Clear for all to see ttbn. The only ones that the abc hold real accountability to are those they hate. That is why Turnbull does not get the scrutiny from their abc.

Dear runner,

Perhaps you should actually watch the ABC and see for yourself
that Mr Turnbull gets a great deal of scrutiny especially on programs
like - "The Insiders," "Q and A," "Media Watch," "Parliament
Question Time," "The Drum," "7.30 Report," "Lateline," to name just
a few.

IS anyone worthy of the Prime Ministership?

Malcolm "tax cuts for the rich" Turnbull may not make it to the next election because he is approaching the dreaded 30 losing polls number that he used to out Tony "I'm a religious nutter" Abbott.

Surely if they have a leadership spill the Liberals won't give Peter "island camps for kids" Dutton to the top job... That would be laughable!

On the other side of the sensible people line...the middle unbiased line in political thinking or in layman's terms "the correct line,"we have Billy "Trust me if you dare" Shorten who I suspect will win.

The big problem is the Kim Beazley affect.

When big Kim was leader the Labor party won the polls continually but Aussies preferred Johnny "let me take us to war with lies" Howard over Big Kim.

Elections are a bit like Christmas...We usually get a turkey!

Labor should win.

The tax cuts to the rich issue,whilst ignoring struggling families doing it tough, should result in hatred for the Libs... But alas right wingers only look after their own people.

REMEMBER PEOPLE THE SINGLE POLLIES PENSION IS AT LEAST $118,125 (75% of their salary) paid by us and a single person pension for us is around $21,500. Bronny "Free helicopters for all" Bishop gets around $255,000.

$118,000 vs $21,500

The hypocritical right winger pollies hate socialism until they get plenty of something from it...then it is just fine and dandy!

The left winger Pollies are pro a bit of socialism for them also.

http://twitter.com/endentitlement

The truth is society needs to be capitalist in nature with strong underlying socialist systems to assist people who need that assistance in tough times.

I doubt living on $118,000 is a tough time but maybe for pollies it is with all their other lurks and perks...lmao

We need to cut expenses because we are living beyond our means the pollies crow - give the pollies what the workers get $21,500

Hey this budget cutting stuff isn't all that hard now is it...lmao

Yep I am sure we will get a turkey!

Sorry... I ran out of characters...lol

One of the most crucial series of events during this past year was the ineligibility of so many members of parliament to have accepted benefits paid by the tax payers when they weren't entitled due to citizenship issues...

There was a whole thread on it here....

http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=7990&page=0

Our much loved Barnaby double standards Joyce said that people who got benefits they were not entitled have to pay it back and I agree with that position.

Suddenly Barnaby and many other pollies were in the same exact position receiving entitlements that they were not entitled to and the rules & position changed immediately.

We can't forget these things!

An unemployed person or pensioner gets a few bucks too much and the wrath of Centrelink and Barnaby comes upon them but when a politician is in exactly the same position, receiving moneys that they weren't entitled to, no wrath just love and kisses and a "she'll be right mate" from the finance department and other pollies.

Every Centrelink recipient should have this burnt into their memory banks.

When Turnbull got caught out he had to pay moneys back forover claiming expenses wrongly

https://tinyurl.com/ybj5c77q

How the multi millionaire leader of the country with staff coming out his wazoo gets his expenses wrong one can only guess, but he sort of did the right thing after getting caught.

I thought claiming something falsely in writing was fraud but alas not in Politics and not with Pollies.

Elections are the only time that we get to hold politicians accountable because they won't hold themselves accountable.

Remember the expenses scandal - Of course you don't!

https://tinyurl.com/yajhhs3p

Double standards for all - get your double standards here at the Australian Parliament! We specialise in them!

Vote 1 a flock of turkeys... You'll get them anyway...lmao

Dear OP2,

You most certainly summed it up in a nutshell.

Very entertaining or perhaps instead of laughing,
we should all be crying?

Well foremost it wont really matter because short of some serious ass kicking, we will never recover from where we are and, the have shown voters wont stand for that.

However, the only one I see with balls ATM is Dutton. Julie WASTEFUL Bishop has done her dash, Turnbul is beyond repair and as for Shorten, well there's a laugh.

So short answer is, it doesn't really matter. Perhaps the time has come for a new candidate, None of the above.