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Does Australia Suck? (pg. 148)
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| quote: | Originally posted by EgosXII
What's she getting done? Rudd did so much more than she did. All she's done is backtrack, and talk. She's a politician in the negative sense of the word. Lots of talking to the press, lots of shady backroom , and very little anything. That's why I liked Rudd. Politicians didn't like him, but he did stuff. Apologised to Aboriginal people, seriously was trying to fix environmental issues, dominated the global recession... All Gillard's done is stop gay people getting married (which is not a good thing), and bend over to big business.
I seriously believe if anyone other than Abbot had been in charge of the libs they would have beaten Gillard easily. And it'll be the same at this election, except probably Abbot will still win easily because of her politiking. |
What's she done? You must just read the Daily Telegraph or something, yeah? This is what they got through parliament just last week, while all the leadership crap was going on:
(a) the National Disability Insurance Scheme
(b) increased pensions and welfare benefits
(c) Hazara refugees now welcome in Australia when their safety in Afghanistan is at risk
(d) national apology supported by all parties to mothers and children forcibly separated for adoption - though Tone ed up his speech royally
(e) further progress towards eradicating deadly asbestos from old homes and buildings
(f) the Sex Discrimination Act extended to reinforce legal rights of all Australians
(g) Australian workers given the right to negotiate more adaptable working arrangements, including rosters, working hours and unpaid parental leave
(h) compulsory licensing of financial advisers and planners
(i) Superannuation funds now required to allow members to consolidate multiple accounts
(j) Electoral Commission now able to use Tax Office records to update electoral rolls
(k) coal seam gas operators now required to carry out environmental impact studies on their water usage
(l) a new record for legislative action accomplished in one week
But you wouldn't know any of that, because it doesn't get reported by the media, who are more interested in going on with all the leadership bollocks. |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
i cant be bothered going thru that whole list but did you miss the (rather large) welfare cuts to single parents? pretty sure the discrimination act is still on the drawing board too?
hardly any of those reforms i consider notable. and the attempted policies that have been ed up is at least as long. |
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| narcism |
Just had an oldschool user PM me to delete all his posts, going through some old threads....
i tell you what AU.TA sucks so much these days! |
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| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
hardly any of those reforms i consider notable. |
That's nice.
| quote: | | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN and the attempted policies that have been ed up is at least as long. |
You should be able to match the list easily then.
That was just last week. Don't forget they are a minority government, have to negotiate every piece of legislation, and are bitterly opposed at all times by the opposition. |
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| quote: | Originally posted by narcism
Just had an oldschool user PM me to delete all his posts, going through some old threads....
i tell you what AU.TA sucks so much these days! |
Need to shut it down. |
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| narcism |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tweak
Need to shut it down. |
Not even a tumbleweed goes through there these days :p |
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| EgosXII |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tweak
What's she done? You must just read the Daily Telegraph or something, yeah? This is what they got through parliament just last week, while all the leadership crap was going on:
(a) the National Disability Insurance Scheme
(b) increased pensions and welfare benefits
(c) Hazara refugees now welcome in Australia when their safety in Afghanistan is at risk
(d) national apology supported by all parties to mothers and children forcibly separated for adoption - though Tone ed up his speech royally
(e) further progress towards eradicating deadly asbestos from old homes and buildings
(f) the Sex Discrimination Act extended to reinforce legal rights of all Australians
(g) Australian workers given the right to negotiate more adaptable working arrangements, including rosters, working hours and unpaid parental leave
(h) compulsory licensing of financial advisers and planners
(i) Superannuation funds now required to allow members to consolidate multiple accounts
(j) Electoral Commission now able to use Tax Office records to update electoral rolls
(k) coal seam gas operators now required to carry out environmental impact studies on their water usage
(l) a new record for legislative action accomplished in one week
But you wouldn't know any of that, because it doesn't get reported by the media, who are more interested in going on with all the leadership bollocks. |
That's a nice list, but
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
i cant be bothered going thru that whole list but did you miss the (rather large) welfare cuts to single parents? pretty sure the discrimination act is still on the drawing board too?
hardly any of those reforms i consider notable. and the attempted policies that have been ed up is at least as long. |
This.
I don't think anything on that list is that pragmatically relevant, except maybe the apology, which is basically just a follow up to the one Rudd did how many years ago...? That's not really pragmatically relevant either, although its nice.
Also yes its a minority government, but when she ousted Rudd she wasn't in control of a minority government, and during that time all she did was shut stuff down. |
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| Sushipunk |
I'm just going to leave this here...
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| Lira |
Wait, really!? Is this really being discussed? :p
Following Gillard on Facebook definitely delivers :stongue: |
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| narcism |
What the ing ! Geez way to send Australia back 75yrs
http://www.reddit.com/r/australia/c...ist_for_abbott/
Abolish the Department of Climate Change
Abandon Australia's bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council
Withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol
Introduce a single rate of income tax with a generous tax-free threshold
Repeal the Fair Work Act
Immediately halt construction of the National Broadband Network and privatise any sections that have already been built
Repeal plain packaging for cigarettes and rule it out for all other products, including alcohol and fast food
FFFFFFFAARKKKKKK! |
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| Sushipunk |
| Ugh, ing Abbott. |
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