Mega Thread All things Tony Abbott

[NSWCROW]

inb4 THE HAGUE

 

[Demonic Ascent]

So long as you can smear Abbott, don't let little details like facts get in your way.

This wasn't instigated by Abbott and the Libs? (ALP are pathetic sellouts, but focus on the government here for a sec instead of deflecting)

 

[NSWCROW]

Just to clarify, despite an election promise from the government that there would be no cuts to the ABC, SBS, health, education, and the pension, and despite huge cuts to all of those aforementioned departments, and on top of the drop in infrastructure spending they are still spending (read borrowing) more than in all but one of the ALP budgets. Which when you bare in mind that the ALP guided this country through the greatest global economic downturn since the 1930s, I think it's reasonable to ask, what the hell are they doing with all this money?

Large chunk went on buying a bigger stick to whack the " dole bludgers " with.

 

[Brown Bottle]

The very same people who are desperate for a Royal Commission every time a $ is misappropriated (as long as it's only the union movement, and not big business, small business or government stealing it) couldn't give a proverbial fat rat's clacker every time that human rights abuses are ignored / suppressed in this country.

When did the $ become more important than people? Have your personal values always been so warped?

 

[Brown Bottle]

Oh wait...


STOP THE BOATS!!!!


LOOK, AN ISIS FLAG!!!

 

[sherb]

When did the $ become more important than people? Have your personal values always been so warped?

Conservative politics is all about the dollar these days. People don't matter.

 

[Gough]

Anyone read The Shock Doctrine?

 

[madmug]

Large chunk went on buying a bigger stick to whack the " dole bludgers " with.

Well actually its the huge expense they've had to suffer from buying lots of waterproof paper bags in which to put the cash they pay off the people smugglers with.

(Wow what a sentence!)

 

[madmug]

Conservative politics is all about the dollar these days. People don't matter.

If so, one wonders why they would allow such massive tax deductions for large superannuation deposits & give nothing to low income earners?

 

[Dry Rot]

Worth a read how bad things have become under this govt

Minister George Brandis' unilateral control of the arts, Minister Malcolm Turnbull's repeated interventions in "independent" broadcasters, Minister Tony Abbott's ABC "heads should roll", Minister Peter Dutton's personal stranglehold on citizenship, data retention by and for ASIO: suddenly state control and ministerial discretion are shaping our lives in a way that, even a decade ago, was unthinkable.

Governance principles like arm's length, separation of powers, checks and balances seem entirely to have escaped these guys. This is all the more astonishing in allowing socialist-type control to guise as liberalism; big, ultra-interventionist government pretending laissez-faire....Just weeks ago, you recall, this same Minister engineered the sacking of SBS journalist Scott McIntyre for his Anzac-critical tweets. Suddenly, there are political things you can't say in public; views you mustn't express. Suddenly, unless Australian discourse complies with the Minister's acceptability spectrum, heads will roll. Suddenly, our subversions are things whispered in back rooms.

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/qa-episode-another-outburst-of-government-creep-20150701-gi28rx.html

 

[NSWCROW]

 

[pazza]

Plot....permanently lost.

 

[Slax]

And people continue to say that we have good government, what a load of BS.

Each and every government over the last 20 years has been worse than the one before for eroding what should be basic rights. Having legislation in place that removes whistleblower protection is pathetic and goes against everything that a western democracy should be about. What is even worse is that the media are completely complicit in it as well, despite it being against their interest. Run a few front page stories on what civil liberties have been lost under the government and the last and people will be screaming for ministerial heads to roll and for a general eleciton

 

[Brown Bottle]

Apparently none of this was even remotely obvious prior to the election.

One day soon I'll have to sit and read about how it was a travesty that the fiscally irresponsible ALP managed to depose the outstanding Abbott Govt through trickery and lies and I'll fair dinkum spew up.

p.s. I'm not making the case for the ALP. They are complete buffoons. They're just not all ******* arseholes

 

[Gough]

The PM's had to scrap media reform plans now, this phoney war has used up every ounce of his goodwill.
http://www.theguardian.com/media/20...-ice-telling-major-players-to-reach-consensus

 

[rodney hoo]

And people continue to say that we have good government, what a load of BS.

Each and every government over the last 20 years has been worse than the one before for eroding what should be basic rights. Having legislation in place that removes whistleblower protection is pathetic and goes against everything that a western democracy should be about. What is even worse is that the media are completely complicit in it as well, despite it being against their interest. Run a few front page stories on what civil liberties have been lost under the government and the last and people will be screaming for ministerial heads to roll and for a general eleciton

Wander what Peter Greste things about all this after being locked up in Egypt, would be a good interview & show people the reality of this governments policies, it's shameful.

 

[Slax]

Wander what Peter Greste things about all this after being locked up in Egypt, would be a good interview & show people the reality of this governments policies, it's shameful.

But can you really see any media outlet in this country at the moment having the balls to do it? SBS is the only one that I can think of and even then it is doubtful.

 

[rodney hoo]

But can you really see any media outlet in this country at the moment having the balls to do it? SBS is the only one that I can think of and even then it is doubtful.

Agree, and that's the shame of it, hopefully someone has the balls but this is what happens when all media become subservient and they slander the abc. Can't be against team Australia and the labor party are gutless.
It's a sad day

 

[Slax]

Agree, and that's the shame of it, hopefully someone has the balls but this is what happens when all media become subservient and they slander the abc. Can't be against team Australia and the labor party are gutless.
It's a sad day

Journalism in Australia died a decade ago and it has taken a decade for many to start realising it, only problem now is the media no longer have the appetite for it as it costs too much money and it's cheaper to run some reality program than invest in investigative journalism.

 

[GuruJane]

Malifice was wrong in what he wrote about Man Monis.
And he was wrong in what he wrote about what I had posted.
The only question to be answered is whether he was deliberately wrong for ideological reasons or mistakenly wrong:

The ref is his posts at #1145 (where he endorsed Ratt's grammatically ignorant post of #1143) and #1150 .

Malice should not be hiding behind Windhover's skirts.
He is a moderator after all.
He should answer for himself but instead he has run away.

 

[pazza]

Pulling funding from domestic violence programs may not just be a gaffe, but, it's fair dinkum insensitive.

 

[Maggie5]

I think that you may be alone on this GJ.
How about we get back to the thread title...

 

[CM86]

Speaking of running away...;

I ask again,
Do you have anything that proves that the thousands of men on protection visas, are pedophiles?
If not, I ask you to retract your statement.

As well as;

putting a stop to people smuggler boars has released resources for DIAC to chase down more VOs.

Either show some evidence of this, or take it back and admit you were wrong!
For someone who tells other's off as frequently as possible for this kind of thing, I demand that you follow your own standards.

 

[Maggie5]

Pulling funding from domestic violence programs may not just be a gaffe, but, it's fair dinkum insensitive.

Just mentioned in another thread - funding for security $35 Billion
Withdrew funding for Alcohol and other Drugs Advisory board - $35 million per year
Withdrew funding for 70 agencies involved in Mental Health - $300 million per year

 

[madmug]

Just saw pictures of PM landing on USS Blue Ridge.

Reminded me of 'Mission Accomplished'

What a tosser.