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The regressive progressive: ALP future bound by its past : Comments

By Brenton Luxton, published 2/3/2012

Australia should truly fear what lies ahead: progressive politics is heading backwards.

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Actually Brenton, there is a choice at the ballot box other than between Tweedledum and Tweedledee. It is called the Green Party who currently offer a range of progressive policies that historically one looked to Labor to implement.
If one definition of insanity is repeating the same act and expecting a different result, then the Australian electorate is arguably insane for continuing to vote Labor and expecting anything approaching progressive policy, or voting Liberal and expecting anything approaching liberal policies. The National Party are just a self-interested rural rump so don't even bother thinking about them.
Posted by James O'Neill, Friday, 2 March 2012 3:28:23 PM
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...Except James (O’Neill), Australia is predominantly a conservative Country. The PROBLEM with Labor is its alignment with the Greens: That alignment has proved to be an unmitigated disaster.
Posted by diver dan, Saturday, 3 March 2012 7:20:25 AM
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Diver Dan I look forward to the day Abbott forms a government then we shall truly see an 'unmitigated disaster'. A party with no policy, a party with no vision the Liberal Party along with their rump the Country Party. Lets hope we don't hit another major crisis whilst the conservatives are in power, they only have two choices to deal with any crisis, one, go to war and kill millions, or two, batten down the hatches and beat up the little guy. The conservatives have always been an 'unmitigated disaster' in times of crisis. What's it going to be, war, or beatings, great choices.
Posted by Paul1405, Saturday, 3 March 2012 7:55:02 AM
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An unwillingness by an opposition party to detail its policys well before an election is not unusual. Detailed costings are difficult without direct access to treasury and incumbants have a massive advantage power wise in their dealings with treasury to ensure that if figures are being picked from one end of a scale the choice is favorable to the government not the opposition. To much warning also gives the encumbants time to manouvere to make announced policies unworkable.

In a better Australia polies would tell the truth, not spin up their own stuff and spin down opposing views. Government departments would be able to tell the truth rather than a truth which lined up with the ministers wants. We are a long way from that Australia and not showing any signs of getting closer.

R0bert
Posted by R0bert, Saturday, 3 March 2012 8:09:54 AM
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@579

<<The PM contacted Bob Car last night, and is now going to be foreign minister>>

If you listen to Bob Carr being interviewed on today's ABC's Radio National, Saturday Extra (unless I miss heard, and I don't think I did) he says he was contacted on "SUNDAY" by the PM (or her rep) about taking up the Foreign Ministers position.
Posted by SPQR, Saturday, 3 March 2012 9:43:20 AM
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The Govt and its supporters seemed stunned by their own incompetence to the point where their only hope is that Tony Abbott might be worse. Labor creates their own myths and live by them as gospel truth.

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/opinion/the-myths-of-labors-grand-public-deception/story-e6frgd0x-1226287718495

They now want to convince us they are a 'good government' which has simply lost its way. They blame their failures on anyone but themselves while its obvious to the rest of us they are worse than incompetent.
Posted by Atman, Saturday, 3 March 2012 11:31:12 AM
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