Tony Abbott for PM

[Duckman#72]

The biggest joke was the lack of money spent on infrastructure and equipment and blamed solely on the wharfies

Todster, why on Earth would Government or private enterprise invest millions of dollars upgrading and improving port infrastructure and loading equipment when it is effectively being held captive by the workforce. A port using "World's Best Practice" equipment and systems will just be another poorly functioning business if the work force solely dictates when, where and under what conditions they operate.

You have just demonstrated why it was so important to "bust open" the industry.

Duckman

 

[todster]

Todster, why on Earth would Government or private enterprise invest millions of dollars upgrading and improving port infrastructure and loading equipment when it is effectively being held captive by the workforce. A port using "World's Best Practice" equipment and systems will just be another poorly functioning business if the work force solely dictates when, where and under what conditions they operate.

You have just demonstrated why it was so important to "bust open" the industry.

Duckman

Mate i'm talkin after the fact,container movements in some cases went backwards

 

[trainspotter]

OOOoooeeeeeerrr .... is this trivial? Labor stooges in the media have another beat up to play with.

COALITION MPs have given different accounts of a party room meeting in which their leader Tony Abbott reportedly forecast a "famous victory".

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-new...ader-tony-abbott/story-e6frfku0-1225883106361

But wait there is more ! Now this is more newsworthy !

The Federal Government says Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's delay in declaring a change to his home loan arrangements to Parliament raises questions about his ability to be Prime Minister.

Mr Abbott changed mortgage providers two years ago but only recently updated the pecuniary interest register to declare it.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/23/2934422.htm

Now this is not becoming of a future PM now is it !

 

[noco]

OOOoooeeeeeerrr .... is this trivial? Labor stooges in the media have another beat up to play with.

COALITION MPs have given different accounts of a party room meeting in which their leader Tony Abbott reportedly forecast a "famous victory".

http://www.news.com.au/breaking-new...ader-tony-abbott/story-e6frfku0-1225883106361

But wait there is more ! Now this is more newsworthy !

The Federal Government says Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's delay in declaring a change to his home loan arrangements to Parliament raises questions about his ability to be Prime Minister.

Mr Abbott changed mortgage providers two years ago but only recently updated the pecuniary interest register to declare it.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/23/2934422.htm

Now this is not becoming of a future PM now is it !

How would you compare Abbotts over sight to Keating overlooking hsi tax return for 2 or 3 years?
Looks the Labor Party are desperate to dig up dirt on Abbott. That's our Prime Minister at his best!

 

[nulla nulla]

I wondered how long it would take to pop up here.

A failure to comply with Parlimentary procedures; and
A perceived inability to live with-in his means (the reason given for the refinancing being to cover some "family living expenses").

And people want to put him in charge of the Australian economy?

 

[Timmy]

June 22, 2010 TONY Abbott has declared the Coalition within reach of a "famous victory"

 

[trainspotter]

Next election we get to choose from these two candidates. She will b!itchslap him clean across the kitchen floor.

I can hardly wait ....... wake me up when it is finished

 

[drsmith]

Next election we get to choose from these two candidates. She will b!itchslap him clean across the kitchen floor.

I can hardly wait ....... wake me up when it is finished

Tony will have to be at the top of his game and his game will have needed to improved, significantly.

 

[IFocus]

On the face on it Gillard will slice and dice Abbott, if this will transfer through to votes for Labor is another question.

My wife is Liberal but will vote for Gillard over Abbott so I guess Labor will need Abbott for the election just like Abbott needed Rudd interesting times ahead.

 

[Calliope]

On the face on it Gillard will slice and dice Abbott, if this will transfer through to votes for Labor is another question.

My wife is Liberal but will vote for Gillard over Abbott so I guess Labor will need Abbott for the election just like Abbott needed Rudd interesting times ahead.

I'm afraid you are right. The only thing Abbott had going for him was Rudd. Gillard killed them both off yesterday.

 

[trainspotter]

During their morning confrontations on the Today Show Gillard tore Abbott apart and made him look foolish. I enjoyed every minute of it. Abbott is far better in Parliament where his questions and answers are prepared. I am afraid he cannot think on his feet and is not very quick witted. She knows how to push his buttons and he takes the bait every time. "Aah aaah aah" before every opening sentence leaves me cold and is not conducive to enrapturing the voting public towards his ideals or for that matter the idealogy of the Liberal Party. What you see is what you get with Tony and no matter how much he believes he is doing the right thing it always comes across as quirky and inane. And the media report it this way as well.

 

[Julia]

Ms Gillard is also an exceptional parliamentary performer, so it's Tony Abbott's good luck that he's unlikely to be exposed to her skills in question time before the election.

I wonder if there will be Leaders' debates? Mr Abbott would find it very hard to match her if so.

He has that old fashioned view about women in many ways. Possibly this could even include a reluctance to be too aggressive toward a woman.

 

[trainspotter]

Abbott must be thanking his lucky stars for the Parliament winter break until August 31st. Penriths MP elect Stuart Ayres will be sworn in as well. The 29-year-old won the seat of Penrith in Saturday's by-election, recording a record 25.5 per cent swing away from Labor. Go you Liberal good thing !

My bet is that PM Gillard will have honed her diatribe to a very sharp point by the resumption of Parliament and use it to stick it to the Opposition. RSPT will be negotiated down to a palatable for both sides victory that will see everyone come up smelling like roses and Mr Rudd will be made Foreign Affairs Minister. There will be a plethora of GOOD NEWS come out of Canberra and the spin will be forgotten and replaced with more facts and figures as to how well they are doing as a Government and how well the Country is performing under their guidance. Asylum seekers will be more harshly dealt with for the time being to make us think they are on top of the situation or just simply will not even blip on the radar as it punishing them in the polls.

The election will be called late October or early November and the sheeple will vote for the encumbent PM with a narrow victory to Labor due to Julia Gillards excellent political nouse and willingness to be seen as a solutionist to the problems we face as a Nation. She has very little baggage for the media to choke on as well.

 

[wayneL]

Ms Gillard is also an exceptional parliamentary performer, so it's Tony Abbott's good luck that he's unlikely to be exposed to her skills in question time before the election.

I wonder if there will be Leaders' debates? Mr Abbott would find it very hard to match her if so.

He has that old fashioned view about women in many ways. Possibly this could even include a reluctance to be too aggressive toward a woman.

Abbott is now redundant. Dullards intellectual secularism will run rings around Abbott's Christian tomfoolery.

The Libs need a solid logician debate on terms of policy and idealogy.

FFS bring back Pete.

 

[Julia]

FFS bring back Pete.

I don't think there's any chance of that, Wayne.
A couple of weeks ago I sent an email to his office asking if there was any possibility of his reappearance. Haven't even had an acknowledgement.

I reckon Costello was so chagrined and angry about not being given the leadership when he wanted it (and if he's to be believed, when John Howard had agreed to hand it over), he was turned off the Liberal Party for ever.
He is probably right now feeling amused at the notion of Tony Abbott and the rest of the Party being demolished by Ms Gillard.

You'll recall how he sat on the back bench for months, refusing to actually leave and keeping everyone in suspense, meanwhile feeding his ego with all the entreaties for him to return and save them.

 

[Calliope]

I wonder if there will be Leaders' debates? Mr Abbott would find it very hard to match her if so.

He has that old fashioned view about women in many ways. Possibly this could even include a reluctance to be too aggressive toward a woman.

You have hit the nail on the head. Abbott is an attack dog. Male dogs will not attack a bitch. However bitches have no hesitation in snapping at male dogs, when they are not in the mood.

 

[Bolle]

caliope; so very true.

can we have Joe Hockey as lib leader? Or would he feel reluctant to face Julia Gillard knowing that she might win simply because bogans and feminists will vote for her, irrespective of policy?

For the sake of the country i'd like to see Joe take her on now, but from his perspective, it probably seems like a better idea to wait, and to at least make the liberal party look more stable than labour is right now...

I personally wouldn't mind, however, if both parties right now had a major shuffle. Lib would be within their rights to say "well, looks like the rules just changed... here's our NEW leader, atcha!" But that tit for tatting doesn't win votes i'm sure.

I'm not proud that we have a female PM, not like this... if the country had voted her in, then sure - but to have her just appointed like this, while ousting someone else, doesn't feel like something to be proud of. This is not the step forward that some people are taking it to be, that's for sure.

 

[drsmith]

Tony needs to polish up how he ends media interviews. Today's effort where he suddenly terminated questions and turned his back didn't look too good.

He would have been better to suggest one or two more questions as a lead in to ending the interview.

 

[Duckman#72]

Tony needs to polish up how he ends media interviews.

LOL's

If you read back through this thread (not a long time ago), it shows how far Tony has come and Julia has fallen!!

If you told members on ASF 5 weeks ago the worst thing written on the "Tony Abbott for PM" thread on the 3rd August is "Tony needs to polish up how he ends media interviews" and everyone would have laughed at you.

Good on you Tony. Keep it up.

Duckman

 

[todster]

LOL's

If you read back through this thread (not a long time ago), it shows how far Tony has come and Julia has fallen!!

If you told members on ASF 5 weeks ago the worst thing written on the "Tony Abbott for PM" thread on the 3rd August is "Tony needs to polish up how he ends media interviews" and everyone would have laughed at you.

Good on you Tony. Keep it up.

Duckman

Exactly you can count on him to do nothing if he wins office,sit on a surplus as the place falls apart,by the way how can they return to surplus so easy after all the drunken sailor antics