Rudd’s third week
Listening and watching the media it would appear Rudd is fixing some of the problems of Australia. The fact that he is fixing the problems that he himself caused doesn’t appear to be clear in the mind of a lot of commentators.
He offers sympathy for the families of the drowned boaties without mentioning the fact that he caused the circumstances whereby their lives were put in peril in the first place.
On Sunday the tabloid papers were all screaming “Carbon tax scrapped” but of course he hasn’t scrapped it, he has just brought the change over to an ETS on sooner than previously planned.
No, hang on, he is talking about doing that. As I understand it he has to take that to the House. Correct me if I’m wrong but it will need a vote and neither the Greens or the Libs would be onside for that one.
I hear Wong on the radio touting that bringing forward the change to an ETS will take pressure off family budgets. I wonder how that can be when the ALP have been talking up how the Carbon Tax wasn’t placing pressures on family budgets. Seems you can have it both ways if you ignore one or more truths.
As Abbott says;
Just ask yourself what an emissions trading scheme is all about. It’s a so-called market in the non-delivery of an invisible substance to no-one.
Carbon Credits is also questionable with nothing sold to someone mostly using government funds.landowners can sell “carbon credits” if they can prove that they have reduced carbon dioxide by capturing it as humus in soil, or by planting forests, or by allowing re-growth of woody weeds, or by reducing feral animal emissions (shooting camels) or even by promising solemnly to NOT clear specified parcels of forest.
NONE of these processes are sustainable in the long run.
Viv Forbes at Australian Conservative says the scheme has bipartisan support. That needs fixing. So far Rudd ;- Promised to change the way the ALP elect, or kick out their leaders but that has to go to the ALP conference which isn’t happening until after the election so he has done nothing. More words and the only reason he uttered them was to defang Abbott when he says “When you voted for Rudd, you got Gillard and when you voted for Gillard you got Rudd”
- Hasn’t said how he is going to fix his “own goal” boaties dilemma and while they are still drowning of our coast reaching for the sugar he and Gillard put on the table all he can offer is sympathy. He did go to Indonesia but in doing so handed over the security of our borders to Indonesia whilst promising another conference.
- Hasn’t said how he is going to fix the economy and the huge debt he established.
- Said he would get business on-side but immediately attacked them with more 457 visa restrictions and has left the unions in charge of the economy with the Fair Work legislation.
- Has gutted defence but in doing so promised dreamtime purchases that weren’t funded and were never going to get out of the conference process. 12 submarines for God’s sake!
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Perhaps, but the polls are interesting.
A thousand here, a thousand there……let’s see what 17,000,000 say, if and when they call for the election.
Expected. He gets a bounce just for getting rid of Gillard – people are so relieved that even Kevin looks better.
Now he has to offer something concrete – a plan to fix up all his own goals and some of Gillards. Can’t see it yet and how long will it take for the people to remember how attrocious he really was last time he was in the chair?
Not long, I think
Love the way KRudd moved into NSW and fixed up the NSW Labor party last week. This week they are tearing themselves apart to fill Garrett’s seat. Branch stacking to the rafters. What a bunch of losers. Mr. Fixit to Mr. Fuckit in one week, and he wants to be President of our wide brown land. Give us all a break Kevvie, next time you get on your jet, keep going.
Hello 17….
The polls might be interesting but the odds shown at the Elections link on Way2Bet.com.au are even more so.
Three online betting sites show Labor paying an average of $2.95 for a win, while they show the Coalition paying $1.40.
Don’t know what the bookies at the Dat Do Dogs are offering.
I always check the betting odds, when people are putting their money where their mouth is, they tell the truth.
HRT, from the sound of it recently, mate, they are sponsoring boat passage to the promised land….Australia.