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« Reply #250 on: February 15, 2012, 08:38:10 PM »


He's non-collaborative (ie Ministers often only know of a decision in their portfolio once it's announced) - this is especially bad in the ALP, where the caucus is meant to a filtering process. The other ALP-specific sin is that he's not aligned with one of the factions - which means no one trusts him. But for the public at-large (and those of us in Canberra) - he's very ill-mannered, in private every 3rd word is f*** (or some variation), and his government was marked by a lot of activity, policy made up on the fly and no real pay off.  



I though KRudd was meant to be insanely popular for like two years after his election. What happened?
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« Reply #251 on: February 16, 2012, 12:32:46 AM »


He's non-collaborative (ie Ministers often only know of a decision in their portfolio once it's announced) - this is especially bad in the ALP, where the caucus is meant to a filtering process. The other ALP-specific sin is that he's not aligned with one of the factions - which means no one trusts him. But for the public at-large (and those of us in Canberra) - he's very ill-mannered, in private every 3rd word is f*** (or some variation), and his government was marked by a lot of activity, policy made up on the fly and no real pay off.  



I though KRudd was meant to be insanely popular for like two years after his election. What happened?

Well he's still quite popular with general electorate. The ALP Caucus always could not stand him - the only reason he lasted so long was because his polling was awesome.
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« Reply #252 on: February 16, 2012, 02:02:17 AM »

So is an ALP loss pretty much a done deal now?
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« Reply #253 on: February 16, 2012, 03:56:15 AM »

So is an ALP loss pretty much a done deal now?

If things stay like this... yes. But there's plenty that could change.
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« Reply #254 on: February 16, 2012, 10:37:06 AM »

Right now their numbers are either level with or slightly lower than what they were in 1996. So yes, they've flatlined. In French we call it an ecrasement.
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« Reply #255 on: February 16, 2012, 04:15:20 PM »
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Right now their numbers are either level with or slightly lower than what they were in 1996. So yes, they've flatlined. In French we call it an ecrasement.

Since there's still 18months before the next likely election... a lot can happen.

If the alternative wasn't Tony Abbott... I'd be all for turfing this Government out... not for what it's done (because I think that's been OK), but because on so many other things it's directionless and gutless.
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« Reply #256 on: February 16, 2012, 11:14:10 PM »

Is the next election in 2013?

If that's the case, maybe Gillard, or at least ALP, can ride this storm.
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« Reply #257 on: February 17, 2012, 07:12:15 AM »

Is the next election in 2013?

If that's the case, maybe Gillard, or at least ALP, can ride this storm.
Yes, but there may be an election before that.
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« Reply #258 on: February 17, 2012, 07:42:58 AM »

Yeah, we have a maximum end date but no fixed terms.

(At a federal level - some states and councils have fixed terms).
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« Reply #259 on: February 17, 2012, 08:26:57 PM »

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/war-looms-as-pms-loyalists-turn-on-rudd-20120217-1teic.html

Cabinet Ministers are now circling around Gillard to try to protect her...
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« Reply #260 on: February 17, 2012, 09:55:20 PM »

Everyone's waiting for Queensland aren't they? So the Coalition should throw everything they have into winning state government.

Will the next steps start only if Lab looses Queensland or could it also start if they lose in all but name? Say, a minority or sharply reduced majority.
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« Reply #261 on: February 17, 2012, 10:47:25 PM »

Is the next election in 2013?

If that's the case, maybe Gillard, or at least ALP, can ride this storm.
Yes, but there may be an election before that.

How would there be an election before that? Would independents have to break away from the Gillard government?

Otherwise, I would think Labor would take all possible precautions to avoid an election before the next scheduled one.
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« Reply #262 on: February 17, 2012, 10:51:05 PM »

All the independents would have to break away. They will ride it out to the statutory limit, as all flatlined governments do.

I just checked Wiki: LNP leads 58-42 in Queensland. If those numbers hold Lab loses Queensland for the first time in a generation. Second backroomer condition is the federal budget... what are they looking for in there?
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« Reply #263 on: February 18, 2012, 01:51:31 AM »

Is the next election in 2013?

If that's the case, maybe Gillard, or at least ALP, can ride this storm.
Yes, but there may be an election before that.

How would there be an election before that? Would independents have to break away from the Gillard government?

Otherwise, I would think Labor would take all possible precautions to avoid an election before the next scheduled one.

The Independents have stressed that their agreements are not with the Government but with Gillard herself.

One of the biggest disincentives against a successful challenge would be that all of those agreements would need to be re-negotiated and the risk of front-bench resignations ie... an immediate election that could end in an ALP blood-bath.

HOWEVER... there are some key problems.

* Oakeshott and Wilkie are almost guaranteed to lose their seats... it's rumoured that Windsor will retire... so it's not in their interest for an election to be called.

* There's a reason why Abbott has stopped lobbying the Independents and wanting an election... he knows he can't do anything without an majority in his own right, and he would want a friendlier Senate.

So I wonder, if push came to shove... how much of a risk there is of the Independents not siding with Rudd.

Labor is likely to lose the QLD election, probably by a substantial number... which will be a catalyst for change, although there is nothing new, QLD Labor is just reverting to the position they were in before the floods a year ago.

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« Reply #264 on: February 18, 2012, 04:45:52 AM »

Rudd probably wouldn't lose Windsor, as you note, and there's a good chance he'd pick up Katter. That said, if Rudd brought on a leadership ballot, a third challenger could emerge.
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« Reply #265 on: February 18, 2012, 06:21:45 AM »

wrt to an early election, if the Craig Thomson scandal blows up any further, he might have to resign, and I'd favour the Liberals to pick up his seat in a by-election.
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« Reply #266 on: February 18, 2012, 08:15:03 AM »

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/rudd-row-gets-dirty-20120218-1tg9j.html

Wonder how this got out....
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« Reply #267 on: February 18, 2012, 02:48:28 PM »

Everyone's waiting for Queensland aren't they? So the Coalition should throw everything they have into winning state government.
Not if they think Gillard limping on is even better than a coup. In that case, they should try to lose in Queensland. Grin
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« Reply #268 on: February 18, 2012, 04:02:34 PM »


Definately his Gordon Brown "bigoted woman" moment.
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« Reply #269 on: February 18, 2012, 06:14:24 PM »


This is much closer to the real Rudd
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« Reply #270 on: February 18, 2012, 07:14:29 PM »

OK, so he drops a few F-bombs. What national leader doesn't in private? If he'd made a racist remark about the Chinese maybe this would be a BFD. He didn't, so what's the big deal here?
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« Reply #271 on: February 18, 2012, 08:03:45 PM »

OK, so he drops a few F-bombs. What national leader doesn't in private? If he'd made a racist remark about the Chinese maybe this would be a BFD. He didn't, so what's the big deal here?

It basically supports that he's ill-mannered and doesn't know how to behave appropriately.

I don't care that he swears in private, I know I do, but there's a reason this got leaked... and it's as much about the ALP caucus than the public... "just remember... this is when he's frustrated... remember what he's like when he's genuinely angry?"

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« Reply #272 on: February 18, 2012, 08:30:00 PM »

And this, comrades, is why I will never become a politician.
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« Reply #273 on: February 18, 2012, 09:56:17 PM »

Can someone explain to me the factional differences between the Labor Right and Left?
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« Reply #274 on: February 18, 2012, 10:24:54 PM »

Can someone explain to me the factional differences between the Labor Right and Left?

They're more blurred than they used to be.

Labor right = old school Labour values, but evolved over the last 30 years to be about the market, while at the same time focusing on protections for working people. Social justice is very important, but with a tendency to be focused on the alleviation of poverty... doesn't like to get entangled in issues like gay rights, environmentalism, worked hard against abortion until the mid 1980s.

Labor left = basically, less interested in the market, and with time for more clearly identified left-wing social issues.
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