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Another day has passed in the slow march towards minority government. Little has changed in what we know, however it is most disturbing to see how the forces of darkness (News Ltd) are trying to influence the outcome. For three days straight there have been editorials in the Daily Telegraph, Courier Mail, Herald Sun and The Australian arguing that “whichever side finishes with more seats deserves and expects the support of the independents to form a minority government”. Make no mistake, this is Murdoch trying to sway the outcome once again. Never mind the two party preferred vote in Labor’s favour, or the fact that the Coalition is actually comprised of up to 5 different parties (Liberals, Nationals, LNP (Queensland), WA National, CLP).
The reality is that this posturing is in preparation for an incredibly bout of incessant hounding on its illegitimacy should Labor manage to form government with only 72 seats in the House of Reps. Brant, a Green, has already stated that he is in the Labor camp. Wilkie’s policies read like a carbon copy of the Greens’. That makes 74. Thus Labor already has a stronger bargaining position with the remaining 3 independents.
Be prepared for many more stories about how the independents will be betraying their electorates should they support a Labor government. News Limited will not let up. They have successfully brought Abbott to the brink of government and they will certainly not stop now. This corruption of our democracy is dangerous for the future. Murdoch must be stopped. Again, friends, let us join together as “Progressive Australians Against Tony Abbott”. If we can build a large group on Facebook we will have a strong basis from which to organise. If you haven’t joined the group, please do so below. Then visit the group page and invite everyone on your contact list. Together we are stronger than any commercial media operation.
Here’s the in-play roundup:
Boothby – LIB ahead by 657
Brisbane – LIB ahead by 784
Denison – ALP ahead by 412
Dunkley – LIB ahead by 497
Corangamite – ALP ahead by 1230
Greenway – ALP ahead by 1190
Hasluck – LIB ahead by 369
Lindsay – ALP ahead by 1058
Despite what the Liberals and the Murdoch press say, Labor, as the incumbents, are in a powerful position with first bite at the cherry, and all the Conservative’s negative press won’t change that fact. Luckily Gillard isn’t as stupid as David Bartlett, premier of Tasmania, who actually offered government to the Liberals in March this year rather than form a coalition with the “evil” Greens. When the Liberals also refused, the Governor of Tasmania stepped in and told Labor to form government. Neither Labor nor Liberal had the majority, although the Liberals had “the most votes”, and of course the Greens had 21% of the state’s votes. Bartlett finally came to his senses, the Greens negotiated two ministerial positions and Bartlett is now telling the world how wonderful and successful his Labor-Greens coalition government is.
As I said, Gillard isn’t as stupid as Bartlett and she was quick off the mark to talk to the Greens and the Independents. Abbott and his supporters can have their victory celebrations for the election they didn’t win, they can cry foul and demand their “right” to form a government, but the fact is Gillard, as the incumbent, gets the first chance to do so in a case where neither side has a definite majority (76 seats). And isn’t the wailing and gnashing of teeth in the Liberal camp sweet music to our ears? Beautiful.
As well as the Liberals wailing and gnashing of teeth, the other thing that will be beautiful, will be if the NBN is what gets Labor over the line. Or more correctly, if back from the political grave, Howard’s poor job of sell off Telstra is what stymies Abbott. That will be a fitting end to finish both his and Abbott’s leadership of lies.
Good call, Tassie Dave. I’m sure that Labor will get up. And how sweet if a Senate with 9 Greens holding the balance of power ! No point in the coalition being the boss of the loewer house. No Liberal shite is going to get past them – unless they have a brain snap and do a “Democrat GST” – nah, EVERYONE remembers what happened to the Dems when they ratted on their swinging voters …… off to oblivion …..
And what if Julia goes the whole hog and gives the Greens the Environment portfolio – i.e a Green Cabinet Minister in a Labor governmenta la Tassie ?
Read it and weep, fat arse miners ……time to go and mock Alan Moran and Mitch Hook !
Well it’s not all good news Emmjay, if Labor gets in with the help of the Independents and a Green, they’ll probably only just scrape it in with the 76-seat majority, leaving the other 75 to the Conservatives. If just one of those Left-wing seats then falls to a Conservative in a by-election over the next three years, the Libs will end up with the balance of power in the lower house and that’ll no doubt mean another election. Still, this is a fantastic opportunity to show both the two major parties and their supporters that their self-perpetuating, two-party preferred system isn’t the only form of legitimate government. About time those bastards learned there are real alternatives to them both.
I don’t think that we can automatically assume that the three ex-national independents will side with the Coalition. I understand that there is some very bad blood between them and the National party probably to the point where they will be unable to work together. Windsor has worked in minority goevrnments before. Katter appears not to be able to stand Truss. Oakshott is a very good operator as well. I’m more inclined to think that we’ll have a minority Labor government. I also think that it might be prudent to offer a ministry or two to the coalition, perhaps the moderate ones say like Turnbull and maybe climate change. It’s been done before in South Australia.
I also think that it might be prudent to offer a ministry or two to the coalition…
I think that would be the smartest thing both major parties could do IF they were serious about truly serving their fellow countrymen in their positions as elected representatives. My cynicism doesn’t allow me to believe they’ll do it at a federal level, but who knows, maybe they’ll actually put the country ahead of their party loyalty, maybe common sense can actually prevail – even amongst politicians.
All that, either this way or that way, might get railroaded by the second dip recession which is gathering speed. What the betting that this time next year, the economic world will be a pretty crook place. Start stocking up on baked beans.
Absolutely, . . . you’re best comment to date, . . . and that’s where the democrats fell down in the end isn’t it, they allowed themselves to become a bargaining chip on several bug issues that both divided the party and marginalised their support base, they were no longer keeping the Bastards Honest, they were vying for favour and basking in self importance.
Too true, we are slowly seeing a closing up in the retail sector growing to the point of shop closures, builders and people selling homes are running out of buyers and exports are down again, it may not end up being a second dip into a couple of consecutive periods of negative growth, but the slowing has almost become stopped and is that close to negative that we will feel the effects even if it doesn’t technically happen.
Not to mention the fact that just when they got their smartest and most popular leader since Chipp, she was knifed in a manner to very similar to Rudd and the party collapsed soon afterward. I guess they forgot they were supposed to be serving the people instead of their own political ambitions. In light of current events it sounds all too sadly familiar.
If it’s any consolation, the GFC pushed back the supply vs. demand crunch of Peak Oil, giving us breathing space for a little bit longer. Put the two together – the financial and oil issues – and I think the near future is going to be roller-coaster ride of recession and recovery, an up and down ride that will only level out when we finally grasp the simple fact that an economic system based on infinite growth in a finite world is doomed to failure. It would be nice to think that our politicians would listen to the voices of reason instead of having to be slapped in the face with disaster before they’ll even begin to take action. But given that our politicians will only listen to what they want to hear and not what they need to be hearing, I’m guessing the voices of reason will be steadfastly ignored until circumstances force the issue.
Got to laugh at the miserable Abbott. For weeks he has been holding out on releasing his costings, preferring to release spin instead. Now that it has become clear that costings are required and slogans will not cut it, he backflips.
Behind the slogans and spin there is … nothing. All spin, no substance.
Why a minority government good to Australia people?
People will have better resources supported of lives.
A letter regarding “Shaping a Healthy and Wealthy Future for Australia “sent to The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on 29 October 2009.
“Health Olympic Australia” project will not only assist the Australian Government to shape a better health system for Australians but will also improve the general health of Australians. This will put Australia in a strong position for long term wealth generation and prosperity.
Prime Minister, the steps that will allow Australia to pioneer in achieves the worlds “Health Economy” is by Australia:
• Inventing health improvement patterns;
• Growing high antioxidant healthy grains and plants;
• Manufacturing high antioxidant healthy grain powder products;
• Exporting its health improvement knowledge and pattern; and
• Exporting health improvement resources (including human resources).
The highest regards
Ma kee wai
(Member of Inventor Association Queensland since 1993)
What Australia hung parliament demonstrating deep in voter’s heart?
Australia citizens now enter a very challenging political era for 70 years in the 2010 federal election, many reforms are demanding by voters are looking for a change with anger to share fairer resources supplied lives from the first term of government?
Voters handed down their decisive votes during election time are looking for an efficient, effective and economically run government. A high transparency in less mistaken caused processing under no discriminately enforced services government. A long term wealth creative vision with fast action moving forward progressing resulting value add to voters benefits in each term of governing.
Voters are crying for action right now to have improved resources support lives that suppose lead by a government in the following eight commitments:
1. What vision of prosperity voters seen?
2. Why action not enough in the past 3 years?
3. How many election promises has been fulfilled?
4. Where productivity motivation to voters?
5. What materials to speed up election promises processing?
6. Why some election promises in powerless process?
7. How far transparency in each department service voters wanted?
8. Where prioritized direction to empowerment the nation?
Ma kee wai
(Member of Inventor Association Queensland since 1993)
What time bombs will rock Australia democratic society?
The Australia historical hung parliament demonstrated the big gap of inequality society between the small educated elite groups who get highest pay by talk feast used mouth work controlling live essential resources of the country in every social platforms against the biggest less educated groups who get lowest pay by hands work squeezed by discriminative policies that sucking live blood from poor/less wealth off?
Voters’ voices do not hear?
Voters’ pains do not ease?
Voters’ cries do not care?
1. Poverty will not be phase out if no fairer resources to share;
2. Illness will not be reducing if no preventive measurement in real action;
3. Agriculture will not be revitalize if urbanization continuing its path;
4. Housing affordability will not be reach for young generation if government continues cashing from young generation debt by eating out the whole cake of education export revenue without plough back;
5. Manufacture industry will shrink smaller and smaller if no new elements there to power up to survive;
6. Employability will not in the sustainable mode for so long as manufacture and agriculture not going to boost.
Ma kee wai
(Member of Inventor Association Queensland since 1993)
The majority of contributors to this sites blogs are so biased toward Labor that they have now what they want, another term of their ‘brand” of political party and are out of puff for real solutions to the troubles and tribulations of general Australians and their existence.
Your last 3 posts ask some really important questions, I doubt very much you will get satisfactory answers, if at all.
There is no doubt that rather than keep Australia as it has been in the last two centuries, a prosperous and developing nation of workers who put Australia first above all else, we have become polarised by politically correct profiteers who want overseas ownership for only one purpose their own immediate wealth and bugger the future generations of this country.
It’s not really an acceptable outcome for the silent majority but it has been embraced, and never so evident that with Rudd who made it almost unbearable that he welcomed Chinese ownership and investment(another word for part ownership) of Australian land and businesses.
As we become part of the generic world resource for minerals, we will also become a slave class inevitably to mine for foreign owned industrialised wealthy nations who give us only one choice, work for them or die. (an exaggerated scenario, but a projection of what will in reality exist in the future if we continue on the path we’re on)
What democratic societies should learn lessen from Australia election 2010:
1. What productive action Gillard Labor government 5 billions to UN buys ousted PM Kevin Rudd’s face?
Voter’s pains did not link to high income Politicians and Bureaucracy.
The Australia historical hung parliament demonstrated the big gap of inequality society between the small educated elite groups who get highest pay by talk feast used mouth work controlling live essential resources of the country in every social platforms against the biggest less educated groups who get lowest pay by hands work squeezed by discriminative policies that sucking live blood from individual poor/less wealth off?
Voters’ voices do not hear?
Voters’ pains do not ease?
Voters’ cries do not care?
1. Poverty will not be phase out if no fairer resources to share;
2. Illness will not be reducing if no preventive measurement in real action;
3. Agriculture will not be revitalize if urbanization continuing its path;
4. Housing affordability will not be reach for young generation if government continues cashing from young generation debt by eating out the whole cake of education export revenue without plough back;
5. Manufacture industry will shrink smaller and smaller if no new elements there to power up to survive;
6. Employability will not in the sustainable mode for so long as manufacture and agriculture not going to boost.
Ma kee wai
(Member of Inventor Association Queensland since 1993)
What democratic societies should learn lessen from Australia election 2010:
1. What productive action has PM Julia Gillard in office 100 days?
When inflation is a looming threat, with the nation’s CPI growing by 3.5 per cent year on year – a 22-month high – just last month.
When ultimately slow down the country’s growth and subsequently hose down the demand for Australian commodities.
The Australia historical hung parliament demonstrated the big gap of inequality society between the small educated elite groups who get highest pay by talk feast used mouth work controlling live essential resources of the country in every social platforms against the biggest less educated groups who get lowest pay by hands work squeezed by discriminative policies that sucking live blood from individual poor/less wealth off?
Voters’ voices do not hear?
Voters’ pains do not ease?
Voters’ cries do not care?
1. Poverty will not be phase out if no fairer resources to share;
2. Illness will not be reducing if no preventive measurement in real action;
3. Agriculture will not be revitalize if urbanization continuing its path;
4. Housing affordability will not be reach for young generation if government continues cashing from young generation debt by eating out the whole cake of education export revenue without plough back;
5. Manufacture industry will shrink smaller and smaller if no new elements there to power up to survive;
6. Employability will not in the sustainable mode for so long as manufacture and agriculture not going to boost.
Ma kee wai
(Member of Inventor Association Queensland since 1993)