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Stephen Smith....min. for defense. steps down.

kengillard — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 05:25:23 GMT

Another one bites the dust.:-(

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the_great_she_elephant — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 05:28:51 GMT

Bugga! I hope whoever takes over from him has the same courage to confront the top brass in the services in the way he did.

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kengillard — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 05:31:01 GMT

We live in hope ele

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lakeland27 — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 05:35:42 GMT

he said 20 years in canberra etc was enough. which isn't hard to believe.

the funniest speech today was from Peter Slipper.. he talked about a young guy he helped out years ago, name of Brough. nobody in the house was laughing, but he gave a good insight into the machinations of the Qld branches.

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polksaladallie — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 05:44:11 GMT

he said 20 years in canberra etc was enough. which isn't hard to believe.

the funniest speech today was from Peter Slipper.. he talked about a young guy he helped out years ago, name of Brough. nobody in the house was laughing, but he gave a good insight into the machinations of the Qld branches.

I heard today that Brough and someone else (forget} went to Clive Palmer to ask him to fund the Ashby case.

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**meep** — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:09:58 GMT

No secret I'm not a Labor supporter but I like S Smith.

Not surprised he stepped down considering this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ4oUYW2xZo

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kengillard — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:33:29 GMT

I liked him too.

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the_great_she_elephant — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:37:07 GMT

No secret I'm not a Labor supporter but I like S Smith.

Not surprised he stepped down considering this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ4oUYW2xZo

I think the coalition will need to be a bit careful about flooding the media with that kind of ad. It will be funny at first, but it's not very subtle and people get really sick of being beaten around the head with a big stick. I suspect they'll 'switch off' very quickly..

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**meep** — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:41:24 GMT

I don't think so She ele, its all true.....they'd be silly not to use it..

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**meep** — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:48:03 GMT

its only an online ad, isnt it? i could be wrong but i think it only had approx 300 views yesterday...

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silverfaun — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:49:23 GMT

Another one bites the dust.:-(

I can't believe the short memories on here.

He was gone Sept anyway.

Stephen Smith was despised by the defence forces, now that is, common knowledge.

You look at the one's who are stepping down now they have lost their power, &\ they all look so weak & ineffectual, one wonders how they hung on for so long or how they even got that far.

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green.fields — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:51:16 GMT

I'm not a labor supporter either but I do like Stephen Smith and it's a shame he is going.

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catsnknots — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:53:47 GMT

Garrett is retiring as well...

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catsnknots — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 06:54:45 GMT

Smith now quits politics as well.

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kengillard — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:01:38 GMT

Who is left in the Labor Party that has much experience?

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catsnknots — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:06:23 GMT

I think it goes to show how much Rudd is hated within his own party.

Did you see the pathetic handshake that Plibersek gave him.. like he had leprosy, I think she will quit next.

Also.. if Rudd is going on about how great the previous people were and what an amazing job Gillard had done and how awesome Swans work had been why did he need to do this to the party???

I don't get it???

is this really all about polls and not the people?

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kengillard — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:10:20 GMT

who knows Cats? and who's about to tell us?

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catsnknots — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:14:34 GMT

Rudd won't... :^O

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poddster — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 07:25:28 GMT

It all has been about revenge, some say justified some say not so.

Labor/Unions have been dealt a near fatal blow they have been in a death embrace for a long time and neither is willing or able to let go.

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freakiness — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:51:58 GMT

Rudd won't... :^O

Well you know he probably saw all the vile sexist garbage tossed at Gillard and figured she couldn't win. I'm not only referring to the media but some of the vile websites setup to attack her.