Are the Abbott government's science policies "foolish" and incoherent?
Yes, it makes no sense to take money out of scientific research while building a medical research fund.
96%
No, the government has a good plan to improve Australia's investment in medical research.
4%

CSIRO is closing several research sites and relocating world-renowned climate research from its atmospheric laboratory in Victoria, following budget cuts.
An annual direction statement, written by CSIRO chief executive Dr Megan Clark and obtained by the organisation's staff association, details significant internal changes to research as CSIRO enacts the cuts and offsets lower expected commercial revenue.
The organisation will cut key research areas such as geothermal energy, marine biodiversity, liquid fuels and radio astronomy and close eight sites across the country.
The Abbott government cut CSIRO's funding by $111 million over four years in the federal budget, at the cost of 500 jobs.
Australian MP Dennis Jensen.
Dr Jensen said he had serious doubts about the details of the medical research fund.
''Is this funding to medical research going to be general, or specifically targeted at cancer, Alzheimer's and the like? How are we going to source those researchers?
''They don't grow on trees, and the training required is long and arduous, and very long

Poirot

in case you are blinded like many other lefties, child abuse has occured not only in the RC church. The national broadcasters, artist and people with arts degrees are just as likely to offend as anyone else. They embrace paganism and in case you have not noticed among pagan tribes child abuse is rife. I have stated numerous times that I would vote for male child molestors to be castrated. How about you?

Also I doubt whether the families of those killed by Rudd incompetence think the royal commission is a waste of money. Then again life is cheap among lefties who condone baby murder. The 1000 plus drownings caused by the incompetence and gutless policies of the sisterhood went with little scrutiny while the ABC luvvies banged on all night about the one death on Manus Island.

I firmly believe poly's are fair game for cartoonists, satirists, comedians, the general voting public. If you put your hand up seeking public office, and if your do have too many sensibilities then my advice is "DON'T DO IT" look for a job driving an Ice Cream Van, all the kids will love ya!
I don't have a problem with Abbott going overseas, and representing Australia, providing its nothing more than a ferry trip from Circular Quay to Manly, that's overseas. With the Mad Monks up comming visit to the US, is there anyway we can convince the Yanks that Tony Abbott is in fact the Prime Minister of New Zealand or somewhere other than Australia. I feel again Abbett in the US its going to be as Effie would say "How embarrassment!"
I can just picture our man Tone rolling up to the White House front door in his budgie sumgglers, zinc cream on nose (its summer time in the US, Tone been advised to dress for the weather);

Ding dong. President Obama opens the door.

Tone: "Tony Baloney here from Oz, to see the Pres!"
Obama: "I am the President."
Tone: "No offense mate,... but your Black!"
Obama: "I hadn't noticed, but now you mention it"
Tone: "I thought you were the butler, or something."
Tone: "Who's the sheila?"
Obama: "The sheila you refer to. is the First Lady, Mrs Obama."
Tone: "I'd intro ya to me cheese and kisses, but she's busy, carrying the suit cases to our digs. and see'n if you Yanks can flog us a couple of chicko rolls, I'm starve'n, got any coldies in the fridge"
Obama: " I had been advised to expect your arrival, GOODBYE!"
Door Slams!

Next days news headline. Following a visit yesterday by the Australian Prime Minister Mr Tony Abbott, President Obama has asked Congress to declare war on that rough state in the South Pacific.

Dear jayb,

Everyone is entitled to make mistakes.
But Mr Palmer
has been elected to a Parliamentary position
and it was his choice to speak in Parliament
on the subject. He did not simply choose to discuss
the policy of the Paid Parental Leave Scheme.
He made it personal,
and spoke about a member of the PM's staff who's
struggling with IVF in her attempt to get pregnant.

This resulted in a backlash from all sides of politics.
Mr Palmer is entitled to make mistakes. However, if he
did not mean what he said in Parliament - he should
apologise for what he did say - and not call it a "media-
beat up" or try to deny it. That doesn't sit well either
on him or the people he represents.

Runner; "among pagan tribes child abuse is rife" Judging by all accounts, in the christian tribes as well. When it comes to child abuse, no one does it better than the Catholic Church, I suspect that mob have most likely been abusing children since Jesus was a boy and meet Peter down by the lake!

Runner is a typical immoral Catholic who "excuses" the rife pedophilia in Catholicism by pointing out the fact it occurs elsewhere. This Catholic "excuse" (often used by immoral Catholics) is part of the Catholic ingrained culture, where all attempts must be made to lessen the church's culpability and protect it's reputation. Their first priority is the reputation of Catholicism, and the many thousands of church pedophilia victims come a long distant last. It's the equivalent of a rapist saying in his defence, "but, but, but what about all those other guys who rape women, I'm not the "only" one who does it".

Not all Catholics are like Runner. "Some" of them have fought long and hard against this disgrace within this corrupt church, often against amazing odds. They, and the Catholicism pedophilia victims, are the "real" heroes in this disgraceful saga within the discredited Catholic church.