Comments on: Galaxy: 51-49 to federal Labor in Queensland

By: William Bowe

William Bowe — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:35:05 +0000

New thread.

By: Dario

Dario — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:38:24 +0000

dario and OO = ABC

Nah, just ABC News services (excluding 7.30 report and Lateline)

By: vera

vera — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:30:30 +0000

haven’t been game to check their ABC yet (lol)
dario and OO = ABC

By: vera

vera — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:28:19 +0000

copping (pardon my spelling)

By: Dario

Dario — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:27:48 +0000

Sky News = Fox News. Expect nothing less.

By: Adam in Canberra

Adam in Canberra — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:27:16 +0000

zakly so.

By: vera

vera — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:27:02 +0000

These are Sky News headlines, no mention oF the critism Allbull is coping from all and sundry (imagine the headlines if it was Swanny getting carpeted)

“PM has defended not pressuring the banks to pass on full rate cut.”

“Julie Bishop has called on the banks to pass on full rate cut”

By: scorpio

scorpio — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:17:00 +0000

Rudd now owns the middle ground. He is not going to relinquish any of it easily.

The problem for the Opposition is how to peel off some of that ground and regain credibility’

At present they can only go to the “left” or move further to the “right”, neither of which would be acceptable to the majority of their supporters and unlikely to gain them any ground with voters in those sectors.

Besides which, there aren’t too many votes to be had in those sectors anyway.

By: scorpio

scorpio — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:11:29 +0000

Interesting finish to McCrann’s article.

Treasurer Wayne Swan has already taken my advice - actually, he took it before I gave it - to bite his tongue and not attack the banks if they don't pass on next week's cut in full.

He understands it is not a good idea to do anything which might undermine the confidence of the public in our banks.

Swan's understanding, really is a good idea at this time. Turnbull would be wise to have it as well.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24433272-36281,00.html

By: Gary Bruce

Gary Bruce — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 02:05:43 +0000

Turnbull is just following on from Nelson’s lead and going after populist causes. We saw how that worked for Nelson and the same will happen to Turnbull in the long run.