JULIA Gillard has confirmed she held talks with former NSW premier Bob Carr over drafting him to serve in her government, sparking fresh opposition attacks on her honesty and political judgment. The Prime Minister has backed away from her claim that a report in The Australian on Wednesday revealing her dealings with Mr Carr was
Arbib’s resignation stinks
There could be more to Mark Arbib’s resignation than the cliche “I want to spend more time with my family” as Professor Bunyip notes in his A Stench That Grows And Lingers post. Go there and wonder over the machinations of the ALP and if you don’t read the Professor’s thoughts every day then you
Windsor’s confused
TONY Abbott has declared independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott are effectively Labor MPs as they refuse to contemplate supporting a no-confidence motion against the government. The Opposition Leader challenged Mr Windsor and Mr Oakeshott to state publicly whether they still supported Julia Gillard after the Labor Party’s week of leadership turmoil. Windsor replies; “The
Roll on Tuesday
Kevin being popular in Brisbane is a Kevin invention. Pulling a crowd in the Queen Street Mall is easily organized and if you look at the video, it’s all kids. Go in there anytime, after having alerted the media so they can get their TV cameras to record their favourite news item being mugged, and
They’ll be eating their kids next
All I want to do is sit and watch the ALP house burn down but unfortunately I’ve got a BAS to do and a website to build. Still, until Monday it’s only words so maybe tomorrow I can buy some popcorn, pull up a chair and enjoy the show. I read where Newspoll are releasing
Game on
Pickering at his best. Brought out of archives by daugter J How rediculous, how second rate must we appear to the world. Whitlam and Keating pale into insignificance when compared with these ego warriors. You can tell by watching Rudd that he truly believes that the people love him and all would agree unanimously that
ALP looking to reinforce failure
People with the retention of a lightning strike are thinking; The ALP need to get rid of Gillard, let’s try Rudd again. I wonder how long it will take them to remember just how bad Rudd was? He claims to have learnt his lesson and has changed. He is only saying what he wants people
Coming home to roost
Isn’t it great having an ALP-Greens government with unions free to destroy jobs and businesses? Qantas announced the shedding of 500 jobs as their profits go into free-fall partly due to the union strikes late last year. BHP in trouble as thousands of miners walk off the job. Coastal shipping cargo costs to rise as
FWA Investigation
Shorten on Fair Work Australia taking three years to investigate Thomson “The best way to protect Fair Work Australia is to protect its independence,” he told Channel Ten today. “The argument which says the government needs to intervene would undermine its independence. What about the argument which says the government already has intervened to slow
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Greens lonely MP Adam Bandt says Tony Abbott should be focused on Aboriginal disadvantage not political point scoring. He is. He spends a couple of weeks every year in the outback helping Aboriginal communities. No cameras, no journalists – just trying to help and understand their problems. What are you doing for them Brandt?
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