Umm she reminds me of somebody.

hear hear mark....

there is no way krudd head fell on his sword, he was evicted kicking and screaming. the unions that lent him the power in the first place just asked for repayment in full.

Sad day for Aus...sure is IMO

The Prime Minister kicked out for trying to take some cash from some mega-loaded mining company owners, seems we don't have democracy, we have a banana republic, hope someone sends in the UN Peacekeepers to restore our democracy...c'mon the blue helmets.

I'm not judging who's right or wrong, I'm a permanent resident yet to be citizen so I'll keep my view for me until that day arrives.

All I have to say is that I find quite interesting that you can change the leader of a country without asking the 23 millions of people that live in that same country in the first place. It is a pretty scary thought come to think of it...

Somehow the Westminster Democracy regime has one word to many in it to describe it...

myusernam said...

what the fark went wrong. was she so good at fetching coffees or something that they decide to let her do everything? I hope those elocution lessons have been helpfull or i'll willfully make myself deaf just so I dont have to listen to that nasal whining. No wonder shes not married. Can you imagine listening to that in the morning?!

You're right. Then again, there's always someone out there for everyone.

You're probably even married.

My take on it.....

Rudders wants to introduce a profits tax on big multi national companies raping our remote areas.
Big companies think that tax will eat into our profits too much, shareholders will suffer cant do it.
Shareholders informed of how the tax will impact on their dividends.
Some Labor party facton members are shareholders "we need to change this"
They rat fu@# Rudders and stick in a shiela to take the focus away from the fact that Rudders has been rat f@#$ED and Australia now has its first woman prime minister.
Gillard steps up to the job like a good welsh chick, (LOL) and in her maiden speech says the tax needs to be re-worked.
In a few weeks i imagine there will be no tax on the table.

The power of corporations.

Minkee said...

I'm not judging who's right or wrong, I'm a permanent resident yet to be citizen so I'll keep my view for me until that day arrives.

All I have to say is that I find quite interesting that you can change the leader of a country without asking the 23 millions of people that live in that same country in the first place. It is a pretty scary thought come to think of it...

Somehow the Westminster Democracy regime has one word too many in it to describe it...

Well the PM is supposed to be a leader of equals. It does get a bit disturbing to see a PM getting carried away with power that he doesn't (constitutionally) have. Kevin was guilty of that. He was smart and capable and had the heart for it and I have no doubt he was getting back on track vis a vis collegiality due to a slew of recent scares from imbroglios and fkups. He was still the best guy for the job. I just think the caucus blinked given the proximity of the election. Then again maybe the miners, seeing him as a threat to their obscene wealth, engineered a coup - something for the anti-conspiracy police to look into.

I think you have just witnessed Westminster System checks and balances in action red in tooth and claw. Politics is a blood sport but it is entertaining. It will be just as entertaining when the Libs rediscover their new Messiah (MT) That guy's not a spent force.

We will be going republic sooner or later. (If and when Malcolm gets the helm it will be sooner) If you have any suggestions about constitutional change why not start a thread about it? That would be entertaining.

maxm i think you are confusing federal and state there.

infrastructure, health and education are state responsibilities. plus, the poor in australia were taxed less under howard. etc etc etc.....

back to the debate,

i personally don't think this was becasue of the super tax. i think the decisions were made in the back rooms when the ets was dumped and the super tax was just the icing on the cake. if it was because of the super tax then why did swan get a promotion.

the only one i liked in the labor party was tanner and he's walking. respect to him!

the rest are the same people that trashed the labor party with botched programs and failed agendas. even gillard admitted that in her maiden speech.

I would like to see profits* based tax up for discussion/consultation... And not just miners... lets throw it open... Banking, banking, banking... A profits based tax is a very good idea. The Henry model is not. The way it was sold to us was deceitful. Kev missed the point; this nation is full of people who DO understand, and CAN investigate for themselves.

It will be interesting to see the JG rhetoric, once she frees herself from the ruddribble.

* Real "profits" tax, not an invented resources super profit assessable income - otherwise known as revenue after allowance for deduction of some direct operating expenditure.

Don't forget it wasn't just the mining tax which sent the labor party into panic mode

Emissions trading scheme
Internet filtering
Internet monitoring
Health reform
Creative spending during GFC

and for those thinking that the mining tax will only affect the rich, just need to check their super funds again, guess what those blue chip shares are

agreed, the list is long. very very long.

Ruddy boy was VERY....um "PROUD" with his speech today or is that "Proud" no it was "pRoUd" bloomin heck..never want to hear that word again

GypsyDrifter said...

Oh by the way...."what hand out to boost the economy" ?

I am single, childless and not on a pension...so Fraking nothing for me
Went to everyone with six kids and 2 wives oh yes and backpackers...lets not forget them

The backpackers work in remote areas picking fruit so you can sit on nepolian street drinking crapaccinos

I am single and have no children...

poor relative said...

My take on it.....

Rudders wants to introduce a profits tax on big multi national companies raping our remote areas.
Big companies think that tax will eat into our profits too much, shareholders will suffer cant do it.
Shareholders informed of how the tax will impact on their dividends.
Some Labor party facton members are shareholders "we need to change this"
They rat fu@# Rudders and stick in a shiela to take the focus away from the fact that Rudders has been rat f@#$ED and Australia now has its first woman prime minister.
Gillard steps up to the job like a good welsh chick, (LOL) and in her maiden speech says the tax needs to be re-worked.
In a few weeks i imagine there will be no tax on the table.

The power of corporations.

Australians deserve to reap some reward from having natural resources. I reckon there will be a super profits tax (it was recommended by treasury. all Rudd did was try and impliment the treasury recommendations in full) But it will be a higher threshold and the rebates will be dumped as gillard has suggested.

I think Rudd's reforms were ok and a better leader with better charisma could have pulled them off. I think ultimatley his greatest downfall had less to do with policy and more to do with his public perception and his leadership of the party.

I wonder if some ex boyfriend of JG has some photos of her lying on the beach as a youngster with her tits out or something?

Actually a big chunk of those companies is owned by mum and dad Australians through super funds....