Opinion AUSTRALIAN Politics: Adelaide Board Discussion Part 5

[Kane McGoodwin]

ABC i.partial, Hahahahahaha

Good one Kane.

It's the closest we have.

 

[Floating Doughnut]

It's the closest we have.

This latest with the manipulation of footage to create a story should trigger
a senate inquiry into the ABC . To think our taxes produce this crap is beyond
tolerable. Gut it and go back to the draft for a rebuild.

 

[Kane McGoodwin]

This latest with the manipulation of footage to create a story should trigger
a senate inquiry into the ABC . To think our taxes produce this crap is beyond
tolerable. Gut it and go back to the draft for a rebuild.

Hopefully a huge wakeup call for the ABC to go back to quality reporting for their news programs... with no chasing the headlines like commercial channels.

 

[Punchy Bassett]

Abstaining is as bad as voting for the resolution. The United States strongly condemned the resolution and lobbied Australia and other allies to oppose the vote.
Airbus have perfected the art of fence sitting.
Shame on Australia.

Australia abstains from United Nations motion against Israel 'with great disappointment', vote passes 124-14​

Australia has abstained from a United Nations resolution asserting Israel’s presence in Palestine was unlawful, as the motion passed with 124 votes in favour, 14 against and 43 abstentions.

https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/australia-abstains-from-united-nations-motion-against-israel-with-great-disappointment-vote-passes-12414/news-story/d1a42bc5809bc808afd94381d3e06f23

How's the UN going getting Russia out of Ukraine. Seems to have all been forgotten about that one.

 

[Mutineer]

How's the UN going getting Russia out of Ukraine. Seems to have all been forgotten about that one.

The United Nations is nothing but a toothless Tiger, basically a standing joke.

 

[Mutineer]

Excellent!!

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Excellent!!

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a thousand years for erosion will wear that slab down.

 

[Mutineer]

 

[Eagleboy2011]

Wow that is a novel idea. Ask ratepayers to vote on returning Australia day back to its proper day of January 26.

Unley Council will on Monday vote on whether the citizenship ceremony as well as the Australia Day Awards and community event should be held on January 26.
The proposed move comes after a community consultation on the issue found a majority of surveyed residents were in favour of holding the events on Australia Day.
60 per cent supporting a return to January 26.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13877571/Australia-Day-backflip-january-26.html

https://www.news.com.au/national/push-for-australia-day-backflip-in-one-big-city/news-story/b6fa33888c9cdff7a623aaa35e66a914

 

[Mutineer]

MSN

Fresh blow for Albo in latest poll​

Voters have voiced their biggest cost-of-living concerns amid as support for Anthony Albanese and the Labor government slumps to its lowest level since the 2022 election.


The latest Newspoll for the The Australian revealed that housing, including rent and interest rates, was by far the biggest worry for Australian voters.

As a federal election looms, the result is likely bad news for Mr Albanese as his election promise to build thousands of affordable homes has only just taken its first step.

Less than a fortnight ago, the Labor government finally gave the green light to build 13,700 social and affordable homes in the first round of grants under its Housing Australia Future Fund.

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The fund was part of Albanese's promise to help first-time homeowners get on the property ladder and aimed to build 40,000 in five years.
Newspoll data showed primary support for Labor had fallen to just 31 per cent for the first time since the failed Voice referendum last year.

The Coalition's primary vote remained steady at 38 per cent.

 

[Eagleboy2011]

MSN

Fresh blow for Albo in latest poll​

Voters have voiced their biggest cost-of-living concerns amid as support for Anthony Albanese and the Labor government slumps to its lowest level since the 2022 election.


The latest Newspoll for the The Australian revealed that housing, including rent and interest rates, was by far the biggest worry for Australian voters.

As a federal election looms, the result is likely bad news for Mr Albanese as his election promise to build thousands of affordable homes has only just taken its first step.

Less than a fortnight ago, the Labor government finally gave the green light to build 13,700 social and affordable homes in the first round of grants under its Housing Australia Future Fund.

Continue reading
Back to Home


The fund was part of Albanese's promise to help first-time homeowners get on the property ladder and aimed to build 40,000 in five years.
Newspoll data showed primary support for Labor had fallen to just 31 per cent for the first time since the failed Voice referendum last year.

The Coalition's primary vote remained steady at 38 per cent.

Sad though to see Labors votes moving the wrong way. The voters seem to be going to the Greens. You can't have any of those loonies near the government.

 

[Mutineer]

Hear Hear.

And that goes for ators and other public figures who are usually rich listers who have very little in common with the struggles of normal people.

 

[Floating Doughnut]

4 days and Nyada for or from the senator yet.
Internal review , rare Media Watch criticism . Hopefully something good comes from this.

 

[Mutineer]

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4 days and Nyada for or from the senator yet.
Internal review , rare Media Watch criticism . Hopefully something good comes from this.

With the ALP likely just window dressing for their comrades at the ALPBC.

 

[Floating Doughnut]

With the ALP likely just window dressing for their comrades at the ALPBC.

See how it goes when Heston Russell sues their arse and if
Coleman is not up to making enough noise over this take the collar off Michaela after the enquiry.

 

[Mutineer]

Albo in real trouble when his fanboi old Bongo is deserting him .

Labor needs Albanese to lift his game or call an election soon

Somehow the Albanese government has allowed itself to be defined as a timid, pale imitation of what a true Labor government should be like.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

Paul Bongiorno: Labor needs Albanese to lift his game, or call an election soon​

Somehow the Albanese government has allowed itself to be defined as a timid, pale imitation of what a true Labor government should be like.

And for that perception to have become so pervasive within the party itself at the parliamentary and broader membership level, the Prime Minister has to shoulder much of the blame.


No one in the country has more access to national and local media than the country’s leader, and Albanese has certainly not been shy in availing himself of the numerous opportunities his status creates.

And yet all the published opinion polls show him losing ground the longer the term runs.

It is a worrying trend that is not explained by a government falling apart or failing to deliver on key economic performance indicators.
There is no escaping the reality that the standing of any government, or major political party if it comes to that, is completely contingent on the leader and their performance.

There is a frustration in Labor’s ranks that if Albanese was more quickly responsive to issues as they arise, more willing to take a decision, and then fight for it the government would be riding higher.

Bad habit​

Albanese has a bad habit of letting issues fester, cloaking this indecision with the claimed virtues of caution and consultation – gambling reforms just the latest example.

Albanese’s attempts at a “bipartisan style of politics” crashed at the hurdle of the Voice referendum, and has only succeeded in making him look more beholden to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton brands Albanese “weak” for his troubles and, as the collapse in the negotiations over reforms to the Reserve Bank demonstrate, never hesitates to put politics first.

Unlike in earlier terms for recent Liberal and Labor governments, there is no challenger to Albanese promising a circuit-breaking change.

“What we need is for Albo to be more disciplined in his messaging and to begin working on raising Labor’s primary vote support” is the view of one senior Labor figure.

Others in government circles believe Albanese needs his senior staff and ministerial colleagues to be more frank and fearless in their advice, and cite the precedents set in Bob Hawke’s day.

PM on notice​

Albanese prides himself on running a “Hawke-style cabinet government” but comparisons tend to end there. Few if any prime ministers possessed the charisma of Hawke, who was also smart enough to be able to take advice.

We are now at the so-called business end of the cycle with the No.1 priority of the political players is to be noticed.

When you are not in government the best way is to leverage your numbers in the Senate for all they are worth in the hope that favourable headlines follow.

As Katy Gallagher noted on Monday, the Senate is a “minority chamber” which won’t change after the next election, but an election once out of the way tends to see more rational responses from the upper house if there is a majority government returned in the lower one.

Albanese could stop all the grandstanding by calling an election after the Queensland state poll in October.

There is every chance that a Labor rout at the Queensland poll could clear the air for federal Labor in the state.

 

[MsTopG]

Our communist government trying to rush through the end of free speech.

 

[Slippery Pete]

It's the closest we have.

And under the new legislation, they’re going to be completely immune from penalty for peddling bullshit like that.

 

[Slippery Pete]

 

[kirky]

Albo in real trouble when his fanboi old Bongo is deserting him .

Labor needs Albanese to lift his game or call an election soon

Somehow the Albanese government has allowed itself to be defined as a timid, pale imitation of what a true Labor government should be like.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

Paul Bongiorno: Labor needs Albanese to lift his game, or call an election soon​

Somehow the Albanese government has allowed itself to be defined as a timid, pale imitation of what a true Labor government should be like.

And for that perception to have become so pervasive within the party itself at the parliamentary and broader membership level, the Prime Minister has to shoulder much of the blame.


No one in the country has more access to national and local media than the country’s leader, and Albanese has certainly not been shy in availing himself of the numerous opportunities his status creates.

And yet all the published opinion polls show him losing ground the longer the term runs.

It is a worrying trend that is not explained by a government falling apart or failing to deliver on key economic performance indicators.
There is no escaping the reality that the standing of any government, or major political party if it comes to that, is completely contingent on the leader and their performance.

There is a frustration in Labor’s ranks that if Albanese was more quickly responsive to issues as they arise, more willing to take a decision, and then fight for it the government would be riding higher.

Bad habit​

Albanese has a bad habit of letting issues fester, cloaking this indecision with the claimed virtues of caution and consultation – gambling reforms just the latest example.

Albanese’s attempts at a “bipartisan style of politics” crashed at the hurdle of the Voice referendum, and has only succeeded in making him look more beholden to Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Dutton brands Albanese “weak” for his troubles and, as the collapse in the negotiations over reforms to the Reserve Bank demonstrate, never hesitates to put politics first.

Unlike in earlier terms for recent Liberal and Labor governments, there is no challenger to Albanese promising a circuit-breaking change.

“What we need is for Albo to be more disciplined in his messaging and to begin working on raising Labor’s primary vote support” is the view of one senior Labor figure.

Others in government circles believe Albanese needs his senior staff and ministerial colleagues to be more frank and fearless in their advice, and cite the precedents set in Bob Hawke’s day.

PM on notice​

Albanese prides himself on running a “Hawke-style cabinet government” but comparisons tend to end there. Few if any prime ministers possessed the charisma of Hawke, who was also smart enough to be able to take advice.

We are now at the so-called business end of the cycle with the No.1 priority of the political players is to be noticed.

When you are not in government the best way is to leverage your numbers in the Senate for all they are worth in the hope that favourable headlines follow.

As Katy Gallagher noted on Monday, the Senate is a “minority chamber” which won’t change after the next election, but an election once out of the way tends to see more rational responses from the upper house if there is a majority government returned in the lower one.

Albanese could stop all the grandstanding by calling an election after the Queensland state poll in October.

There is every chance that a Labor rout at the Queensland poll could clear the air for federal Labor in the state.

Why would you call an election when you don’t need to?

Inflation is coming down, interest rate cuts may well start later this year but more likely February.

With all the bad issues, COL and interest rates etc, the best the Coalition can be is 50/50.

Lets wait until the real campaign starts and Dutton has to explain what he wants to do if he was in government. We are still waiting for the detail on his nuclear thought bubble that was promised earlier this year.

Lets not forget the Coalition has more seats at risk in the Senate from the 2019 election (got 15 in 2022 and 17 in 2019). Getting anywhere near a majority in the the Senate will be nigh on impossible.

Seriously, some of these supposedly smart political commentators have no idea - Qld poll on 26/10, WA poll on 8/3. So lets just think it thru if you were to hold a Federal Election this year, you would have to call it before Qld goes to the polls - writs have to be issued 33 days before. Any election is December is fraught with danger (close to Xmas - last thing people want is go to the polls) and sending the people to two polls within 5-6 weeks. Give me a break.

 

[Mutineer]

Why would you call an election when you don’t need to?

Inflation is coming down, interest rate cuts may well start later this year but more likely February.

With all the bad issues, COL and interest rates etc, the best the Coalition can be is 50/50.

Lets wait until the real campaign starts and Dutton has to explain what he wants to do if he was in government. We are still waiting for the detail on his nuclear thought bubble that was promised earlier this year.

Lets not forget the Coalition has more seats at risk in the Senate from the 2019 election (got 15 in 2022 and 17 in 2019). Getting anywhere near a majority in the the Senate will be nigh on impossible.

Don't tell me tell your lefty mate the Bongo man.

 

[kirky]

Don't tell me tell your lefty mate the Bongo man.

I don’t care if they are left or right, one only needs to engage the brain to workout it wouldn’t be politically smart to go this year or early next.

Serve your full term.

 

[Floating Doughnut]

Lowy institute yesterday would not address the doctoring of the footage but tries to appease with




How about a reporter having no view at all and just report the news !

So young ABC reporters are of an “activist view” by their own admission who would have thought.