Because your kind believe in a ruling class that must exist. Watch as we all go into debt and the jobs start getting cut. Can't wait to see your family starve on the streets.

I would give a comeback but I don't want someone as classy as you to kill himself over an internet post. You seem to be the type of bitch that would do that.

You're really determined to bring me into shit fights of personality lately.

oh look more drivel from the dolt.....you don't have a clue what i believe in shit for brains.....you just spew shit............dimwit

coming from you that's amazing.....;)

Public sector cuts, Geelong cuts, uni/tafe cuts. Next will be your job. It doesn't dicriminate between Labor or Liberal. It's coming for your job batfink, if you have one.

that's hilarious.......you are Australia's biggest pessimist

I cannot believe the gall of this man.

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His public speaking is SO bad! Reminds me of my high school principal.

Are you serious? I just demonstrated that those statistics at the bottom of the table are FALSE. :roll:

Rusty even selected the source of the data and still was incorrect.

listen to the opposition....already running the same negative agenda of the last 6 years

By laughing at his absolute hypocrisy?

Come on...

well he is trying something that never have never tried.....is to be applauded if genuine

Can this thread please be re-named to "The Australian Politics thread: Clive Palmer & friends"?

:shock: :shock: :shock: clive palmer has friends???????:shock: :shock: :shock:

when Abbott was in opposition and called out for being negatice and cynical you said that was "the oppoaition doing their job". Now when Labor do it and its "the same negative agenda".

Pick a moral standing and stick with it.

Comparing the gravitas of Keating on ABC1 last night to the buffonery of the Abbott front bench (Abbott, Pyne, Hockey) is enough to make one weep. This is going to be an embarrassing few years for Australia.

With Rudd gone, let's hope some of the bastardry of the ALP goes with him. If the knifes are packed away for 3 years, enter PM Shorten.

It's the right decision on Rudd's part. He essentially split the party in two, and any healing was only going to be skin-deep while he was still around.

Nobody is going to find any inspirational rallying cry behind Shorten, I'm still wondering who the next great Labor leader will be.

Personally I'd like Albo, but I also understand some of the reservations about him.

What a pathetic, crusty old cunt Bronwyn Bishop is.

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http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/new-speaker-bronwyn-bishop-stumbles-at-first-hurdle-20131113-2xfnk.html


"Adult Government" at work.

While I dont like anyone being call a c*** I do agree she was completely wrong on that call. The Opposition leader was called "Electricity Bill Shorten", there is no way that is parliamentary.

I'd have rattled off a list of 'descriptors', "One Term Tony", "Smug Faced Prick Pyne" and so on, and asked if she could decided exactly which were and weren't 'unparliamentary'.

Electricity Bill Vs. Dial-Up Tone

Yeah shit is going to hit the fan, the opposition will push this as far as they can now to the point where she will have to admit fault.

It was actually a really good speech until he said no one can question our motives.

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Fucking amateur hour :lol:

I honestly don't think he will last the 3 years.

-PB

pot...kettle....black....brother

funny how on one hand you are offended when Gillard was called "juliar" and had signs of "ditch the bitch"............hypocrisy much......

Rudd quits parliament with no malice
6:00am November 13, 2013

November 14, 2013: An emotional Kevin Rudd has announced his retirement from politics on the first sitting day of the new Parliament, saying he's 'got to zip'.

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has quit parliament, ending a bitter and divisive three-year chapter in the history of the Labor Party, declaring he bears no malice towards rivals on both sides of the parliamentary chamber.

Mr Rudd was given a standing ovation by MPs as he announced his decision late on Wednesday, at the end of the first business day of the new parliament.
He choked back tears and stopped to compose himself several times as he spoke of the heavy toll of politics on his family.
"My family have given their all for me and public life, and for our nation," an emotional Mr Rudd said, adding it was now time to give something back to them.
"I will not be continuing as a member of parliament beyond this week."
"It really is time for me to zip," he said, concluding with one of his key catch phrases.
Kevin Rudd's expletive-laden rant was one of many memorable moments in the now-prime minister's political career to date.

Mr Rudd led Labor to a sweeping victory over conservative prime minister John Howard in December 2007, but later became embroiled in a damaging leadership feud with his former deputy Julia Gillard, which overwhelmed the party for the past three years.
Ms Gillard defeated Rudd in a leadership showdown in June 2010, and then went on to retain power with minority government in the 2010 election.
But with the Gillard government facing dwindling support in opinion polls, Labor MPs restored Rudd to power in June this year in the hope of heading off an electoral wipeout. Ms Gillard resigned and did not contest the 2013 election.
Rudd cited keeping Australia out of recession following the 2008 global downturn as one of his greatest achievements, saying his government helped Australia avoid mass unemployment while maintaining a AAA credit rating.
His government had introduced a national school curriculum, the first ever paid parental leave scheme and a pension increase.
But it was the official apology to indigenous Australians in 2008 that remained the highlight of his political career.
"Nothing has brought me greater joy in political life than the smiles I have seen on the faces of our Aboriginal brothers and sisters, young and old, country and city, as a result of the apology," he said.
"I hope though that what we've achieved through some healing of the soul will be the first step, the second of course is closing the gap to achieve a healing of broken bodies as well."
Prime Minister Tony Abbott agreed. He said ancient wrongs were addressed on the day of the National Apology.
"It was a great moment in our country's history and it happened because of him," Mr Abbott said.
Despite the infighting which saw many of his Labor colleagues openly criticise his style and personality, Rudd said he had no ongoing grudges.
"I bear no-one in this place any malice. Life is far too short for that. It is time however, for the baton to be passed to others."
He thanked his family and wife of 32 years, Therese Rein, and asked for privacy once he's no longer a public figure.
"I'm not planning on any interviews any time soon," he said.
Mr Abbott, who defeated Rudd at the September 7 election, praised the former prime minister for his contribution to national affairs.
"As a political opponent, but as someone who has known the member for Griffith quite well for a long time, I salute him and I wish him and his family all the best for the future," Mr Abbott said, adding his 2007 election win was a major moment in Australian history.
"It takes extraordinary ability, insight, guts and focus to win such a contest. He didn't just win that contest in 2007, he triumphed.
"We must pay tribute to someone of such stature who was able to vanquish in fair political fight someone of at least equal stature."
Opposition leader Bill Shorten, whose decision to back Rudd ensured his brief return to the prime ministership, said Rudd could leave parliament with his head held high.
Mr Shorten attributed Australia's success in winning a seat on the United Nations Security Council largely to his distinction on the world stage.
He said Rudd led Labor during a difficult time, and his return to the prime ministership before the September election had improved the ALP's fortunes.
"This is a tumultuous era in Labor, and with the member for Griffith's resignation tonight, part of it comes to a close," Mr Shorten said.
"I do not believe that we will see his like again in the Australian parliament."



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Edited by batfink: 14/11/2013 06:53:23 AM

That's great buddy. Your usual stock standard response from you being caught out contradicting yourself. But y'know what, next time you see me contradicting something I've stood by in the past why don't you actually say something instead of whipping out this tired old 'pot/kettle" defence every time I call you out for it.

Best thing for the party. He was hoping people would go "Oh no! Don't step aside Kev, we loooooooooooove you!" But no, that's not the case and the party is better without him.

What? :lol:

How has he ever changed his standing throughout the last 300+ pages?

-PB