The Turnbull Government

[Smurf1976]

Sounds like the standard tactics of anyone who's out of their depth to me.

Divert attention away from what you're supposed to be doing but are no good at.

Target anyone who could potentially fill your shoes.

Target even more aggressively anyone who you suspect is more capable than you are. Leave no stone unturned in trying to find some way to remove them from the equation.

If you can't find anything then just make things up. Rewrite history if you have to. If nothing else that will divert their efforts into defending themselves thus leaving no time to do much else and removing them, temporarily at least, as an opponent.

If there's more than one opponent then find some way to get them fighting each other thus consuming their time and resources.

If all else fails then create a crisis in an area you know more about than your opponents. Doesn't matter what it is so long as it changes the focus to something you know more about than your opponents thus giving you an opportunity to appear as competent.

Pretty much the standard actions of anyone who's supposed to lead something but lacks the skills required to do so.

 

[SirRumpole]

Pretty much the standard actions of anyone who's supposed to lead something but lacks the skills required to do so.

Yep. I had high hopes for Turnbull a while ago.

Another poster, wiser than I said he was a dud and that's the way he's turned out. A smart aleck city lawyer who thinks he's clever enough to take his courtroom baloney into the public domain and convince people that black is white.

People have now seen through him. Barring a disaster on the other side I think he and his government are dead meat.

 

[PZ.]

If only phony Tony could join the Cory Tory party it would be a fair fight all round!

 

[SirRumpole]

If only phony Tony could join the Cory Tory party it would be a fair fight all round!

Not much in that for Tony, he's having too much fun as it is watching Turnbull squirm.

 

[PZ.]

Not much in that for Tony, he's having too much fun as it is watching Turnbull squirm.

My view is it's the only way Tony will keep his seat. The Cory Tory party has the money to back him for an election. The Liberal Party does not. They almost went broke trying to save that seat in 2016 and they sure as hell won't be doing that again with all the marginals they have to defend.

We need to remember that Turnbull is far more popular than Shorten and could win easy if it wasn't for Tony Abbott's imbecilic behaviour.

They've lost my vote anyway after all that stuff about penalty rates.

 

[SirRumpole]

My view is it's the only way Tony will keep his seat. The Cory Tory party has the money to back him for an election. The Liberal Party does not. They almost went broke trying to save that seat in 2016 and they sure as hell won't be doing that again with all the marginals they have to defend.

We need to remember that Turnbull is far more popular than Shorten and could win easy if it wasn't for Tony Abbott's imbecilic behaviour.

They've lost my vote anyway after all that stuff about penalty rates.

I'm not sure if the leadership popularity means all that much. Labor may do better under someone else but they will win even if Shorten is the leader. Changing horses now will damage them I think unless something nasty comes out against Shorten.

 

[wayneL]

The next election is going to be like deciding which knacker you want cut off with a rusty pocket knife.

That is if you vote for majors. I will be voting to make it more interesting.

 

[SirRumpole]

The next election is going to be like deciding which knacker you want cut off with a rusty pocket knife.

That is if you vote for majors. I will be voting to make it more interesting.

Voting Green eh Wayne ?

 

[wayneL]

Voting Green eh Wayne ?

I would rather cut both off

 

[Tisme]

So now the AFP are going to "investigate" the leaks to get the monkey off their backs, it will be interesting to see how they manage to blame Bill Shorten.

Collusion or no, they seem to be the LNP's goto man for their hate ALP hobby horses

 

[SirRumpole]

So now the AFP are going to "investigate" the leaks to get the monkey off their backs, it will be interesting to see how they manage to blame Bill Shorten.

Collusion or no, they seem to be the LNP's goto man for their hate ALP hobby horses

If the Libs put too much heat on Shorten he may decide to step aside and put in someone like Bowen or Albo (please God not Tanya), who will be less of a target.

The Libs should be careful what they wish for.

 

[wayneL]

(please God not Tanya), .

On that point, we are in complete agreement

 

[Tisme]

On that point, we are in complete agreement

Tripartite !!!!!!!


she'd have ours and every other males knackers if unchained

 

[PZ.]

Righto Barnaby...

You'll have to do it all again bro

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-...livers-judgement-on-citizenship-seven/9085032

• The High Court will begin reading out its judgements at 2:15pm (AEDT)
• Barnaby Joyce (Nationals), Malcolm Roberts (One Nation), Larissa Waters (Greens), Fiona Nash (Nationals), and Scott Ludlam (Greens) are disqualified
• Nick Xenophon (NXT) and Matthew Canavan (Nationals) are safe
• There will now be a by-election in Barnaby Joyce's seat of New England
• The Government loses its one-seat majority until after that by-election

 

[moXJO]

Righto Barnaby...

You'll have to do it all again bro

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-...livers-judgement-on-citizenship-seven/9085032

• The High Court will begin reading out its judgements at 2:15pm (AEDT)
• Barnaby Joyce (Nationals), Malcolm Roberts (One Nation), Larissa Waters (Greens), Fiona Nash (Nationals), and Scott Ludlam (Greens) are disqualified
• Nick Xenophon (NXT) and Matthew Canavan (Nationals) are safe
• There will now be a by-election in Barnaby Joyce's seat of New England
• The Government loses its one-seat majority until after that by-election

Windsor must be jizzing in his pants

 

[PZ.]

Windsor must be jizzing in his pants

And he must also be happy that Joyce lost the case

 

[wayneL]

I wonder, if we went back through say 50 years, who else was ineligible, but never got busted?

 

[drsmith]

I'm surprised Tony Windsor's isn't having another crack at the seat. From what I saw on TV news coverage yesterday evening, he looked like he was itching for another battle with his old foe the Nats.

 

[SirRumpole]

I'm surprised Tony Windsor's isn't having another crack at the seat. From what I saw on TV news coverage yesterday evening, he looked like he was itching for another battle with his old foe the Nats.

This may explain.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-...ll-not-run-in-new-england-by-election/9093812

 

[drsmith]

This may explain.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-10-...ll-not-run-in-new-england-by-election/9093812

He's very much itching to be back in politics. Perhaps he rates if prospects as better running for the the senate than for New England.