Every word uttered by our Prime Minster, Julia Gillard, is dissected, analysed and, in some instances (for example the Murdoch Press) is filtered through a distortion lens to extract often ridiculous meanings and conclusions.
So here now is a recent Tony Abbott with John Laws radio interview (2nd April, 2011) where, in his own words, Tony Abbott talks about the Carbon Tax, the GST (and how calls for repelling it by Labor, are somehow different to his calls to repel the CT), his great new tax on companies to fund his Paid Parental Leave policy, and how a “Tax” is not a “Levy” (in Bizarro Universe). All this even when Laws is practically giving him a free run, which begs the question, what would come out of Abbott’s mouth if a real journalist were to do a probing interview with the Man of La Budgies?
Click on each question to hear the audio.
Q1. Will the winding back of the Carbon Tax include the winding back of the tripling of the tax free threshold?
Q2. What about the V Age Pension what are you going to do about that?
Q3. What about Work Choices? Will they be coming back in any form?
Q4. How do we know you will tell the truth in future when you’ve mentioned in the past that we should’t believe you unless it’s in writing – are you going to carry a lot of paper with you?
Q5. What are you going to do about funding the Pacific Highway?
Q6. Will the GST be charged on the Carbon Tax?
Q7. Are you going to throw out the Carbon Tax?
Q8. If you were to purchase a vehicle you pay a percentage on stamp duty and then you pay GST on the accumulated cost which is a tax on a tax, which it is… but you don’t have a retort for it?
Q9. What are you going to do to control the price of fuel?
Q10. What makes him [Tony Abbott] think he’d be a better PM than Julia Gillard?
Q11. Why is it you seem to have a problem with female voters?
Q12. The idea to extend the Child Care Rebate to include nannies, was that simply a way of trying to fine tune the female friendly credentials?
Q13. Some of the figures over the weekend suggest that the cost of your plan would run to something like $500Million a year, that’s $2Billion over 4 years, I mean, how can we afford that given where the budget is at the moment?
Q14. The PM says your push to unwind the Carbon Tax, it be nothing more than a bit of chest beating, the process to be incredibly hollow, how does that differ from Labor’s plan to roll back the GST?
Q15. Would you be forced to a Double Dissolution election to secure the end of that Carbon Tax?
Q16. Your proposal for Paid Parental Leave, that will be funded by 1% levy on the country’s biggest companies, now, that’s a Great Big Tax?
Q17. It’s very interesting when you talk about a “cut” it’s a tax, when you talk about an “increase” it’s a levy, what’s the difference between a levy and a tax?
Ha ha hee hee. Poor ol Toneee
Ruam
I saw that in the dead tree version of The West – priceless.
As for Polytrend – remember Rudd at 60/40 – That is all.
Ahh Ch 10
for all the titanic fans
Good to see Roger Cook ramping it up:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-04-15/restricted-procedures-at-new-hospital/3950878
the Gnats and Fibs better watch out
I suspect the greens are ready to hoover up the disaffected
CSG
Sustainable Farming Practices
Etc
btw
I reckon it will be good for labor/green to bash each other
Love the closing shot on that Ten News article. Is Adam wearing sandals do you reckon?
heya normanK
did you ever link AFV?
I still maintain the rightards would be too scared to even attempt to post here
gusface
No I didn’t. The BISONs did their work – not by bringing about debate on the facts of our current economic and social position but by causing a major unhinging that culminated in detailed expositions about military records, family bravery and of course the innate cowardice of all lefties. The owner of the blog then shut down comments.
If you are interested (purely academically of course) in watching an exchange deteriorate at a great rate of knots have a look here:
http://www.thepoliticalsword.com/post/2012/04/05/Why-Julia-Gillard-will-win-the-2013-election.aspx
Starts @ April 10. 2012 12:39 PM.
Someone put Tim Blair on to Ad astra’s article and he provided a link on his blog. In swooped the bats.
NornaK
Ha
par excellence on the old blogging scene
Meanwhile Amanda Meade and Sydney Confidential are defending their Melbourne Colleagues over the leaking of the Gold Logie Winner, which also is on the Front Page of the First Edition of The West Australian
Poor Ltd News:
Hmm Silly Buggers at the Logies:
Via a Facebook post.
New (non-political post) at The Daily Derp
The Poorest Band In The World
E-Health – BOOOO
E-Health – BOOOO
Oh noes hackers AusCERT wally is worried, he is paid to be. What security issues?
The Dept wisely told the ABC to piss off.
That story would do Today Tonight proud – dickheads.
I’ve got no evidence for my following thoughts except for the fact that JG has shown herself to be able to play the long game and when it’s needed to bring the rabbit( not Abbott) out of the hat.
I reckon JG has this budget and the one next year to win voters.Given a cynical electorate I wouldn’t save all of the goodies until next years budget. They would probably rightly see it as vote buying. But starting with carbon compensation and some goodies in this years budget, I think it would set the platform for a hand out budget in 2013-14 that would be good for voters. Something that has impressed me most has been how ( despite KR) govt has generally been leak proof. I expect some good initiatives in this budget as govt goes from detail to retail
Oh Dear.
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/police-minister-resigns-20120416-1x3t2.html
Shorten is Good :-)
http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/breaking/13442695/barnett-could-script-scooby-doo-shorten/
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About time:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/indepth/after-10-long-grim-years-our-war-in-afghanistan-draws-to-an-end/story-e6frewp9-1226328168598
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@GenGusface@dm_stealth I posit that we are seeing the lag effect-realistically Labour is 5 people in 100 from leading the 2pp (tho I suspect it is 3)settle petals
Hmm
a certain company is promoting that it can provide its services cheaper
“we are an australian company so we dont pay carbon tax”
all ready reported to the ACCC
gusface
Give us a clue?