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Australian Federal Election 2010

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IF asking you for your opinion is trolling then I am guilty.

So here I go trolling again :rolleyes:; why not tell us honestly what you think LK on:

- The Malaysia solution?
- The carbon dioxide tax?
- What should happen with Thompson?
- How the government and in particular Gillard is going?
 
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No, trolling is asking a question completely unrelated to my post in the hope of furthering your own agenda. I'm under no obligation to answer stupid questions.
 
I referred to Abbotts failure to get the independents on his side. This is why.

THE way Tony Windsor recalls it, Tony Abbott begged crossbench MPs to make him prime minister, joking that ''the only thing I wouldn't do is sell my arse - but I'd have to give serious thought to it''.
In interviews with The Sunday Age to mark the anniversary of their decision to back Julia Gillard to run the country, independent MPs have revealed startling new details of their reservations about the Opposition Leader - including that joking plea.
And Bob Katter - one of the crossbenchers who backed Mr Abbott - is now deeply disenchanted, accusing the Liberal leader of welshing on a deal to put up laws mandating ethanol in petrol. Mr Katter says the Coalition's failure to put up the laws before the Greens took control of the Senate fills him ''with a deep sense of disquiet'' over whether Mr Abbott can be relied on.
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All four crossbenchers who backed Labor said they preferred Malcolm Turnbull to Mr Abbott.
Independent Tony Windsor recalls feeling alarm and pity when Mr Abbott revealed the depth of his desire to become prime minister.
''I remember him saying, 'Tony, I would do anything for this job. The only thing I wouldn't do is sell my arse - but I'd have to give serious thought to it.'''
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Why he is not subject to more scrutiny is amazing. The man is not fit to lead this country. He is prepared to do anything to get power, and has no idea how he is going to pay the $70 billion he has promised.
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Problem is that Windsor is a proven liar and a worse one than even Gillard.

Abbott has already paid for his failing in negotions 12 months ago and he would be a fool if he didn't learn from them. Gillard on the other hand made deals to get into power and she is having a lot of difficulty in delivering (ie. poky reform). Making promises one cannot deliver on makes one a liar and a fool.

In the meantime, the pressure on this government is the real story. Left wing commentators, political supporters and the sheeple of the left grope around for anything to distract from this governments' incompetencies and scandals.

Shallow and transparent.
 
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I referred to Abbotts failure to get the independents on his side. This is why.



Why he is not subject to more scrutiny is amazing. The man is not fit to lead this country. He is prepared to do anything to get power, and has no idea how he is going to pay the $70 billion he has promised.
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IMHO one of the few attractive aspects of Tony Abbott is his sense of humor.

I think the photo in the SMH shows they are taking in the right spirit at least.
 
Here we go...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-29/gillard-support-slumps-in-queensland-poll/2859670

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd would be the only federal Labor MP left in Queensland if an election was held today, according to the latest opinion poll published in Brisbane's Courier Mail newspaper.

The Galaxy poll has found support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Government has plummeted in Queensland, with the party holding only 23 per cent of the primary vote.
 
THE AUSTRALIAN published today an opinion piece by Glenn Milne which includes assertions about the conduct of the Prime Minister. The Australian acknowledges these assertions are untrue. The Australian also acknowledges no attempt was made by anyone employed by, or associated with, The Australian to contact the Prime Minister in relation to this matter.
The Australian unreservedly apologises to the Prime Minister and to its readers for the publication of these claims.
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/correction/story-fn6nj4ny-1226124242214
 
http://bamftiger.visibli.com/share/ZWKaKo

And here's a copy of the stat dec that Glenn Milne's employers had to withdraw (in part) at The Australian. It is also what has contributed to the silencing of some other journalists over the past 24 hours.

It seems Ms Gillard has been something of a bully - no surprise there - around this stat dec, and no wonder.

One wonders how this will play out long term: will this be the end of it? Or will the journalists go even harder now? I honestly couldn't guess.

What I do know is that this is not a good look for far too many people, left, right and centre. I also think that one or two careers may be in diabolical trouble - including possibly, the PMs. But who could honestly say?


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http://networkedblogs.com/mjQtZ

An even better (readable) copy.
 
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http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nat...ution-in-tatters/story-e6frgd0x-1226126557921

Julia Gillard's asylum-seeker solution in tatters


THE High Court of Australia has effectively ruled that the Gillard government is incompetent and incapable of delivering on its most fervently-held policies and beliefs.

This is an amazing judicial destruction of a government policy; there is no grey, no political compensation and no solace for Labor in the High Court judgment ruling “invalid” the Gillard government's Malaysian solution to illegal boat arrivals.

We all knew this already, but confirmation from the High Court is can't help either.

That said, this is surprisingly good news for Gillard and her government - it will momentarily take their minds off her sex life and connections to conmen and fraudsters.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-31/high-court-rules-on-asylum-seeker-challenge/2864218

A more hopeful ABC article. :)
 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-08-...ax-to-a-tale-of-rambling-incompetence/2864462

An amazing spray from Annabel Crabb at the Drum. I have highlighted the best bits. :)

Today's decision from the High Court is disastrous for the Government on a number of fronts.

It's disastrous because the deterrent effect that was the redeeming feature of this harsh and - in terms of Labor's history in this policy area - hypocritical solution has now evaporated.
Australia remains obliged to accept 4,000 new refugees from the Malaysian queues, and must now additionally expect a new influx of boat arrivals through the usual channels.

It's disastrous because having hoped to draw attention to the toughness of its new border protection policy, the Government has now effectively hung a lantern on its own problems.

It's disastrous because rather than brutally curtailing the sense of crisis, the Government has fanned it with this failed policy.

But the most egregious aspect of today's decision by the High Court is that it provides a new and crushing chapter in what has become a tale of rambling incompetence.

Across both Rudd and Gillard governments, this policy area has played host to a most dispiriting display of opportunism, mendacity and half-arsedness.


and..

Of the Malaysian Solution itself, and its Papua New Guinea variant, announced prematurely, and negotiated under circumstances of naked Government desperation, I need hardly remind you, seeing as it is so fresh in the memory. (Of the Government's full reversal from an insistence that push factors alone affect the number of boat arrivals, to the assumption deeply implicit in the Malaysian plan that pull factors are paramount, you will never hear an explanation.)

if anyone in the Government is still wondering why voters don't believe Julia Gillard when she says she has things under control, today should provide a devastating answer.

Who needs friends when..... well, you know the rest.
 
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