tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post5584694547589178625..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: No message is the messageAndrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-31141196880420403762012-06-17T12:24:31.946+10:002012-06-17T12:24:31.946+10:00The media doesn't have enough pull to pull any...The media doesn't have enough pull to pull anyone down. What they need to do is report what did and didn't happen. Interesting that you - and many journalists - think that Abbott should be the only politician to be taken on face value.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-87287841990176219762012-06-17T10:38:14.501+10:002012-06-17T10:38:14.501+10:00It seems that the Media will do anything to pull T...It seems that the Media will do anything to pull Tony Abbott down .Yet I feel that he will make a great Prime Minister , he is more in tune with the General public than any politician that sits in Parliament today .<br /><br />It's about time the Media stops the rot and rubbish of pulling him down . There are many people who want him as Prime Minister of this Country and see him as a man for the people and this country and that's how it should be !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-86800928816353240652012-06-17T10:14:43.941+10:002012-06-17T10:14:43.941+10:00I'll put it as succinctly as possible: Abbott ...I'll put it as succinctly as possible: Abbott is a moron.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-26961374404752186262012-06-14T23:17:22.537+10:002012-06-14T23:17:22.537+10:00Not a chance. There is no way he would survive the...Not a chance. There is no way he would survive the sudden step-up from his cosseted position in Western Australia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-7926574230912256872012-06-14T20:34:45.157+10:002012-06-14T20:34:45.157+10:00Tony Abbott is tolerated because he is "The N...Tony Abbott is tolerated because he is "The Noise", that places the facile Media Machine spotlight on the opposition....he is tolerated because behind him there is nothing but the sound of a lonely cricket!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-87004714265606157642012-06-14T19:07:22.515+10:002012-06-14T19:07:22.515+10:00Could you clarify what you are referring to in las...Could you clarify what you are referring to in last par - do you mean abolishing mining tax and parental leave legislation?bbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-78415584659536775772012-06-14T18:25:30.332+10:002012-06-14T18:25:30.332+10:00This is something I too have been wondering about ...This is something I too have been wondering about lately. In fact it may have already happened when Tony and Chrissie made their infamous run for the exits to avoid the tainted vote? Time will tell, I guessAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-88391162005981779272012-06-14T15:02:52.804+10:002012-06-14T15:02:52.804+10:00Just reading the criteria for Rhodes Scholarship a...Just reading the criteria for Rhodes Scholarship applications it became very obvious that if your application was supported by those with the right connections you would be welcomed into the club.<br /><br />Abbott had the perfect background to thrive in the shallow end of of this swimming pool or nepotism and cronyism.dougnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-3111621178149630752012-06-14T11:19:51.340+10:002012-06-14T11:19:51.340+10:00Can Porter do a Newman and lead the Opposition fro...Can Porter do a Newman and lead the Opposition from outside the Parliament?m0ntyhttp://tinfinger.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-28423087818739287822012-06-14T01:38:47.943+10:002012-06-14T01:38:47.943+10:00Relevant to your post taken from the ABC news site...Relevant to your post taken from the ABC news site.<br />Abbott on discussing the PM's ideas on the Company tax rate.<br />...Opposition leader Tony Abbott has dismissed the forum.<br /><br />"This is a Prime Minister looking for a photo opportunity as she flounders," he said. ....<br /><br />He alleges the media was excluded from key sessions to avoid critical questioning.....<br /><br />The hypocrisy in accusing the PM of looking for a photo opportunity and floundering (not to mention being afraid of the media) is amusing in a way I don't think he intended.Funksoul123https://www.blogger.com/profile/14512374627441568219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-84109724625948257062012-06-13T22:36:47.616+10:002012-06-13T22:36:47.616+10:00I know that, you know that, but the rest of the Li...I know that, you know that, but the rest of the Liberal Party aren't there - with the exception of the Vics, who are going backwards on their home turf.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-39490534053273574532012-06-13T22:35:30.132+10:002012-06-13T22:35:30.132+10:00Yep, he's finished.Yep, he's finished.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-92109068702819336432012-06-13T22:35:07.761+10:002012-06-13T22:35:07.761+10:00I agree that Bishop is more likely than a return t...I agree that Bishop is more likely than a return to Turnbull or a chance on the now diminished Hockey, but disagree that Porter is about anything other than petulance. Moylan has had enough and Porter can see his chance to mix it on a bigger stage than merely being Premier. Porter will, for all his shortcomings, show up Hockey, Dutton, Hunt et al.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-66857763659649955962012-06-13T21:43:12.322+10:002012-06-13T21:43:12.322+10:00Well, Kerryn, knock me down with a feather!
Good ...Well, Kerryn, knock me down with a feather!<br /><br />Good luck to your de facto goddaughter, but - with the greatest respect to her (and you) - why she should want entry into that particular boyzone club is one that maybe is worth questioning.Fionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-84107087667230116022012-06-13T21:05:15.069+10:002012-06-13T21:05:15.069+10:00Another great analysis Andrew. Abbott is like a di...Another great analysis Andrew. Abbott is like a dingo sniffing the wind.He targets his commentary to the audience du jour but he is never questioned by the pundits of the press gallery.They are like sheep to the slaughter and none are brave enough to question the outrageous lies and misinformation being spouted on a daily basis for fear that he will not endow them with his largesse when he is PM. A more cowardly bunch it would be hard to find.<br /><br />I do hope you are correct in your analysis because this country can ill-afford the abbott as PM experiment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-4932361853685141352012-06-13T20:54:46.864+10:002012-06-13T20:54:46.864+10:00Lamenting that "Gillard won't lie down an...Lamenting that "Gillard won't lie down and die," and that <i>mad</i> rush for the doors of parliament (29-30 May 2012).rubiginosahttp://twitter.com/rubiginosanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-46355372484955146312012-06-13T13:47:06.101+10:002012-06-13T13:47:06.101+10:00You're right - a Rhodes Scholoarship is more a...You're right - a Rhodes Scholoarship is more about being the life of the party than anything to do with what is north of the shoulders - one of the great examples of style of substance in Western history. Old Cecil simply built what would be known today as 'a great networking opprortunity' to develop the right sort of chap for public life.<br /><br />As far as Gillard being re-elected I've been peddling this since the Ruddstoration fiasco of 2011 on numerous fora, and I have noticed the reaction from those still professionally involved in politics swing from disbelief to a patronising indulgence to, more recently, a resigned admission that it is the most probable of outcomes if the government runs its course and Abbott remains leader of Her Majesty's Loyal. Not only have I being proffering this free advice to all comers, I've also put the money I made off the bookmakers in the NSW State Election onto this very outcome at a very handsome price. <br /><br />The main reasons are twofold: First, when I was a young lowly minion working at what was then Telecom and living on the Central Coast I got to meet a few of these 'players' - involved in those days in university student politics and currently in running the country (or wishing they were) - and it was the O'Conner/Gillard plus Shorten deal to roll Albo that defined then, and now, the who knows what to do to get shit done outfit (and also explains Albo's loyalty to Rudd beyond the Federal ALP Left backing every losing leadership contender since Hayden). The second big reason was best summed up by a mate who was formerly a senior official with the ALP: "They've tried everything else so they are having a crack at evidenced based policy as a way of appealing to the electorate".<br /><br />The genesis for this notion came from re-reading Paul Kelly's (the political gnome, not the singer or the footballer) <i>The Dismissal</i>. The parallels are astonishing and as the good Mr Elder has pointed out previously (in what I believe to be the political quote of the year) "Abbott is not Fraser in sluggos but Snedden with a rosary". Furthermore, as lovely as Quentin Bryce's hats are I don't see her determining Ms Gillard's comission.<br /><br />It's also worth adding that the unskilled yellow shirted world I moved to after quitting political journalism doesn't like Gillard, but they are resigned to the carbon tax rather thsn being violently apposed to it. It is not the talking point in pubs and lunchrooms that I remember the GST being. Barring war or a complete collapse of the Eurozone Gillard is a moral to win in 2013 as people pick up the pencil and vote for the mortgage and more of the same as they did for Howard for a decade.<br /><br />It is worth noting that the 2013 election will be the first where - with fourty percent of Australians now on Facebook - social media will have more impact than the mainstream media.Lachlan Ridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-71610757355692176022012-06-13T09:35:52.041+10:002012-06-13T09:35:52.041+10:00I was at Oxford in the 1980s, as an native undergr...I was at Oxford in the 1980s, as an native undergrad,and there was a whole genre of Rhodes Scholars jokes. <br /><br />Most of them seemed to be selected for political connections back home rather than intellectual prowess.calyptorhynchushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13426373475735688961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-10845530284522458412012-06-13T01:58:34.912+10:002012-06-13T01:58:34.912+10:00I'll be interested to see if the media arbitra...I'll be interested to see if the media arbitrarily picks a certain moment ala the Latham handshake to turn on Abbott's ever increasing aggression/exagerration/misinformation/desperation. <br /><br />When will the penny drop that a campaign of pure negation doesn't really offer anything for anybody.KnifeySpoonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269119030919065233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-57293521525473832712012-06-12T23:09:23.755+10:002012-06-12T23:09:23.755+10:00AH Peter Shack, a great Liberal hope from the West...AH Peter Shack, a great Liberal hope from the West ... I wonder what he is doing today. And today we have another great Liberal hope from the west, with State treasurer and attorney general Christian Porter giving up his cabinet posts to chase pre-selection for Judi Moylan's seat of Pearce. Porter didn't say it so few words but he reckons he can change the world ... good luck son when the NSW libs get hold of youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-12514465809077663282012-06-12T22:57:06.304+10:002012-06-12T22:57:06.304+10:00Where does he go from here. Could not care less, ...Where does he go from here. Could not care less, as long as it is far away.<br /><br />What Abbott has achieved for the Liberals is very little. All he has done, is stop the party from moving on from Howard.<br /><br />Even if Howard was as good, as some believe, those days have gone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-89779035309398926902012-06-12T22:29:05.024+10:002012-06-12T22:29:05.024+10:00The knives are slowly being unsheathed in the Coal...The knives are slowly being unsheathed in the Coalition for our man Abbott. <br />Julie Bishop has had enough, it seems to me. She's the one to watch, I reckon.<br />In the last couple of days she has been the only one prepared to put herself out there for a long form interview, albeit with a superficial take on the situation in Syria, but full marks for at least trying to articulate a Coalition view. Also it appears she may have arranged for her preferred saviour, Christian Porter, to mount a White horse from the West and ride into town to relieve the Coalition of their misery, aka Tony Abbott. I mean I don't know how many times I read today that the Christian philanderer has LOTO written all over him. Now, where would the press get that idea from?<br /> Big question then is, will Judy Moylan fall on her sword for Christian? Will Peta let Julie call the shots?<br /> Yes, it's so much more fun to watch the Coalition shenanigans while the government just gets on with running the country effectively.HillbillySkeletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06056151016359730712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-69410342385221039802012-06-12T21:58:31.224+10:002012-06-12T21:58:31.224+10:00"Julia Gillard will lead Labor to victory at ..."Julia Gillard will lead Labor to victory at the next Federal election."<br /><br />I think you may be the first person to be brave enough to actually say this. I agree, but I have not yet been optimistic or brave enough to say so.<br /><br />On the subject of Cecil Rhodes and his legacy: last year I wrote a Rhodes Scholarship reference for my de facto goddaughter the aerospace engineer. And it was only then, as I worked through the criteria, that I realised that for this particular glittering prize, group-joining, sociability and rugger-bugger cred are far more important in this respect than any form of intellectual gift. And when you think about the history of South Africa ... Well, you know.Kerryn Goldsworthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11270814460793882309noreply@blogger.com