The Gillard Government

[Calliope]

She did show some emotion while talking about her staffers.
I'm glad she didn't start crying though.

Yes there was a slight tremor when she touched on Wayne Swan's loyalty. But what bug's me about last night is that Julia was proud of what she and her team had achieved, and Rudd heaped praise on her and her team for their achievements.

Wong put it in perspective. She deserted Julia because a poll said Rudd could save some seats.

Australian politics is now driven by a response to a hypothetical question.

 

[bunyip]

What a great situation.....the second worst PM in Australian history has been replaced by the worst PM in Australian history.
I only hope that Aussie voters remember how grossly incompetent and arrogant Rudd was last time he was PM. I hope they remember that just about every one of Labors disastrous policies was a product of the Rudd government. When Gillard got in I hoped she’d take the opportunity of fixing the Rudd mistakes. But she only made things worse.
But let's not forget that the rot began with Rudd. It would be an extremely poor reflection on the intelligence and common sense of Australian voters if they were to put Rudd back into power after his abysmal performance last time.

One big plus is we’ll no longer have Gillard’s dopey droning voice on TV – the mute button on my remote used to get a solid workout whenever she polluted my screen.

 

[Calliope]

The first honeymoon poll;

A special snap SMS Morgan Poll (2,530 Australian electors aged 18+) after tonight’s ALP leadership ballot shows a large swing to the ALP 49.5% (up 5%) since last weekend’s multi-mode Morgan Poll, now just behind the L-NP 50.5% (down 5%) on a two-party preferred basis after former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was returned to the leadership of the ALP after winning a leadership ballot against outgoing Prime Minister Julia Gillard 57-45

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http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/s...p 5 cf L-NP 505 down 5 but will it be enough

 

[Julia]

The Australian labor party must be the laughing stock of Global Politics by now, paralleled only by the Argentinian calamity....

Indeed. Our most important neighbours, the Indonesians, described the events as "quite incomprehensible".
(On ABC Radio News in the middle of the night.)

Whats the next trick? Surely there's not enough intellectually challenged people in Australia to keep them office?

CanOz

That's what so difficult to understand. Where is Rudd's popularity coming from? How could anyone have supported the mess he made in such an overbearing and arrogant fashion? Already, he's demonstrating that same attitude with arriving half an hour late for his scheduled press conference last night, and apparently late this morning also.

Julia, here is the link you may be seeking.

Thank you, noco. I did see most of her speech on TV last night. Thought it was quite good. No self pity, anyway.

What a great situation.....the second worst PM in Australian history has been replaced by the worst PM in Australian history.
I only hope that Aussie voters remember how grossly incompetent and arrogant Rudd was last time he was PM. I hope they remember that just about every one of Labors disastrous policies was a product of the Rudd government. When Gillard got in I hoped she’d take the opportunity of fixing the Rudd mistakes. But she only made things worse.
But let's not forget that the rot began with Rudd. It would be an extremely poor reflection on the intelligence and common sense of Australian voters if they were to put Rudd back into power after his abysmal performance last time.

Exactly.

 

[McLovin]

Rudd is only popular compared to Gillard. Once she's out of the way everyone will remember how terrible he was/is too.

You could make exactly the same comment about Abbott. I'm not trying to excuse Rudd, I've always thought he was just a thin veneer but Abbott remains a deeply unpopular opposition leader.

Obviously only for novelty purposes but what the hell...

From Roy Morgan Research comes the latest snap opinion polling taken just after Kevin Rudd’s promotion to leader of the Federal Labor Party, showing the ALP (49.5%, up 5%) closing the gap on the Coalition (50.5%, down 5%) on a two-party preferred basis.

http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2013/06/roy-morgan-alp-sees-big-polling-boost-on-rudd/

 

[Calliope]

It's no wonder the GG is laughing. All her stars are in alignment. Her son in-law has joined her two best friends, Kevin and Therese to topple another government. Oh! What a feeling.:cup:

 

[Logique]

The desertion of Penny Wong must have been a tough one for the Gillard camp.

Leader of the Govt in the Senate: Penny Wong
Treasurer: Chris Bowen

 

[bunyip]

Welcome Back Kevvie (by Bunyip)

Well hello Kev – you’re back again
To lead us from the mire
Created by your leftie pal
The woman called JuLIAR
She really was a shocker, Kev
I’m sure you would agree
She wasn’t fit to lead our land
That’s plain for all to see

But was it really Gillard, Kev
Who put us in the poo?
Most of her stupid policies
Were put in place by you!
Certainly she stuck with them
Instead of tossing them out
But you’re the bloke who thought them up
Of that there is no doubt

I’m sure you’re not in favour, Kev
Of delving into the past
You’d rather no reminder that
Your government was such a farce
And yet I think it’s only fair
The decent thing to do
To talk about the wasteful schemes
That were put in place by YOU

You let the boats come pouring in
The trickle became a flood
Because you scrapped the Howard plan
And replaced it with a dud
That didn’t work, and cost us heaps
Ten billion bucks so far
For that mistake alone, friend Kev
You should be feathered and tarred
And then there’s all the loot you splashed
On pink batts and school halls
The benefit to Australia?
No benefit at all

You brought in tax after failed tax
What were you thinking, Kev?
No wonder you blew the surplus
And put us so far in the red

The question for us voters, Kev
Is why should we vote for you?
You’ve proven yourslef an incomptetent
Who hasn’t the faintest clue
Of how to control expenditure
Or how to secure our borders
Or how to keep your own party
From disharmony and disorder

You don’t deserve to be leader, Kev
You deserve the same fate as JuLIAR
An LNP government, not ALP
Is our best chance of clearing the mire
Created by you and your former pal Jules
History will list both of you
As the two most hopeless Prime Ministers
That this country ever knew

Before I sign off, Kev
I want to say thanks
For one little favor you’ve done
No more will I hear the dull droning voice
Of the red-head you brought undone.

 

[moXJO]

The NEW Labor party, now with 5 kinds of stupid.
Look out Australia the 'ego' has landed.
I did not think the unions would roll over Gillard considering just how strong their hatred of Rudd was. From what I was told Kev had no way back. Once again though Labor jumps through hoops.
I wonder if people have forgotten so soon just how bad Kevie is?
This is the guy whose ego was so big he blabbed about the bali bomber despite being told not to as there were follow up arrests being made. The guy who jumped from policy to policy without ever finishing the last. So bad they dumped him. Well I suppose Labor is the greener party as they recycle their trash.

 

[bigdog]

When do you think that Julia will moved out of the lodge?

Recall Kevin moved out the next day!!

 

[moXJO]

When do you think that Julia will moved out of the lodge?

Recall Kevin moved out the next day!!

I'd be surprised if Kev bothered to move in. Kudos to Gillard for not blubbering like so many of the men who get the axe in politics.

 

[Logique]

The Sisters should have resigned en masse, says Anne Summers. Also the Labor Party are now misogynists. From possibly the most frightening human being I've ever seen..I needed a stiff cup of tea after Q&A.

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/bully...e-new-normal-in-australia-20130627-2oysw.html - Bullying and outright treachery are the new normal in Australia - 27 June 2013 - SMH

..No, the rights of women (including the right to even mention these rights) and the prime minister's rights at work have been thoroughly trashed – by the opposition, by the media and now by the Labor Party caucus.
Including, incredibly, many, maybe most, of its women members.

Those ministers who honourably resigned last night did not include a single woman.
Not one of the nine women ministers showed any sisterly solidarity.

Do these women seriously think that it was OK for our first woman prime minister to be hounded out of office by bullying, duplicity and an outrageous trashing of her reputation?
Do they seriously think they are not also contaminated by the crude culture of misogyny that has now enveloped so much of the Labor Party?..

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/bully...n-australia-20130627-2oysw.html#ixzz2XOu7Z7n8

 

[Boggo]

The jury is out on this Anne Summers.
Pickering is calling a spade a tool for digging holes
http://pickeringpost.com/article/a-vile-piece-of-trash-called-summers/1577

 

[Country Lad]

Welcome Back Kevvie (by Bunyip)

Good one Bunyip, from someone who can't put 2 lines together.

Cheers
Country Lad

 

[Tink]

Yes, thats an excellent poem, bunyip, well done.
LOL Logique at the sisters should have walked out en masse

So glad her own party ousted her, we would never have heard the end of it.

 

[Logique]

The jury is out on this Anne Summers.
Pickering is calling a spade a tool for digging holes
http://pickeringpost.com/article/a-vile-piece-of-trash-called-summers/1577

Pickering, yes always one to call a spade a bl--dy shovel.

I agree with Pickering on this:

We real men adore real women and a thousand “thing”s like you will never drive a wedge between us.

 

[sptrawler]

The Sisters should have resigned en masse, says Anne Summers. Also the Labor Party are now misogynists. From possibly the most frightening human being I've ever seen..I needed a stiff cup of tea after Q&A.

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/bully...e-new-normal-in-australia-20130627-2oysw.html - Bullying and outright treachery are the new normal in Australia - 27 June 2013 - SMH

Yes It's amazing none of the sisters, stood by her, would appear to show a certain amount of shallowness.

Didn't do the womens cause any good though.

 

[Trentb]

That's what so difficult to understand. Where is Rudd's popularity coming from?

In my opinion four things.

1) People wanting to believe that he has changed and want to give him a chance.
2) People who hated Gillard/Rudd but hate Abbott more.
3) People who are not rational about/not interested in politics who are looking for any excuse to vote Labor.
4) People who vote based solely on their own interests which align with Labor.

 

[Julia]

In my opinion four things.

1) People wanting to believe that he has changed and want to give him a chance.
2) People who hated Gillard/Rudd but hate Abbott more.
3) People who are not rational about/not interested in politics who are looking for any excuse to vote Labor.
4) People who vote based solely on their own interests which align with Labor.

Thanks, Trent. A logical and rational response.

 

[MrBurns]

I don't like to kick someone when they're down so ill just say that Gillards $200k PA pension will be little compensation for having to live with her massive failures as first female PM.