Australian Politics thread [merged]

[1965]

Christopher Pyne's night of chaos failed Malcolm Turnbull and he has to go
Peter Hartcher

The successful Labor ambush of the Turnbull government in the House of Representatives on Thursday afternoon will not, in itself, bring down the government, but it's highly instructive.

The lessons learned?

The Turnbull government was embarrassed by three lost votes in the House of Representatives on Thursday.
One, that the election campaign has not ended. Bill Shorten considers that the contest for power has merely moved into a new phase, fought on the floor of the House instead of on the hustings.
Shorten does not accept that Turnbull has won a mandate. He considers that his policy to hold a banking royal commission is every bit as valid as Turnbull's position not to. In Shorten's view, the election did not settle anything.

Two, that Shorten intends to wage a campaign of political guerrilla war against the Turnbull government. He will not allow the government a moment of peace but will harry and harass it, probing every vulnerability.

Three, that the government is not up to the contest. Christopher Pyne, as manager of government business, is responsible for losing control of the House. He should be replaced. The government was guilty of complacency. It won its first vote on the floor of the House by 75 to 73, when Labor first tried to pass its bank royal commission proposal.
Relaxing vigilance as members looked forward to their escape to the airport for the end of the sitting week, they allowed Labor an opportunity.
Pyne has long experience and knew the stakes yet failed.

Four, aggressive Labor tactics can embarrass the government and rattle its nerves, as they have on this occasion. But they cannot bring down the government unless the Coalition is guilty of internal division or indiscipline.

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/peter-hartcher-christopher-pynes-night-of-chaos-failed-malcolm-turnbull-and-he-has-to-go-20160901-gr6suc.html

[Damo]

Five.

Shorten is a flog of the highest order and worse than Turnbull.

LOL that these two clowns are the two men put forward as the potential leaders of this country.

[1965]

Five.

Shorten is a flog of the highest order and worse than Turnbull.

LOL that these two clowns are the two men put forward as the potential leaders of this country.

Well at least Shorten has control of his party.

Turnbull couldn't organize an orgy in a knock shop.

 

[1965]

Just when the Libs are having a good week (silly Sam D etc), Tony Rabbit goes into destabilisation mode.

 


Tony Abbott criticises Malcolm Turnbull 'panic' in calling NT abuse royal commission

Fergus Hunter

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has accused the ABC of bias over its July coverage of abuse in the Northern Territory juvenile detention system and suggested that his successor Malcolm Turnbull responded "in panic" at the TV program.

Mr Turnbull announced there would be a royal commission the morning after the Four Corners broadcast, which depicted shocking scenes in the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre, and the government formally established the inquiry the next week.

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-criticises-malcolm-turnbull-panic-in-calling-nt-abuse-royal-commission-20160908-grcd0s.html

[Stalin]

Middle of today's Hun:

"Our safety trumps civil liberties"

[🏅Dooks]

Middle of today's Hun:

"Our safety trumps civil liberties"

Quote of the times

[Stalin]

Middle of today's Hun:

"Our safety trumps civil liberties"

Quote of the times

[Francois Jackson]

how's the GDP at the minute?

Jobs and Growth

[Stalin]

' War on tractors '

[1965]

how's the GDP at the minute?

Jobs and Growth

Increase Government spending and "growth" increases.

Economics 101.

 

[Stalin]

how's the GDP at the minute?

Jobs and Growth

Increase Government spending and "growth" increases.

Economics 101.

 

Up there with marketing and hairdressing 101

[Ruanaidh]

Middle of today's Hun:

"Our safety trumps civil liberties"

Quote of the times

the threat of Islam isn't in the current statistics. It is in the proven historical danger of an un reformed ideology that has imperial intentions - even in it's so called moderate state.

[Stalin]

Middle of today's Hun:

"Our safety trumps civil liberties"

Quote of the times

the threat of Islam isn't in the current statistics. It is in the proven historical danger of an un reformed ideology that has imperial intentions - even in it's so called moderate state.

statistics
stəˈtɪstɪks/
noun
the practice or science of collecting and analysing numerical data in large quantities, especially for the purpose of inferring proportions in a whole from those in a representative sample.

[Francois Jackson]

how's the GDP at the minute?

Jobs and Growth

Increase Government spending and "growth" increases.

Economics 101.

 

super budget measure should pass through. Masterstroke. The maestro has listened to the people.

Onwards and upwards for this juggernaut that is the liberal party.

[Stalin]

Middle of today's Hun:

"Our safety trumps civil liberties"

Quote of the times

the threat of Islam isn't in the current statistics. It is in the proven historical danger of an un reformed ideology that has imperial intentions - even in it's so called moderate state.

You can be alert but not alarmed but the facts are tractors, falling off chairs and police (if you are black) are far more likely to kill you. The rest is all just bollocks in your head