Stubby Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/the-pulse-live/politics-live-tony-abbotts-leadership-in-crisis--february-6-2015-20150206-137ks2.html Spill on Tuesday.*goes off to ensure adequate supplies of popcorn* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I do find it amusing that the push is coming from the science denying radical right of the party. Are they actually going to come to the conclusion that the problem is they haven't been far enough right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I do find it amusing that the push is coming from the science denying radical right of the party. Are they actually going to come to the conclusion that the problem is they haven't been far enough right? Possibly. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Pity Cory is in the upper house, he'd ensure a bigger whipe out than Abbott. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petyr's Little Finger Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 The Libs plus their mates in talkback radio and Murdoch's rags crucified Labor for being too unstable or whatever, now they are doing the exact same thing. Seeing the Libs implode is brilliant. Still I don't think that it is a good look when a sitting PM is removed by the party though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gears of the Beast Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 hahaha the defence minister just accidentally said "I believe the team of Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard is the best team to lead this country". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Ha! Oh Kevin... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 hahaha the defence minister just accidentally said "I believe the team of Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard is the best team to lead this country". :lmao: Oh the irony. If this is what we have to look forward to over the next few days I will need more popcorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petyr's Little Finger Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 hahaha the defence minister just accidentally said "I believe the team of Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard is the best team to lead this country". :lmao: Is there anyone in the Libs who is not gaffe prone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Mike Carlton then tweeted: Just as well he's not in charge of anything important ... like Defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brook Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Mike Carlton then tweeted: Well that kills the mood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh_wulff Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Mike Carlton then tweeted::rofl: :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Winged Shadow Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 I will never vote for a party that claims that genetically modified organisms are an 'unacceptable threat'. I can't stand anti-scientific drivel. I would vote for pretty much anyone over the greens. Nothing anti-scientific about their stance on GMO. If anything, they want more scientific input. Most of the current GMO research is based on producer funded research which tend to focus on GMO's effect on consumers (so far its good news in that it doesn't have ill effects). Greens stance is more about the wider impact GMOs have on the local ecology/environment and potential long term impact on consumers (which is not well researched, given its still a relatively new thing, although i am sure some smart cookie somewhere is onto it already!). Their aim is to get more independent research involved and to develop standards for quality control and label products so consumers can make in informed decision. While there is enough research in the area to conclude that GMO's aren't harmful to humans (in the short term), it's wider impact and long term consequences are not well understood. Their stance is more based on the fact that there are many unidentified (and thus, unmanaged) risk at the moment with GMOs. While you can certainly blame them for taking rather extreme stance on these kind of things, "anti-scientific drivel" is not one of them. Edit: Realistically, the Green's risk management strategy leaves a lot to be desired. They are far too conservative when it comes to these sort of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Australians Against Democracy, an occasional, curated series: Adam Creighton: Adam Creighton (@Adam_Creighton) January 31, 2015Whatever outcome in #qldvotes, scary harbinger of Australia's decline. Economic literacy dwindling at the time we need it most #ignorance. (earlier, fancier effort here) Tom Elliot: There is a solution. Let’s agree on a set of truly important problems — mounting debt, population growth, lack of jobs, rising health care expenditure, inefficient welfare and an inadequate defence force — and appoint a committee of eminent and competent Australians to sort it out. A benign dictatorship if you will. This committee would consist of experts in their fields without political axes to grind. It’d need at least five years to complete its tasks during which time elected governments could administrate, but take no major decisions. Tim Flannery and Catriona Wallace: Can citizens ever hope to take back political power? If so, how? The example of Cincinnatus should inspire us, while the fate of Gaius Gracchus should warn us that individual leaders will always be vulnerable. But an army of Cincinnati – respected citizens willing to give up a little of their time and resources to serve their country in politics – is far harder to destroy. If such people could be marshalled into an organisation tailor-made to project the popular will into politics, they stand a chance of gathering such authority as to become invincible. Any group of people intent on exerting political influence requires a declared purpose. Once formulated, the Cincinnati’s declaration should become the yardstick against which policy and legislation are measured. A concise, clearly understood statement of purpose that centres on respect for people across the generations, on a better environment, and on a sustainable economy would need to be carefully drafted, and even more carefully refreshed. Most political parties have such statements, and in many respects they are broadly similar. The difference is that the statement of purpose of the Cincinnati would serve as an unswerving guide for the nation’s political decision-making. Its power would be unprecedented, except perhaps by the constitution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petyr's Little Finger Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/entertainment/a-guide-to-the-libspill-war-as-told-through-game-o/ca0b1350-4b4a-49e1-96f9-4e87a7edfaf1.htm This is brilliant, not fully accurate but still awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 In what is perhaps one last Captain's call, spill has been brought forward to Monday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karaddin Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The wording of the announcement suggests to me he has the numbers, but wasn't confident that would stay that way much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stubby Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Turbull has called it another captain's pick. Sinodinos is pissed off. Gambaro slammed it. This seems to be another arrogant decision that might well backfire on Tiny Wabbit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horza Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 He was toast in January when he went right back to the hot stove of Medicare. It was only a matter of time after that. Tomorrow's vote just adjusts the scheduling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warg Arry Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Tony survives the spill. 61 - 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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