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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:30 am
by Dogwatcher
FEDERAL ELECTION ODDS NOW 50/50


Online bookmaker sportsbet.com.au has updated the next Federal Election odds following the failed spill motion this morning.



The Coalition and Labor can’t be split, both currently at odds of $1.85 to win the election.



Before this morning’s spill motion, the Coalition were paying $1.75 and Labor $2.00.



Malcolm Turnbull is $1.35 to be Coalition leader at the election with Tony Abbott paying $4.00.



Markets courtesy of sportsbet.com.au

Federal Election Winner

$1.85 Coalition

$1.85 Labor



Coalition leader at Federal Election

$1.35 Malcolm Turnbull

$4.00 Tony Abbott

$7.00 Julie Bishop

$21 Scott Morrison

$26 Andrew Robb

$26 Mal Brough

$34 Joe Hockey

$41 Christopher Pyne

$41 Greg Hunt

$41 Peter Dutton

$51 Tony Smith

$251 Peter Dutton

$251 Andrew Robb

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:40 am
by topsywaldron
No price on Eric Abetz or Kevin Andrews seems tough on two of Australia's deepest thinkers.

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:47 am
by mighty_tiger_79
Abbott just put out a short statement via TV

Didn't look convincing at all

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:48 am
by mighty_tiger_79
Why wouldn't Abbott have held a press conference??

seems like he is hiding

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:50 am
by Dogwatcher
I wish he'd stop referring back to the Labor party when discussing disunity.

And I also wish he'd stop saying the public voted him in as PM, the public voted in the Liberal party, not him. It's the same for any government in this nation.

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 9:58 am
by dedja
Abbott is gone, it's just a matter of time now.

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:10 am
by topsywaldron
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Why wouldn't Abbott have held a press conference??

seems like he is hiding


Hard to fit them all in that tiny airless bunker.

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:23 am
by Footy Chick

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:31 am
by stan
There will be plenty more of this. The in fighting looks to have been kicked off. The factions will be at there best now. And that makes the Libs just like Labor.

And who wins from all of this. Not the people because time spent with this crap is time away from doing the job.

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 12:59 pm
by Look Good In Leather
Dogwatcher wrote:I wish he'd stop referring back to the Labor party when discussing disunity.

And I also wish he'd stop saying the public voted him in as PM, the public voted in the Liberal party, not him. It's the same for any government in this nation.


By focusing on those points, he is effectively telling his party "you take me down, you all go down"

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:47 pm
by dedja
LOL, Labor using the Abbott wrecking ball playbook by attempting to suspend standing orders for a vote of no confidence in the PM, something Abbott did 5 billion times in opposition.

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 2:58 pm
by mighty_tiger_79
gotta love how Question Time on day 1 this year has already gone down the gutter

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Mon Feb 09, 2015 3:03 pm
by stan
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:gotta love how Question Time on day 1 this year has already gone down the gutter

I assume its all about the spill and crap like that.

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 10:51 am
by mighty_tiger_79
Who are the liberal MPs that got busted switching sides away from Abbott after telling him they supported him?

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:00 am
by stan
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Who are the liberal MPs that got busted switching sides away from Abbott after telling him they supported him?

I thought it was a secret ballot. But who knows really.

Normally and I think there is some old convention, maybe Westminister convention which dictates that front bench ministers vote with the PM.

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:01 am
by dedja
Can't tell you, secret ballot, unless I'm desperately clinging to any hope to keep my job as PM, then I'll arrange for the secret vote tallies to be leaked to further damage the party.

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 11:06 am
by stan
dedja wrote:Can't tell you, secret ballot, unless I'm desperately clinging to any hope to keep my job as PM, then I'll arrange for the secret vote tallies to be leaked to further damage the party.

Lol touché.

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:28 pm
by RB
stan wrote:
mighty_tiger_79 wrote:Who are the liberal MPs that got busted switching sides away from Abbott after telling him they supported him?

I thought it was a secret ballot. But who knows really.

Normally and I think there is some old convention, maybe Westminister convention which dictates that front bench ministers vote with the PM.

This has nothing to do with any conventions arising out of the Westminster system; it's just an internal party thing.

Either way, I can't imagine Turnbull voted against the spill. I guess we'll never know...

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:51 pm
by dedja
So the PM's new and recycled strategy is now clear, attack the Labor party to discredit them. Works well in opposition, but fatal in government.

It's actually painful to watch now.

Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

PostPosted: Tue Feb 10, 2015 1:52 pm
by mighty_tiger_79
Member for Wakefield ejected AGAIN