tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post3650757293005785038..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: The brown wordAndrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-6602626507309255032015-08-08T21:20:41.874+10:002015-08-08T21:20:41.874+10:00Abbott's becoming more self-parodic and unhing...Abbott's becoming more self-parodic and unhinged on this issue by the day. Now a successful court challenge to the Carmichael mine approval is "sabotage", the judiciary should (it seems) follow government policy and "everyone needs to support these projects because ... well, I say so." Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02165270264183567995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-54530826541638267112015-07-15T20:41:16.993+10:002015-07-15T20:41:16.993+10:00Andrew, off topic but why oh why are we being subj...Andrew, off topic but why oh why are we being subjected to Joel Fitzgibbon's blabbering head at every turn? Is it as simple as removing any possibility of media leadership speculation? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-79083179789250956952015-07-15T14:53:54.399+10:002015-07-15T14:53:54.399+10:00Re post on 'carbon tax'. All ref to carbon...Re post on 'carbon tax'. All ref to carbon tax should be 'carbon price'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-11965269955040051872015-07-15T14:15:07.674+10:002015-07-15T14:15:07.674+10:00A good example of rubbish journalism is under way....A good example of rubbish journalism is under way.<br />Last year Bill Shorten made it absolutely clear that the ALP was considering a carbon tax.<br />Today there has been a leaked discussion paper saying the ALP was considering a carbon tax, one measure to deal with climate change.<br />So what do we see.<br />The Murdoch tabloids had a representation of a muddied, wild-eyed zombie Shorten clambering Gollum-like from the grave.<br />And then ...<br />The pack started baying predictably about a 'leak' and what it meant for Shorten's leadership. More annoyingly it dealt with The Leak out of context as if Shorten had not made the ALP's position clear 12 months ago in a speech to Parliament and which was covered in the media.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-13449229143923164392015-07-13T15:07:41.580+10:002015-07-13T15:07:41.580+10:00It is amazing that the media still won't admit...It is amazing that the media still won't admit what we all know: Abbott is a dangerous person, an amoral politician lacking in the sort of internal moral guide we all have that says 'enough'. <br />There is nothing - nothing - in his personality that prevents him from going one step further or one rung lower than his opponent if he thinks it will help him win. <br />David Rowe clearly spotted this a long time ago and has been warning us how dangerous Abbott is to Australia's future ever since. Yet the rest of them carry on oblivious to his distinct lack of charms. Or maybe they just don't care.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-52173333105770463362015-07-13T11:01:23.946+10:002015-07-13T11:01:23.946+10:00A lot of media with our Freedom Commissioner Tim W...A lot of media with our Freedom Commissioner Tim Wilson and his expenses in the" lefty lynch mob press"<br /><br />So we're paying for his "gay lifestyle" as our p.m so eloquently describes minority groups....<br /><br />What exactly does he do again. ..?<br /><br />The student politician mould is still intact with people like him...that's gen y Andrew<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-57459767949460401312015-07-13T10:55:51.005+10:002015-07-13T10:55:51.005+10:00I was at a hairdresser recently at there was a puf...I was at a hairdresser recently at there was a puff piece on Margie Abbott.<br /><br />On their first date...he talked about the D.L.P split in the Labour party...she found him interesting.....<br /><br />Really? Get a life woman<br /><br />Obsessed with politics....weird man our p.mAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-44947811727149561242015-07-13T07:16:13.715+10:002015-07-13T07:16:13.715+10:00Anon and Andrew
I think Malcolm would agree.
I wou...Anon and Andrew<br />I think Malcolm would agree.<br />I would be very surprised if he contested the next election as the Min for Communications.<br />He has been communicating so well lately about important matters like rule-of-law that I suspect he is communicating with his peers in law and business.<br />I suspect he is thinking about life after politics.<br />Still it may increase his chances of becoming PM if he continues to sound lucid about the security of the nation while his leader stutters about a grocery code of conduct.<br />I keep waiting for TA to tell us all that 'life is just a box of chocolates'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-85320073529549067342015-07-13T06:26:13.583+10:002015-07-13T06:26:13.583+10:00Seriously, I thought she would go to the Senate li...Seriously, I thought she would go to the Senate like Michael Ronaldson did.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-61853699713553237912015-07-13T06:25:09.006+10:002015-07-13T06:25:09.006+10:00I'm going to take that as a commentI'm going to take that as a commentAndrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-40258024309823653492015-07-13T05:40:37.922+10:002015-07-13T05:40:37.922+10:00IMO (humble of course) they don't care about a...IMO (humble of course) they don't care about any of us.<br />It is all a game called Crush Your Opponent. It has no rules. Winning is everything. Go for it. Hit hard and hit often.<br />People under-estimate Abbott. Some continue to take him at his word as Andrew shows here time and time again.<br />He makes me nervous because he is a person for whom conflict is a natural state. He is energized by it.<br />Btw has anyone else noticed that Drum articles on the ABC website have been closed for comment over the past few days. What is all that about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-77008266689653973632015-07-12T17:14:24.155+10:002015-07-12T17:14:24.155+10:00If Mirabella had any sense at all, she would'v...If Mirabella had any sense at all, she would've sought pre-selection in a seat where no-one knows her ...David Irving (no relation)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05728918405973140125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-55202211062023849792015-07-12T11:21:20.325+10:002015-07-12T11:21:20.325+10:00They don't give a shit about rural people. ..
...They don't give a shit about rural people. ..<br /><br />Our p.m's nasty manoevre on The Project when a camera was present says it all really...<br /><br />He completely ignored this farmer and walked away to do another photo stunt near a fence as he put it!<br /><br />Absolutely disgusting. ..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-10658802544624432692015-07-12T10:03:33.268+10:002015-07-12T10:03:33.268+10:00I think it's time, Andrew, for another declara...I think it's time, Andrew, for another declaration at the top of your blog: "Turnbull will never be Prime Minister."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-64660474485757985642015-07-11T17:22:07.467+10:002015-07-11T17:22:07.467+10:00Saw that - always an inevitability after the Victo...Saw that - always an inevitability after the Victorian state election led to the conservative control-freaks taking over again. They'd rather lose than admit they're wrong.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-51753163778245743372015-07-11T14:12:28.335+10:002015-07-11T14:12:28.335+10:00Believe it or not - but just last week I saw that ...Believe it or not - but just last week I saw that Mirabella won pre selection for Liberal candidate in Indi! As if one national humiliation wasn't enough, they are going to try to win it back with her!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-27335429312590489812015-07-11T10:31:31.843+10:002015-07-11T10:31:31.843+10:00Lyne is the oldest electorate in the country, and ...Lyne is the oldest electorate in the country, and has one of the lowest incomes and highest dependencies on welfare. Greens could do it but so too could a determined local. One to watch for sure.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-1014328669416327252015-07-11T10:30:04.790+10:002015-07-11T10:30:04.790+10:00You're right Pia!You're right Pia!Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-41193581690249442262015-07-11T09:39:24.331+10:002015-07-11T09:39:24.331+10:00Consider the state seat of Shepparton at the last ...Consider the state seat of Shepparton at the last election - nobody picked that until it was all over (and Antony Green's software was knocked for a loop)Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-84530031908913761702015-07-11T09:38:27.541+10:002015-07-11T09:38:27.541+10:00They're all vulnerable, John, but to know who&...They're all vulnerable, John, but to know who's running and how they're running local knowledge is key. That local knowledge, as I said, is what's missing from Canberra coverage. See also my response to Paul above.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-42031637803591193932015-07-10T16:56:10.602+10:002015-07-10T16:56:10.602+10:00This is all well and good but I'm focusing on ...This is all well and good but I'm focusing on the 423 pages in the Age analysing Shorten's body language. <br /><br />So much easier to write about body language as opposed to considering his evidence, which would: a) involve actual work; b) be complex; and c) reveal even more proof that Abbott thinks nothing of spending $80 million from the public purse for his personal political objectives.<br /><br />As for the next election, wouldn't it be great to see Gillespie lose to a local Green?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-76826363613331053742015-07-10T14:02:23.743+10:002015-07-10T14:02:23.743+10:00Andrew: I fear I have put my comment on this story...Andrew: I fear I have put my comment on this story under the one below!!! Can you look?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751752866267313598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-55118963987258650702015-07-10T13:24:05.404+10:002015-07-10T13:24:05.404+10:00The only reasons I can see country people keep vot...The only reasons I can see country people keep voting National is that the candidates try hard to look like them, and talk the same way, and the give the illusion they think the same way. Or ingrained habit. <br /><br />The Nationals float about rural electorates like local princes, pretending to distribute funding or to be concerned with local issues on this cushion, but still wield influence. It is still a sore point with the Indi Liberal Party branch, who effectively showed the couldn't run a bath, that a previous State Nationals member Ken Jasper endorsed Cathy McGowan. <br /><br />Cathy McGowan had the huge advantage over Mrs Mirabella of being a genuine local candidate, and entirely at ease at cattle and sheep sales where she was well-known already. While those people may not have voted for her, they impression made in the local press was strong and supported her long background and skill in small-scale agricultural community building. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-12520668371893688612015-07-09T22:31:05.484+10:002015-07-09T22:31:05.484+10:00All the Nationals want to do is be part of a Conse...All the Nationals want to do is be part of a Conservative government, and people like Bananaby Juice and Warren Jockstrap don't give a shit about rural people as long as they think they have a say in politics (which Abbott makes sure they don't)Dave Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613111054135459691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-6330736080683440092015-07-09T19:39:05.178+10:002015-07-09T19:39:05.178+10:00Great, insightful column again, Andrew. I'd be...Great, insightful column again, Andrew. I'd be interested to hear how many other seats you think there might be that are vulnerable in this way? I note, though, the difficulties here when the press gallery pays so little attention to anything outside the Canberra bubble. Here's one tip: I imagine that a bit of help from Nick Xenophon could easily see Christopher Pyne sent packing. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014288362036461034noreply@blogger.com