The Turnbull Government

[dutchie]

28
2 to go Malcolm.

29, 1 to go Malcolm

 

[Tisme]

29, 1 to go Malcolm

The next figures will be cooked to show an improvement ......

 

[PZ.]

I reckon the next figures will conveniently coincide with a win for the Govt on company tax cuts.

 

[SirRumpole]

Tax concessions to wealthy costing six times the dole: Anglicare

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-...elfare-costs-in-perspective-anglicare/9585930

 

[Tisme]

I reckon the next figures will conveniently coincide with a win for the Govt on company tax cuts.

Guaranteed vote getter is to link corporate tax cuts and subsequent wage increase to employee EBA signed undertaking to vote LNP and denounce Greens as social cancer.... democracy in action right there.

 

[sptrawler]

Tax concessions to wealthy costing six times the dole: Anglicare

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-...elfare-costs-in-perspective-anglicare/9585930

Wow, that would be a well researched and unbiased report.

 

[SirRumpole]

One thing I agree with Tony Abbott (and Peter Dutton) about:-

Tony Abbott says Malcolm Turnbull has his 'knickers in a twist' over migration policy

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-11/abbott-attacks-turnbull-over-immigration-report-denial/9640784

 

[dutchie]

29, 1 to go Malcolm

Congratulations Malcolm!
You've cracked 30 bad polls. By your own criteria you have to go.
It's time to give the next non conservative his (not hers) go at 30 polls. (doesn't matter who really - your all out of touch).

 

[SirRumpole]

(doesn't matter who really - your all out of touch).

+1.

 

[Tisme]

One thing I agree with Tony Abbott (and Peter Dutton) about:-

Tony Abbott says Malcolm Turnbull has his 'knickers in a twist' over migration policy

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-11/abbott-attacks-turnbull-over-immigration-report-denial/9640784

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"Why on earth the Prime Minister himself and other senior ministers have got their knickers in a twist to deny that Peter Dutton raised this issue has got me beat," he said.

"About the only thing the Commonwealth Government can do to take the downward pressure off wages, the upward pressure off housing prices and unclog our roads — given infrastructure takes a long time to build — is to scale back the rate of immigration.

"So you'd think that a sensible government would have been happy to discuss the rate of immigration."

Mr Abbott said Mr Turnbull was behaving like a "clever barrister" and his denials could hurt the Government.

"He's made the Government look tricky, and that's not what the Government should appear to be, particularly when there's nothing wrong with having a discussion about bringing the immigration numbers down.""

 

[SirRumpole]

Looks like Turnbull is super sensitive not to upset the migrant mafia.

 

[PZ.]

Another attempt to sabotage the Govt at war with itself. Rather than knickers in a twist it's more like crossed wires. Anyone familiar with audio will know when one side has the wrong wiring you go out of phase and lose your bass. It's usually the right that's wrong

With two sets of 30 Newspoll losses in two terms this fractured Govt has lost its base

 

[Tisme]

Ever since the SSM plebiscite I have very little faith that anywhere near the majority of voter drones have a clue what's good for the nation and incapable of making a considered vote based on anything but blind obedience to welded on propaganda and/or marxist driven pop culture.

It seems to me that all the LNP have to do is show its incumbent prime ministers the door every three years to convince the electorate that a proxy vote has already occurred and rubber stamping via the polls is all that is required to validate it.

 

[Smurf1976]

Ever since the SSM plebiscite I have very little faith that anywhere near the majority of voter drones have a clue what's good

Very few people think and the standard of public debate is terrible these days.

The media has a lot to answer for there. There was a time when TV programs such as A Current Affair could actually make or break a government and where stories about dodgy car salesmen and weight loss programs etc would never have made it to air since they're just too unimportant.

The last PM we had with any sort of real vision was Keating. I didn't like his manner but he was an order of magnitude better than what has followed in terms of actually having a brain and thinking toward the future. Everyone since, on both sides of politics, has been at best focused on the present and at worst outright useless. The odd good thing here and there but as a whole they're duds.

 

[dutchie]

Everyone since, on both sides of politics, has been at best focused on the present and at worst outright useless. The odd good thing here and there but as a whole they're duds.

The sole aim of any new government, from day one, is to be re-elected at the next election.
Absolutely nothing else matters.

 

[wayneL]

I would love a Keating of any stripe these days.

Well, except if he was green. But then, a Keating wouldn't be, would he?

 

[Smurf1976]

The sole aim of any new government, from day one, is to be re-elected at the next election.
Absolutely nothing else matters.

Agreed for most of them but I can think of exceptions.

Eg Michael Field, premier of Tas 1989-92, would surely have realised he was going down a track that had no chance of getting his government re-elected. Saved the state from bankruptcy though but sure wasn’t popular at the time.

Jeff Kennett in Vic probably much the same.

At the national level Hawke / Keating weren’t exactly known for popular budgets.

Agreed in most cases though.

 

[SirRumpole]

At the national level Hawke / Keating weren’t exactly known for popular budgets.

Abbott/Hockey made great efforts not to get re-elected, and almost pulled it off.

 

[Tisme]

I would love a Keating of any stripe these days.

Well, except if he was green. But then, a Keating wouldn't be, would he?

One of my farcebook tonic and leveler pages:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/28819960090/?ref=br_rs

 

[moXJO]

I think libs are gone next election. The government never felt cohesive.

Labor has kept themselves small enough targets. Bill basically stands on the fence on every issue.