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Tony Abbott for PM

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Tisme said:
But Rudd and Gillard have international cred and are in demand...President of the Asia Society Policy Institute and Chair Global Institute for Women’s Leadership respectively. Abbott doesn't have that appeal.
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True, which indicates his lack of relevance in this country if he can't impress anyone else.
 
I was kind of hoping Julie Bishop could have a go but it's probably a moot point now. Too late to change leaders with an election next year. I still think the Coalition can win at 48-52 with Turnbull way ahead of Shorten. Election campaigns and postal votes usually favour the Libs.

What are the odds? 2 to 1 or something? I might stick a lazy hundred in :)
 
PZ99 said:
I was kind of hoping Julie Bishop could have a go but it's probably a moot point now. Too late to change leaders with an election next year. I still think the Coalition can win at 48-52 with Turnbull way ahead of Shorten. Election campaigns and postal votes usually favour the Libs.

What are the odds? 2 to 1 or something? I might stick a lazy hundred in :)
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I think the Libs have had their day unless Shorten makes a big goof. The company tax cut and banking RC fiascos shows who the Coalition cares about most and it isn't your average wage earner.
 
SirRumpole said:
I think the Libs have had their day unless Shorten makes a big goof. The company tax cut and banking RC fiascos shows who the Coalition cares about most and it isn't your average wage earner.
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One has this gut feeling that economic growth and falling unemployment will help the Govt between now and then :2twocents
 
PZ99 said:
I was kind of hoping Julie Bishop could have a go but it's probably a moot point now. Too late to change leaders with an election next year. I still think the Coalition can win at 48-52 with Turnbull way ahead of Shorten. Election campaigns and postal votes usually favour the Libs.

What are the odds? 2 to 1 or something? I might stick a lazy hundred in :)
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From memory, when Julie was put in an up front job, she stumbled a lot with the press when under pressure.
She is doing a great job where she is.
I agree it is too late to change now, but Morrison is probably the only chance, he has been on t.v in a senior role.
Abbott is probably doing a good job of keeping Turnbull to the right.
 
sptrawler said:
From memory, when Julie was put in an up front job, she stumbled a lot with the press when under pressure.
She is doing a great job where she is.
I agree it is too late to change now, but Morrison is probably the only chance, he has been on t.v in a senior role.
Abbott is probably doing a good job of keeping Turnbull to the right.
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It's not Morrison who is being touted as heir apparent, but Peter Dutton !!!!
 
PZ99 said:
Yep, Turnbull gets rattled so easily and I think that comment might be rather costly.

Dutto could be da man :)
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There is a difference between being acceptable to one's party and being acceptable to the voters.

If Dutton was given a grilling on foreign, health, education or economic policy he would be useless. He's great at kicking refugees but not so great on anything much else.
 
Morrison is the only one of the current bunch IMO, who could take over, he doesn't trip over himself.
The other thing is, he can debate with the press, without being talked over or side tracked.
Dutton would be a disaster IMO.
Fairfax would prefer to keep Muddling Malcolm, but next best to take the pizz out of would be Dutto.
They probably have all the pizz taking short videos, in storage, waiting to go.:D
 
SirRumpole said:
There is a difference between being acceptable to one's party and being acceptable to the voters.

If Dutton was given a grilling on foreign, health, education or economic policy he would be useless. He's great at kicking refugees but not so great on anything much else.
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That's why I'm nominating him ;)
 
SirRumpole said:
You mean the guy who has won 60 consecutive Newspolls ? :roflmao:
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As preferred P.M ? I don't think so. :p

The albatross around Labor's neck.:roflmao:

Unfortunately labor will probably win, despite him.:(

Malcolm Turnbull Labor's greatest weapon, sad really, because Labor will make things hard for the average person. IMO
Time will tell.
 
In W.A Labor have won office, with a landslide.
Since being in they have doubled the service cost for electricity, which hits those who can least afford it, their words when in opposition.
The Libs would have never got away with it.
I'm sure I read, the bond assistance scheme for the needy has been halved.
They are now talking about removing the 7c feed in tariff for solar, yet they on sell the feed in electricity for 25c, they say the feed in tariff is no longer required?
I think they are doing a good job in W.A, and I will vote for them, but I am under no illusion they are there for the "little man".
 
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