Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

[Jimmy_041]

It is probably a good time for all SA senators to stick up for SA and start demanding a reversal of the budget decision to cut education and health funding to the state.

Are they cutting funding?

[Roxy the Rat Girl]

Rumor has it

[Jimmy_041]

Georganas, Ellis, Farrell & Wong promised $6.6m for Thebarton https://twitter.com/SenatorWong/status/366069530264485890
Should they be protesting as well?

[dedja]

Nice try, the coalition stated they were going to match the Gonski and NDIS commitments from Labor for example, that's the difference.

They can't blame Labor if they were stupid enough to box themselves in with unsustainable election commitments.

Yes, Labor were equally guilty, but they didn't win, did they.

[Jimmy_041]

Then, they're fu##ed aren't they....
Happy to have my Medicare levy increased for the NDIS (which the Libs certainly passed)
What about health funding?

[dedja]

Reneged on an election commitment, stupid us for not realising they were non-core promises.

It's not just Jay who's up in arms (yes, of course he would be, it suits him to be at odds with a coalition federal govt), but even the Vic, NSW and QLDs are pissed off.

Are all these Premiers making it up?

[Jimmy_041]

As Keating said, never stand between a premier & a pot of money

In the meantime, the students are revolting: https://au.news.yahoo.com/vic/a/23643634/former-liberal-mp-sophie-mirabella-mobbed-by-protesters/

[dedja]

all in the name of democracy ...

[dedja]

Hockey doing OK on Q&A, even though I don't agree with most of what he is articulating.

[tigerpie]

Yep he did ok.....but still spun a bunch of political bull!

"Its not a tax, its a payment.....ok its a tax...call it what you want" his response to the medicare payment.

But they still havent broken any promises? Delusional much?

[gossipgirl]

did anyone see Pyne on the project last night. How can someone talk so much jibberish. He was an embarrassment

[shoe boy]

It is probably a good time for all SA senators to stick up for SA and start demanding a reversal of the budget decision to cut education and health funding to the state.

Are they cutting funding?

Jimmy you really are showing your true colours.

[mighty_tiger_79]

I heard pyne on the radio today and for someone allegedly so highly educated his speech is terrible

[bennymacca]

Abbotts is just as bad too. Speaks very slowly, like he is considering every single word out of his mouth. At least from my point of view it comes across as untrustworthy.

Hockey is clearly their best public speaker and from what I have heard he hasn't done too bad a job on that front (actual policies aside)

[RustyCage]

[Gozu]

New right-wing extremist Liberal Democratic Party Senator David Leyonhjelm is hiring staff for when he enters the Senate on July 1st and wants to know in interviews if you're gay or have ever voted for the Greens

The senator-elect tweeted on Sunday: “Is approval of gay lifestyle necessary to support gay rights? Is reckless promiscuity a right? Tolerance doesn't require approval.”

Leyonhjelm did not respond to a request for comment. The senator-elect had previously defended his decision to question a job applicant about his sexuality. “**** that. I will ask whoever I want if they are gay,’’ he told Sydney’s Daily Telegraph.

“But we don’t have a problem with gay people. No, what I said was I couldn’t understand why gay people were so in favour of getting married.”

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/m ... -lifestyle

[Roxy the Rat Girl]

I don't agree with his asking about a persons sexuality or voting preference however finding out if someone is a knob before they are employed could save a lot of workplace angst and even reduce stress.

[dedja]

Yes, the Australian electorate have just found that out the hard way ...

[Roxy the Rat Girl]

what do you call a collective of knobs? a pack? a herd? a gaggle? a ministry?

[woodublieve12]

Goose