by bennymacca » Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:45 pm
by Sky Pilot » Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:52 pm
by dedja » Mon Nov 04, 2013 7:57 pm
by Sky Pilot » Tue Nov 05, 2013 4:03 pm
dedja wrote:The SA Branch of the ALP are very different to the muppets in Canberra.
The Libs will need to be on the front foot.
by Grahaml » Wed Nov 06, 2013 1:21 am
Psyber wrote:In my local seat - Heysen - the Libs have just deferred their planned fund raiser until February on the grounds that people seem to be somewhat "electioned out" at the moment. I expect the Libs generally will wait until the New Year to start any campaign.
That also fits to with last time's experience that if you trot out policies too soon the ALP will steal them or come up with parallel ones...
dedja wrote:The SA Branch of the ALP are very different to the muppets in Canberra.
The Libs will need to be on the front foot.
by dedja » Wed Nov 06, 2013 12:46 pm
by Grahaml » Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:47 pm
dedja wrote:The Libs have an exquisite sense of timing in pushing the self-destruct button.
40+ years of infighting doesn't disappear overnight.
If they can maintain discipline then they should prevent defeat from the jaws of victory ... time will tell.
by Gozu » Fri Nov 08, 2013 4:39 pm
Grahaml wrote:dedja wrote:The Libs have an exquisite sense of timing in pushing the self-destruct button.
40+ years of infighting doesn't disappear overnight.
If they can maintain discipline then they should prevent defeat from the jaws of victory ... time will tell.
It does when you start winning.
The SA Labor Party is a curious dichotomy compared to the party nationally. Federally, Labor has been in power for only 22 years in the 64 since Chifley lost power. That’s compared to 34 years in SA in the 48 years since the last Playford administration. In modern state history, Labor has become the natural party of Government. While nationally the party doomed itself to a generation in Opposition with the DLP split, locally it was the Liberals that were rent in twain, with the Liberal Movement and its associated spats that continue to divide sections of the parliamentary party even now.
Remarkably perhaps, SA Labor never lost the desperation for power nor the organisational capacity to achieve it. What it has sometimes failed to fully appreciate is what to do with it once seized.
by Roxy the Rat Girl » Thu Nov 14, 2013 10:33 pm
Sky Pilot wrote:Marshall and his team probably don't have to do much. Just stay out of trouble and let the Labor brand self destruct.
by dedja » Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:48 pm
by dedja » Sun Nov 17, 2013 8:10 pm
by Gozu » Mon Nov 18, 2013 2:46 pm
by Dogwatcher » Mon Nov 18, 2013 5:11 pm
by Psyber » Tue Dec 03, 2013 4:48 pm
The governing council of Norwood-Morialta High School in Adelaide says state budget cuts will reduce teaching time and curriculum choice for students. The SA Government is to review and reduce funding for multi-campus schools, planning to save $5.8 million over four years....
The Public Service Association (PSA) has accused the South Australian Government of trying to minimise scrutiny of its budget.
It says parliamentary debate was scheduled to start in the middle of October, but will now begin today and finish next week.
PSA official Jan McMahon said debate had always been scheduled two weeks after budget estimates hearings in State Parliament, so this time would avoid that scrutiny. "This is unheard of. This is about rushing through legislation to take away workers' conditions of long service leave and recreation leave loading," she said..
by Jimmy_041 » Tue Dec 03, 2013 6:07 pm
by bulldogproud2 » Wed Dec 04, 2013 1:16 pm
dedja wrote:A lot of people don't know who Steven Marshall is let alone what he or the Liberal party stand for.
by bennymacca » Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:28 pm
by Psyber » Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:20 am
bennymacca wrote:a platform of keeping your head down and not fking up will probably work for the libs, i too think jay handled the abuse stuff extremely poorly. he still has time to turn it around though
by Booney » Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:42 am
by Jimmy_041 » Tue Dec 10, 2013 2:31 pm
“That’s a pathetic excuse for a divided Liberal Party,” the Premier said when responding to Marshall’s argument that while there was consensus in Australia on the desirability of Holden’s ongoing presence, global decisions may be out of local hands.
“I’ve spoken to (Holden Australia’s boss Mike Devereux) and he denies it – he denies that a decision has been made.
“I’m not interested in this fake bipartisanship. If you had any guts at all you’d join with me in demanding federal government action.”
Marshall responded by accusing the Premier of “fake rage”.
“All this fake rage … you think the best way to negotiate this is through the media and wearing red t-shirts,” Marshall said.
“You had your chance in March 2012 when you claimed you’d done a deal with Holden … you had your chance and you fluffed it.”
The Premier defended his March 2012 deal, with the claim that the business case it was based on had deteriorated.
“There were changes to the international exchange rate that made the business case no longer viable,” he said.
The exchange rate in March 2012, however, was AUS$1.03 to the USD$1 – its rate today of 91 cents is a marked improvement that benefits local manufacturers.
InDaily has asked the Premier’s office to clarify the exchange rate remarks.
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