Labor ahead in the polls

[donnashuggy]

I wonder why?

http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/labor-storms-ahead-20131124-2y43r.html

Majority rules? lol

[izabsmiling]

I hope that he has good security for himself MM .I feel that he really really may need it

[nevynreally]

You might want to rephrase that.

[monman12]

JMK: "So much for his promise of smaller government. It must only apply to govt departments that deal with the population, the plebs...and not himself. He has 54 staffers in his office, the highest number ever!"

Gosh you might be correct JMK

14th June, 2011
Prime Minister's staff numbers increase by 30% since Labor came to office in 2007. Ms Gillard has 53 personal staff compared to 41 since when Mr Rudd took office (Herald Sun)

I wonder if that includes Gillard's chief of staff,  imported on a 457 Visa ?

[topsidesoul]

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@monman12 wrote:

JMK: "So much for his promise of smaller government. It must only apply to govt departments that deal with the population, the plebs...and not himself. He has 54 staffers in his office, the highest number ever!"

Gosh you might be correct JMK

14th June, 2011
Prime Minister's staff numbers increase by 30% since Labor came to office in 2007. Ms Gillard has 53 personal staff compared to 41 since when Mr Rudd took office (Herald Sun)

I wonder if that includes Gillard's chief of staff,  imported on a 457 Visa ?

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53 is smaller than 54.....thnaks for clearing that up professor.

[polksaladallie]

Still ahead today in Newspoll.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/tony-abbott-slips-while-bill-shorten-makes-up-groun...

Nah, Commie poller, Commie newspaper.

[pct001wine]

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@topsidesoul wrote:

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@monman12 wrote:

JMK: "So much for his promise of smaller government. It must only apply to govt departments that deal with the population, the plebs...and not himself. He has 54 staffers in his office, the highest number ever!"

Gosh you might be correct JMK

14th June, 2011
Prime Minister's staff numbers increase by 30% since Labor came to office in 2007. Ms Gillard has 53 personal staff compared to 41 since when Mr Rudd took office (Herald Sun)

I wonder if that includes Gillard's chief of staff,  imported on a 457 Visa ?

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53 is smaller than 54.....thnaks for clearing that up professor.

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And the 457 Visa comment is relevant .... why ?

[pct001wine]

Excuse my earlier rant     .... I was channelling another poster that employed similar lurid turns of phrase, albeit for the dark side.

How'd I do ? 

[just_me_karen]

You did brilliantly, pct. I had to double check the user ID to make sure it was you 😄

It'd be a stressful life to be like that ALL the time, wouldn't it.

Mm have you seen the polls this morning? Haha! Up up up goes labor, as people see how abbott fails each day. Chrissie isn't helping. Nor Morrison. Actually, I can't think of a single decent lib member.,,can you?

[pct001wine]

Thanks jmk   Nigel Scullion seems ok, but the rest are a bit scary - Abetz, Cash, Sinodinis, Pyne etc.    I suppose we shouldn't be too harsh on them, they are fairly new to the role and probably haven't been fully briefed by Credlin .

And to imagine that Mirabella would have been a valued member of that front bench if she had got up up in Indi - wow.

Yes, it would be a sad life to be so intensely full of fear and loathing that some posters seem to exhibit .... I am of the opinion that labby lefties (is that a type of dog ???) are more fun and have a keener sense of humour and the ridiculous than their LNP counterparts.   I would love to run an analysis on the appreciation of Monty Python-esque humour vs political leanings - maybe John has a graph on it.

[monman12]

P01: "And the 457 Visa comment is relevant .... why ?"

Because this is a political thread, and during the pre-election jousting the ALP's head office (ACTU) were bitterly complaining about organisations importing foreign labour under 457 visas which they asserted needed to be  reviewed.   I honestly think the ALP could have dug up someone local  who could have advised our Poor Me  just as badly as McTernan did, with her natural help of course! e.g:  "the idea of photographing Julia Gillard knitting a toy kangaroo for the royal baby" was his."

A Scottish adviser for a Welsh born  Australian Poor Me  supposedly knitting a toy for an English royal baby.  No one would ever include the person who dreamt   that one up as a member of their staff.

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