Australian Politics thread [merged]

[1965]

Lots more evidence out there.

[Penelope]

oh no. cant have something bad said about your beloved tony now, can we?

al have you got 65 on mute or something???

nah he's the reverse, there can be nothing good about tony.

i suppose that makes daniel 56?

[1965]

and...

Senior Abbott staffers furious after being told they will not get pay rise
By political reporter Andrew Greene

Some senior advisers in the Abbott Government are furious after being told by the Prime Minister's chief of staff that they will not be getting a pay rise.

That is despite their bosses receiving much larger salaries that come with moving from opposition into the ministry.

Several Coalition staff members have told the ABC's AM program it is another example of the power wielded by Peta Credlin in Tony Abbott's office.

AM has spoken to several disgruntled staffers who have accused the Prime Minister's Office of ruthlessly exercising power and "shafting" them.

[tiga]

I wonder how many other workers out there have been denied pay rises while their bosses still get increases. Hardly earth shattering news. The old saying is if you aren't happy in the job, leave for something better.
65 I think you need to lift your game. This story is probably the most useless one you have posted. 

[1965]

I wonder how many other workers out there have been denied pay rises while their bosses still get increases. Hardly earth shattering news. The old saying is if you aren't happy in the job, leave for something better.
65 I think you need to lift your game. This story is probably the most useless one you have posted. 

I think you missed the point.

 

[Rampstar]

no one should be reading that socialist nonsense. all abbotts staff should be happy they are working for a winner. its better than working for shortin and plibersek.

[Chuck17]

I think they will erect a statue of Tony in front of Parliament House when his time is up in 15 years or so

[Rampstar]

I think they will erect a statue of Tony in front of Parliament House when his time is up in 15 years or so

thats right chucky and whilst there at it they should put one up of johnny howard and bob menzies and no one should forget the great one billy mcmahon. these men are the doyens of Australian political history. 65 will agree surely he will agree?

[Chuck17]

I think they will erect a statue of Tony in front of Parliament House when his time is up in 15 years or so

thats right chucky and whilst there at it they should put one up of johnny howard and bob menzies and no one should forget the great one billy mcmahon. these men are the doyens of Australian political history. 65 will agree surely he will agree?

I love it

 

[1965]

Tony and his cronies ranted and raved about the debt crisis and the Budget emergency.

And the morons who voted for him fell for it...


Why isn't Abbott acting on the 'budget emergency'?

By Stephen Koukoulas 
Posted Thu 17 Oct 2013, 3:03pm AEDT
 
Tony Abbott has wisely left Australia's fiscal settings exactly as they were under Labor, putting the lie to his hysterical pre-election economic rhetoric,[/ writes Stephen Koukoulas.

Almost two months after a thumping election victory, there is not one hint of any economic policy change from the Abbott Government that will deal with the budget bottom line. Yet until the day before the election, this was painted by the Coalition as an "emergency" or "crisis".
The reason is obvious. The budget is in triple-A shape and in the complete opposite of an emergency.

If there were a budget emergency, Treasurer Joe Hockey and the Government would have acted with the same speed on spending and revenue measures as they have shown over abolishing the carbon price and implementing their boats policy.

Which goes back to the main point.

The six years of Labor Party government through to September 2013 were characterised by pragmatic, prudent and ultimately successful management of the economy. While some of the politics was astray, Australia's economy is in tip-top shape as a result of this record of first class economic management.

The economic runs on the board delivered by Labor include six extra years of unbroken economic and employment growth, a halving of the inflation rate, further solid increases in per capita GDP, and ongoing prosperity. If Tony Abbott can maintain the same record as Labor in his term in government, even without the negative shocks from the global economy, he will have done well.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-10-17/koukoulas-budget-emergency-fiction/5028770

[1965]

and so it begins...

Labor's Barry Collier returns to NSW Parliament after record swing against O'Farrell Government in Miranda by-election

By election analyst Antony Green

The O'Farrell Government has suffered a stunning defeat to Labor in the Miranda by-election.

Labor's Barry Collier will return to State Parliament on the back of a 27 per cent swing - the largest swing ever recorded at a New South Wales by-election.

Mr Collier was previously a popular local member for Miranda, representing the seat in state Parliament from 1999 until choosing to retire at Labor's defeat in 2011.

[Chuck17]

http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/prime-minister-tony-abbott-joins-davidson-rural-fire-brigade-to-fight-nsw-bushfires/story-fni0xqrc-1226743334542

How good is Tony Abbot, should be knighted.... Sir Tony has a ring to it.

[1965]

http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/prime-minister-tony-abbott-joins-davidson-rural-fire-brigade-to-fight-nsw-bushfires/story-fni0xqrc-1226743334542

How good is Tony Abbot, should be knighted.... Sir Tony has a ring to it.

Vladimir would be proud of our Tony. 

[Judge Roughneck]

http://m.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/prime-minister-tony-abbott-joins-davidson-rural-fire-brigade-to-fight-nsw-bushfires/story-fni0xqrc-1226743334542

How good is Tony Abbot, should be knighted.... Sir Tony has a ring to it.

As long as he is on the front line during the indo-australia war

[1965]

Time for Tony to be PM not a wanna-be Putin type. (a positive article)


Maybe it's time to hang up the fire gear, Mr Prime Minister
 
October 22, 2013 - 9:48AM
Mark Kenny

Taken individually, and even together, Tony Abbott's extracurricula activities are laudable in just about every respect.

The out-doorsy Abbott's personal fitness regimen is legendary, made famous (or infamous, depending on your perspective) by his red swimming trunks and hirsute athletic form, as he's taken part in surf-life saving activities and competitions.

His pre-dawn work-out schedule of running or riding or swimming, is a model for all Australians capable of taking charge of their physical selves.

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The unavoidable message to many who fool themselves otherwise, is that if he, the Prime Minister of the country, can find time to undertake such vigorous regular exercise, then those of us with less demanding jobs can at least manage something – a daily walk for example.

Exercise is crucial to cardio-vascular health and much besides, and the 56-year-old Abbott is to be commended for resisting the tendency to become less active with age or to allow other pressures to crowd out physical activity.

The same can be said for his annual volunteering in remote indigenous communities for up to a week or so, his volunteer firefighting, and of course, his spectacularly successful Pollie Pedal which has raised so much for charities and taken politicians and media through long-neglected regional Australia.

But after a weekend when the Prime Minister spent much of his time doing the hands-on work on the fire-ground, the questions arise: is he doing too much outside his demanding day job and is it the best use of his time?

When a national emergency is unfolding, and when all kinds of high-level decision making is required, wouldn't we rather have the Prime Minister on the end of the phone line than the end of a fire-hose? Indeed, he can be a firefighter from there, but can he be a prime minister?

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/maybe-its-time-to-hang-up-the-fire-gear-mr-prime-minister-20131022-2vxro.html#ixzz2iPcWvqd1