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Australian Federal Election - November 24
His aside about talking to Tony Abbott is fairly laughable - if it were true it would have made the papers a long time ago, there are dirt digging units just for that purpose.
It's a very telling sign that they're not touching on the referendum issue. They know that no matter what they promise the referendum won't pass, it's their get out of jail free card.
It's a very telling sign that they're not touching on the referendum issue. They know that no matter what they promise the referendum won't pass, it's their get out of jail free card.
i think rudd is just a very cleverly placed puppet, i mean he was voted in after he gained a big fanbase on sunrise, and in comparison to beazly hese great, hese on myspace, facebook, youtube, hese being marketed very well especially towards the younger people, it all seeems to staged for me, he says hese an economic conservitist but i find it hard to believe, especially after howard made it known that rudd did indeed vote against all magor liberal policies back in the day. i think people are forgetting its labour vs liberal as oppose to rudd vs howard, no man runs a country on his own, the people behind them make decisions, and the people behind rudd are not economic conservatives, well based on the typical sterotype of labour.. i dont have a problem with rudd, he had nothing and strived to suceed, hese well spoken and seems rather intelligent, its labour i have a problem with.. i think rudd should lead the liberal party with costello as treasurer, that would be ideal :) so until i become prime minister
Andrew Bolt notes argues the case that Kevin Rudd is all spin when it comes to his claims of being an economic conservative;
Ruddonomics is going to hurt
Professor Sinclair Davidson and Alex Robson are worried that Kevin Rudd is not the âfiscal conservativeâ he claims:
(A) closer look at Mr. Ruddâs record reveals that heâs not a reformer, but rather an unreconstructed interventionist masquerading as a free market conservativeâ¦
In practice, a Labor government under Mr. Rudd would re-regulate economic life. Over the past year he has promised to set up no fewer than 68 new bureaucracies and establish 96 reviews if elected. He promises to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and commit Australia to a costly program of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to 60% of 2000 levels by 2050. His proposed industry policyâconstructed by Kim Carr, a declared socialistâwould create an uberbureaucracy of 12 Industry Innovation Councils. The goal, it seems, is to promote manufacturing by âpicking winners"âa policy with an appalling track record of failure both in Australia and elsewhere. To round things off, Mr. Ruddâs labor-market policy promises to abolish individual workplace agreements and to restore union power over policy making to its former glory.
Ruddonomics is going to hurt
Professor Sinclair Davidson and Alex Robson are worried that Kevin Rudd is not the âfiscal conservativeâ he claims:
(A) closer look at Mr. Ruddâs record reveals that heâs not a reformer, but rather an unreconstructed interventionist masquerading as a free market conservativeâ¦
In practice, a Labor government under Mr. Rudd would re-regulate economic life. Over the past year he has promised to set up no fewer than 68 new bureaucracies and establish 96 reviews if elected. He promises to ratify the Kyoto Protocol and commit Australia to a costly program of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions to 60% of 2000 levels by 2050. His proposed industry policyâconstructed by Kim Carr, a declared socialistâwould create an uberbureaucracy of 12 Industry Innovation Councils. The goal, it seems, is to promote manufacturing by âpicking winners"âa policy with an appalling track record of failure both in Australia and elsewhere. To round things off, Mr. Ruddâs labor-market policy promises to abolish individual workplace agreements and to restore union power over policy making to its former glory.
From Andrew Bolt;
Greg Sheridan is partly right:
Far from ferociously waging the culture wars, the Howard Government has been mostly missing in action.
Only three cabinet members - Howard, Downer and Abbott - have made any consistent, serious effort to contest the Leftâs broad interpretation of Australian history and society.
Other ministers will argue the toss on a given policy initiative within their portfolio, but they lack the competence, commitment or courage to make a sustained effort to argue a conservative world view.
But his view does tend to downplay the cultural effect of such Howard moves such as work-for-the-dole, stopping people smuggling, and his stress (until the last minute) on âpractical reconciliationâ rather than a sorry.
And Sheridan is also overlooking the fact that Laborâs winning tactic now is to present itself as a younger version of the Howard Government, That is Howardâs real cultural legacy, and - if that renovation is more than paint deep - it may yet prove to be an important one.
Greg Sheridan is partly right:
Far from ferociously waging the culture wars, the Howard Government has been mostly missing in action.
Only three cabinet members - Howard, Downer and Abbott - have made any consistent, serious effort to contest the Leftâs broad interpretation of Australian history and society.
Other ministers will argue the toss on a given policy initiative within their portfolio, but they lack the competence, commitment or courage to make a sustained effort to argue a conservative world view.
But his view does tend to downplay the cultural effect of such Howard moves such as work-for-the-dole, stopping people smuggling, and his stress (until the last minute) on âpractical reconciliationâ rather than a sorry.
And Sheridan is also overlooking the fact that Laborâs winning tactic now is to present itself as a younger version of the Howard Government, That is Howardâs real cultural legacy, and - if that renovation is more than paint deep - it may yet prove to be an important one.
Well this will lighten things up for you :D The Internet really can make elections more interesting, who knew?
On the issue of the worm which has been heavily discussed, turns out two-thirds of the audience are committed voters one way or the other. Not the unbiased, undecided audience we were told would be there.
On the issue of the worm which has been heavily discussed, turns out two-thirds of the audience are committed voters one way or the other. Not the unbiased, undecided audience we were told would be there.
Peter Coleman checks the campaign pictures:
YOU may call them sentimental or schmaltzy or corny. But they lodge in peopleâs memories and they can change votes. In one, a young factory worker in overalls is throwing his arms around the Prime Minister, the minister for jobs. In another, an old woman in a seniorsâ centre is embracing Howard, the minister for pensions. In the third, and the most emotional of all, the tearful widow of Trooper Pearce in the Brisbane cathedral hugs the obviously moved Prime Minister who sent our forces to Afghanistan.
Say what you like about Howard the âclever politicianâ (as he plainly is), these are spontaneous, unrehearsed images that the nerdy Rudd will never be able to match. Who wants to embrace him and cop a lecture about âthe digital divideâ and how to âwireâ the kids? To carry off these encounters, to respond with genuine feeling to ordinary peopleâs emotional approaches, you need a common touch, experience, and authenticity. Whatever his well-publicised handicaps, Howard has far more of these than Rudd. The best Rudd can do is stick a bottle in a babyâs mouth and grin.
YOU may call them sentimental or schmaltzy or corny. But they lodge in peopleâs memories and they can change votes. In one, a young factory worker in overalls is throwing his arms around the Prime Minister, the minister for jobs. In another, an old woman in a seniorsâ centre is embracing Howard, the minister for pensions. In the third, and the most emotional of all, the tearful widow of Trooper Pearce in the Brisbane cathedral hugs the obviously moved Prime Minister who sent our forces to Afghanistan.
Say what you like about Howard the âclever politicianâ (as he plainly is), these are spontaneous, unrehearsed images that the nerdy Rudd will never be able to match. Who wants to embrace him and cop a lecture about âthe digital divideâ and how to âwireâ the kids? To carry off these encounters, to respond with genuine feeling to ordinary peopleâs emotional approaches, you need a common touch, experience, and authenticity. Whatever his well-publicised handicaps, Howard has far more of these than Rudd. The best Rudd can do is stick a bottle in a babyâs mouth and grin.
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