Reasons not to vote for the Coalition

[Jovial Monk]

How are the booze and codeine going, IQless?

[mantra]

Gillard - if she's judged on nothing else, probably won't win next year because of her mishandling of the migrant and refugee situation. Although 25,000 refugees might not seem many - this new policy of giving them the dole and sending them out into the community is a bad one, especially as they can't legally work for 5 years. This will create a huge black market and more crime. They'll have plenty of babies. Gillard is changing Australia more quickly than Howard did, but without any consultation with the electorate.

The wealthy migrants who pay for "golden ticket" visas will benefit from the black market.

WEALTHY Asian business people are lining up for the federal government's new ''golden ticket'' visa, which waives the usual criteria for skilled migrants - such as an ability to speak English - in exchange for a $5 million investment in Australia.

As Australia's refugee debate rages on, the federal government is rolling out the welcome mat for a select class of migrant and it expects 700 new wealthy residents annually under its Significant Investor Visa program, which opens for expressions of interest on Saturday.

For permanent residency, migrants must have $5 million and live in Australia 40 days a year for four years.
Illustration: Ron Tandberg.

With their eyes on a bucket of funds worth potentially $3.5 billion a year, Australia's biggest investment banks and consultancy firms have been busy spruiking the new visa.

Migration agents say that while most potential applicants are China's new rich, millionaires across south-east Asia, India, South America, Russia and Taiwan are also keen.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/wonky-va ... z2CzWmFELz

[Rorschach]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA oh man!

BIG reason not to vote for the LNP:

news.com.au ‏@newscomauHQ
Mining magnate Palmer resigns from LNP: MINING billionaire Clive Palmer has resigned from the Liberal National Party. http://bit.ly/WBBqpm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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I'm sorry but Clive Palmer (someone Gillard and Swan smeared because of his wealth) not being in any party is a good thing in my opinion.

BWAHAHA to you...

[Rorschach]

Then if you want a BIG scandal, a real one, there is always AWB, $300m paid to Sadam Hussein in bribes.

This Slater & Gordon stuff is not a scandal, it is smear, muckraking. Abbott’s cowardly revenge for the misogyny speech.

You are a political half-wit aren't you.

The biggest scandal of the Iraq war apart from the BIPARTISAN support for it was Rudd's claim that Australian money was buying weapons to kill Australian soldiers... what a disgusting lying little creton he is.

BTW what the AWB did was the NORM is trading and dealing in the Middle East you moron.
It had nothing to do with the government.

[Jovial Monk]

That sounds like a good idea.

Re Asylum Seekers there will be a time soon that the Greens and Libs will have to agree to a Malaysian Regional Processing Centre. Read the Houston Panel Report—it is on the web.

Gillard will win next year, the poll movements to her personally and to the government attest to that. Labor has moved in from $7 to $2.80—that is how big a change there has been. The desperation with which the Libs and the MSM are throwing much from something that happened 20 years ago is another pointer to the election result. Tone is desperate not to be booted, he will want the next NewsPoll to show a random 1% decline in labor support to try and remain LOTO. If next Newspoll shows the govt in front even by 0.01% Tone is gone.

If the Greens don’t support the Malaysia Solution they will be lucky to get 5% at the election.

[IQS.RLOW]

Malaysia solution is a pile of shit
5 for 1 is a deal only a fucked up ALP govt could make and even then they screwed it up because it's illegal

The only cure for the asylum seeker issue is to toss these useless ALP fucks on the bonfire. They cant get anything right. Australia cannot be run by union crimials, thugs and lackeys

[Jovial Monk]

Gee, the state LNP governments are doing their utmost to help Julia!

Premier Barry O'Farrell has refused to restore $1.7 billion over four years to the education budget, provoking a likely voter backlash – a coalition of public, independent and Catholic schools has warned.

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/backdown-or-b ... z2D00yofbv

CanJoh has recovered nearly all of the Labor vote for Julia singlehanded and now is about to move into totally stupid moves that should double the Labor vote from 2007!

[Jovial Monk]

.@CliveFPalmer no one had the guts to sign a complaint against me not @theqldpremier not @JeffSeeney @7NewsBrisbane
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.@CliveFPalmer compares @theqldpremier to idi amin over plans to endorse sitting LNP mps for another term @7NewsBrisbane
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.@CliveFPalmer compares @theqldpremier to African dictator over plan to guarantee sitting mps preselection @7NewsBrisbane
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.@CliveFPalmer this gov is much worse than anything from the Fitzgerald era @theqldpremier
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.@CliveFPalmer @theqldpremier snow job on releasing ministers diaries @7NewsBrisbane
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.@CliveFPalmer gone but determined not 2 b forgotten: I can't support @theqldpremier gov. No accountability to the people. @7NewsBrisbane
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Clive isn’t happy and is not keeping quiet. Newman is not very bright.

[Rorschach]

Newman is not very bright.

I'm betting he's brighter than Clive, the guy Wayne and Julia vilified for being rich.
you wanna bet on it, how about that $11 you've saved up.

[Jovial Monk]

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said Mr Abbott's plan to reduce the intake was appalling given he offered to increase it during post-election negotiations in 2010.

"It makes a mockery of Tony Abbott’s offer to me after the 2010 election to increase the humanitarian intake to 20,000, and the same proposal by the Opposition to Senator Sarah Hanson-Young at the time of Rob Oakeshott’s offshore processing bill," Mr Wilkie said.

"Seems the 20,000 figure only suits the Opposition when it’s related to its own political self-interest."

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politi ... 29xcj.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

This is serious policy development Liberal style in 2012. REAL Lib supporters must be tearing their hair out!