Scott Morrison - How Long? (Part 1 - Continued in Part 2)

[Maggie5]

Selecting the Ministry will be interesting, will get to see who owns him.

 

[Messenger]

ScoMo barely has a majority in his own party room and shortly won’t have one in parliament. There is little chance this government gets to the second half of 2019.

The Wentworth bye election will be a hoot.

 

[kranky al]

Do you think we ended up with the lesser of two weevils?

 

[BlueBayou]

ScoMo barely has a majority in his own party room and shortly won’t have one in parliament. There is little chance this government gets to the second half of 2019.

The Wentworth bye election will be a hoot.

Election in March at the latest. They will be toast. 30 - 40 seat majority to Labor

 

[Hawk Dork]

Morrison is going to be useless...

Didn’t want the banking royal commission called it a populist whinge, how wrong can you be.

He is not that smart

Happy clappers with empathy for the money lenders

 

[RupieDupie]

Selecting the Ministry will be interesting, will get to see who owns him.

Part of his Hillsong Ministry

 

[RupieDupie]

JF has already been mentioned as treasurer. makes sense.
Dutton back to Home Affairs
Might be worth giving Abbott Indigenous Affairs, a post he's passionate about.
Bishop remains Foreign Affairs perhaps
Who knows from there.

Can't imagine too much change from the policies under Turnbull, but done so with a bit more political nous.

Imagine Dutton as Treasurer, Christ almighty

 

[citizen-erased]

Imagine Dutton as Treasurer, Christ almighty

Why do people hate potatoes so much
Chips, mash, roast spuds, moonshine
All they do is make us happy

 

[RupieDupie]

Why do people hate potatoes so much
Chips, mash, roast spuds, moonshine
All they do is make us happy

Only anthropomorphic racist ones

 

[Maggie5]

Part of Morrison's maiden speech:

Growing up in a Christian home, I made a commitment to my faith at an early age and have been greatly assisted by the pastoral work of many dedicated church leaders, in particular the Reverend Ray Green and pastors Brian Houston and Leigh Coleman. My personal faith in Jesus Christ is not a political agenda. As Lincoln said, our task is not to claim whether God is on our side but to pray earnestly that we are on His. For me, faith is personal, but the implications are social—as personal and social responsibility are at the heart of the Christian message. In recent times it has become fashionable to negatively stereotype those who profess their Christian faith in public life as ‘extreme’ and to suggest that such faith has no place in the political debate of this country. This presents a significant challenge for those of us, like my colleague, who seek to follow the example of William Wilberforce or Desmond Tutu, to name just two. These leaders stood for the immutable truths and principles of the Christian faith. They transformed their nations and, indeed, the world in the process. More importantly, by following the convictions of their faith, they established and reinforced the principles of our liberal democracy upon which our own nation is built.

Australia is not a secular country—it is a free country. This is a nation where you have the freedom to follow any belief system you choose. Secularism is just one. It has no greater claim than any other on our society. As US Senator Joe Lieberman said, the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not from religion. I believe the same is true in this country.

So what values do I derive from my faith? My answer comes from Jeremiah, chapter 9:24:

... I am the Lord who exercises loving-kindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things, declares the Lord.

From my faith I derive the values of loving-kindness, justice and righteousness, to act with compassion and kindness, acknowledging our common humanity and to consider the welfare of others; to fight for a fair go for everyone to fulfil their human potential and to remove whatever unjust obstacles stand in their way, including diminishing their personal responsibility for their own wellbeing; and to do what is right, to respect the rule of law, the sanctity of human life and the moral integrity of marriage and the family. We must recognise an unchanging and absolute standard of what is good and what is evil. Desmond Tutu put it this way:

... we expect Christians ... to be those who stand up for the truth, to stand up for justice, to stand on the side of the poor and the hungry, the homeless and the naked, and when that happens, then Christians will be trustworthy believable witnesses.

 

[RupieDupie]

Part of Morrison's maiden speech:

Growing up in a Christian home, I made a commitment to my faith at an early age and have been greatly assisted by the pastoral work of many dedicated church leaders, in particular the Reverend Ray Green and pastors Brian Houston and Leigh Coleman. My personal faith in Jesus Christ is not a political agenda. As Lincoln said, our task is not to claim whether God is on our side but to pray earnestly that we are on His. For me, faith is personal, but the implications are social—as personal and social responsibility are at the heart of the Christian message. In recent times it has become fashionable to negatively stereotype those who profess their Christian faith in public life as ‘extreme’ and to suggest that such faith has no place in the political debate of this country. This presents a significant challenge for those of us, like my colleague, who seek to follow the example of William Wilberforce or Desmond Tutu, to name just two. These leaders stood for the immutable truths and principles of the Christian faith. They transformed their nations and, indeed, the world in the process. More importantly, by following the convictions of their faith, they established and reinforced the principles of our liberal democracy upon which our own nation is built.

Australia is not a secular country—it is a free country. This is a nation where you have the freedom to follow any belief system you choose. Secularism is just one. It has no greater claim than any other on our society. As US Senator Joe Lieberman said, the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not from religion. I believe the same is true in this country.


So what values do I derive from my faith? My answer comes from Jeremiah, chapter 9:24:


... I am the Lord who exercises loving-kindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things, declares the Lord.


From my faith I derive the values of loving-kindness, justice and righteousness, to act with compassion and kindness, acknowledging our common humanity and to consider the welfare of others; to fight for a fair go for everyone to fulfil their human potential and to remove whatever unjust obstacles stand in their way, including diminishing their personal responsibility for their own wellbeing; and to do what is right, to respect the rule of law, the sanctity of human life and the moral integrity of marriage and the family. We must recognise an unchanging and absolute standard of what is good and what is evil. Desmond Tutu put it this way:


... we expect Christians ... to be those who stand up for the truth, to stand up for justice, to stand on the side of the poor and the hungry, the homeless and the naked, and when that happens, then Christians will be trustworthy believable witnesses.

Is this serious?

He doesn’t even know what he’s talking about.

 

[DrEvil_]

Part of Morrison's maiden speech:

Growing up in a Christian home, I made a commitment to my faith at an early age and have been greatly assisted by the pastoral work of many dedicated church leaders, in particular the Reverend Ray Green and pastors Brian Houston and Leigh Coleman. My personal faith in Jesus Christ is not a political agenda. As Lincoln said, our task is not to claim whether God is on our side but to pray earnestly that we are on His. For me, faith is personal, but the implications are social—as personal and social responsibility are at the heart of the Christian message. In recent times it has become fashionable to negatively stereotype those who profess their Christian faith in public life as ‘extreme’ and to suggest that such faith has no place in the political debate of this country. This presents a significant challenge for those of us, like my colleague, who seek to follow the example of William Wilberforce or Desmond Tutu, to name just two. These leaders stood for the immutable truths and principles of the Christian faith. They transformed their nations and, indeed, the world in the process. More importantly, by following the convictions of their faith, they established and reinforced the principles of our liberal democracy upon which our own nation is built.

Australia is not a secular country—it is a free country. This is a nation where you have the freedom to follow any belief system you choose. Secularism is just one. It has no greater claim than any other on our society. As US Senator Joe Lieberman said, the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not from religion. I believe the same is true in this country.


So what values do I derive from my faith? My answer comes from Jeremiah, chapter 9:24:


... I am the Lord who exercises loving-kindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things, declares the Lord.


From my faith I derive the values of loving-kindness, justice and righteousness, to act with compassion and kindness, acknowledging our common humanity and to consider the welfare of others; to fight for a fair go for everyone to fulfil their human potential and to remove whatever unjust obstacles stand in their way, including diminishing their personal responsibility for their own wellbeing; and to do what is right, to respect the rule of law, the sanctity of human life and the moral integrity of marriage and the family. We must recognise an unchanging and absolute standard of what is good and what is evil. Desmond Tutu put it this way:


... we expect Christians ... to be those who stand up for the truth, to stand up for justice, to stand on the side of the poor and the hungry, the homeless and the naked, and when that happens, then Christians will be trustworthy believable witnesses.

 

[RupieDupie]

Part of Morrison's maiden speech:

Growing up in a Christian home, I made a commitment to my faith at an early age and have been greatly assisted by the pastoral work of many dedicated church leaders, in particular the Reverend Ray Green and pastors Brian Houston and Leigh Coleman. My personal faith in Jesus Christ is not a political agenda. As Lincoln said, our task is not to claim whether God is on our side but to pray earnestly that we are on His. For me, faith is personal, but the implications are social—as personal and social responsibility are at the heart of the Christian message. In recent times it has become fashionable to negatively stereotype those who profess their Christian faith in public life as ‘extreme’ and to suggest that such faith has no place in the political debate of this country. This presents a significant challenge for those of us, like my colleague, who seek to follow the example of William Wilberforce or Desmond Tutu, to name just two. These leaders stood for the immutable truths and principles of the Christian faith. They transformed their nations and, indeed, the world in the process. More importantly, by following the convictions of their faith, they established and reinforced the principles of our liberal democracy upon which our own nation is built.

Australia is not a secular country—it is a free country. This is a nation where you have the freedom to follow any belief system you choose. Secularism is just one. It has no greater claim than any other on our society. As US Senator Joe Lieberman said, the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not from religion. I believe the same is true in this country.


So what values do I derive from my faith? My answer comes from Jeremiah, chapter 9:24:


... I am the Lord who exercises loving-kindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things, declares the Lord.


From my faith I derive the values of loving-kindness, justice and righteousness, to act with compassion and kindness, acknowledging our common humanity and to consider the welfare of others; to fight for a fair go for everyone to fulfil their human potential and to remove whatever unjust obstacles stand in their way, including diminishing their personal responsibility for their own wellbeing; and to do what is right, to respect the rule of law, the sanctity of human life and the moral integrity of marriage and the family. We must recognise an unchanging and absolute standard of what is good and what is evil. Desmond Tutu put it this way:


... we expect Christians ... to be those who stand up for the truth, to stand up for justice, to stand on the side of the poor and the hungry, the homeless and the naked, and when that happens, then Christians will be trustworthy believable witnesses.

This was my favourite part;

“Order! Before I call the member for Brand, I remind the House that this is the honourable member’s first speech. I therefore ask that the usual courtesies be extended to him.”

Ned Flanders is our prime minister

 

[calyam]

Morrison will stay in the role until he loses the next federal election. The likes of Abbott and Dutton though will undermine him from day one. That is what they do and that is all they have to offer Australian politics.

Watch and learn.

ScoMo is already laughing at how easy this is going to be.

The internal polling is clear: the voters are fed up with mass immigration.

Only rabid Greens and left-Labor want to pretend that mass immigration is not a problem.

Of course, ScoMo will not actually stop immigration. Big business profits from mass immigration.

He knows where his bread is buttered.

But ScoMo also knows that he can take his rhetoric as far as he likes, whereas Shorten will be eaten alive by his own support base if he tries to match.

Gonna be some epic lulz.

Neither side of politics genuinely wants to touch immigration because immigration has accounted for two-thirds of economic growth over the past decade. Reduce immigration by a significant level and they run the risk of causing a recession and that will destroy the LNP's credibility for a generation. Drastically reducing immigration is only favoured on the far right of the party and none of those people are remotely electable.

If a political party genuinely reduces immigration then they'd have to explain to the Australian people why productivity growth is so poor. They wouldn't be able to sit back and crow about how wonderful economic expansion that has lasted for 27 years but spluttered along for a decade. There is no appetite for that and Morrison won't change that.

 

[Hawk Dork]

Part of Morrison's maiden speech:

... we expect Christians ... to be those who stand up for the truth, to stand up for justice, to stand on the side of the poor and the hungry, the homeless and the naked, and when that happens, then Christians will be trustworthy believable witnesses.

So he joined the Liberal Party and stood up for the rich while screwing the poor

 

[CakeEater]

Prosperity Churches will love Morrison as Pm.

Margaret Court will be odds on to come out and be supportive of this selection in the West tomorrow

 

[Lebbo73]

Nah, voters will always have education, health and money in their pocket as first priorities.

The voters have seen that more money has done jack for health and education. As for Labor putting more in people’s pockets, baahaha!

 

[GreyCrow]

Part of Morrison's maiden speech:

Growing up in a Christian home, I made a commitment to my faith at an early age and have been greatly assisted by the pastoral work of many dedicated church leaders, in particular the Reverend Ray Green and pastors Brian Houston and Leigh Coleman. My personal faith in Jesus Christ is not a political agenda. As Lincoln said, our task is not to claim whether God is on our side but to pray earnestly that we are on His. For me, faith is personal, but the implications are social—as personal and social responsibility are at the heart of the Christian message. In recent times it has become fashionable to negatively stereotype those who profess their Christian faith in public life as ‘extreme’ and to suggest that such faith has no place in the political debate of this country. This presents a significant challenge for those of us, like my colleague, who seek to follow the example of William Wilberforce or Desmond Tutu, to name just two. These leaders stood for the immutable truths and principles of the Christian faith. They transformed their nations and, indeed, the world in the process. More importantly, by following the convictions of their faith, they established and reinforced the principles of our liberal democracy upon which our own nation is built.

Australia is not a secular country—it is a free country. This is a nation where you have the freedom to follow any belief system you choose. Secularism is just one. It has no greater claim than any other on our society. As US Senator Joe Lieberman said, the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not from religion. I believe the same is true in this country.


So what values do I derive from my faith? My answer comes from Jeremiah, chapter 9:24:


... I am the Lord who exercises loving-kindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things, declares the Lord.


From my faith I derive the values of loving-kindness, justice and righteousness, to act with compassion and kindness, acknowledging our common humanity and to consider the welfare of others; to fight for a fair go for everyone to fulfil their human potential and to remove whatever unjust obstacles stand in their way, including diminishing their personal responsibility for their own wellbeing; and to do what is right, to respect the rule of law, the sanctity of human life and the moral integrity of marriage and the family. We must recognise an unchanging and absolute standard of what is good and what is evil. Desmond Tutu put it this way:


... we expect Christians ... to be those who stand up for the truth, to stand up for justice, to stand on the side of the poor and the hungry, the homeless and the naked, and when that happens, then Christians will be trustworthy believable witnesses.

This is going to bite him on the arse at every turn

Kids in Nauru? Thats not very Christian of you

Newstart recipients starving and forced to steal? Thats not very Christian of you

 

[Maggie5]

The voters have seen that more money has done jack for health and education. As for Labor putting more in people’s pockets, baahaha!

Where did I mention Labor?

You think people will vote for stricter immigration and defence or health and education as their priorities?

 

[Hawk Dork]

This is going to bite him on the arse at every turn

Kids in Nauru? Thats not very Christian of you

Newstart recipients starving and forced to steal? Thats not very Christian of you

No excuses either he made his faith an issue and set up the rules by which he should be judged

 

[Procrastinator35]

The voters have seen that more money has done jack for health and education. As for Labor putting more in people’s pockets, baahaha!

It's the spending power of money that matters....there's little point in pay-rises when the cost of living continues to escalate at double the pace due to the Liberal party greasing the hands of big business; while continuing to increase the tax burden on the lower classes.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Wonder how Michael Towke feels.

Probably no more than 2 months. Expect an Election in October.

Election in March at the latest. They will be toast. 30 - 40 seat majority to Labor

There will be no early election. They're going to lose.

 

[Ice-Wolf]

This is going to bite him on the arse at every turn

Kids in Nauru? Thats not very Christian of you

Newstart recipients starving and forced to steal? Thats not very Christian of you

Morrison's particular sect of Christianity hold firmly to the adage that "God helps those who help themselves", thus they help themselves to everything.

 

[Chaisa]

There is little chance this government gets to the second half of 2019.

Given the way Senate terms work an election in the second half of 2019 is impossible.

 

[JackOutback]

If ScoMo ups the ante on 'reducing immigration' and 'strong borders', watch Shorten sweat and his own voter base turn on him.

The Libs have this election in the bag, so long as Turnbull doesn't pull a Rudd.

Which he might.

That is next level cognitive dissonance.

If Turnbull quits and they can't command the House, we should go to an election, which should suggest eight weeks is about how long.