A NASTY MIX OF INCOMPETENCE AND VITRIOL IS TANYA

[nero_bolt]

During the brief absence of Opposition leader Bill Shorten, we had an opportunity to view the true colours of his Deputy, Tanya Plibersek, and they were not pretty.

Apart from appearing to be totally unaware of standing orders and being visibly out of place at the despatch box, she showed just how concerned she was at the Holden workers’ plight.

Holden’s Mike Devereux had informed both major Parties of Detroit’s decision to up anchor by 2017 but had requested the courtesy of allowing him to inform his workers first.

A reasonable request that the Government respected. But not our Tanya.

She couldn’t help herself. The opportunity to one-up Joe Hockey was so irresistible she prematurely blurted out the announcement as part of a question, stupidly sheeting home the blame to Hockey for influencing Detroit’s decision. 

The families of workers watching Question Time, or listening on the radio, were made aware of the decision while Devereux was still in the process of explaining the situation to his workforce.

Holden has been existing on borrowed time, and taxpayer funds, for years and it was an announcement the Government had been expecting, as was the Labor Government expecting Ford’s.

Plibersek then proceeded to a Press conference where she announced 200,000 workers would lose their jobs.

No, Tanya, even your union mates say the figure is 16,000 and those workers have almost 4 years’ notice. In fact there will be hardly a ripple in the employment figures by the time 2017 comes around.

But there will be more than a ripple in union membership figures as workers drift into meaningful, alternative employment in the interim.

Madam Plibersek and Comrade Shorten’s concern is not for workers. They are concerned at an ever-diminishing union support base.

Anyway, why are nasty, ambitious and ideologically-driven women attracted to Labor?

And one ponders what type of bloke is attracted to this type of woman.

[bluecat*dancing]

I like Tanya Plibersek.

[spotweldersfriend]

Yep he's a dud alright.When's the next poll? 🙂

[cherry*135]

Here is the latest news story this evening about the 'other side'. Must have balance musn't we, in what political news we read?

Joe's agression betrays weakness.

Joe Hockey's fighting spirit encapsulates all that is wrong with the Abbott government

....It has been a remarkable 100-plus days, culminating in this week's cage fight with General Motors-Holden; a ham-fisted brawl, shirts ripped, faces bruised and knuckles bloody. But completely one-sided. With the snarling Joe Hockey throwing haymakers in the air while demanding Holden put up or shut up.

'The Abbott government proved, yet again, that it is incapable of mature and nuanced responses to the sort of political and economic challenges that are entirely predictable '

....It is becoming apparent that, while they were an excellent opposition, the years of reflexive, unthinking negativity, of framing all arguments in soundbites and all outcomes as crude win-loss scenarios have not well prepared Abbott and his colleagues for government.

Whether bullying East Timor, picking fights that they can't win with Beijing, humiliating themselves over Gonski or mugging childcare workers while debauching their own travel allowances, they approach the governments of the Commonwealth with all the witless hysteria of amateur night in a Chechen bordello.

Sometimes it's embarrassing. Sometimes amusing. And sometimes it's just a tragedy.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/blogs/blunt-instrument/joe-hockeys-fighting-spirit-encapsulates-all-th...

[cherry*135]

More political news of the day:

Malcolm Turnbull reveals plan to break NBN promise

The Abbott government will break its NBN election promise of giving all Australians access to 25 megabits per second download speeds by 2016, Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull admitted in Parliament on Thursday.

It also comes a fortnight after Fairfax Media revealed that advice given in its draft report to the incoming government showed the NBN Co did not believe the Coalition's target was achievable either.

This government has only been in office for three months and they’ve already broken promises left, right and centre … on debt … on education … on boats … and now today on the NBN," he said.

"This betrayal, this broken promise will hang like an albatross around this Minister’s neck."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/malcolm-turnbull-reveals-plan-to-break-nbn-pro...

[newstart2380]

She is a total joke and does not care at all about anything but her own agenda and how far she can go in politics. I wrote 3 letters to her and NOT ONCE did she or her office reply when she was the minister for human resources.

Can't stand the woman.

[azureline**]

Any time I have had cause to write to a politician, I have always received a reply.

[daydream**believer]

why is it ok for the Labor supporters to have a thread continually bagging the current Government. It has very few Liberal supporters bothering it.

But when a thread having a go at Liberal is started the Labor supporters swarm and take it over?

[lakeland27]

thats mostly because the claims made are complete garbage. feel free to do the same

[izabsmiling]

obviously some can't see this thread is the very same kind we got while Labour was leading our Country...this done in support of getting 'Kicking this mob out" .

The Mob is out know....I would like to ask the OP why they feel their ummm special kind of support is needed now that Tony Abbott is PM ?

Is it because smoke-screens and devaluing of the opposition are still needed to support our current Government   because that's a big part of them winning the Federal Election ....and now the reality rather than fantasy is becoming evident 

Is is a kind of look over there,they are bad  type thing ?

Not a good look for anyone who really does claim to have faith in this Government .

Not a good look for anyone to use those last lines in the OP to help make a Government look better than are.

[cherry*135]

To me this threads sole purpose is to critcise a a politician. Opening post is just a copy from a blog ..the least the OP could have done is provide the source where they copied the op from.
Warranted or not? Fair or unfair?That is for readers to decide and comment on.

The topics is politicians, no reason not to point out failings in other politicians as well.