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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby dedja » Mon May 05, 2014 10:43 pm

Poodle has done all the talking in the 1st 5 mins and has already spectacularly demonstrated that he has no idea outside the elitist bubble that he lives in.

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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby dedja » Mon May 05, 2014 10:57 pm

LOL, Q&A has been hijacked by Uni students ... :lol:

Can someone please take the Poodle hostage.
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby tigerpie » Tue May 06, 2014 12:09 am

He certainly stunk up Q&A tonight....i reckon even his kids wouldnt like him
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby ca » Tue May 06, 2014 10:00 am

I cringed during the whole Q & A show, it was awful. Pyne did himself no favours. It is always an awkward time right before budget. We see it every year where Ministers from both sides refuse to answer questions and say wait until the budget is released. It’s frustrating but really that is the way it works. They would be better in the couple of week leading up the budget to deal with other topics on Q & A.

Mark Trevorrow said he was going to try and bring the Abbott Government down before going on the show. I guess that is his right but really I don’t think he added one interesting comment the whole night. He just made jokes, faces and smug remarks at Pyne. Again that’s up to him but it really made for poor television. He came across as someone that hates the Government but really didn’t know why except it was the popular thing to do.

The other thing that derails Q & A is long questions. Last night every audience member felt it was their time to make a speech. To be honest I don’t really care what a Western Sydney Uni student thinks of the current Government, just ask a hard direct question and get on with it. The calling out during panel member responses just made for poor television.

If people want to protest then that is their right but I don’t think it helped their cause much last night. Obviously the majority of the audience went in there with one goal, maybe they felt like they achieved it but I think they missed a good opportunity to really ask some hard questions and perhaps saved the protesting for another time.
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby tigerpie » Tue May 06, 2014 11:53 am

Good post ca.
That is certainly not the forum for protesting, its a forum for asking questions, not making speeches.

The guy who asked Pyne a question then kept talking over him should have been removed.
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby gossipgirl » Tue May 06, 2014 1:52 pm

dedja wrote:Poodle has done all the talking in the 1st 5 mins and has already spectacularly demonstrated that he has no idea outside the elitist bubble that he lives in.

NFI ...



not sure why he continually does any media ... he would be one of the worse performers either on TV or Radio :oops:
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby Jimmy_041 » Tue May 06, 2014 3:53 pm

gossipgirl wrote:
dedja wrote:Poodle has done all the talking in the 1st 5 mins and has already spectacularly demonstrated that he has no idea outside the elitist bubble that he lives in.

NFI ...



not sure why he continually does any media ... he would be one of the worse performers either on TV or Radio :oops:


Just like Koutsantonis, he has an over inflated view of his abilities whereas they both just turn the majority of people off
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby gossipgirl » Wed May 07, 2014 11:20 am

but people keep voting for both of them
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby mighty_tiger_79 » Wed May 07, 2014 11:35 am

I voted for clive
Matty Wade is a star and deserves more respect from the forum family!
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby Jimmy_041 » Wed May 07, 2014 12:40 pm

gossipgirl wrote:but people keep voting for both of them


I have never voted for the poodle
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby gossipgirl » Wed May 07, 2014 1:58 pm

Jimmy_041 wrote:
gossipgirl wrote:but people keep voting for both of them


I have never voted for the poodle



praise the lord :D
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby shoe boy » Wed May 07, 2014 1:58 pm

Jimmy_041 wrote:
gossipgirl wrote:but people keep voting for both of them


I have never voted for the poodle


Directly or indirectly?
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby Jimmy_041 » Wed May 07, 2014 3:52 pm

Bingo :YMPARTY:

Directly.....
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby Roxy the Rat Girl » Thu May 08, 2014 10:04 pm

this upcoming budget is going to be extremely interesting. Apart from the depth of service cuts and where they might come from and the much publicised increases to taxes / levies, it will be interesting to see how the Government tries to spin the decisions. After going so hard and uncompromisingly at Rudd and Gillard and seeing them both deposed, he now finds himself with no room to move if he even fractures a promise let alone breaks one. Abbott set the honesty in politics bar pretty high when in opposition and now must uphold his own benchmark to retain the faith of the electorate. It is going to be an interesting few weeks ahead and one which could well define the Governments term.
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby dedja » Thu May 08, 2014 10:09 pm

He comes the karma bus ... he'll end up being the fall guy for all the broken promises now that he's done his job and got the coalition in with his wrecking ball.

Completely out of his depth now.
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby Roxy the Rat Girl » Thu May 08, 2014 10:24 pm

It appears that many of the Ministers are out of their depth. Pyne was terrible on QandA on Monday night. Admittedly he was being hounded but as the old saying goes - don't dish it out if you can't receive it. Hockey is also unconvincing, Sinodinas is facing serious allegations, Hunt is weak, Brandis has his foot permanently in his mouth, Abetz sounds dead, Bishop looks dead, and Barnaby is just a dumb ****.

This lineup does not fill a voter with confidence.
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby dedja » Thu May 08, 2014 10:27 pm

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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby Roxy the Rat Girl » Thu May 08, 2014 10:28 pm

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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby Q. » Fri May 09, 2014 9:58 am

It's bizarre that a party, whose core argument against a carbon tax was an increase in fuel prices, would then raise the fuel excise.
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Re: Abbott/Liberal Govt Watch

Postby bennymacca » Fri May 09, 2014 10:06 am

Q. wrote:It's bizarre that a party, whose core argument against a carbon tax was an increase in fuel prices, would then raise the fuel excise.


and also at the same time ditch the mining and carbon taxes, which was a pretty sensible way to raise some revenue (not to mention the intended environmental benefits) whilst keeping the hit to the hip pocket of the average punter as low as possible.

I guess being at the beck and call of big business at the expense of Joe Average IS a liberal core value though
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