Reasons not to vote LABOR.

[Rorschach]

Well I've silenced you except for your habit of incessant sniping.

I see you are off chasing another tangent as things got too hot in the kitchen for you.

You have no clue how The Greens work do you?

If Milne wasn't there you can bet Bandt and Hansen-Young would be trying to grab the leadership.

If.......if................if........

Truth and fact is that the bloke was completely irrelevant. Brown was.

There's no if about Bandt's importance in Labor gaining government Arsie.
There's no doubt about Gillards's poor judgement and negotiating abilities.

[Rorschach]

It’s well-known that sections of the ALP have long been unhappy with what they perceived to be a destructive and largely unnecessary formal agreement with the Greens, given lower house MP Adam Bandt had pledged never to support the Liberals, and in light of the fact the Greens’ senators are largely disinclined to vote with the Coalition either.

oh dear...

[IQS.RLOW]

Aussie won't be back to defend his idiocy. He will just slink about and then raise exactly the same points in the hope that repeating lies will make them stick.

It's how the ALP work.
The Emerson Idiot school of logic

[Aussie]

There's no if about Bandt's importance in Labor gaining government Arsie.

Please explain to me in detail what part this insignificant Brandt played in the negotiations each Leader had with the Greens before Windsor and Oakshot made their announcements to support Gillard.

Bear in mind, this, from the horse's mouth:

Mr Bandt said if it wasn't for the Greens, the carbon price and billions of dollars in investment for renewable energy would never have occurred.

"It happened because the Greens were there," the member for Melbourne told ABC radio on Wednesday.

"Labor went to the last election promising a citizens' assembly, and the coalition went promising nothing at all.

"It was only because the people of Melbourne voted for the Greens and we were in the balance of power that we were able to get not only a price on pollution but $13 billion going to clean and renewable energies.

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[Rorschach]

Can't you count Aussie?

[Neferti]

Is this in the right thread?



http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-25/g ... ow/4537774

Gillard stands firm in school funding row



Please discuss Julia's ejucashun revolution the second (or more?) time around?

Not to worry, the $1B won't be spent while she is PM. Promises, promises. Suckers, suckers who believe her.

Seeing her reading to PRE-schoolers at The Lodge is sick-making!



Mmmm. The pictures of her, reading "Emily and the Big Bad Bunyip" have disappeared ... you could even listen to Julia's dulcet tones telling the PRE-schoolers the story ..... I was mesmerised with the accent, and I am sure the 4 year olds (hand picked) were as well ....




Who said that Labor wasn't in Election Mode.

[IQS.RLOW]

I see Gillard is setting a perfect example of a Labor govt who couldnt reach a surplus if they had a money printing press

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...led her to being flown to The Lodge for an appointment with the busy electioneering Gillard. It was Feldy's first trip to Canberra. Given the PM could no longer wear contact lenses, Feldy chose up to 100 pairs of glasses and flew with them to the capital

Expensive pair of glasses we all just paid for, for the 4 eyed mole

[Aussie]

That link does not support your allegation that we taxpayers paid for her glasses.

[IQS.RLOW]

The calls are in to find out...watch this space

[Aussie]

I am no economics commentator but there are some experts out there worthy of credit.

Fitch reaffirms Australia's AAA credit rating

US agency Fitch has reaffirmed Australia's coveted AAA credit rating, but warned about the impact of a slowdown in the mining sector.

The credit rating reflects Australia's ability to repay foreign debt and is used to compare different countries.

Fitch says Australia has remained one of the strongest performing economies in the AAA universe since the global financial crisis.

It says a robust mining sector and demand for natural resources would continue to support Australia's economy.

Treasurer Wayne Swan says the AAA rating puts Australia in a select group of countries.

"Australia is one of eight countries to have a AAA rating from the three major global ratings agencies," he said.

"Why is all that important? Because the way some people are carrying on at the moment you'd swear that we were at the other end of the spectrum.

"It's important because what they are judging here is the underlying strength of the Australian economy.

"Low public debt, strong public finances, low unemployment, lower interest rates strong investment pipeline."

Fitch upgraded Australia to AAA for the first time in 2011.

However, the ratings agency warned about the mining slowdown and possible bank exposures in Australia.

"Ultimately, the key longer-term challenge facing Australia is how the economy will respond when mining sector investment peaks and begins to turn down," Fitch said in a statement.

"It is still too early to judge how the economy will perform once this stage is reached."

It also highlighted the potential for a downturn in asset prices or housing values.

"Large-scale problems in the banking sector, whether driven by a significant deterioration in asset quality (eg a sharp downturn in the housing market) or by a loss of access to international wholesale funding."

Fitch also noted the Government's plan to bring the budget back to surplus had been abandoned due to the strong Australian dollar and volatile commodity prices.

But the agency took the view that the process of fiscal consolidation has slowed rather than reversed.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has declined to comment.