Abbott's model to wreck a government

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Abbott's model to wreck a government may come back to bite him

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/abbotts-model-to-wreck-a-government-may-come-back-to-bite-h...

[lakeland27]

i see it much the same way.  i thought it would end in tears myself . i look forward to seeing it play out

[poddster]

BUT........ who will lead the opposing onslaught Sloth or Weasel??

[freakiness]

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@poddster wrote:

BUT........ who will lead the opposing onslaught Sloth or Weasel??

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Choose your new names for yourself. Don't try to get others involved.

You can call yourself sloth weasle if you like.

[catsnknots]

Does anyone here know the total number of pieces legislation that the Coalition helped pass??? 

You do know that they actually voted for way more items than they voted against? 

You all do understand that to say that the Coalition voted no to everything is 100% wrong and a lie? 

[lakeland27]

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@catmad*2013 wrote:

Does anyone here know the total number of pieces legislation that the Coalition helped pass??? 

You do know that they actually voted for way more items than they voted against? 

You all do understand that to say that the Coalition voted no to everything is 100% wrong and a lie? 

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the place to start is with reforms, policies that the coalition had itself like carbon pricing. all of a sudden in areas of pretty much bipartisan understanding there was none. nothing but negative co-campaigns from them and the usual media luvvies.

its a an effective tactic, but there is a price to pay  and i believe i said it long before that journalist here.

[just_me_karen]

Does anyone know the number of policies proposed by a sitting liberal government that have improved our society?

Medicare? Nup, they overturned it.

Workers' protection? Nup, they prefer slaves

Education? Nup, they opposed Gonski until they back flipped due to community disgust.

Health? Nup, cut cut cut to the bone. I just to use that pun, sorry.

I'm sure there must be some social policies that improve our way of life and future prospects?

I hope labor isn't like a pitbull tony in opposition. I'd like to see labor return to its core values and stand by them.

[lakeland27]

Indonesia's Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said his country rejects key parts of its policies, including the proposal to buy boats from Indonesian fishermen.

He told a meeting of his parliament's foreign affairs commission on Thursday that Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott's "policy about people smuggling" was a "problem" that Indonesia had to manage.

Doctor Natelegawa has also rejected Australia becoming involved in early detection methods.

Labor MP Matt Thistlethwaite has told Sky News that the comments show the policy is unworkable.

"They can't implement their policy because Indonesia won't allow them to," he said.

"Marty Natelegawa made it very clear they won't be buying back the boats and he won't be turning boats around. So their policy is in disarray".

Refugee advocates, including the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre's Pamela Curr, also say the plans are falling apart.

"It is a most extraordinary thing to happen in communications between Indonesia and Australia. Indonesia is known for its polite, behind closed doors diplomacy, so this is quite unprecedented," Ms Curr said.

They were in full knowledge this wouldn't work. they have problems alright, and so soon . one wonders what they are going to do .

[just_me_karen]

It's remarkable incompetence that the Libs would create a policy that impacts another country, without any negotiations with them. It reeks of patronising arrogance.

They're dragging us back to the 50s where most Aussies didn't know anything at all about Indonesia...like lib cmments I've seen here about their economy. We need Gonski urgently.

[poddster]

Not very original. Someone has already said that but I guess that is par for the course, non originality I mean 🙂