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@idlewhile wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

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@vicr3000 wrote:

 

no comment re labors back flip ?

 

 

surprise surprise

 

 

 

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What has that got to do with threads with Tony Abbott in the title? Tony is King of Backflips. He is also (at present) the Prime Minister...not the Opposition.

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Shorten wouldn't dare to oppose any measures that curtails terrorism. He still uses weasel words and obfuscates his position but he's transparent and we all know where he would stand if he was PM don't we.

 

Bring back the carbon tax, bring back the mining tax, open the borders, re regulate thousands of union friendly requests, just like Labor did last time only worse.

 

Does anyone want to go back to that? no would be my answer to that.

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Are you in the right thread?  This one is about Tony -  Tony Abbott's Support Page 

Grattan is one of the very few who never displays her leanings.   I have been listening to her for decades, I can never pick it.  I don't see her writings, so I can't comment on that area.

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@idlewhile wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

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@vicr3000 wrote:

 

no comment re labors back flip ?

 

 

surprise surprise

 

 

 

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What has that got to do with threads with Tony Abbott in the title? Tony is King of Backflips. He is also (at present) the Prime Minister...not the Opposition.

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Shorten wouldn't dare to oppose any measures that curtails terrorism. He still uses weasel words and obfuscates his position but he's transparent and we all know where he would stand if he was PM don't we.

 

Bring back the carbon tax, bring back the mining tax, open the borders, re regulate thousands of union friendly requests, just like Labor did last time only worse.

 

Does anyone want to go back to that? no would be my answer to that.

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@am*3 wrote:

Name calling the Indonesian PM is acceptable, apparently.

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And the Australian Opposition leader.  I didn't have to "troll". It is seared into the memories of all.

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@polksaladallie wrote:

Grattan is one of the very few who never displays her leanings.   I have been listening to her for decades, I can never pick it.  I don't see her writings, so I can't comment on that area.

   

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I also, and writing too.  Very even handed intelligent analyses.

I have always listened to lots of political commentators, with all different views, and I absorb them all and my views are formed.  Grattan is brilliant.  So often, she is asked a question which is screaming for a bias, but she never obliges.   I will be very sorry if she ever retires.

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@gleee58 wrote:

The loony tea party libs and the nats don't want Turnbull to be PM but they don't mind using him as a tool to oust Capt'n Clownshoes so they can insert another into his seat.  

 

Turnbull would be nuts to fall for it.   

 

Geez, has Michelle Gratton ever been accused of being of the left before?  

I doubt it.  I doubt Laura Tingle has either.  I know Fran Kelly has copped the accusation before, it's becoming what to expect if they dare to ask the tough questions of the current gov.  What were they called when they asked the tough questions of the previous govt?  

 

 

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I think Turnbull is not nuts, but the lure of power is extremely strong.

They are saying if the spill happens it will have to happen before the budget.

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@am*3 wrote:

Name calling the Indonesian PM is acceptable, apparently.

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And the Australian Opposition leader.  I didn't have to "troll". It is seared into the memories of all.

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And the MInister for Communications.  

She write for the https://theconversation.com/au now 

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@gleee58 wrote:

She write for the https://theconversation.com/au   now

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sorry about that, the now was attached to the link and it couldn't find the page  😄