How the ALP works...

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4 corners gives an interesting insight into how Aussies favourite party, the ALP internal machine works and how fucking corrupt the lot of these bastards are

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/ ... 710124.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Basically tells how the ALP fucked the taxpayer for the benefit of Obeid.
No wonder a scumbag like Aussie loves this party of scum sucking bottom feeders.

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The ALP works?

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The ALP IS negativity central... even if they blame everyone else

PM's war brings MP revolution
* by: Simon Benson
* From: The Daily Telegraph
* March 15, 2013 12:00AM

HAVING run out of interest groups in Australia to pick a fight with, the federal government now appears to have launched a war on everything. It is a development that has many Labor MPs deeply troubled.

"Until now it was hard to find a constituency we hadn't pissed off," said one senior caucus member after Communications Minister Stephen Conroy had dragooned his colleagues into backing his media regulations.

They cited single mums, miners, private health policy holders, people who play pokies, families who oddly like using electricity to power their homes, and the entire ethnic community. "We have also tarred and feathered every sports star in the country," they said. "And in case people want to moan and whinge about it, we go and pick a fight with the media to shut them up."

Conroy's crash or crash-through approach has divided the Labor caucus, not just on the substance of the bill to regulate journalists by stealth, but by the process. Or more importantly the lack of it. This legislation has one purpose only, it is an attempt to silence dissent and criticism of the ALP and their failings.

His railroading of cabinet and caucus has understandably angered a significant number of Labor MPs.

And his attempts to do the same with parliament has turned the independents away from supporting something they probably would have anyway, despite their claims it is not tough enough!

It is all the more incredulous considering Labor's dissenting senate report in 2006 on the Coalition's media ownership bill.

Among its greatest criticisms was that the Coalition had trashed parliamentary standards by giving the senate insufficient time to study the proposed changes. Ah the sweet smell of HYPOCRISY!!!

"The hearing itself was nothing short of a farce," Senator Kate Lundy, now the Sports Minister, said in her dissenting minority report. "The committee was forced to cram more than 30 witnesses into just two days. Labor senators believe that the conduct of this inquiry was completely unsatisfactory. The constraints imposed by the government made it impossible for the committee to subject these significant proposals to the degree of careful scrutiny that they require and that the people of Australia are entitled to expect."

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. This is exactly what Conroy is now demanding of the parliament with his own bills.

Conroy's crusade has been such a disaster for the government this week that one senior NSW Labor Party figure asked whether he had in fact struck a secret pact with Liberal director Brian Loughnane to drive Labor's vote down below 30 per cent.

Not surprisingly, the whole thing has simply added to the impending sense of crisis around the government. And Conroy has only added to it with the urgency with which he has pursued it. Unwittingly he set the conditions for the frenzied speculation that spread around Canberra late yesterday afternoon which prompted Labor MPs to call journalists to find out if the Prime Minister was about to resign. The irony would surely have been lost on the Minister for Communications. Nothing new there, the guys is an idiot.

It wasn't lost on the PM's numbers man Bill Shorten, who was boarding a plane to Melbourne with the flu when his phone came alive with text messages asking if he had done a deal with Kevin Rudd.

The caucus may be a rabble, but it can only take so much. And it is now at breaking point.

"Seriously, this has to be the final straw," said one Labor party official Thursday night.

But Conroy and Gillard's crusade against the media has a historical context. It is not the first time Labor has gone down this road.

Gough Whitlam adopted the same strategy of attacking the media when his government was falling to pieces.

But in his book The Whitlam Venture, Alan Reid revealed what a sham it was.

Evan Williams, Whitlam's press secretary, admitted it had less to do with any media bias than it was a government seeking a scapegoat for its own political disasters.

The following passage from the book describes events from 1972 to 1975 but could easily talk to 2010-2013.

"Was Labor so far down the drain in public estimation that it didn't much matter what the newspapers said (during the election campaign)?" said Williams and added: "What helped Fraser was not the editorials on one day but the sustained reporting of many months of cabinet sackings, crises, loans and other political upheavals: in short, a general public impression of incompetence and impending national disaster."

Reid wrote: "Examined dispassionately, none of the items mentioned in Williams' short list was media-produced: they were all generated by Whitlam or Whitlam colleagues. yet again ALP and Gillard in denial of the reality.

"Whitlam and his colleagues were responsible for the cabinet sackings, for the crises, for authorising the search for the loans and for first finding then sponsoring Khemlani as the middle man, for the political upheavals which followed in the wake of the 25 per cent across the board tariff cut, the decision to abolish the superphosphate bounty, Gair's appointment as Ambassador to Dublin, Murphy's elevation to the High Court and the consequent impairment of the ALP's prospects for controlling the senate, and the numerous other incidents which brought political crisis piling on political crisis.

"The media's responsibility was only for reporting these government decisions, for reporting the consequences that flowed from them, and for the way in which the decisions and consequences were reported."

Enough said.

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Australian Securities & Investments Commission reports record company closures, many blame carbon tax
* by: Steve Lewis and Phil Jacob
* From: The Daily Telegraph
* March 18, 2013 12:00AM

THE carbon tax is contributing to a record number of firms going to the wall with thousands of employees being laid off and companies forced to close factories that have stood for generations.

Soaring energy bills caused by the Government's climate change scheme have been called the "straw that broke the camel's back" by company executives and corporate rescue doctors who are trying to save ailing firms.

New data from the corporate regulator reveals insolvencies have hit a record high over the past 12 months, led by widespread failures in manufacturing and construction, which accounted for almost one-fifth of collapses.

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission reports there were 10,632 company collapses for the 12 months to March 1 - averaging 886 a month - with the number of firms being placed in administration more than 12 per cent higher than during the global financial crisis.

While the high Australian dollar is seen as the main factor behind manufacturing closures, experts say the carbon tax is adding to increasing cost burdens for many firms struggling to stay afloat.

Peter Macks, principal of Adelaide-based insolvency firm Macks Advisory, said the carbon tax was "quite debilitating" for a number of hotel operators who he said had been "struggling for a long time".

"It is very tough operating at a profit," Mr Macks said. Someone should tell Labor if you can't operate at a profit, then the only option is to close.

Todd Gammel, a partner with HLB Mann Judd, likened the carbon tax to pulling a leg out from underneath a chair.

"For companies which have exposure to energy, and other factors which are affected by the carbon tax in a significant way, the carbon tax and the costs related to it are having a significant impact on the ability of these companies to continue," Mr Gammel said.

His firm was brought into help rescue Grain Products Australia, which called in the administrators late last year before being liquidated.

Around half of the firm's 68 employees will lose their jobs and GPA's former managing director Rob Lowndes said the carbon tax and other environmental levies had added "significant" costs, of around $500,000 a year.

Mr Lowndes said the company which exported wheat gluten to Japan and other markets had suffered from increased costs for wheat and electricity.

The carbon tax, he said, was not the "primary factor" why GPA went belly-up but it was "certainly an added cost" which was making it hard for manufacturing to survive in Australia.

While the carbon tax adds around 10 per cent to the price of electricity for most families, the impact on many small businesses and energy-intensive firms can be significantly higher.

"There's no doubt the carbon tax is driving higher electricity prices for businesses across the state," said NSW Treasurer Mike Baird. "NSW Treasury analysis for this financial year shows that NSW electricity customers including small businesses and households will be hit with a bill worth an estimated $580 million due to higher power prices as a direct result of this disastrous tax."

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief economist Greg Evans said: "Rapidly escalating energy prices caused by the carbon tax and other green programs are taking their toll on many Australian businesses.

"In energy reliant industries it is already showing up in job losses, deferred investment and in the worst cases, business closures," Mr Evans said.

"These are the enterprises that are energy reliant, face competition from larger players or overseas, yet received zero compensation from government when the onerous tax was introduced.

"We accept business is under pressure a number of fronts including the impact of a high exchange rate, however what business operators find hard to deal with is deliberate policy actions of government designed to increase the cost of doing business," Mr Evans said.

"It defies logic to adopt a policy which even the Treasury acknowledge will lower our standard of living and be harmful to national productivity. Not Labor logic...

AMP Capital chief economist Dr Shane Oliver said the carbon tax was contributing to the demise of firms across the economy. Oh yeah.... "Whyalla Wipeout..."

"The mining sector has for so long hidden the truth about how companies are actually doing and the carbon tax is clearly having a toll," he said.

Another victim of sluggish trading conditions is Penrice Soda.

The Adelaide-based firm will shut its factory which has made soda ash for the past 70 years in a few months.Guy Roberts, the company's CEO, says up to 70 jobs will be lost, with the firm deciding it will import soda ash used in the production of glass and detergents rather than continuing to make the chemical.

"We are replacing a factory with a shed," he laments.Penrice Soda had negotiated a deal with the Government to reduce its carbon tax bill from $8 million a year to $1 million but Mr Roberts said that was "still effectively the straw that broke the camel's back".

"It's a million dollar hit to our business overall. You can argue that the carbon tax pushed us into the red I would argue that the carbon tax contributed materially to the loss in the first half," he said.

In February, Prime Minister Julia Gillard was quizzed about Penrice Soda's decision to close its factory, and said the carbon tax impact was "very, very, very, very modest indeed".

An angry Mr Roberts said he feels "let down" by Ms Gillard's comments."Whether you agree with the policy or not, the timing is excruciatingly poor," he added.

Campbell Jaski, a partner at PPB Advisory and head of its Resources Group, said the carbon tax "has definitely added an additional layer of cost and burden".

The carbon tax - and mining tax - were also showing up as "sovereign risk" issues in discussions with foreign investors.

"It's on the minds of investors - whether it is hedge funds, or Chinese investors looking for resource opportunities, it's always a comment that is made in terms of Australia's sovereign risk profile," Mr Jaski said.

A spokesman for Industry Minister Greg Combet, who is also the Climate Change Minister, said the government was "acutely conscious of the pressures on parts of Australian manufacturing ... due mainly to the high value of the dollar and intense competition on world markets. "Accutely conscious" but either in denial or just don't care...

"That is why the Government has announced its $1 billion Jobs Plan which will deliver more work for local firms on major projects and stronger protection for manufacturers from goods being unfairly dumped into Australia by foreign producers.

"The government is using carbon price revenue to assist manufacturers to reduce energy costs and become more competitive by investing in energy efficient."

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/business/compani ... z2NqAmKzXw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Australian Securities & Investments Commission reports record company closures, many blame carbon tax
* by: Steve Lewis and Phil Jacob
* From: The Daily Telegraph
* March 18, 2013 12:00AM

THE carbon tax is contributing to a record number of firms going to the wall with thousands of employees being laid off and companies forced to close factories that have stood for generations.

Soaring energy bills caused by the Government's climate change scheme have been called the "straw that broke the camel's back" by company executives and corporate rescue doctors who are trying to save ailing firms.

New data from the corporate regulator reveals insolvencies have hit a record high over the past 12 months, led by widespread failures in manufacturing and construction, which accounted for almost one-fifth of collapses.

The Australian Securities & Investments Commission reports there were 10,632 company collapses for the 12 months to March 1 - averaging 886 a month - with the number of firms being placed in administration more than 12 per cent higher than during the global financial crisis.

While the high Australian dollar is seen as the main factor behind manufacturing closures, experts say the carbon tax is adding to increasing cost burdens for many firms struggling to stay afloat.

Peter Macks, principal of Adelaide-based insolvency firm Macks Advisory, said the carbon tax was "quite debilitating" for a number of hotel operators who he said had been "struggling for a long time".

"It is very tough operating at a profit," Mr Macks said. Someone should tell Labor if you can't operate at a profit, then the only option is to close.

Todd Gammel, a partner with HLB Mann Judd, likened the carbon tax to pulling a leg out from underneath a chair.

"For companies which have exposure to energy, and other factors which are affected by the carbon tax in a significant way, the carbon tax and the costs related to it are having a significant impact on the ability of these companies to continue," Mr Gammel said.

His firm was brought into help rescue Grain Products Australia, which called in the administrators late last year before being liquidated.

Around half of the firm's 68 employees will lose their jobs and GPA's former managing director Rob Lowndes said the carbon tax and other environmental levies had added "significant" costs, of around $500,000 a year.

Mr Lowndes said the company which exported wheat gluten to Japan and other markets had suffered from increased costs for wheat and electricity.

The carbon tax, he said, was not the "primary factor" why GPA went belly-up but it was "certainly an added cost" which was making it hard for manufacturing to survive in Australia.

While the carbon tax adds around 10 per cent to the price of electricity for most families, the impact on many small businesses and energy-intensive firms can be significantly higher.

"There's no doubt the carbon tax is driving higher electricity prices for businesses across the state," said NSW Treasurer Mike Baird. "NSW Treasury analysis for this financial year shows that NSW electricity customers including small businesses and households will be hit with a bill worth an estimated $580 million due to higher power prices as a direct result of this disastrous tax."

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chief economist Greg Evans said: "Rapidly escalating energy prices caused by the carbon tax and other green programs are taking their toll on many Australian businesses.

"In energy reliant industries it is already showing up in job losses, deferred investment and in the worst cases, business closures," Mr Evans said.

"These are the enterprises that are energy reliant, face competition from larger players or overseas, yet received zero compensation from government when the onerous tax was introduced.

"We accept business is under pressure a number of fronts including the impact of a high exchange rate, however what business operators find hard to deal with is deliberate policy actions of government designed to increase the cost of doing business," Mr Evans said.

"It defies logic to adopt a policy which even the Treasury acknowledge will lower our standard of living and be harmful to national productivity. Not Labor logic...

AMP Capital chief economist Dr Shane Oliver said the carbon tax was contributing to the demise of firms across the economy. Oh yeah.... "Whyalla Wipeout..."

"The mining sector has for so long hidden the truth about how companies are actually doing and the carbon tax is clearly having a toll," he said.

Another victim of sluggish trading conditions is Penrice Soda.

The Adelaide-based firm will shut its factory which has made soda ash for the past 70 years in a few months.Guy Roberts, the company's CEO, says up to 70 jobs will be lost, with the firm deciding it will import soda ash used in the production of glass and detergents rather than continuing to make the chemical.

"We are replacing a factory with a shed," he laments.Penrice Soda had negotiated a deal with the Government to reduce its carbon tax bill from $8 million a year to $1 million but Mr Roberts said that was "still effectively the straw that broke the camel's back".

"It's a million dollar hit to our business overall. You can argue that the carbon tax pushed us into the red I would argue that the carbon tax contributed materially to the loss in the first half," he said.

In February, Prime Minister Julia Gillard was quizzed about Penrice Soda's decision to close its factory, and said the carbon tax impact was "very, very, very, very modest indeed".

An angry Mr Roberts said he feels "let down" by Ms Gillard's comments."Whether you agree with the policy or not, the timing is excruciatingly poor," he added.

Campbell Jaski, a partner at PPB Advisory and head of its Resources Group, said the carbon tax "has definitely added an additional layer of cost and burden".

The carbon tax - and mining tax - were also showing up as "sovereign risk" issues in discussions with foreign investors.

"It's on the minds of investors - whether it is hedge funds, or Chinese investors looking for resource opportunities, it's always a comment that is made in terms of Australia's sovereign risk profile," Mr Jaski said.

A spokesman for Industry Minister Greg Combet, who is also the Climate Change Minister, said the government was "acutely conscious of the pressures on parts of Australian manufacturing ... due mainly to the high value of the dollar and intense competition on world markets. "Accutely conscious" but either in denial or just don't care...

"That is why the Government has announced its $1 billion Jobs Plan which will deliver more work for local firms on major projects and stronger protection for manufacturers from goods being unfairly dumped into Australia by foreign producers.

"The government is using carbon price revenue to assist manufacturers to reduce energy costs and become more competitive by investing in energy efficient."

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/business/compani ... z2NqAmKzXw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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4 corners gives an interesting insight into how Aussies favourite party, the ALP internal machine works and how fucking corrupt the lot of these bastards are

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/stories/ ... 710124.htm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Basically tells how the ALP fucked the taxpayer for the benefit of Obeid.
No wonder a scumbag like Aussie loves this party of scum sucking bottom feeders.

Is Obeid

a) Muslim
b) Jewish
c) Non denominational/Catholic


http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/ed ... 6589493621




He grew up in a small Lebanese village with a large Christian (Catholic) majority, and is believed to have been an alter boy during his youth, but this doesn't necessarily mean he was grass-roots Christian, as many other 'minority' faiths residing in a predominantly christian majority (especially in Lebanon) often convert and or practice a faith different to their own.

Sorry, but with a name like Edward (“Eddie”) Moses Obeid... I'm inclined to think that his mother was Jewish, and if I'm right, then the offspring are supposed to take the mothers faith, meaning he's technically Jewish, regardless of whether he's a practicing Christian, (his fathers faith) or not, because with Jews, it's not just a religion, it's lineage.

Hence his obsession with pleasing our friends of Israel.

.... Just my opinion, take it or leave it.

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Malcolm Turnbull is another closeted example, when he claims his mother told him of his Jewish lineage on her death bed.

Malcolm took this so personally, he began wearing a skullcap even.




So, it's not just an ALP thing, but it's definitely a trend we are seeing more of among the right factions of the ALP.

Suddenly Jewish, or merely riding the Kosher gravy train for professional advantage?

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All males attending a Jewish Religious event are supposed to wear one.
It is a sign of respect.
He's a Roman Catholic.

Mr Turnbull said one long-running rumour -- that she had told him on her deathbed that she was Jewish -- was not true. But he confirmed to the newspaper that Lansbury did tell him at some point that she had Jewish heritage.

more info from the source...

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/tu ... 1117640956" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Malcolm Turnbull said that his mother told him about his Jewish lineage on her death bed.

Most convenient I thought, and not long after, he began lurking with Jews.

Ask him yourself.





Lol...then after the media back-lash, he tried to play it down.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/tu ... 1117640956


He started the rumor himself in hope that the Jewish community would deem him more favorably in the lead up to an election when he was leader of the opposition.


Jew or not, he's a turn-coat globalist grub.

Libs know this, hence they don't think much of him.

Libs have ways of dealing with their treacherous, pity Labor prefer to celebrate theirs.

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If you bothered to read my posted link you'd see HE HIMSELF rejects that as simply an incorrect rumour.

I don't have to ask him myself I just read it in his own words.

BTW you just linked to the same bloody article you idiot.

Mr Turnbull said one long-running rumour -- that she had told him on her deathbed that she was Jewish -- was not true. But he confirmed to the newspaper that Lansbury did tell him at some point that she had Jewish heritage.

"She said that to me when I was a kid," he said. "It wasn't any type of deathbed story or anything like that. I was with my mother when she was dying but she had always said that some of her ancestors, which were a mixture of people from the UK and Europe, were Jewish or of Jewish background.

"Whether that's true or not, I don't know. She wasn't always the most reliable source of information, I'm afraid. And she may not have been sure herself."

English not your first language right...