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| caissier | Sep 6 2013, 11:57 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQNMEq6E5Ic Reaction ...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRMI4Z7ri8A Edited by caissier, Sep 6 2013, 12:01 PM.
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| Caro | Sep 6 2013, 10:02 PM Post #2 |
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Hasn't done him much harm - sounds like the Liberals are a shoo-in. Although I am normally a left-wing voter I hope Kevin Rudd is done like a dog. He sat there behind Julia Gillard and undermined her all the way; his colleagues loathe him and he is not good with people underneath him. An Australia on another board said, "It's how I hope he is remembered if he loses tomorrow, ....articulate, thoughtful and composed. The other side is his bad temper, his rudeness to junior staff, his micromanaging, his failure to delegate - the list is rather long! He speaks fluent Mandarin, which charms Chinese Australians, yet he was crassly rude in diplomacy with China. You can probably see why so many Australians like him (as I do) yet he was loathed by colleagues in Labor, sufficient to depose him." The way Australians treated and spoke of Julia Gillard unfortunately reinforced NZer's impressions of them as brash, sexist and not half as cultured as we are! Of course when Tony Abbott and his party bring in a whole lot of right-wing ideas then I will regret the lack of Labor. |
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| caissier | Sep 7 2013, 04:16 AM Post #3 |
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It's unfortunate when politics becomes personal in this way. An electorate expresses its dislike of a leader in power by voting self-destructively for 'someone else' who happens to be an obnoxious boor and lout with reactionary policies. Australian politics seems to be a bad way these days though I do like Julia Gillard. She had some real dignity in the face of despicable treatment.
Edited by caissier, Sep 7 2013, 04:25 AM.
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| caissier | Sep 7 2013, 12:00 PM Post #4 |
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From comments on various forums, Caro, you'd better expect Australian boat people heading your way. |
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| Mobson | Sep 7 2013, 12:53 PM Post #5 |
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AUSTRALIA - you know it's so far away I just can't be asked! ... ... ...I think that's what I mean
Edited by Mobson, Sep 8 2013, 10:30 AM.
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| Caro | Sep 8 2013, 12:42 AM Post #6 |
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I never understand why you would mind. I suppose there's an element of queue-jumping which doesn't seem quite fair, but refugees are generally very grateful. I saw a comment under one of our news items which was from someone who arrived in NZ in 1949 as a refugee and he doesn't even leave the country for a holiday! Of course, despite our government putting in laws to deal with this, getting to NZ on small boats is more or less impossible when you've already had to get to Australia. However can't complain too much, as Aussie takes a lot more refugees per head of population that NZ does. We could do to be a bit more welcoming. Or welcoming to a few more, is what I mean. |
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| Mobson | Sep 14 2013, 04:32 PM Post #7 |
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Post from an Australian f.bk 'friend'... "So here it is...less that 24 hours after the liberal government took power of Australia, marine park suspension has come into play. The Great Barrier Reef is already under dredging construction. Regardless of World Heritage Classification or UNESCO protection, Rinehart is removing 3 million cubic metres from one of the world's largest and oldest living organisms to create the world's largest coal export terminal. So why aren't we hearing about it in the media? You would have to be very naive to think mining money isn't being used to keep this story off the front page....and this is just the first 24 hours...." Edited by Mobson, Sep 14 2013, 04:32 PM.
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... ... ...I think that's what I mean
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