100 days of a new Government

[pct001wine]

I seem to remember that the media writes up a "report card" on an incoming Government after 100 days in office.

It's coming up soon and I can't for the life of me think of any positive achievement from these muppetts.

They still are acting as if they are in Opposition.

Anyone ?

[just_me_karen]

No, they have completely different brushes newstart. Labor uses a progressive brush, the coalition uses a regressive one.

Penny Wong and others already explained that the unnecessary funding set aside for Gonski was removed when those states declined to sign. That was the extra money, not their normal education allocation.

Abbott had an agreement with Newman to increase his funding...lets call it a reward? Blackmail? Anyway, the agreement was "don't sign up to Gonski and I'll throw you a reward"

Clean politics? No.

[pct001wine]

Well my question in the OP remains .... what positive things have they done ?  What can we applaud ? What can anyone, even in a bi-partisan way, be proud of ?

I would have thought that in these first days we would have had at the least some sort of "road map" but it seems that even vague promises are beyond them.  We do however see the continuing of the negative slogans and mantras. Abbott even did this when announcing $80M of funding for cancer drugs - had a go at the previous Government rather than tell the truth.

Anyone ... please ... 

[pct001wine]

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/chemotherapy-funding-to-get-82m-lifeline-but-l...

Abbott telling half the truth again to gain political points.

[just_me_karen]

Abbott's sole political motivation:

"my job is to try to be appealing as I can at all times"

He said this during the last Bolt interview and was quoted in the guardian.

[azureline**]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

Backflipped on the Gonski...................

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Well no, if someone backflips, they end up in exactly the same position.  Think about it.   

      

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well, it's a word I heard used so many times during the last years, I assumed it must be the right one to use...........

[polksaladallie]

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@just_me_karen wrote:
Abbott's sole political motivation:

"my job is to try to be appealing as I can at all times"

He said this during the last Bolt interview and was quoted in the guardian.

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Please, Karen, pronounce it as abbott does (it must be right), Guardjin.     

[donnashuggy]

The exact opposite of keating which is why he is so unpopular I guess.

[lurker17260]

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@just_me_karen wrote:
Abbott's sole political motivation:

"my job is to try to be appealing as I can at all times"

He said this during the last Bolt interview and was quoted in the guardian.

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meh

appealing / appalling

easy mistake

[izabsmiling]

Scott Morrison Friday 4 October 2013

  Coalition ‘never had a policy of towing boats back’, says Scott Morrison

Immigration minister accuses media of ‘misrepresentation over a long period of time’

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/coalition-never-had-a-policy-of-towing-boats-back-says-...

Bow ripped off asylum boat as Customs attempted to tow it

November 19 2013

A spokesman for Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has not responded to requests for information on the incident.

The 40 passengers are understood to be from Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Late on Tuesday morning, Labor Senator Kim Carr asked Customs chief Mike Pezzullo about the incident in a Senate estimates hearing.

Mr Pezzullo said he was unable to give any information, saying it was a matter for Operation Sovereign Borders, whose commander Lieutenant-General Angus Campbell will face the hearing on Tuesday afternoon.

The threat of turning boats back to Indonesia when it is safe to do so has been a highly controversial plank of the Coalition's border protection policy.

Labor has argued that the practice can never be safe because of the poor condition of most asylum-seeker vessels and the risk that the passengers and crew will deliberately sabotage their own boats.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/bow-ripped-off-asylum-boat-as-customs-attempte...

 Did Scott Morrison get it wrong and blame the media?

If a tow back happened and the failure of a tow back was considered to be a matter for 'Operation Sovereign Borders'