General Australian Politics Thread

Abbott knows how to argue. Great asset for an Opposition Leader, not so great for a Prime Minister.

edited 6th Mar '14 7:15:57 PM by medicus

It's not over. Not yet.

It seems to me that Labor has abdicated any responsibility it had to being an Opposition to the Greens.

The only thing they talk about is Jobs. Jobs Jobs Jobs Jobs Jobs. Jobs? Jobs! Jobs Jobs.

It's not over. Not yet.

Labor: Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs.

Liberal: Carbon tax, carbon tax, carbon tax, carbon tax.

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Is that because Labor agree with Abbott on a lot of issues?

Keep Rolling On

Yeah. That's why they haven't said much about the death on Manus Island. Because they opened it and set it all up, the Liberals just continued it.

Unions and envrionmentalists are their other punching bags. But the Liberals have things they want to do in government. All Labor cares about is Jobs^TM. Specifically, unionised ones.

edited 8th Mar '14 2:47:06 AM by medicus

It's not over. Not yet.

Yeah. Libs want to start stringing the working man dry and give the top dogs big fat payouts like they're running Calvin Coolidge's joint. But it is something, I give you that.

I'm having to learn to pay the price

News to warm your heart if you're someone like Rupert Murdoch, Turnball wants less regulation of media ownership.

edited 9th Mar '14 5:30:42 AM by editerguy

"Hey Tone, gut the NBN and give me Ten and I'll give you the election."

"Yessur, Mister Murdoch, sir!"

Also Clarke and Dawe on contemporary Australia:

It's not over. Not yet.

''Labor: Jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs, jobs.

Liberal: Carbon tax, carbon tax, carbon tax, carbon tax.''

With the Tasmanian elections heating up I thought one for the Greens might be appropriate.

Mc Kim, you snickering, floppy eared hound. When courage is needed, you're never around. Those medals you wear on your moth-eaten chest Should be there for bungling at which you are best.

So, stop that pulp mill Stop that pulp mill Stop that pulp mill Stop that pulp mill Stop that pulp mill Stop that pulp mill Stop that pulp mill Howwww!

Nab it Jab it Tab it Grab it Stop that pulp mill now

Currently reading up My Rule Fu Is Stronger than Yours

So, the Libs have basically won Tasmania. I think this is a repeat of what happened in the federal election: people were just disillusioned with Labor faffing around for so long. Hell, I know I was, but I voted Greens. Hard for me to imagine what the Liberals will be like once they're in charge here; I was only four when Labor's seventeen-year run began.

edited 16th Mar '14 12:49:04 PM by Jetstreamiest

State Liberals are not Federal Liberals. For all his faults (the drink curfew comes into mind) I'd much prefer Barry o'Farrel than Tony Abbott + crew (save a few, probably).

Pity those of us in Queensland. Campbell Newman is as bad or worse than Abbott in may regards and he has a huge majority and no upper house to deal with. He's pissed off more or less the entire Queensland judiciary, has got the entire public health system teetering on a knife edge as the doctors threatening to quite en-masse.

Though smart money is on him not surviving the next election, even if the LNP does get back into power. Polling in his seat has seen some big swings against him (and in the Redcliffe by-election there was a sixteen percent swing against the LNP and while some of that would be dissatisfaction with the previous member a lot of it was directed at the LNP and Newman directly).

I'm just worried that now that the Libs have won Tas that now the deforestation of Tasmania is pretty much going to go ahead with no problem.

edited 16th Mar '14 7:28:43 PM by PippingFool

I'm having to learn to pay the price

hey, look at this completely unrelated wikipedia article I came across.

I'm baaaaaaack

Dude don't

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I'm on the wrong side of the planet for that. Just saying there's people who might.

I'm baaaaaaack

I know, I just don't think we should bring up potentially harmful actions in such manner.

Sorry for being a downer.

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hey, don't be sorry for your views. it's good to have a strong opinion on these things.

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Thanks! :D

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And they're both from NSW, I wonder what would have happened if their positions were reversed?

To be honest, I actually prefer O'Farrell's Libs to NSW Labor, because NSW Labor seem so hopelessly, blithely corrupt and incompetent.

But I don't like O'Farrell much either.

edited 16th Mar '14 11:55:37 PM by editerguy

I'd prefer a fresh pile of dodo droppings to Barry O'Farrell as PM myself. The man has already undermined the NSW legal system with his batch of reactionary knee-jerk laws to combat bike motorcycle and alcohol violence.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_in_March

The top paragraph made me lol.

Wanna see the random crap I get up to? Me neither. http://jesseskwilliams.tumblr.com/

Liberal Senator accused of making $20 million profit from government infrastructure deal.

Meanwhile, Reinhart is making noise about small govt in NT with rhetoric she seems to have stolen from US conservatives.

In this case, Forbes said the same thing in a global context years ago. Australia's right-wing seems to be pretty dominated by US ideology these days.

[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-19/red-tape-repeal-to-scrap-charities-watchdog/5330788 Abbot has made today a "Red Tape Repeal" Day]].

The classification one make sense. (The Imperial to Metric one not sure since I'm not sure what that's originally for.) The axing of a charity commission... not quite so.

Meanwhile Queensland Attorney-General Jarrod Bleijie is planning to appeal the sentence of Daniel Morcombe's murderer, saying it is too lenient and not in line with "community expectations."

Fuck off Bleijie, you odious credit, you little twerp. How someone with your lack of experience became Attorney-General I'll never know. A 32-year old conveyancing lawyer is now the chief lawmaker in my state. It's a disgrace. He's a desperate little populist, hoping that being mean to pedophiles and scary-looking people (bikies) will win votes.

And "community expectations"? Eat a bag of dicks. If Brett Peter Cowan's sentence met "community expectations" we'd be begging for the guillotine to be brought back. Do you know that it was originally supposed to be a HUMANE method of execution? If Cowan was punished in line with "community expectations" he'd be lucky to die before they stuffed his genitals in his mouth.

edited 19th Mar '14 2:57:53 PM by medicus

It's not over. Not yet.