be playing American football.

Thet are running in all different directions.

Some are running around like chooks with tteir heads chopped off.

Panic will set in this week for sure.



http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/17718896/poor-polls-turn-up-heat-on-labor-mps/

 

[sails]

According to Paul Sheehan below, labor are manically pushing legislation through the senate this week and intends to gag debate on 53 bills...

The Gillard versus Rudd versus Bill Shorten drama is a sideshow. It is not even the main game. The government is gone. The game that will have a big and immediate impact on the next government and the economy is the Senate election, and whether the Greens hold the balance of power.

An enormous amount of policy and process is there to be dissected. The government is so manically pushing legislation through the Senate that it has extended the final sitting day to Friday and given notice it intends to gag debate on 53 bills this week. This even includes the legislation that is the basis of the federal referendum, the Constitution Alteration (Local Government) Bill 2013.

This is preposterous. It is the latest dysfunction and dishonesty from the Gillard government, an insult to the electorate and to the democratic process. If the government is unwilling to debate the referendum measure in Parliament, and has allocated 10 times as much funding to support the referendum case as to put an opposing case, the referendum is clearly a Trojan Horse for extending federal power to local government and needs to be defeated. None of this would be possible without the Greens.

Read more:
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/gillard-held-firm-in-union-grasp-20130623-2oqkd.html#ixzz2X5HqjFR6

 

[sails]

Latest Newspoll according to Crikey:



Read more:
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2013/06/23/newspoll-57-43-to-coalition-5/

Looks like Crikey got the coalition's primary vote wrong. They only dropped 1 percentage point to 48% (crikey link said 45%)




More here:
http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/...oll_confirms_labor_deader_than_ever_43_to_57/

 

[Calliope]

THE prime minister’s office has produced an “analysis” of opinion polls “showing” Kevin Rudd is responsible for the Gillard government’s opinion poll woes.

Strange??? She's not blaming Abbott.

Oh! What a feeling!...the obnoxious Gillard and the odious Rudd are tearing their party to bits.

 

[MrBurns]

Strange??? She's not blaming Abbott.

Oh! What a feeling!...the obnoxious Gillard and the odious Rudd are tearing their party to bits.

Wouldn't you think they'd have something better to do. like running the country.

 

[Aussiejeff]

Seems the economic downturn is all the anti-Labor media and economist's fault. How dare they!!

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has criticised some economists and the media for being too negative, saying there is a risk the country will talk itself into a downturn.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-24/gillard-criticises-economic-commentary/4776152

 

[Aussiejeff]

Wouldn't you think they'd have something better to do. like running the country.

I think the whole Labor Party should run to Brazil.

Is it safe??...

 

[bellenuit]

This tweet I read is spot on......

Julia Gillard lives by the reverse of the old nautical motto... the ship must go down with its captain.

 

[drsmith]

This tweet I read is spot on......

Julia Gillard lives by the reverse of the old nautical motto... the ship must go down with its captain.

Not only the ship, but the nation whose flag it flies.

 

[drsmith]

Latest Essential Media poll has the Coalition at 55% 2PP.

http://essentialvision.com.au/category/essentialreport

I'm not sure what's she's dreaming of in the image below other than it's not pleasant.