Belly, not seen you posting lately, where have you been? Down at the ICAC giving a character reference for Eddie Obeid.

From the SMH:
"THREE of Labor's most senior politicians - the federal Environment Minister, TONY BURKE, Communications Minister, STEPHEN CONROY, and the NSW Opposition Leader, JOHN ROBINSON, have been dragged into a corruption probe after admitting they accepted lavish ski trips from the ALP powerbroker Eddie Obeid."

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/labor-mates-snowed-under-by-eddie-obeids-generosity-20130205-2dwm0.html

What about that lemon Iemma, The ALP want's to put him up for election. they must be scraping the bottom of the barrel. Like Hair Doo Keneally another Obeid stooge!
Belly what about your mate ROBBO should drag him down to the ICAC, give him a bit of a grilling, don't you think? The Long Bay branch of the ALP is the biggest in OZ. bar none. Fatty O'Barrell had to build a new wing, they call it The Rex Jackson Memorial Wing. Belly as you know every time I mention the Long Bay Branch I have to ask How's Milton doing?

Following is my list of Labor luminaries you can trust:

That's it' Do like Penny Wong.

Don't worry the Liberal list is even shorter if that's possible

Paul 1405, is that the number of members of the greens.
Old fella You have lost ground, here and in the polls 9% lovin it.
Always irritated me, that so many voted for your team.
Two new leaders have fixed that.
Still if it amuses you to be contemptuous to my party, self amusement is the best some can get, enjoy.
But do not try to change history.
My post history supports my view, our maggot's are bigger than yours.
But so are our brains.

That's a very interesting point, Belly.

It is quite remarkable, is it not, that the obvious dislike that the public holds for the two Party leaders has not a) transferred to the popularity of the Parties themselves, but more interestingly b) has not translated into increased popularity of the existing alternative to those Parties.

By rights, the Greens should be seeing masses of defectors from the mainstream pair. Instead, they are still where they have always been, a marginal, slightly annoying rump.

I suspect that their performance as Labor's puppetmaster in their coalition-of-convenience over the past couple of years has done absolutely nothing to enhance their credentials as honest brokers, nor has it positioned them as viable in their own right.

It will be fascinating to take a look at their policies as and when they emerge.

Just for you Pericles: Lots of GREEN policy here:

http://greens.org.au/policies

Here is the link for the coalitions policy's.

www. I_ HAVE_ NO_ IDEA_.fool.au

Labors policy is being spelled out at the ICAC right now.

Come on Belly how about a comment on the Obeid free-bees to Labor mates.
BURKE, CONROY and ROBINSON. IEMMA liked to pop around to Odeid mansion when he was running NSW, that's the lemon was running NSW not Obeid as if Ha Ha.

"My post history supports my view, our maggot's are bigger than yours." Please don't try to tar The Greens with Labors dirty brush. These days the ALP has a monopoly on political maggots.

Oh dear.

>>Just for you Pericles: Lots of GREEN policy here: http://greens.org.au/policies<<

That's what I was afraid of - the policies you have when you don't actually have policies, just fairyland wish-lists.

The twenty-eight "policies" enunciated under the heading "The Australian Greens believe that... Animals have intrinsic value, separate from the needs of humans" are a good start, when it comes to assessing what a Green government might look like. Costing those "policies" (sorry, the inverted comas are essential) in terms of their impact on our international trade alone would take forever.

They would of course give a few Tasmanian tree-huggers a warm glow, as they collected a few more berries for their dinner and took them back to their wattle-and-daub huts.

But I doubt they will grab the attention of many others.

Here's a tip, Paul1405. Don't share that web site with anyone whose vote you would like to attract at the coming election. Actually broadcasting what Green "policies" consist of would constitute the death-knell of the Party.

Hello all, this thread is good fun. Can someone tell me why the consensus seems to be that Malcolm Turnbull has been sidelined just because an election date has been nominated? I don't understand. Generally, I agree with Belly and I see a change coming, not necessarily a good one but a change nonetheless. When it is all said and done we didn’t do that badly under John Howard. Keep up the provision of ammunition for the next dinner I attend where left and right are well represented and vocal, about a week away.