I am so absolutely frustrated and disgusted with the media at the moment. It seems that all ethics have been thrown out the window. Whatever happened to the days when good journalists would report on a budget and give a reasonable assessment? Whatever happened to the days when an opposition leader would give a budget reply speech and actually speak about the budget and give some clues as to what they would do better? Whatever happened to the days when an opposition would do its job by keeping the government of the day to account and not actually set out to destroy it along with all parliamentry traditions?
It is looking so much so that when the next election is called, not only will the coalition win the lower house, but have control of the senate as well.
Imagine Abbott (with his strong right wing religious beliefs) running the country.
Imagine Hockey and Robb undoing all good things Labor brought in
Imagine Truss and Joyce controlling anything
Imagine Sophie Mirabella just being there
Imagine Pyne and Bishop just being there. I remember when the gfc started, Julie Bishop was shadow treasurer, she said that we should wait and see what happens with it and then we should do something. She didnt even know what percentage interest rates were at then.
How could any other country believe it. We have 4.9% unemployment, 3.75% interest rates, AAA credit ratings with all international assessors including the imf. We have a health system that other countries would die for (probably wrong choice of words) and the best social security safety net in the world. And the government responsible for all of this will be trounced in a landslide. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr !!!
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