Now we've got a minority government thanks to those greedy bastards (bigshott and windsor), how the hell are we going to pass through legislation? The Coalition also hold more seats in the Senate than Labor, and more in the House of Representatives, it's only thanks to a Green and 3 independents (one of whom wants a tax on pokies) that Labor hold Government. It's ungovernable, it won't last three years, if we go back to an election, Labor will be ousted, in three years, they will be ousted, so they should thank their lucky stars the Independents sided with them. A regional processing centre will NEVER happen, (espescially when you've got a Green who wants to totally open the borders), organising so called experts on this crap called Climate Change along with pollies to discuss the issue will NEVER happen, her initial idea was a citizen's assembly, The Broadband Network will never be completed and will see Billions wasted, most don't even want it and is simply unaffordable to most households, they've racked up a huge debt which will see future generations pay it off, the budget will never return to surplus under a Labor Government, they economic record doesn't make for good reading.
You are spouting rhetoric you heard from your conservative parents that you have no idea about.
Given the independents, (Oakeshott aside but including Katter and even to my understanding Crook) and the Greens MP have agreed to vote against no confidence motions in the house of reps, the ALP can move almost anything they want into the Senate where it will be critiqued by a panel that is slightly more Coalition than ALP but a great deal more ALP/Green than Coaltiion. The independents voted for the ALP BECAUSE it has a greater chance at building legislation than the Coalition BECAUSE they have a better relationship with the Greens and combined, the ALP and Greens outnumber the Coalition in the senate by around 9 votes.
Also you fail to realise that 90% of policy that gets made in the House of Reps is agreed on by both parties. The opposition doesn't just argue everything for the hell of it, no matter how much it seems like it.
Your post descends into absolute propaganda. You need to stop spouting Tony Abbott speeches as though they are facts. Everybody who uses the internet, you included, wants Australian broadband speeds up to international standards. There are countless thousands of scientists that will vouch for the legitimacy of climate change.
As for the regional processing centre. Who says it will never happen? You. You make that statement as though you are an insider and understand what you are talking about which you clearly don't. The policies that the Greens and the ALP differ on, are no greater exemplified than by their stance on illegal immigrants, however, opening a regional processing centre is something that the Greens can and will identify as closer to their policy line and more in line with international humanitarian standards than the current policies that Kevin Rudd wasn't given ample time to rectify.
Debt? What debt? You mean the state of the Australian economy that has had it called the greatest economic miracle in history? The absolute miniscule debt that was as a result of spending being made to counteract the potential for an incredibly greater amount of debt? Do you understand that if the coalition were in power during the global economic crisis, their policies on government spending would have had us losing money at the level the money exists fundamentally. Throwing the coffers out into the public and keeping it out of the hands of the reserve bank prevented the economic crisis from affecting it.
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Yeah, the budget was only in 21 billion dollar surplus before hand. This was mainly thanks to the Economic Management of the Howard/Costello Government, who left us with a debt of $0\. Just for the record, how many boats of refugees and asylum seekers have come since the start of this Government? 150, and Gillard was the Deputy for most of this and must have in some way supported Rudd's pacific solution, the East Timor processing centre was 11th hour pork barrell and had to be done if Gillard was to be re-elected as it was one of the main election issues and people were dissatisfied with Rudd's policy on illegal immigrants.
Looking at the Government's record on completing things and doing them to a good standard, it doesn't make for good reading, the Home Insulation Scheme seemed like a good environment policy and 250,000 homes would be insulated, instead it was nothing short of a s***, resulting in 4 people dying and $1 Billion dollars being used just to rectify the problem, a Fuel and Grocery Watch which just never happened, Rudd promising to act on 'Climate Change' and failing miserably, it just doesn't add up.
Now the East Timor Government has declined to having a regional processing centre, what will happen next? I know I sound like a racist bastard in terms of letting Asylum Seekers in, but you've got to ask yourself, are they productive for the Economy and what qualifies for being a genuine refugee, or are they just hopping on boats to avoid getting a passport or visa. As I've said on a number of occassions to various people, I'm happy if they're honest workers serving the Australian Economy well, but I can't abide by them being propped on welfare payment with OUR money.
