LNP government.

Abbott is no chance of leading again - I was never sure how he ever got the job anyway.

Yes your analysis sounds about right max, Abbott was simple timing ... ironic, since Malcolm seems to have absolutely no sense of timing! ... and whilst the closer he positions himself to the ALP, the better, you can guarantee that it will be the preferences of loons like Bernardi that will be the only thing to save us from Bullgelati Bill and oblivion.

Turnbull's new department for Home Affairs. This is not really the sensible centre Malcolm

Dear Mr. Turnbull as the official replacement for Mr. Abbott,
Instead of giving billions of dollars to car companies & other business that will squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, use the following plan.
     You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan:
There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force.
Pay them $1 million each severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:
1) They MUST retire.
     Ten million job openings - unemployment fixed
2) They MUST buy a new Australian car.
     Ten million cars ordered - Car Industry fixed
3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage -
     Housing Crisis fixed
4) They MUST send their kids to school/college/university -
     Crime rate fixed
5) They MUST buy $100 WORTH of alcohol/tobacco a week .......
     and there's your money back in duty/tax etc
6) Instead of stuffing around with the carbon emissions trading scheme that makes us pay for the major polluters, tell the greedy bastards to
reduce their pollution emissions by 75% within 5 years or we shut them down.
7) Cut down on pollies perks - they earn enough money to pay for their own petrol, food, drinks, airfares for their wives & families like all other hard working Aussies do. We pay big money but we still get MONKEYS.
8) No government credit cards for pollies - let them get their own then they will be more careful about how they use it and pay up on time so as not to incur interest.

   It can't get any easier than that!
P.S. If more money is needed, have all members of parliament pay back their falsely claimed expenses and second home allowances
Also ...
Let's put the pensioners in jail and the criminals in a nursing home.
This way the pensioners would have access to showers, hobbies and walks.
They'd receive unlimited free prescriptions, dental and medical treatment, wheel chairs etc and they'd receive money instead of paying it out.
     They would have constant video monitoring, so they could be helped instantly, if they fell, or needed assistance.
Bedding would be washed twice a week, and all clothing would be ironed and returned to them.
     A guard would check on them every 20 minutes and bring their meals and snacks to their cell.
     They would have family visits in a suite built for that purpose.
     They would have access to a library, weight room, spiritual counselling, pool and education
     Simple clothing, shoes, slippers, PJ's and legal aid would be free, on request.
     Private, secure rooms for all, with an exercise outdoor yard, with gardens
     Each senior could have a PC a TV radio and daily phone calls.
     There would be a board of directors to hear complaints, and the guards would have a code of conduct that would be strictly adhered to.
The criminals would get cold food, be left all alone and unsupervised.
Lights off at 8pm, and showers once a week. Live in a tiny room and pay $600.00 per week and have no hope of ever getting out.

     ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ----
     THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq ......... Why don't we just give them ours?
     It was drawn up by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for centuries and we're not using it anymore.
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     THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
     The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse or Parliament, is this -
     You cannot adjudicate on 'Thou Shalt Not Steal',
'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' and
'Thou Shall Not Kill' in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians......
They would all be convicted.

There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force.
Pay them $1 million each severance for early retirement with the following stipulations:
1) They MUST retire.
     Ten million job openings - unemployment fixed
2) They MUST buy a new Australian car.
     Ten million cars ordered - Car Industry fixed
3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage -
     Housing Crisis fixed
4) They MUST send their kids to school/college/university -
     Crime rate fixed
5) They MUST buy $100 WORTH of alcohol/tobacco a week .......




I'll take the million tomorrow

Shrunk in the Wash wrote: There are about 10 million people over 50 in the work force. Pay them $1 million each severance for early retirement with the following stipulations: 1) They MUST retire.      Ten million job openings - unemployment fixed 2) They MUST buy a new Australian car.      Ten million cars ordered - Car Industry fixed 3) They MUST either buy a house or pay off their mortgage -      Housing Crisis fixed 4) They MUST send their kids to school/college/university -      Crime rate fixed 5) They MUST buy $100 WORTH of alcohol/tobacco a week ....... I'll take the million tomorrow

Tlazolteotl wrote: What is an Australian car?

A thing of the past. We are more nimble and agile now.

max manewer wrote: Australian manufacturing doesn't even manage fishing reels these days, Alvey, makers of the famous side-cast reels, is going out of business after 100 years.

We don't need them any more.

     Dynamite has closed another industry.

AND ,   I note = NO Whale posts and TBV is closing down.

The FBI shut down the Silk Road. 

Abbott looking like a "mental" these days, Labor had Latham, now the Libs have Tony, as an embarrassing reminder of how far off the track these parties can wander. The talent pool has never looked thinner in Canberra.

Mal will win easily when it comes to the crunch

32%?

Then why did you mention them? 

Passing Through wrote: I knew there was another reason I liked Jay Wetherill South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill has been urged to apologise after branding critics of the state’s power outages “right-wing f..kwits” at a federal colleague’s book launch. Speaking at the launch of Labor MP Mark Butler’s book ­Climate Wars at the University of Adelaide yesterday, Mr Weatherill unloaded on a handful of commentators he believed used any opportunity to attack the state’s renewable energy program. During his speech, Mr Weatherill referenced a power outage at Adele’s Adelaide concert in March, mentioned in the book, which was caused by a roadie unplugging the wrong cord, but was interpreted by concert-goers at the time as the fault of the state’s patchy power supply. Mr Weatherill described the angst he and several colleagues assembled in a corporate box had felt as the outage unfolded, and then their relief when the pop star confirmed the outage was unrelated to the state’s power supply. He was scathing of the “right-wing f..kwits” who he believed had sought to take advantage of the situation, in particular The Australian’s associate editor Chris Kenny, and a series of tweets he released in the wake of the outage. Mr Weatherill also slammed senator Nick Xenophon for spreading fear that energy concerns could put lives at risk and spreading fears that the “lights might be out for five days”. The Premier did not respond to requests for comment yesterday. A government spokesman tried to downplay the remarks: “The Premier made lighthearted comments at a private function.’’ Mr Butler’s team did not ­respond to requests for comment and repeated phone calls. http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/jay-weatherill-under-fire-for-blue-outburst-against-power-critics/news-story/dfc3adb4fc0bfebdbb673e55ff8396aa

As if the writer of that article could give a rats about people who struggle to pay electricity bills, but can see an angle to win an election through them.....and they'd still have the same bills.