February 2013
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October 2012
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August 2012
15 posts
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Is Abbott on thin ice? Abbottslutely
A very enlightening article from a highly respected journalist, Michelle Grattan
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/is-abbott-on-thin-ice-absolutely-20120823-24oyz.html
Under tough questioning from presenter Leigh Sales about his insistence the carbon tax was a factor in the Olympic Dam decision, he said he hadn’t read that day’s BHP’s statements. Perhaps the...
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Q&A | The Prime Ministers' Song | 2010 →
A musical finale for the 2010 Q&A season saw a group of singing Prime Ministers - Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Paul Keating and Bob Hawke, take to the Q&A stage to reminise about the past. Tony Jones will return for a new series of Q&A in the new year.
A bit old, but funny nevertheless
Q&A | The Prime Ministers' Song | →
A musical finale for the 2010 Q&A season saw a group of singing Prime Ministers - Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Paul Keating and Bob Hawke, take to the Q&A stage to reminise about the past. Tony Jones will return for a new series of Q&A in the new year -
A bit old, but funny nevertheless.
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Tony is making many friends in Tasmania and South...
SA at risk of becoming an economic minnow like Tasmania, says Tony Abbott
Political Reporter Daniel Wills
AdelaideNow
August 22, 20128:35PM
Federal Liberal Leader Tony Abbott with his state counterpart Isobel Redmond addressing the annual Liberal Party luncheon. Picture: Tait Schmaal Source: AdelaideNow
Never has a political leader been so vulnerable to... →
yeswecanberra:
Tony Abbott’s free ride must end.
Insiders presenter Barrie Cassidy says the media has failed to hold Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to account for his prevarications on asylum seekers and the carbon tax.
Tea With Julia: THINK about the political party... →
teawithjulia:
THE opposition yesterday rejected a key finding of the independent Gonski review that public schools were underfunded, with Tony Abbott arguing they received more than their fair share. Describing himself as a friend of independent schools, the Opposition Leader said private — not public —…
The true spots of Tony Abbott are starting to emerge.
What are the questions?
LEIGH SALES: You've said that it's in the public interest for Julia Gillard to answer some questions regarding her history with Slater & Gordon. What are the questions she needs to answer?
TONY ABBOTT: Look, these are questions that have been put to her by The Australian, which has run I think a very proper investigative analysis of her period with Slater & Gordon.
LEIGH SALES: And what are those questions? What are the questions?
TONY ABBOTT: But look, this isn't the main game for us. The main game for us are the cost of living pressures that this government has inflicted on the Australian public. It's not really ...
LEIGH SALES: Well sure, but a string of your - I'm sorry to interrupt, but a string of your frontbench have come out on this Slater & Gordon issue so I'm just wondering what are the questions that you want answered?
TONY ABBOTT: Well, the issue here is not whether she was an unethical lawyer. The issue surely is she is an unethical prime minister. And that's the main game for us, Leigh.
LEIGH SALES: No, but your - members of your frontbench keep saying she should give a statement to the Parliament. You said you would assist her to do that because you thought it was in the public interest. What are the questions you want to hear her answer in the Parliament?
TONY ABBOTT: And the point I'm making is that various reputable media bodies have put questions to her. I think the ...
LEIGH SALES: I'm just asking what those questions are.
TONY ABBOTT: I think the circumstances of her departure from a previous employer are of public interest, but in the end it's not whether she was an unethical lawyer that matters, it's the fact that this is an untrustworthy prime minister that counts, and that's the main game for us.
LEIGH SALES: But if you can't put to me - if you can't put to me specific questions that you want answered, then why are members of your frontbench running with it as an issue?
Who's to blame?
LEIGH SALES: I'm going on the facts that Marius Kloppers said today when he was directly asked if the decision on Olympic Dam was affected by Australia's tax situation and I'm going on the facts that are outlined in their results statement that they've issued. Have you actually read BHP's statements?
TONY ABBOTT: No, but I've also got again the statement of Jacques Nasser, who says, "While we're still evaluating the impact of the carbon tax, but it just makes it more difficult."
LEIGH SALES: But hang on, no, no, you haven't read their statements today, but you're commenting about what they've announced today and how the Federal Government's to blame for that.
TONY ABBOTT: Leigh, I didn't say that the carbon tax and the mining tax were solely to blame. I said that the carbon tax and the mining tax have created an environment where it's much more difficult for investments like this to go ahead. I bleed for the people of South Australia tonight because there's 8,000 construction jobs, 4,000 production jobs and 13,000 associated jobs that are at the very best on indefinite hold because of this decision.
LEIGH SALES: How do you know more what's to blame though?
TONY ABBOTT: And the mining tax and the carbon tax make a bad investment environment much, much worse.
LEIGH SALES: How do you know more what's to blame than Marius Kloppers, who I presume has read his own documents?
Tony Abbott gets owned by 7.30's Leigh Sales →
tangara:
Fantastic viewing
Our future PM calling as he sees it.
July 2012
23 posts
National Security Inquiry - Discussion Paper...
dr8k:
This post is about the National Security Inquiry being conducted by the House of Representatives. It provides a summary of the proposals and issues and is designed to help people put together submissions to the inquiry. To help this goal, I am providing express permission for people to take and reuse any of the comments I make in this post for their own submissions. Note – this permission...
Australian Government unveils wishlist of new... →
earthlyillusion:
Parliament’s Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (containing such champions of civil liberties such as Phillip Ruddock who you may remember from “anti-terrorism” and “boat people” legislation during Howard) has called for submissions and released a discussion paper proposing “potential reforms of national security legislation”.
Such proposals (from Bernard Keane’s...
Australian Government unveils wishlist of new... →
earthlyillusion:
Parliament’s Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (containing such champions of civil liberties such as Phillip Ruddock who you may remember from “anti-terrorism” and “boat people” legislation during Howard) has called for submissions and released a discussion paper proposing “potential reforms of national security legislation”.
Such proposals (from Bernard Keane’s...
Article on Australia and assylum seekers →
somepeopleneedtochillthefuckout:
Assylum seekers are for some ridiculous reason one of the biggest issues in Australian politics even though what they are doing by law is not illegal and Australia in 2011 took in 11,500 out of a total of 441,300 people seeking assylum in the world. I don’t even understand why we’re surprised by the fact that a lot of people want to come here, we have one of the...
Why Turnball should be PM →
youmeatstickz:
Former Australian opposition leader (conservative) arguing for same-sex marriage.
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Article on Australia and assylum seekers →
somepeopleneedtochillthefuckout:
Assylum seekers are for some ridiculous reason one of the biggest issues in Australian politics even though what they are doing by law is not illegal and Australia in 2011 took in 11,500 out of a total of 441,300 people seeking assylum in the world. I don’t even understand why we’re surprised by the fact that a lot of people want to come here, we have one of the...
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A Plebeian: Economic Populism →
aplebian:
This morning on ABC’s 774 Melbourne the Opposition Leader Tony Abbott outlined that a Coalition government would repel the carbon tax/ETS whilst simultaneously maintaining the tripling of the tax free threshold, tax cuts for those earning under 80k, pension increases and much of the assistance…
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Queensland Parliament
unintentionally:
Did you know that my state has no senate/upper house?
And the party in the house of reps holds 76 out of 89 seats.
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June 2012
14 posts
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Time to register your dog, I mean your... →
shnozman:
Thanks QLD, you really are the sunshine state>_>
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Three Year Jail Threat for Surrogacy →
shnozman:
Changes to surrogacy laws now mean that same-sex couples and singles (no mention of heterosexual couples) face a three year jail sentence for seeking a non-commercial surrogacy arrangement. Nice QLD, nice.
Amazing!
“The reason nine out of 10 people who arrive by boat receive visas is that they...”
– Malcolm Fraser, Abbott’s evil policy work (via puremoaning)
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