That's typically poor reporting from the Brisbane Times. In "The Australian" the focus is as follows:Tony Abbott's come under criticism for this,
Upon reading it a few times, I see only one thing wrong with it. Take away the word authentic, but beyond that, criticism of the above is in my view, political correctness gone mad.
http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/br...re-language-clunky-lib-mp-20121114-29bea.html
At a dinner in Alice Springs on Saturday, Mr Abbott described Mr Wyatt as a good bloke, but "not a man of culture". Several people who were at the dinner confirmed the comments and mentioned their concern about the remarks.
At a dinner in Alice Springs on Saturday, Mr Abbott described Mr Wyatt as a good bloke, but "not a man of culture". Several people who were at the dinner confirmed the comments and mentioned their concern about the remarks.
It's not just political correctness that deems such a remark to be insulting imo.
I guess we see what we want to see. I don't at all see how he has answered her question above about how he will ameliorate that additional 79% of price rises which are not attributable to the carbon tax.
Instead, he just parrots off his usual slogan. People are just sick of this.
The Australian has the same quote.That's typically poor reporting from the Brisbane Times.
With reference to the Saturday dinner comment in Alice Springs that The Australian has reported, that was a poor choice of words.No wonder voters can't see Mr Abbott as a leader when he apparently is incapable of suitably phrasing his comments so as not to insult his own MPs.
its a stupid question, I didnt realise people were interested in pollies setting price controls..just as stupid as politicians guaranteeing petrol below a certain price or guaranteeing budget surplus when too much of the revenue is determined by macro factors out of their control..
now the better question is, what sort of policy measures will you enact to improve price efficiency within the energy market.. not "what are you going to do to ensure a ceiling price on electricity"
The question wasn't will you put a ceiling on prices, the question was will you bring prices down. It's clearly a loaded question but it has nothing to do with ceilings. It would be no different to saying "I will lower excise tax on fuel". That will bring prices down, without a price ceiling.
You either can or you can't. If you can't then just say you can't or at least have a more credible answer, perhaps about looking into efficiency rather than just repeating a tired hashtag.
i disagree, fuel prices could lower and could also rise reducing the excise tax, as I said theres a large macro component thats out of a pollies control. If you read between the lines what she was asking was can you guarantee prices will be lower, thus if prices skyrocket due to macro conditions we can play gotcha journalism..
his answer was deficient, just not as deficient as the question itself
I don't disagree with you, which is why I said it was a loaded question. He just answered it poorly and reverted back to a slogan which has been overdone.
The question on its own is not a bad question to ask: If you were elected how would you tackle rising power prices?
It's clearly something that concerns many people in the community and it's a fair question to ask someone who would be the leader of the alternate government.
I don't disagree with you, which is why I said it was a loaded question. He just answered it poorly and reverted back to a slogan which has been overdone.
The question on its own is not a bad question to ask: If you were elected how would you tackle rising power prices?
It's clearly something that concerns many people in the community and it's a fair question to ask someone who would be the leader of the alternate government.
Yes he could probably expanded the answer to include the explanation that removing the carbon tax will reduce the cost of generation by not placing an impost on burning cheap coal.
However, one would expect most people to know that, as it has been hammered for a couple of years.
IMO it shows the reporter is either thick or she thinks the viewing public is thick. My money is on her.
white_goodman said:totally agree if that was the question, however the question she asked was essentially backing him into a guarantee out of his control largely..
Prices have been rising for the last seven or so years, well before a carbon tax was even being discussed. From every break down of costs I have seen, over investment in infrastructure (poles and wires) and an archaic metering system that allows heavy power users to be subsidised by light users are the main price drivers.
If we were smart, we'd be investing in nuclear energy. Clean and cheap. The Greens don't want nuclear and they don't want coal, so I have to put my nan on exercise bike to power the TV so I can watch Big Brother.
But I'd expect him to be able to deal competently with a woman who's toughest interview is asking some Hollywood reporter which celebrity needed the most amount of wax for their Brazilian. That's why Abbott is useless, IMO.
public speaking ability doesnt concern me as much as a solid theory on the role of govt, and policy... the latter is still less then desirable
It may not concern you, but if you want to win an election you better have the ability to communicate your ideas to a broader audience than a bunch of wonkish economists.
I know he wants to get rid of the carbon tax. The rest of his policies are a mystery and/or enigma.
It may not concern you, but if you want to win an election you better have the ability to communicate your ideas to a broader audience than a bunch of wonkish economists.
I know he wants to get rid of the carbon tax. The rest of his policies are a mystery and/or enigma.
You can't seriously imagine Kerry O'Brien would be even remotely interested in such a proposition.Maybe the Liberal Party Machine could do worse than employ Kerry O'Brien for an intensive 2 or 3 week thrashing for Tony.
You can't seriously imagine Kerry O'Brien would be even remotely interested in such a proposition.
I'd think Mr O'Brien is well enough served with employment opportunities should he want them.
Working for the Libs would be very, very well down his list imo, in fact I cannot see it ever, ever happening.
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