Re: Aus Federal Politics thread (IX)

[JGK]

Gary Gray joins the cabinet as Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Tourism and Minister for Small Business;

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus also takes on roles of Special Minister of State and Minister for the Public Service and Integrity;

Jason Clare retains role of Minister for Home Affairs and Justice and joins cabinet as a full member;

Anthony Albanese continues as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, and takes on Minister for Regional Development and Local Government;

Catherine King joins outer Ministry as Minister for Regional Services, Local Communities and Territories, and as Minister for Road Safety.

Tony Burke adds Arts to his roles of Minister for Sustainable Population, Communities Environment and Water;

Michael Danby is promoted to Parliamentary Secretary for Arts;

Craig Emerson continues as Minister for Trade and Competiveness and Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on Asian Century Policy, and takes on Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research.

Don Farrell becomes Minister for Science and Research, and Minister Assisting on Tourism;

Sharon Bird takes on role of Minister for Higher Education and Skills;

Greg Combet is now the Minister for Climate Change, Industry and Innovation;

Jan McLucas is promoted to Minister for Human Services;

Bernie Ripoll becomes Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business;

Andrew Leigh will be Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister;

Matt Thistlethwaite becomes Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs and Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs;

Amanda Rishworth becomes Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers;

Shayne Neumann will be Parliamentary Secretary to the Attorney-General and Parliamentary Secretary for Health and Ageing.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/full-list-of-changes-to-the-gillard-ministry-20130325-2gp93.html#ixzz2OVlEWHp5

[JGK]

Wouldn't you love our press to be this fearless:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/video/2013/mar/24/boris-johnson-accused-nasty-video

[horace]

oh well our current press are incapable...I hope that the Guardian when it starts its outlet here will be just as fearless

[horace]

it might catch the Mad Monk saying the word precious with a strange accent

[Allan D]

Wouldn't you love our press to be this fearless:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/video/2013/mar/24/boris-johnson-accused-nasty-video

Not the Press but the compulsory levy-supported BBC about which this news item has appeared:

"Dr Who" bosses preyed on young fans

A spokesman for the BBC was unavailable for comment.

[JGK]

Tories just can't help playing the man.

[horace]

not much option given their lack of policies

[skully]

Tories just can't help playing the man.

[skully]

The Vulture lurches from one bad judgment call to another

"Prime Minister Julia Gillard has defended inviting radio DJ Kyle Sandilands to play the Easter bunny at an egg hunt for sick children at her official residence in Sydney.
...
Liberal frontbencher Greg Hunt has questioned Ms Gillard's judgment in inviting Sandilands, in light of her "massive lectures" on misogyny.

"That's a funny way of going about proving your credentials and concerns on these issues," he told Radio 2CC in Canberra."

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The Vulture organises a photo op at Kirribilli House with the biggest misogynist on radio, Kyle "The Qunt" Sandilands. Basically because 2 DAY-FM is the only radio station that fawns over her.

What a hypocritical piece of trailer park trash our PM is. All the judgment of a drunken sailor.

[skully]

More hypocrisy from the Vulture

"THE Gillard government is rekindling the class war of the early post-war period but must rediscover the inclusiveness of the Hawke and Keating governments if it is to reconnect with voters, Martin Ferguson has warned.

Outlining the reasons for his resignation as minister for resources and tourism, Mr Ferguson said Labor had done a good job in saving Australia from the worst of the global financial crisis.

But the rot set in in 2010, when the government ran with Treasury briefings claiming that mining companies were not paying their fair share of tax. This morphed into Wayne Swan's all-out assault on rich mining entrepreneurs.

"The class-war rhetoric that started with the mining dispute of 2010 must cease. It is doing the Labor Party no good," Mr Ferguson said yesterday."

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The Vulture tried to arrogantly smear Tony Abbott on class warfare because he has a Northern beaches/Mosman Electorate. Now she is desperately playing the tired Union class card of rich v battling weeeeerker. Has there ever been a weaker Pinko PM with such poor judgment? That would be "NO".

No wonder Kunting won't go anywhere near her. He must just be shaking his head in disgust.

[Paul Keating]

What kind of judgement does Abbott have when his chief advisor used to be the founder of One Nation. And he is close friends with Cory Bernardi.

What kind of judgement is that?

[Paul Keating]

58-42 to the Coalition in the latest Newspoll

Essential, Morgan and Galaxy conducted polls over the weekend and it averaged about 55-45

[embee]

Michael Smith reports that apparently* Albanese cant organise a root in a brothel ...(just a traditional Thai massage)

[skully]

58-42 to the Coalition in the latest Newspoll

Essential, Morgan and Galaxy conducted polls over the weekend and it averaged about 55-45

Really?

"Last weekend’s multi-mode Morgan Poll shows support for the L-NP increasing to 57% (up 2.5% since March 14-17, 2013) cf. ALP 43% (down 2.5%) on a two-party preferred basis.

The L-NP primary vote is 46.5% (up 0.5%) clearly ahead of the ALP 30.5% (down 2.5%). Among the minor parties Greens support is 10.5% (unchanged) and Independents/ Others are 12.5% (up 2%).

If a Federal Election were held today the L-NP would easily win the election according to today’s multi-mode Morgan Poll on Federal voting intention conducted over the last few days, March 21-24, 2013 with an Australia-wide cross-section of 3,494 Australian electors aged 18+.

Most of the drop in support for the ALP was amongst men — the ALP primary vote for men dropped 4.5% to 27% while for women the ALP primary vote dropped by only 0.5% to 34%.

After last week’s political turmoil the Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating has now dropped to 99.5pts (down 12pts in a week) with 41% (down 6%) saying Australia is ‘heading in the right direction,’ compared to 41.5% (up 6%) saying Australia is ‘heading in the wrong direction’.

Gary Morgan says:

“Today’s Morgan Poll shows the L-NP (57%, up 2.5%) increasing its significant lead over the ALP (43%, down 2.5%) on a two-party preferred basis after the disorder in the Federal Government last week brought new questions about who will lead the ALP to this year’s Federal Election — set to be held on September 14, 2013.

“The leadership worries about Prime Minister Julia Gillard were on full display as former Labor Leader Simon Crean called for a leadership spill — although former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd refused to challenge Gillard who was reconfirmed as leader unopposed. However, the Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating plunged by 12pts to 99.5 in the wake of the turmoil.

“Although Federal Parliament is not due to sit again until the Federal Budget is delivered in early May, the Opposition has already indicated it will move a ‘No Confidence Motion’ in the Government on Budget Day, potentially causing renewed leadership speculation for the Gillard Government as it sets out its policies for re-election.”

Electors were asked: “If an election for the House of Representatives were held today — which party would receive your first preference?”

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3,500 people polled.

[skully]

The interesting thing in the latest Morgan Poll is that men have absolutely deserted the Pinkos. On a 2PP basis, only 38% of men's votes go to the Pinkos, 62% to Libs (last Morgan poll was 42.5 - 57.5). On the women's side, the Pinkos get 47.5% of their votes, 52.5% to Libs (last poll 48 - 52).

So the class warfare and misogynist bullshit has made little change on the chicks but polarised the blokes. Well played, ya dumb bint. Keep playing that man.

[horace]

What kind of judgement does Abbott have when his chief advisor used to be the founder of One Nation. And he is close friends with Cory Bernardi.

What kind of judgement is that?

we are about to enter the nadir of Oz politics...

ironically among the pending court cases involving the MM is one with another One Nation figure...dates back to the MM slush fund designed to outflank both the one nation racists and those in the ALP who play the dog whistle siren song...

the questions arise about who contributed to the MM slush fund, how the funds were applied and on what advice and who benefitted

[skully]

PMSL at the struggling Pinko supporters. None of that bullshit gets a run in the media (mainly because it's irrelevant and petty), but every little misstep by the Vulture gets pounced on. Wonder what her next fark up will be?

Dead PM Walking.



Yes, that's the vile Kyle Sandilands in the PM's photo op. A vile and grubby misogynist. What were her advisers thinking?

[horace]

Skully - of course you are right...these matters do not get a run and rarely will in the criminal News Ltd media

[skully]

Well, old boy, you rabbiting on about them in here isn't going to give them any gravitas. I can't seem to get Ponts to see that. Every time I make a point I quote a media article. You and dear old Ponts just farts away about something that nobody but you are aware of, or cares about, and never quote directly from any source. Ergo, it may as well be complete bullshit.

Elections are won and lost in the media, and it will take more than a make-over and some glasses to turn the media around on the Vulture and her amateur hour Union cronies.

[Paul Keating]

You say the Vulture has bad judgment by hanging out with Vile Kyle

I say the MM has bad judgment by hanging out with the founder of One Nation. Not just hanging out. He was paying him for advice.

[G.Wood]

No wonder Kunting won't go anywhere near her. He must just be shaking his head in disgust.

I think the fact she has a vagina would have played a part

[embee]

No wonder Kunting won't go anywhere near her. He must just be shaking his head in disgust.

I think the fact she has a vagina would have played a part

Her strap on would overcome that problem ...

[horace]

i think the MM is more aware of these sordid matters....all those private meetings with Georgie and BB

[skully]

You think, but as usual have no back up. Put up or shut up, h. You dribble more than Ponts (who more froths).

[skully]

You say the Vulture has bad judgment by hanging out with Vile Kyle

I say the MM has bad judgment by hanging out with the founder of One Nation. Not just hanging out. He was paying him for advice.

I repeat, "Elections are won and lost in the media". Feel free to quote your scathing articles about the point you are trying to make. There are none, so it's a pointless argument, your word against nobody's. You can only cast one vote, Ponts, Your tears don't earn you the right to extra votes.

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