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Lessons for history from an Australian prime minister : Comments
By Peter Bowden, published 14/9/2015This is a speculative essay. It asks why, in a modern democracy, Australia should elect a Prime Minister who is widely and internationally criticised as overly militaristic and not that caring of the welfare of its people.
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Posted by Shadow Minister, Friday, 18 September 2015 12:15:01 PM
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Dear Shadow Minister,
You need to wake up to reality. Perhaps the following website might help you with the facts as most voters see them: http://newmatilda.com/2015/09/15/we-say-good-riddance-tony-abbott-there-much-celebrate We're told that: Mr Abbottt's entire Prime Ministership was based on a lie. His Prime Ministership was simply a failure. He turned out to be a deeply flawed political leader as most who followed his career had always suspected. He squandered political capital like almost no other Prime Minister in modern Australian history - not even Kevin Rudd or Julia Gillard, and that's saying something. He's been living on borrowed time ever since the spill against him in February revealed the scale of backbench dissatisfaction with his leadership. However read on the website explains things very clearly. Although I suspect I am wasting my time giving you something from New Matilda and not the Murdoch Press. Still one has to try. Posted by Foxy, Friday, 18 September 2015 1:56:52 PM
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Yup...sure he does, SM.
Seems his office was a class act as well... "One of the first words Malcolm Turnbull heard after being named Australia's 29th Prime Minister on Monday night was a four-letter expletive, not fit for publication, hurled by one of Tony Abbott's junior staffers. The story of Richard Dowdy's spill night insult has already become legend in Coalition staffer circles." "One Liberal source recounted the incident. "He said, 'Malcolm, Malcolm, Malcolm,' and then Malcolm turned around and he yelled 'you're a c---'." The incident occurred late on Monday night after Mr Turnbull left the Blue Room in Parliament's Ministerial wing having delivered his first media conference as Prime Minister designate. The newly minted prime minister was being accompanied by his wife Lucy and Deputy Liberal Leader Julie Bishop. Mr Dowdy was said to be in the cabinet anteroom when he approached the passing Prime Minister to dispatch the insult." http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-staffer-welcomes-new-prime-minister-malcolm-turnbull-with-a-fourletter-expletive-20150918-gjpn7p.html#ixzz3m3mQIS1t For all the strutting and lording about - it seems the born to rulers aren't such a class act after all: "On the night after the Malcolm Turnbull v Tony Abbott leadership spill, a Young Liberal meeting in Sydney erupted into wild scenes, with allegations a member of the Abbott-backing conservative faction physically assaulted a Turnbull-supporting moderate. An official complaint was lodged with the NSW Liberal Party on Thursday morning, following the event at the City Tattersalls Club on Pitt Street on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for state director Tony Nutt said: "Sorry, we won't be saying anything." Almost 100 people are said to have witnessed the altercation as the factions divided in support of the contenders in Canberra. Advertisement Fairfax Media has learned that James Camilleri, a member of the moderates, has claimed the hard-right's Jakov "Jay" Miljak grappled with him after a fiery debate over female quotas in the party. The temperature in the room had already risen to boiling point as conservatives argued against a motion congratulating Mr Turnbull on becoming the new Prime Minister." Etc.... http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/young-liberals-meeting-boils-over-as-verbal-clashes-turn-physical-on-night-of-leadership-spill-20150917-gjotc7.html#ixzz3m3qf7Eup Posted by Poirot, Friday, 18 September 2015 2:30:20 PM
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Foxy,
I'm amused that you think NM in any way resembles reality. I see that you still can't name any of Juliar's achievements. I see a CFMEU /labor official has been exposed at TURC at having extorted about $150 000 of work on his luxury mansion, and that Labor MPs are being caught out with undeclared union donations. Looks like the Born to steal are too stupid not to get caught. Posted by Shadow Minister, Friday, 18 September 2015 3:54:12 PM
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Dear Shadow Minister,
Your prefer your news from News Limited - where the news is limited. I get it. We've been over this many times on the forum. As for Julia Gillard's achievements - Nah, I won't be bothered wasting my time with listing her achievements - we've covered this many times in the past - and you can Google them for yourself. Why should I give you a further platform. You're someone who still refers to her as "Juliar." (Nice). She will never be given a fair-go by you. You prefer a thoroughly incompetent political leader like Mr Abbott - well guess what? Even his own party doesn't and he's been rightly kicked out. Whoopee! As Tony Windsor made quite clear - Mr Abbott begged and pleaded - for the job of Prime Minister - and promised "whatever it took," to get Mr Windsor's support (short of selling his bum - but even that would have been available I'm sure). But as Windsor and Oakshott saw - the man was simply not up to the job. They were proven right. You don't see it - nor ever will - we get it! It's your loss! Posted by Foxy, Friday, 18 September 2015 4:29:40 PM
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Foxy,
You still prefer the left whinge blogs where the news is non existent. I assume your inability to give any Juliar achievements as acceptance that Juliar was the worst PM in history. She never passed a single useful piece of legislation. Her support of Labor criminals and vast incompetence lead to the lowest polling in labor history, and acceptance of labor as the benchmark of corruption. Tony Windsor is still trying to justify the selling of his electorate to Juliar, even now that he is less popular than dog feces in his electorate. Posted by Shadow Minister, Friday, 18 September 2015 6:33:51 PM
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How easily you forget the rolling weekly disasters that was the Krudd Juliar governments.
At least Abbott has a long list of achievements, something missing from the last Labor governments.