Australian Politics thread [merged]

[dwaino]

So with the budget absolutely blowing out (budget crisis  ) and far beyond the targets, the government decides it will no longer go after massive tax dodgers like Google and Ikea and will instead further cut spending. That's not very Team Australia.

All they seem to be doing is cutting spending in some areas to pay for pet projects and further exacerbating the budget issues.

[1965]

Final results have been declared

ALP 47
LNP  38
IND   3

No absolute winner but WP and Dooks were closest.

 

Final predictions in relative order:-

The winner rightfully gets to wear the title "OERs Foremost Political Expert (OERFPE) until the next Fed/state election.

65:-
ALP 50
LNP 37
IND 1

WP:-
ALP 47
LNP 39
IND 2

dwain-6ft 6-o:-
ALP 46
LNP 40
IND 2

Dooks:-
46 ALP
39 LNP
3 independant.

Giganator:-
ALP 44
LNP 44
IND 0

Tony M
44 ALP
41 LNP
3   IND

Angus:-
44 ALP
40 LNP
4 independant.

[🏅Dooks]

 

[one-eyed]

Final results have been declared

ALP 47
LNP  38
IND   3

9 non-majors in the Victorian upper house (Legislative Council):

LNP           16
ALP           14
Greens        5
Shooters     2
DLP             1
Country Ind. 1

[Francois Jackson]

http://m.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/prime-minister-tony-abbott-nominates-carbon-tax-repeal-as-achievement-in-his-role-as-minister-for-women/story-fni0xqrb-1227163983577

Thoughts 65?

[1965]

loved this bit 

“As many of us know, women are particularly focussed on the household Budget ..."

Now that's not a bit sexist is it.

 

[1965]

loved this bit 

“As many of us know, women are particularly focussed on the household Budget ..."

Now that's not a bit sexist is it.

 

and Tony should know about these things as he is Minister for Women after all.

 

[1965]

What a pack of morons are running the country.

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/missing-airasia-plane-no-atrocity-says-tony-abbott-20141229-12f54q.html

Tact from Tony...

""This is not a mystery like the MH370 disappearance and it's not an atrocity like the MH17 shooting down," Mr Abbott told Macquarie Radio on Monday, referring to the two Malaysia Airlines planes that crashed earlier in the year."

and from the PM in waiting...

"Whilst we hope for the best, as time goes on I'm afraid our fears may be confirmed," Ms Bishop told ABC TV on Monday."

 

[The Big Richo]

I'm surprised you are so anti-Abbott '65.

Thought you would be a staunch Liberal man after Gough Whitlam ruined your perfect country.

[tiga]

I'm surprised you are so anti-Abbott '65.

Thought you would be a staunch Liberal man after Gough Whitlam ruined your perfect country.

TBR when you mention past Labor failings, 65 goes Green.   

[1965]

 

[1965]

More talk about Julie Bishop taking over.

 

Tony Abbott's 'women problem' goes beyond the man
 
January 1, 2015 - 12:15AM 

Julie Szego
 
The Prime Minister's "women problem" has been such a potent and recurring theme in political discourse that it feels settled, like a layer of sedimentary rock. As a subject of intermittent outrage, Tony Abbott is the mad monk, the meddler in women's reproductive choices, the "misogynist" relegated to "that man" in that now famous parliamentary takedown, the politician whose natural view of women includes apron and ironing board. The discourse is as repetitive and infuriating as a pile of dirty laundry: it never bloody ends.

But in the real world, the mundane, domestic world, something has shifted. While women evidently have a problem with Tony Abbott, the nature of their animus has arguably mutated over the years, metastasising into a chronic ill-will that goes beyond the leader to the Government.

Time and again the polls reveal that dissatisfaction with the Government appears to be more pronounced among female voters.

and from further in the article...

For all the outraged memes on Abbott's remarks about women in the home, the signs suggest women have moved beyond the ideological frisson with Abbott the man and are now just sour about the Abbott Government. Some in the Coalition might be tempted to think that a new leader, perhaps even a female leader, is the only answer to this downward spiral. They would be wise to think again.

http://www.theage.com.au/comment/tony-abbotts-women-problem-goes-beyond-the-man-20141231-12fv5z.html

[The Big Richo]

What are your thoughts on the Abbott Government's policy on Indigenous Australian's 65?

[mightytiges]

More talk about Julie Bishop taking over.

 

Abbott's NYE message being more of the same rhetoric that hasn't worked, 10% swings in Victoria and Queensland and the polling figures not budging since the Budget in the latest Newspoll would be what is making the LNP very concerned.

http://resources.news.com.au/files/2014/12/26/1227167/481924-aus-file-federal-newspoll.pdf

[mightytiges]

Seems the ideological crusade will continue no matter what if this Government now goes down the path of trying to abolish penalty rates. Political suicide.