There doesn't seem to be a single thing Abbott could do

[donnashuggy]

To disappoint his die hard rusted on supporters.

Or are they just not admitting they are disappointed?

[poddster]

Musical "chairs" is a Labor phenomenon 🙂

[just_me_karen]

No, I think the labor version was called Ethical Chairs.

[debra9275]

We've already been warned a few times by Joe to expect a horror budget this year. I wonder what he has planned for us?

[poddster]

A tightening of the belt to reduce the debt left by the wasteful spending over the last 6 years of Labor.

[lakeland27]

the horror budget is an old ploy . generally it turns out  not quite as badly as expected .  if they use this approach the result is a sigh of relief from the citizens who then fail to spot the devil in the detail and move on. 

[poddster]

Swan's song was a promise of "days of wine and roses" which never eventuated and in fact was a pandora's box of horror for a decade to come.

[debra9275]

I hope you're right here LL all this talk of using our super funds to invest in infrastructure & the idea of claiming back pension money when a house is sold does worry me.

[lakeland27]

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@debra9275 wrote:
I hope you're right here LL all this talk of using our super funds to invest in infrastructure & the idea of claiming back pension money when a house is sold does worry me.

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 yes but both of the things you mention equal political oblivion for anyone who would dare to even try. i'd say those two stories may have been deliberately leaked for just the effect of relief (with a bounce in the next poll hopefully) i described.  even swanny used the horror budget routine.

[debra9275]

I so hope you're right lol

[spotweldersfriend]

It'll be a horror budget alright especially for those on low incomes.They'll try to bribe their way back in with their last.Howard did it successfully on a couple of occaions. Where did all that money go when he was in power? Billions rolling in from the mining boom but I can't for the life of me remember any big ticket projects under Howard.Not in education, health or infrastructure.Nada.zilch,zero.