tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post628319085950080197..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Reform reformAndrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-63095164272327416672015-11-04T16:41:44.050+11:002015-11-04T16:41:44.050+11:00Bruce Notley-Smith is the openly gay LNP member fo...Bruce Notley-Smith is the openly gay LNP member for Coogee in the NSW parliament.<br /><br />Zimmerman will do what conservatives always do: say 'vote for me, gays, I'll represent you,' then do nothing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-83956257142918627892015-11-04T13:04:21.655+11:002015-11-04T13:04:21.655+11:00Liberal Senator Dean Smith is openly gay. Plus Bru...Liberal Senator Dean Smith is openly gay. Plus Bruce Notley Smith in the NSW parliament.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-46596931226513199202015-11-03T10:37:20.782+11:002015-11-03T10:37:20.782+11:00the word "reform" is only matched by the...the word "reform" is only matched by the latest in Turnbullian changes in rhetoric that is "and everything is on the table"taracumbinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-41554720564891949922015-11-03T02:51:20.307+11:002015-11-03T02:51:20.307+11:00Thank god someone is finally saying it. FFS It is ...Thank god someone is finally saying it. FFS It is not a reform if the majority are worse off!!!<br />The CPG are truly pointless. They NEVER question but accept, like sheep, whatever is dished up to themyear in year out. <br />Smug Turnbull is clearly having real trouble hiding his contempt.<br />Now that we have a Liberal prime minister who 'farts rainbows' things are worse than ever.<br /><br /> What is the bloody point of them?cjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08482895839225420228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-19375825792054500702015-11-02T19:53:21.557+11:002015-11-02T19:53:21.557+11:00I first read "Sheehan's shifty shouting&q...I first read "Sheehan's shifty shouting" as "Sheehan's shtty shouting" and thought it awesome alliteration. Instead it was merely good.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05341981458706833618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-41892024302448690192015-11-02T13:35:54.764+11:002015-11-02T13:35:54.764+11:00Good post Mr Elder. I also fumed when I read Hart...Good post Mr Elder. I also fumed when I read Hartcher's silly article on Saturday. One point you haven't made in relation to Hartcher's assessment of Zimmerman as a "man of scant accomplishment" is that, if he is elected as MP for North Sydney, he will be - as far as I know - the first openly gay Coalition member of Federal Parliament (and, for that matter, I can't bring to mind an openly gay Coalition MP in the States or Territories, so Zimmerman might just be the first openly gay Coalition MP in any jurisdiction).<br /><br />Given that, thanks to the growing power of the right wing, anti-gay sentiment seems to have been on the rise within the Liberal Party over the past two decades, I reckon that this is could be seen a rather major accomplishment on the part of Zimmerman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-23242852688232759962015-11-02T10:19:24.517+11:002015-11-02T10:19:24.517+11:00Mr Zimmerman is playing identity politics to win ...Mr Zimmerman is playing identity politics to win the gay vote in the press around Sydney<br /><br />It also amuses me when these gay candidates try to win the pink vote by assuring the public they are members of the community<br /><br />YAWN!<br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-77618011089782640552015-11-01T22:31:17.316+11:002015-11-01T22:31:17.316+11:00The word reform (as against change) has two implic...The word reform (as against change) has two implications. The first is that the thing being changed is in some way deficient; the second is that the change is an improvement. Both implications should be examined, but t rarely are.Errmalamuddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133605695480356379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-24757110421451594362015-11-01T14:44:25.476+11:002015-11-01T14:44:25.476+11:00There was so much in this post to consider Andrew....There was so much in this post to consider Andrew.<br /><br />It pleases me to share your abhorrence of the easy acceptance and use of the word 'reform' by journalists in this country.<br /><br />It is insidious and smothers debate.<br /><br />Reform is a spin word. Journalists should not use it so carelessly.<br /><br />Reform is change with a sugar-coating. Reform is a positive word whereas change can be for the better as it can be for the worse. It is the responsibility of journalists to weigh the pros and cons of change. Referring immediately to change as reform must cloud judgement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-17991252338614862382015-11-01T14:34:55.420+11:002015-11-01T14:34:55.420+11:00Just depends whose in government really , we had d...Just depends whose in government really , we had decades of "debit and deficit " speak and the holy grail "surplus" , that's until the liberal party got back into office suddenly we don't hear those cliches as much anymore ....wonder why ?<br /> I agree with you Andrew whole heartily that the word "reform" seems to be like something that just wont flush away it just keeps poking it's head up from the political sewer. How much tax "reform" , health care or education "reform" can we have ? , we are entering the fourth generation of reforms . Its like a reform of the reform that was reformed by the previous reformers , quite a concept.<br />How about some media reform ? <br /> Isn't Barrie fast shaping up to be the most annoying idiot on Tv , I guess with the Murdoch crowd you expect the bullshit so you just turn off ,but with ABC Cassidy it seems like hes having some sort of late life identity crisis , the man cant miss a trick he seems to blindly support who ever happens to be in government , watching insiders has become a liberal love in , It makes my blood boil to see Cassidy flirting with Greg Hunt when he should be taking to the man with a cattle prod . what are we to do?<br />Cheers AndrewAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-91876801124485430872015-11-01T12:23:24.737+11:002015-11-01T12:23:24.737+11:00B-b-but, Oakeshott and Windsor were traitors, donc...B-b-but, Oakeshott and Windsor were traitors, doncha know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-34187527572970934472015-11-01T10:01:48.532+11:002015-11-01T10:01:48.532+11:00Informative as ever Andrew, thank you.
My unreliab...Informative as ever Andrew, thank you.<br />My unreliable memory suggests that Billy Snedden's "Bikies pack-raping democracy" was an allusion to Vietnam Moratorium demonstrators. Given that it was so successful (ahem), he may have decided to give it another run in reference to the Whitlam Government.<br />PJFAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com