tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post3649807843983020035..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: For crying out loudAndrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-32153112349730710742013-09-08T12:38:56.867+10:002013-09-08T12:38:56.867+10:00Posts like this are why I am glad you're going...Posts like this are why I am glad you're going to carry on Mr Elder.<br /><br />Bravo, keep it up.Captain Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04606582670319262225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-61755447496161803552013-09-08T07:00:32.090+10:002013-09-08T07:00:32.090+10:00Well said Andrew; columns such as yours will be ne...Well said Andrew; columns such as yours will be needed now that the turkeys have voted for an early Christmas. Two things: (i) I endorse your comments about Hockey's performance. Sweating profusely, and looking alarmingly like the lead character in "Percy Pig's big day out", he gave a woeful display; indeed, I actually wondered whether he had had a few steadiers beforehand. (ii) I was disappointed that in his victory speech Abbott didn't say "Thank you Rupert for all your help". I understand from Labor's pollsters that Rupert's intervention was worth about 5-6%; it is indeed churlish of Tony not to acknowledge this.vadinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-68236352100959572512013-09-08T03:05:59.884+10:002013-09-08T03:05:59.884+10:00Anon @ 9.21 - you left out the 't' in sink...Anon @ 9.21 - you left out the 't' in sinkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-88375274401659598562013-09-08T02:52:28.705+10:002013-09-08T02:52:28.705+10:00It's funny. I worked on the '75, '77 a...It's funny. I worked on the '75, '77 and '96 campaigns, and they were all big losses for the ALP. I worked on the 2004 election and that saw this bizarre cancelling out swing where Liberals shifted to the ALP and ALP voters shifted to the Liberals and it was a stalemate and Howard remained default PM.<br /><br />the funny thing this time is that the Liberal vote is just getting across the line in a lot of seats. They are not winning marginals by thumping margins like '75 and '96. The informal vote is greater than the margin of victory in a lot of seats and all three established parties have gone backwards. Palmer is a winner. What do you think this tells us?<br /><br />Australians are moving away from the mainstream parties, who look like having their smallest proportion of the total vote in my living memory. Informal did very well. there are structural problems in the Liberal vote that will make life interesting for Abbott. It's just a relief that global neoliberalism and the Washington Consensus has rendered the Federal parliament largely irrelevant to a lot of aspects of daily life.<br /><br />Name calling in this context makes the poster appear, well, unhelpful. Not sure they really get what's happened here. Elder certainly has.<br /><br />Anyway, life goes on. This shall be an entertaining three years. Let's raise a glass and toast Col Allen's health.Lachlan Ridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-24797540602972478182013-09-08T00:26:18.595+10:002013-09-08T00:26:18.595+10:00Sucked in elder you sure look like a twat now. Gue...Sucked in elder you sure look like a twat now. Guess the polls were right after all :-) I'm glad someone with your dodgy judgement and level of denial ain't running the country !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-40096707584883111442013-09-07T22:57:13.721+10:002013-09-07T22:57:13.721+10:00Tony Abbott will never be a worthy Prime Minister ...Tony Abbott will never be a worthy Prime Minister of Australia.<br /><br />This is a blog about politics and the Liberal-Leaflet commentary/coverage that encrusts it.730rep0rtLandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00171898538914394534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-36082142652453900062013-09-07T21:21:47.131+10:002013-09-07T21:21:47.131+10:00I cannot believe that this man, who once declared ...I cannot believe that this man, who once declared on national television that you could not trust a word that he said unless it was written down (and then proved even that to be untrustworthy), is going to be our next Prime Minister.<br /><br />Hang your heads in shame Australia. You fell for the whole lot, hook line and sinker.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-79500155017983348862013-09-07T20:49:00.782+10:002013-09-07T20:49:00.782+10:00Vicisti murdocheVicisti murdochecalyptorhynchushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13426373475735688961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-65665214670992965972013-09-07T20:45:18.685+10:002013-09-07T20:45:18.685+10:00Anon @ 5.02
I am not watching the election coverag...Anon @ 5.02<br />I am not watching the election coverage so I do not know if you are to be blessed with Diaz. Good luck. I found your post very interesting and I appreciate the frustrations of living in outer areas without appropriate infrastructure. I cannot understand why the two major parties have not been more attentive to your needs. They certainly swarm around you at election time. I'll bet Western Sydneysiders and your counterparts are sick of it. You certainly need a strong voices to advocate for you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-32626412826352815792013-09-07T20:43:22.441+10:002013-09-07T20:43:22.441+10:00Thanks Andrew. I've always enjoyed your writin...Thanks Andrew. I've always enjoyed your writing and thoughts on these matters. Good to hear you'll be carrying on. Looking forward to your future writings and musings!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-69295574046120891722013-09-07T18:38:28.101+10:002013-09-07T18:38:28.101+10:00Thank you, Andrew, your blog has been a lighthouse...Thank you, Andrew, your blog has been a lighthouse - keep that torch burning for us stranded craft on the troubled political media seas of Australia<br />Kind regards,<br />Sue (no-relation-to-tony) AbbottFreedom Cyclisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11187400454555241935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-77849713815129256072013-09-07T17:37:27.912+10:002013-09-07T17:37:27.912+10:00Thanks for providing a glimmer of hope in the lead...Thanks for providing a glimmer of hope in the lead-up to this election. I am deeply sorry that today looks set to extinguish it, reinforcing my long-held conviction that one cannot underestimate the stupidity of the voting public.<br />I'm glad you'll be sticking around.JBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-68256660024578777352013-09-07T17:14:35.021+10:002013-09-07T17:14:35.021+10:00http://sievx.com/
Here is a cataglogue of what th...http://sievx.com/<br /><br />Here is a cataglogue of what the Herald supports, as do most of our racist pollies.<br /><br />Remember only Andrew Wilkie, the Greens, Melissa Parke and Judi Moylan had the guts to vote against this filth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-71726659881570790152013-09-07T17:02:23.010+10:002013-09-07T17:02:23.010+10:00I live in Greenway, believe me we are not all like...I live in Greenway, believe me we are not all like that.<br /><br />Greenway itself is actually a very diverse electorate, however it comes under the 'Western Sydney' moniker as it is much easier to generalise than actually find out how things really are.<br /><br />When you tell people you are from the west, you can see a shift in their eyes and attitudes immediately, usually followed by a "uh-huh". We know that reaction. We are constantly judged and honestly, feel like we are second-class citizens due to the historical low levels of care in infrastructure, transport, education and health.<br /><br />My area is well established, no McMansions and not many 'aspirationals', with a balance of white-collar and flouro-shirted workers. There are many young families so demand for related services, especially child care and quality schooling, is always high.<br /><br />All we wish is to have the same level of care as seen in other areas of Sydney. For that we need quality representation. To this end we have "Mr Invisible" Jaymes Diaz tipped to win. It's fucking depressing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-22661220213088240562013-09-07T14:38:04.064+10:002013-09-07T14:38:04.064+10:00Andrew, an outstanding piece. the best writing of ...Andrew, an outstanding piece. the best writing of my generation.<br /><br />Our enemy is not Abbott. He is but a cypher. Our enemy is the media who enabled him.<br /><br />If Abbott didn't exist the media would have invented him.Lachlan Ridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-77729010124411042462013-09-07T14:32:43.091+10:002013-09-07T14:32:43.091+10:00Western Sydney.
There, Marilyn Shepherd, the only...Western Sydney.<br /><br />There, Marilyn Shepherd, the only advocate I have ever seen that has turned pro-asylum seeker's against refugees, has now exploded.<br /><br />I believe Marilyn is genuinely ignorant of how much harm she does to her cause, and how obvious this issue is about Marilyn's grandstanding rather than what is happening to any poor huddled masses. The loss of Marilyn Shepherd and Kevin Rudd from public life would be a welcome outcome for progressive thought in this country, especially those who wish to see Australia meet it's obligations to asylum seekers!<br /><br />To put it politely, shut the fuck up Marilyn. just shut the fuck up and piss off. You're not helping anyone, not even yourself. Just fuck off! Your pusillanimous bile has not shifted one person's opinion in this country and as such you have aborted any efficacy to your cause. What's worse is you genuinely have got people offside with your bloody minded high functioning autism.<br /><br />You want to advocate for asylum seekers Marilyn? Genuinely want to make a difference in this "debate"? Then shut the fuck up and piss the fuck off!<br /><br />We're all sick of you! Even those of us who agree with you, and your incessant babble is what makes it so easy for the Scott Morrison's and Tony Abbott's (even your beloved Julia Gillard) to demonise the very people you allegedly advocate for! (No, not your own dysfunctional ego, people fleeing persecution). You are part of the problem Marilyn. You Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott all work hand in glove to make asylum seekers the inhuman helpless pathetic source of derision they have become in the eyes of so many Australians. The sad part is you don't even get the damage you do! Your didactic harangues are Tony Abbott's greatest resource.<br /><br />So, just to reiterate in case it hasn't sunk in yet Marilyn:<br /><br />SHUT THE FUCK UP AND FUCK OFF!Lachlan Ridgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-2679530880180099312013-09-07T14:29:00.716+10:002013-09-07T14:29:00.716+10:00Just, bravo Andrew. And thanks. Just, bravo Andrew. And thanks. Ianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350488704858040366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-35736121318452807422013-09-07T12:45:08.601+10:002013-09-07T12:45:08.601+10:00Andrew – congratulations on a spectacular piece.
...Andrew – congratulations on a spectacular piece.<br /> <br />My head was spinning trying to get around the grotesque assertion piled on assertion in the SMH editorial yesterday – I should have known you'd be angry enough to take the time to take it to pieces.<br /><br />Thanks for your work these past few years; this blog has been the best source of accurate political reporting and analysis that I have found. If nothing else good comes out of today – and I also have doubts it's all over – then your commitment that you will continue blogging is great news.<br />Again, thanks for making the effort.peterhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767856269433444380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-85904778086763511902013-09-07T12:25:50.650+10:002013-09-07T12:25:50.650+10:00Andrew,
Thanks for all your comments over the past...Andrew,<br />Thanks for all your comments over the past.<br />I have the same sense of dread as you do regarding a TA government.<br /><br />The subtitle still applies as far as I am concerned, TA will never be PM of Australia because he is so far short of any PM's vision, credibility. and integrity.<br /> <br />Pity help us with Barnaby as Deputy PM, no effort to reel in our carbon footprint, loss of NBN etc, etc, etc (such a long list of good things likely to be lost)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-58412224228729464582013-09-07T11:44:08.502+10:002013-09-07T11:44:08.502+10:00Bravo Andrew, insightful and as always a forensic ...Bravo Andrew, insightful and as always a forensic dissection of the MSM.<br />Thanks for commiting to continuing .......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-38623860277524296762013-09-07T11:44:00.830+10:002013-09-07T11:44:00.830+10:00***rousing applause******rousing applause***Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-91047370907618099262013-09-07T09:07:04.478+10:002013-09-07T09:07:04.478+10:00Agree Anon @ 6.23. If I hear the words Western Sy...Agree Anon @ 6.23. If I hear the words Western Sydney again I will implode<br />What sort of people must live there? Surely they are not all mean-spirited, xenophobic, happy-clapping, racist bigots who live in huge houses they can't afford and who are jealous of those who live more humbly in the inner suburbs? If they are then I am going to use the central locking system in the car and put my foot flat to the floor until I reach the safe environs of my leafy stronghold where latte-sippers abound. Will Australia become a giant Greenaway under the Libs? When is the next boat leaving for Indonesia?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-71676078258194353332013-09-07T08:53:39.706+10:002013-09-07T08:53:39.706+10:00"This blog will continue into the Abbott gove..."This blog will continue into the Abbott government, and beyond it"<br />Woo hoo!<br /><br />:Perssehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425655969625894880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-52413639256916048962013-09-07T08:49:41.679+10:002013-09-07T08:49:41.679+10:00Magnificent finale piece to this election, Andrew....Magnificent finale piece to this election, Andrew. As another great blogger, Victoria Rollison has said, it seems as if the turkeys are voting in favour of Christmas.<br /><br />Beyond all that, oh how the media have failed their country and their ethical duties to report on responsible government.They have set the mood. We have an nation of discontents when basically we ought ot have a nation of people proud and happy that they have mostly prospered in comparison with the rest of the world.<br /><br />The 43rd parliament, as you have correctly called, will ultimately be remembered in history as one of our greatest, thanks to the ethical commitments of Windsor, Oakeshott and Gillard. There is a vey real risk that good governance and planning for the nation's future will be trashed by an incoming Abbott government with no vision or plans.<br /><br />You have done all you reasonably could. The failures which are leading to this public travesty are elsewhere.Gorgeous Dunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10540625260311418333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-1846637827979034462013-09-07T08:39:12.329+10:002013-09-07T08:39:12.329+10:00Thank you Andrew. Thank you.Thank you Andrew. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com