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You Am I
May 20, 2001

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Federal Liberals can't balance a budget to help themselves.

Morrison is toothless as treasurer as Turnbull wants to be the one pulling the levers, even to the point of changing the night of the budget.

Turnbull is too busy pandering to the right wing of his party to notice that the majority of Australians do not share their views.

And soon we'll have an election, hopefully Abbott won't heed the advice he has been given by ex-Liberals and does do his "Caravan of Courage" tour.

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You Am I
May 20, 2001

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A Good Username posted:

They had to move up the budget announcement to leave room for a double dissolution.
Antony Green's got a blog post that explains it.

Yes, but Turnbull didn't tell Morrison that. Morrison had repeatedly told the media that the Budget Night would not be changed

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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fickle poofterist posted:

Where were Sweden then

They were too busy building Saabs and Volvos and having hot tub parties

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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MiniSune posted:

SMH reporting Kevin Andrews would challenge Turnbull.

I find that hard to believe in any multiverse, let alone this one.

Bloody hell Turnbull has been pandering to the Lib Right like crazy and they still won't let up

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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MaliciousOnion posted:

Sure, neo-nazis might be irredeemable morons, but violence against them does nothing to further the left's position. Also i find violence in general morally wrong.

To quote Pop Will Eat Itself's Ich Bin Ein Auslander:

Welcome to a state, where the politics of hate
Shout loud in the crowd, watch them beat us all down
There's a rising tide on the rivers of blood
But if the answer isn't violence, neither is your silence


Strange how lyrics that covered 1980s Britain fit in so well in our current climate.

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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The Lord Bude posted:

I must confess to having paid very little attention to state politics outside of Queensland. If Turdball loses a double D I assume we can expect him to quit politics in disgrace? or at least go and hide in the backbenches? It will be very entertaining to see what becomes of the liberal leadership afterwards.
Other than going back to Abbott, there's no one else in the Liberal front bench that's leadership worthy. Pyne is surely losing his seat next election over the way the Federal Government has treated South Australia, Morrison is a joke who only can put things into neat sound bites and slogans and there's no way the right wing will let Bishop be leader.

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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tithin posted:

The only thing the right want from her is to quit, and with that they're actually in tune with the electorate. For once.

I was actually talking about Julie. There's no way in the cold recesses of hell that Bronwyn has a chance, she has burnt the gently caress out of the NSW Lib Right with supporting Turnbull over Abbott for PM

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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Seagull posted:

unfortunate, albo could've been a really solid disappointment

Yeah, anyone who thought that Labor would swing to the left with Albo would have to remember the NSW Right, no matter how discredited it is, still runs the Federal party.

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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Zenithe posted:

This seems unusual. Is there some kind of precedent for this of is Geelong as bad as I've heard?

Geelong Council to be sacked by Victorian Government after scathing report

It's happened a number of times in Victoria. The Brimbank Council was put into administration due to corruption and Labor Councillor infighting

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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Victoria: The Garden State of Mind

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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So many smug punchable faces

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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hooman posted:

I hope Ricky Muir gets re-elected at the DD.

Same, he's been pretty good

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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QUACKTASTIC posted:

SA can't be trusted with barrels

Holy poo poo :wow:

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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Recoome posted:

Turns out the UPF dudes can't tell the difference between an actual "communist" [sic] music and Hymn for Red October which was composed for a movie.

None too surprising. I wonder if they realise that public health is a socialist thing and that they are on private health because of that fact.

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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This has blown up big time in Victoria. Nice work Sophie, you've done all the hard work for Cathy

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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Business at the front, party at the back

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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Negligent posted:

It's hard to believe how lovely Malcolm Turnbull is at coming up with a clear message

Like say what you want about Abbott but he mastered the three word slogan

Except that time his brain broke

Turnbull was hesitant and unsure of his message last night on 730, especially when Leigh asked him what the other 20 odd million are supposed to do when he's trying to convince the 1-2 million investors that he isn't going to do something about negative gearing. You could see part of Turnbull's brain wanted to go to slogan territory, but he kept on screwing that up

You Am I
May 20, 2001

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ewe2 posted:

That perception that Turnbull isn't connected to the general electorate is incredibly damaging: if they turn off on him, the others are doomed. That shot of a sad little Pyne riding hopefully on Turnbull's coattails as he announced the French deal says it all. Yes subs are being built in Adelaide, and the bulk of the money is flying off overseas, again. A fact not lost on his constituents.
Especially since it doesn't cover the loss of employment due to the death of Australian car manufacturing in that state. Most of those submarine jobs are already taken.

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You Am I
May 20, 2001

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Magog posted:

Headline: Serious burn for detention centre conditions.

Oh wait I forgot, this poo poo doesn't get a chance at a front page headline.

Probably be a two centimetre article under a "look at this happy animal" photo

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