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Paul Howes chooses to damn John Howard with faint praise.
In his most recent Sunday Telegraph article Mr Howes credits John Howard as having put in place the conservative wish-list of policy changes. He would no doubt like to do the same for the left wish-list.
He writes “If you want to enact real change, you have to do it slowly. There is no point in making sweeping changes if you only get three years in which to do them”.
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“Out, damned spot! out” moaned the sleepwalking Lady Macbeth after the murders committed to ensure that Kingship came to Macbeth. “What will these hands never be clean”.
“Here’s the smell of blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand”.
And yet the “spot” seemed to be worn as a badge of honour on Sunday morning TV with the newly anointed Prime Minister choosing Joan Kirner giant polka dot jacket to begin her reign.
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Seano says:
Megan Gale is the face of DJ’s and yet I don’t get upset when she’s not on the counter. Jokes aside. The pretence that voters feel cheated that Rudd got rolled is mostly coming from the right and is a beat up. Obviously people know they did not vote for… Read more »
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Blueberry Bagel says:
Where can I get the recipe for Bronwyn’s hair… Baker’s Delight? Read more »
It was so simple for the Opposition. Keep hammering Peter Garrett on the details of when exactly he saw Minter Ellison warnings about the risks associated with the Government’s home insulation scheme.
If they didn’t get his scalp, they would at least have a strong message about Ministerial incompetence in the Rudd Government for the Federal Election campaign.
Then this morning Liberal Senator Simon Birmingham jumped the shark.
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sahi says:
Shame on Kevin Rudd debarcle conclusion of the isolation in which people died and political business people will lose top scorer in this election, to send all its MPs in their constituencies to help people who have had insulation installed.ldl cholesterol levels And none of the Labour voters? will have… Read more »
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JeniferHowe says:
If you’re in uncomfortable position and have got no money to go out from that, you will have to receive the mortgage loans. Just because that should aid you definitely. I get secured loan every year and feel myself great because of it. Read more »
I have a confession to make. I have a soft spot for the Australian Workers Union.
Before anyone gets too excited, let me explain. My great, great aunt was Dame Mary Gilmore, the first female member of the AWU. Dame Mary was one of Australia’s greatest ever poets who now graces our ten dollar note.
Dame Mary edited the women’s page of the Australian Worker before heading off to South America in 1900 to be part of William Lane’s ‘New Australia’ commune in Paraguay.
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alan cotterell says:
What has the Liberal Party done to alienate the Australian Industry Group? Heather Ridout has clearly stated that workplace OHS is the province of the employer, NOT peter Garrett! Read more »
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Dingo says:
John, how our debt compares to other nations should be irrelevant. However if you really want to keep making that comparison, consider our comparative unemployment rate and net govt surplus when the GFC first arose. Then look at some of the very serious issues now facing several of the highly… Read more »
Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said yesterday on Meet the Press that the government choosing to buy Australian made products was like him doing his 15 year old daughter’s homework.
I’m not sure what he means by that, but it’s clear he hasn’t been doing his own homework when it comes to using the government’s stimulus packages to create the most jobs possible.
In fact, the government choosing to source products overseas is like getting the neighbour’s kids to come over and mow the lawn, and then wondering why your own kids are hitting you up for pocket money when you go to the shops.
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miantiao says:
We have been acting in good faith since the 70s. China, the US, the EU, Russia, they are all industrialized economies. Who loses out when one industrialized economy closes the door to anothers imports whilst at the same time retaining access to the others’s market? We are on the same… Read more »
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Andrew says:
Free Trade does need to be a two way street, but just like in any relationship someone has to take the first step as an act of goodwill. As an industrialised economy Australia has less to lose and much to gain from Free Trade. Furthermore, my advice to you son… Read more »
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