tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post1310168298375025999..comments2023-11-05T23:07:01.842+11:00Comments on Grog's Gamut: Election 2013: Day 19 (or, the litmus test)Greg Jerichohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04956402439870441083noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-40404097155568155982013-08-26T18:43:14.970+10:002013-08-26T18:43:14.970+10:00am heartened by Tony Abbot's rationale for his... am heartened by Tony Abbot's rationale for his generous paid parental leave policy. When questioned today by ABC radio he said if it is good enough for ABC and the public service to pay its employee full wages on parental leave why not every one else? I look forward to receiving my taxpayer funded life time pension when I retire now at 40, because if it is good enough for him and his fellow parliamentarians then why not everybody else?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-2042189706181797212013-08-25T22:23:07.902+10:002013-08-25T22:23:07.902+10:00Couldn't agree more with you about the Mark Ba...Couldn't agree more with you about the Mark Baker article. I have managed to control myself reading most of the abysmal commentary on this election, but this really made me lose it. Tony Abbott's relentless, misogynistic attacks were unrelenting for the whole time Julia Gillard was in office. How stupid does he think we are?Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113698246676363526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-56101858259790150462013-08-25T14:39:43.006+10:002013-08-25T14:39:43.006+10:00I see the poster next to Hitler behind Rudd was Lo...I see the poster next to Hitler behind Rudd was Lord Montgomery of Alamein and the British General who defeated Rommel in North Africa. <br /><br />Strange that the caption writer didn't comment that Rudd was photographed in front of the potentially inspiring picture of Monty.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-50346828750903996722013-08-25T14:34:19.501+10:002013-08-25T14:34:19.501+10:00Baker's piece in Fairfax raises incredulity to...Baker's piece in Fairfax raises incredulity to new heights - lazy puff piece journalism that even the Kooyong Young Liberals might have found embarrassing.<br />Abbott's comment the previous day that Gillard was nasty to him is Propaganda 101 - accuse your opponents of the very things you have been doing as a deliberate strategy.<br />Incredibly, the media, which likes to present itself as the watchdogs of democracy, passed this off without comment or any attempt at least to compare Abbott's words with his record.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-64161304172991995392013-08-25T09:25:31.639+10:002013-08-25T09:25:31.639+10:00The Opposition Leader is always rewriting history,...The Opposition Leader is always rewriting history, but the MSM giving credence to such blatant falsehoods shows how easy it is for truth and democratic, liberal ideals to be undermined. <br /><br />If anyone made me like the ALP it was the former Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Her removal from the political sphere is a blow to the body politic, not only because of her superior negotiating skills, diligence and comprehension of each task that she undertook, but most for her accomplishments in advancing people's lives in employment, health, education, communication and the environment. All her policies were designed for the twenty-first century, not the twentieth.<br /><br />Frankly, why should I vote for Abbott, who instigated and engaged in the nasty denigration of her character based upon perfidy and tried to prevent fine policies from being implemented or Rudd, who undermined not only Gillard but the ALP agenda, or the Greens, who tried to gain political advantage over Labor during the most vitriolic of Abbott's onslaught? However, in Abbott and the Coalition I see no glimmer of hope, no altruism, only an extremely nationalistic, anti-democratic, anti-liberal, hardened authoritarianism, an ideology frozen in a past century and accompanied by bully-boy tactics. VoterBentleighnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8434369190746987531.post-7791534122316098942013-08-24T08:46:41.981+10:002013-08-24T08:46:41.981+10:00The only thing striking about the GST policy annou...The only thing striking about the GST policy announcement yesterday was that people thought it was important.<br /><br />This is one of those policy announcements that will have very little real impact on the way the vast majority of businesses actually operate.<br /><br />I agree that the Super Clearing House announcement will help many more businesses. <br /><br />I think the Paid Parental Leave should have been dealt with by Centrelink from the outset. This is simply correcting that issue. Steve Szeteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00725215810687541617noreply@blogger.com