Gillard vs Abbott - Who will you vote for? POLL

[TrueLight]

then vote other

[kendraaaaa]

Sex party!

[littlebecc]

Greens FTW!
But their vote goes to Labour so lol to that.

[TrueLight]

argh greens
'Green prefer power to principles'
http://www.ldp.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1235:greens-prefer-power-to-principles&catid=135:current-press-releases&Itemid=279

“The Liberals, Labor and the Greens merely disagree about how to spend taxpayers’ money to attract votes. We say the money would be spent much better by taxpayers themselves" Peter Whelan.... i like this statement



this is a great video that sums up the Building the education revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXEj_1DuR98&feature=player_embedded

these are some good articles on Julia Gillard
The goldfish bowl of politics
http://www.corybernardi.com/2010/07/the-goldfish-bowl-of-politics.html
Swapping One Clunker for Another
http://www.corybernardi.com/2010/07/swapping-one-clunker-for-another.html
Would the Real Julia Gillard Please Move Forward
http://www.corybernardi.com/2010/08/would-the-real-julia-gillard-please-move-forward.html

[ninwa]

[url=http://www.news.com.au/features/federal-election/tony-abbott-reopens-debate-on-burka-wishes-fewer-australians-wore-it/story-e6frfllr-1225901230710]TONY Abbott says he finds the burka confronting and wishes fewer Australians wore it

[TrueLight]

https://www.belowtheline.org.au/vic/

this is a great tool whoever wants to vote below the line for senate preferences... you get to see how it turns out if you vote above the line

[Noblesse]

this is a great video that sums up the Building the education revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXEj_1DuR98&feature=player_embedded
these are some good articles on Julia Gillard
The goldfish bowl of politics
http://www.corybernardi.com/2010/07/the-goldfish-bowl-of-politics.html
Swapping One Clunker for Another
http://www.corybernardi.com/2010/07/swapping-one-clunker-for-another.html
Would the Real Julia Gillard Please Move Forward
http://www.corybernardi.com/2010/08/would-the-real-julia-gillard-please-move-forward.html

What a completely unbiased author...oh wait.

[url=http://www.news.com.au/features/federal-election/tony-abbott-reopens-debate-on-burka-wishes-fewer-australians-wore-it/story-e6frfllr-1225901230710]TONY Abbott says he finds the burka confronting and wishes fewer Australians wore it

..... Holy crap, we seriously could have this guy running the country?

I should note that I'm finding it difficult to defend Labor, because they are bad. But there is no way I can vote for the Liberal party.

+1

[TrueLight]

everyone has bias
its just which bias to you believe in

[Noblesse]

everyone has bias
its just which bias to you believe in

You must be aware he is a Liberal party senator. His bias is unbelievably obvious and yet you call them 'good articles'? We obviously have very different standards when it comes to journalism.

[TrueLight]

have i ever said i love the liberals... no ... however they do have a better foundation than labors, even though they may not follow that platform
i won't vote for liberals anyway

and anyway its his personal blog site... its not like its in a newspaper

i just said those articles are good because it points out the failures of the Gillard government

[Noblesse]

have i ever said i love the liberals... no ... however they do have a better foundation than labors, even though they may not follow that platform
i won't vote for liberals anyway

Never said you did, besides I wouldn't have any problem with someone voting Liberal anyway. Democracy and all, you know?

i just said those articles are good because it points out the failures of the Gillard government

And here is where we differ on 'good' journalism I guess. I view them as pure attack pieces. Sure, the Labour government got a lot of things wrong - all governments do. However the articles are only attacking, not talking about any of the good things the government has achieved. No attempt at balance. But I guess that is what politics is nowadays (I miss Malcolm Turnbull).

[TrueLight]

i would like to hear about the good things the labor government has done

[Yitzi_K]

Helped prevent the economy from sliding into recession?

[Noblesse]

i would like to hear about the good things the labor government has done

Kept the economy afloat while in the GFC.
The Apology to the stolen generations.
Recognition of same-sex unions
Withdrawal from Iraq
NBN - probably not that well handed, however badly needed
Dumping WorkChoices - not too sure on this one, I never really read into the differences between policies, however many regard it as the devil himself.

[TrueLight]

I don't believe that baloney... thats the old government trick that if you spend enough money during recession you prevent it... australia would most likely be better off without that stimulus ... and the resource sector probably had a lot to do with it and we started with a budget surplus and other factors...

http://johnhumphreys.com.au/2010/01/19/why-the-stimulus-was-bad-policy/
http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2009/08/31/growth-and-fiscal-policy/
http://blog.libertarian.org.au/2008/11/11/stimulus/

and then theres all the articles i posted in 'economics' thread of how stimulus fails...