tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post7405032782390511690..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: On the way outAndrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-49863379148244143602012-06-02T11:22:15.692+10:002012-06-02T11:22:15.692+10:00Abbott's position is guaranteed until the next...Abbott's position is guaranteed until the next election, which they will lose. He hasn't missed opportunities to attack the government, he just hasn't been effective. I think they are finding their mongrel, and as I've said they will wear him down rather than break him.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-91717739506519515592012-06-02T10:13:21.237+10:002012-06-02T10:13:21.237+10:00Andrew, let me preface this by saying that I dearl...Andrew, let me preface this by saying that I dearly, dearly hope you are right, and your blog is an absolute tonic compared to the rest of the media shit every day.<br /><br />But... couldn't your argument work just as well the other way around? Abbott's position has been guaranteed in the Liberal party for as long as they feel a breath away from government, with an election or collapse of the ALP any second now. When Slipper defected, it was undeniably clear that the ALP were going to go the full term, and patience was visibly wearing thin in the Coalition as they stared down the barrel of another two full years in opposition.<br /><br />This was the moment that Abbott was arguably the weakest he has been since becoming leader. This was the time that Gillard and co should have pressed the attack and ground away at his support. But they didn't. Or not much. And now Abbott is still there, and resolutely going to lead them to the next election. That was the critical moment to shave strips of Abbott's support and it didn't happen. <br /><br />So much as Abbott has missed opportunities to strike lethal blows against the government in their moments of vulnerability, the same applies in reverse. There just isn't enough mongrel in the ALP to take down an attack dog like Abbott.<br /><br />But here I finish where I start. I hope you are right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-69532036878808275542012-06-01T12:50:02.281+10:002012-06-01T12:50:02.281+10:00I no longer live in Sturt (I've moved a lot cl...I no longer live in Sturt (I've moved a lot closer to work), so I don't need to squirm with embarrassment. It's a nice feeling. Like Mr Spacely, I reckon Pyne's a knob.<br /><br />Elizabeth isn't quite as nice as Athelstone (although it's a lot better than people would have you believe), but it's greatly improved by nil quantities of Pyne.David Irving (no relation)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05728918405973140125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-58512729778646703232012-05-31T21:45:27.940+10:002012-05-31T21:45:27.940+10:00pk, Rudd was loathed, Howard was loathed, Keating ...pk, Rudd was loathed, Howard was loathed, Keating was loathed, go back through the list and you'll find somebody who loathes every former PM there was. <br /><br />Labor need to get points for trying, which means they need to show they're trying, rather than just lobbing faits accompli at us as per conventional media strategy.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-30898313070695267212012-05-31T21:42:24.437+10:002012-05-31T21:42:24.437+10:00Mr Spacely, I'm so sorry.
How do your neighbo...Mr Spacely, I'm so sorry.<br /><br />How do your neighbours not bristle and cringe with embarrassment every time he carries on like that? My memories of your community are of how nice it is, and hence how unrepresentative of them Pyne truly is.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-12512989960285011772012-05-31T21:38:36.044+10:002012-05-31T21:38:36.044+10:00One for the ages, John.One for the ages, John.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-3723501302347019522012-05-31T20:37:51.978+10:002012-05-31T20:37:51.978+10:00I'd like to see you devote a post to what Labo...I'd like to see you devote a post to what Labor can do to reverse its situation. Particularly the absolute loathing some people have towards Gillard. <br /><br />As for Tony, well I have followed this blog for two years and yesterday's flight pretty much validates your entire analysis. All those (old, male) commentators who regularly summon up these indignant, hyperbolic prognoses of Labor's fortunes owe it to their (nonexistent) professional credibility to slam Abbott for such a pathetic and undignified scramble.pknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-18816407069457063702012-05-31T20:31:48.547+10:002012-05-31T20:31:48.547+10:00I do not believe anyone has the standing to do an ...I do not believe anyone has the standing to do an intervention, and I expect Abbott to go to the polls but be much diminished.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-60343492160065906262012-05-31T20:16:39.589+10:002012-05-31T20:16:39.589+10:00Damn right, looks like a plan is coming together.Damn right, looks like a plan is coming together.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-42678373718609989042012-05-31T16:57:59.565+10:002012-05-31T16:57:59.565+10:00You are mistaking what you wish for reality, Steph...You are mistaking what you wish for reality, Stephen. <br /><br />I hold a candle for none of Rudd, Abbott or Gillard but in the politically disconected yellow shirted world I work in Abbott's antics were a hot topic at work last night, with the dominant theme being "how can I vote for that?"<br /><br />Strangely the Gillard minerals comment was mentioned by a few guys who listen to Hitz 106FM, where it even made the tabloid news.<br /><br />No one loved Howard, but they grudgingly respected him (and pocketed the loot). I'm sensing a similar view of Gillard - a world where it's simultaneously possible to loathe and vote for the same person. We've done it before.<br /><br />And check your calendar. It's 2012 and your sociopathic hero ain't comin' back.Lachlan Ridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-78533457092928888252012-05-31T14:04:51.501+10:002012-05-31T14:04:51.501+10:00If Labor can just hold their nerve for a few more ...If Labor can just hold their nerve for a few more months and really stick it to the liberals as their scare campaigns and overblown aggression start to unravel I think you might be right. The only thing that could save Abbott from his well deserved collapse will be a Rudd intervention causing the government to completely disintegrate.KnifeySpoonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269119030919065233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-82388353234192096622012-05-31T14:04:39.487+10:002012-05-31T14:04:39.487+10:00The Mineral Council of Australia were told by the ...The Mineral Council of Australia were told by the Prime Minister, what they should have been told long ago.Their full page propaganda about how much tax they are paying on all major newspapers in Australia, is a blatant LIE! What they did not show of course, was their enormous profits graphs alongside their tax ones!In 2008/09 for instance, their graphs indicates that they paid some $26 billions tax.Their profits however amounted to some $190.658 billions! That equates to a tax payment of 13.6%!Their employees working in 50c temperature and dusty conditions are paying 47% tax.<br />Gina Nohart (who has made little personal contribution to deserve the obscene profits she is making) was seen screaming herself hoarse like a woman with 6 kids she cant afford to feed,on the back of a truck in Perth some time ago, against the tax.The greed in some of these people has no bound!Len Pagginoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-9614605109974292512012-05-31T09:45:10.780+10:002012-05-31T09:45:10.780+10:00What must the 49 per cent of the party who despise...What must the 49 per cent of the party who despise Abbott have been thinking as he tried - and failed, let's not forget - to run away from the House of Representatives?<br /><br />Can this farce of an opposition really continue for much longer before someone in the Liberal Party stands up to save the party? It's getting beyond embarrassing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-55797125881446840102012-05-31T09:10:24.939+10:002012-05-31T09:10:24.939+10:00Tones has blown his political brains out with that...Tones has blown his political brains out with that stunt in Parliament yesterday.<br /><br />Stick a fork in his arse and turn him over, he's done.Ramon Insertnameherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07367002511826523517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-69138528731079140842012-05-31T08:21:39.937+10:002012-05-31T08:21:39.937+10:00You are mistaking what you wish for reality. Abbot...You are mistaking what you wish for reality. Abbott will be PM. ALP will be annihilated at next election whether it is tomorrow or December 2013. <br />As a Rudd supporter I have been bludgeoned by the cries of Gillard supporters as they remind me ad nauseum that "we don't have a Presidential System." They are correct, we don't... so it matters not a jot that Abbott is a dangerous fool... under our system of elections he will become PM with a huge majority... or as it will be described, a "mandate."<br />A mandate to undo everything the Gillard government has done. <br />All because the ALP cut off its own nose in spite of its face.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12508671413487868568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-4053435348877344612012-05-31T08:18:37.224+10:002012-05-31T08:18:37.224+10:00And the PM re-enforced the "won't lie dow...And the PM re-enforced the "won't lie down and die" strength at last night's MCA dinner. <br />Here is the group who the electorate know were the kings in getting Rudd out and there she was telling them "you know how tough I am"<br />And followed by the crowd favorite "you don't own the minerals"<br /><br />thanks Tony, you probably gave the PM a few more "better PM poll numbers"suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-72808424023621142952012-05-31T00:13:07.968+10:002012-05-31T00:13:07.968+10:00It's hard to believe that a person actually go...It's hard to believe that a person actually got up and ran like a small child (and even resorted to banging on a door) to avoid doing their job.<br /><br />This is a grown man (supposedly) we are talking about.<br /><br />Truly unbelievable. For all of Gilliard's faults, I could never see her running away.Bobalothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09890427022642427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-39995734086300140922012-05-30T23:37:26.564+10:002012-05-30T23:37:26.564+10:00Andrew
I live in Sturt.
Pyne has always appeared...Andrew<br /><br />I live in Sturt.<br /><br />Pyne has always appeared to be a knob to me.<br /><br />We've endured endless rounds of postcards of his family and pleas to understand his situation at times when elections were tight. Bloody hell, when his wife pleaded with us to re-elect him because, well, we just had to.<br /><br />So he's a knob.<br /><br />But I can't quite believe (I mean it's astonishing) how bereft of principal and common sense he now allows himself to be.<br /><br />The Germans probably have a word for it, something like 'uber-knob'.<br /><br />Mr SpacelyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-80104731356121712522012-05-30T23:10:37.076+10:002012-05-30T23:10:37.076+10:00Some excellent insights and very well written.
...Some excellent insights and very well written. <br /><br /> If our endangered newspapers employed writers such as your good self, they would not be in the shit that they are in now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-21102023834529032762012-05-30T23:04:45.692+10:002012-05-30T23:04:45.692+10:00Nice post Andrew.
I don`t usually like or listen ...Nice post Andrew. <br />I don`t usually like or listen to the noise-polls, but I did get a laugh out of Joolya and Mr-Rabbit both have a 60% `dissatisfaction` rating. <br /><br />I suspect they will run the Rabbit to the 2013 poll, Do you believe they will have an `intervention`? <br /><br />It is also quite strange, the Pro-Rabbit media, which does them no service.730rep0rtLandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171898538914394534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-52042080307236931492012-05-30T22:50:48.189+10:002012-05-30T22:50:48.189+10:00Good speech by Julia Gillard tonight In a speech t...Good speech by Julia Gillard tonight In a speech to a Minerals Council of Australia dinner in Canberra,Well delivered.<br /><br />Read more: http://www.news.com.au/business/breaking-news/pm-tells-miners-they-dont-own-minerals/story-e6frfkur-1226375578437#ixzz1wMBEsm1gJohn in Highgatenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-73946267898728390582012-05-30T22:06:31.661+10:002012-05-30T22:06:31.661+10:00gold gold gold. Thank you for telling it exactly ...gold gold gold. Thank you for telling it exactly as it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-48656262082327697052012-05-30T21:50:23.416+10:002012-05-30T21:50:23.416+10:00What's interesting is that when Abbott said &q...What's interesting is that when Abbott said "the Prime Minister won't lie down and die" he gave Gillard a big opening.<br /><br />He'll regret saying that, not because it was offensive (he's said many offensive things in the past), but because it's shifted the narrative towards a Prime Minister who is prepared to swim through a river of shit in order to get things done and come out the other side with a smile on her face. <br /><br />Like Al Pacino in Scarface, you can fire and fire and fire at her and she's still remains standing and fighting. Abbott is fundamentally incapable of doing this when he's under pressure and I bet behind closed doors, it frightens him to death and I think the PM is about to exploit this for all it's worth.Gordonnoreply@blogger.com