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Nibbles141 posted:The Libs MO lately has been to 'leak' stuff out and then gauge the public reaction. People keep saying this but then they go ahead and implement all this poo poo regardless.
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Ragingsheep posted:Weren't they attacking Rudd for doing the same thing? Rudd was different in that he would micromanage his pet initiatives/policies to the last detail and leave the appropriate ministers with nothing to do, wheras Abbott just farts out thought bubbles and expects cogent policies to magically coalesce around them. PaletteSwappedNinja fucked around with this message at 12:16 on Aug 6, 2014 |
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Betz is a fuckwit, I'm not even going to bother posting why.
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Yeah but what has he done now? He was on tv trying to draw a link between abortion and breast cancer.
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If there was ever any doubt about the idiocy of the IPA, just remember, they paid $38k for that.
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Les Affaires posted:Why the hell would they want Clover Moore out of her position? What did she do? She's a popular independent and a progressive who's successfully pushed anti-corruption/ICAC and gay rights legislation; Fred Nile hates her and the Liberals can't win elections against her, so all the little right-wing parties have to contrive new ways to squeeze her out.
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Apparently the same thing happened to Abbott way back when? http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/17/1089694611809.html
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Mr @billshortenmp running a town hall in Bendigo, which is also the location of a huge proposed Mosque. Coincidence? #rapegate #auspol
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Amethyst posted:Please murder anyone who uses the term "rapegate" https://twitter.com/GotAnyPies/status/502333135392997376
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Captain Pissweak posted:"What a scoop!" - literally no one He didn't just punch a wall, he punched the wall inches from some woman's head in order to intimidate her or something. It did get a lot of press at the time, during whichever election it was. EDIT: it happened during his student days but it got re-aired during a recent election PaletteSwappedNinja fucked around with this message at 11:35 on Aug 21, 2014 |
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Lid posted:John Robertson is somehow even more invisible than Bill Shorten. That's because he's a shitheel who knows better than to bring attention to himself.
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Abbott announced a MH17 memorial to be erected in the gardens of Parliament House. Dude's shameless.
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The Abbott government is poised to announce a revamped school chaplaincy program following two High Court rulings that the program is constitutionally invalid. Fairfax Media can reveal the scheme will remain restricted to religious workers despite a cabinet discussion on Monday about including a secular option for schools. Prime Minister Tony Abbott argued against a change in the cabinet meeting. In a bid to prevent another High Court challenge, the federal government will direct funding to state and territory governments rather than to chaplain providers. The High Court ruled the scheme invalid in June because it went outside the Commonwealth government's funding powers – a decision that threw the fate of hundreds of government grants and programs into doubt. The High Court also struck down the scheme in 2011. Cabinet explored extending the $244 million scheme to include funding for secular welfare workers – reflecting an acknowledgment among ministers that the issue is politically sensitive. This option would have reversed the government's existing policy that funding should be restricted to religious chaplains. During the cabinet discussion, Mr Abbott argued that the government should stand by its existing policy. Mr Abbott argued the scheme's original intent was supporting pastoral care in schools and that should remain its focus. No major further changes are expected to the program, as it has now been designed, before it comes back to and is approved by the cabinet. At the same cabinet meeting, Liberal Party officials reportedly told ministers to tighten their focus, with "no more distractions", "no more ideology" and an instruction to "stick to the middle". The chaplaincy scheme was also raised in the Coalition party room on Tuesday, where at least two government members argued the scheme should be broadened to include funding for secular workers. The chaplaincy scheme was introduced by the Howard government in 2006. Labor expanded the scheme to include secular workers in 2011 – an option the government scrapped in this year's budget. Both challenges in the High Court were brought forward by Toowoomba father Ron Williams, a secularist opposed to public funding for religious workers in public schools. Labor and the Greens both oppose restricting the chaplaincy scheme to religious workers. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said in June: "Labor certainly does not support restricting chaplains to just religious organisations. "We think this is taking the education system down the wrong track."
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Haters Objector posted:In Liberal party politics circa 2014 you can say that black is white and up is down and half the country will believe you because the Daily Telegraph will insist that Black is White and up is down and anyone who disagrees is a Nazi or a Muslim The Abbott government's long-awaited review into Australia's renewable energy target has recommended the scheme be abolished by 2030 or scaled back. The report, chaired by businessman and climate sceptic Dick Warburton, says the costs imposed by the scheme are "not justifiable" and calls on the government to find lower cost alternatives for reducing carbon emissions. But the review, published on Thursday after weeks of speculation about its contents, acknowledges that the scheme has led to lower wholesale electricity prices and that its impact on household bills over time is "relatively small". However, it argues the scheme has led to "artificially" low wholesale prices by increasing the supply of electricity at a time when demand has been falling. The panel recommended two options. The first would close the scheme to new entrants and see the target end for all companies by 2030. The second option would reduce the renewable energy target by bringing it in line with falling electricity demand, what's known as the "true 20 per cent" scenario.
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