Australian Politics.

[Big Shed]

I see "Hard working Australians" is the new Gillard catch cry. Hmm even worse than "Working Australian families" how condescending! Man am I sick and tired of pollie speak.

Yep, and not very "inclusive" either. Leaves out self-funded retirees, people on the dole or disability pensions, veterans pensions and anyone who hasn't got a job (or indeed anyone who has a job, but doesn't work hard or otherwise)

[wheelinround]

10 million women in Australia and this is the best we can do.

We are in the hands of a mob of professional politicians and union head bashers with no business experience and we allow them to run our biggest company.... called Australia.

And please don't tell me that the Canberra public servants fix the mess behind the scenes.

I think I'll move to WA. Things are really happening there and they don't give a fig for Canberra.

greg

Greg can I have your wood stash remember I asked first

[HappyHammer]

I think she will get a good number of the under 30 swinging vote.

I knew I was missing out on something being an over 40.

Isn't that human nature. We mix with people who share our interests and views.

No I live in a relatively small town and have to make the most of what I have.

I think she will regain a lot of the swinging green voters.

OMG the Greens are into it as well.

HH.

[m2c1Iw]

(or indeed anyone who has a job, but doesn't work hard or otherwise)

I knew she wasn't referring to me.

[Greg Ward]

Ray...... my wood stack is my retirement super and all I have between the gutter and.... well a long career as a pensioner under Julia.


Greg

[wheelinround]

Ray...... my wood stack is my retirement super and all I have between the gutter and.... well a long career as a pensioner under Julia.


Greg

With an August 2010 Poll being tipped ( I think they mean August 2011) I am wondering if the rush to show what she has done will all fall in a heap fingers crossed.

[Greg Ward]

Ray, they mean 2010 and she means business.

And the Labor party means business as well! I think the past week show that they are really only interested in power...not people

But they don't really understand that successful businesses need good policies to be successful so they can pay the taxes that allow the Labor Party to be socially benevelant and for them to waste funds as she has under her BER.

I think she will win in August and so we go into the labour cycle of debt again as expenditure exceeds income.

The change in WA has already show good signs...WA has already started to repay Labor's debt in that state.

I wonder how much debt she can clock up in the next term and whether that will exceed Kevin's.

Greg

[wheelinround]

Scary thoughts Greg, its always been that way one spends the other drags them out of the debt. A lot will suffer badly.

[damian]

I was watching the courier mail comments as all this unfolded last week. I was quite disturbed at how many people (about a 3rd) obviously had no idea how our system of government works.

She's had the expected bounce in the polls, but I'll be watching with great interest to see if she can maintain that, even until August.

[Ironwood]

She's had the expected bounce in the polls, but I'll be watching with great interest to see if she can maintain that, even until August.

I'm surprised she is waiting until August, I would have thought her best chance was to go to polls as soon as, while she thinks she's got enough people thinking that the change in leadership was a good move, by August too many things will have panned out, and people have had time to think , waiting could work against her.

[Big Shed]

Apparently she can't call a "normal" election until Thursday 01/07/2010, with the minimum time period being 33 days and an election must be held on a Saturday, August 7 is the earliest we will see an election.

A "normal" election is an election other than a double dissolution, which she can still call as the trigger for that is also in place.

[wheelinround]

Mid snow season election now hen did I see that last early to mid 80's, its also when many people are OS touring in the summer sun postal votes galore. Who wants to go stand in queues in this weather . Oh ok I want to stand but not in a polling line

[wheelinround]

Voting Greens will still get you a Labor government.

[HappyHammer]

Bill Shorten was on QandA last night trying to suggest that Julia is going to an early election to allow the people to verify their support of her as PM. What a load of rubbish! The only reason she is going to an election as soon as possible is to try and ride the current wave of popular coverage about her hairdo, her boyfriend, being a woman etc etc to get re-elected. Because as said above if she waits until after the honeymoon period people will work out that she was as culpable as Rudd in the decisions made by the current government and that nothing has really changed.

It's a shame Malcolm Turnbull didn't wait a week to appear on QandA and had been on the panel instead of Barnaby Joyce it would have made for an interesting debate about who has the power in the labour party.

All this because poor Bill Shorten didn't get a promotion....

HH.

[kiwigeo]

Bill Shorten was on QandA last night trying to suggest that Julia is going to an early election to allow the people to verify their support of her as PM.

Shorten one of the small band of faction leaders that pull the puppet strings in the Labour Party. I often wonder why the right wing of the Labour doesnt just join the Liberal Party and the left faction of the Liberal Party join the Labour Party...would make things alot easier for all.