Thread: Julia Gillard becomes new Australian PM

and he had a bit of a cry about it.....bloody Nunce.....sook.....Ratfink

mmmm..now i am scared..i can,t see any one in the scene that can make any bloody difference..as for gillards handleing of the school building fiasco..oh shit!

Holy fuk thank christ I'm over here. This bitch has been biting at Rudd's heels since long before the election, of course the weak punce was gonna lose. It's shocking how incompetent the upper ranks of the ALP are, Gillard is the best we got???

Stand by while she fucks the economy, everyone feels the squeeze and votes back in the unlikeable but capable libs. Thus is the cycle of Aussie politics. Hopefully she doesn't manage to trash the Aussie dollar so the income I draw from back home will buy me more disposable Baht notes.

Reminds me of the 'turd sandwich or giant duche' episode of Southpark. Classic.

Originally Posted by 9999

Hopefully she doesn't manage to trash the Aussie dollar

au contraire, I hope she does, I get paid US Pesos at the moment.

^ You're doing better now than a few months ago then. Lets all be friends and just hope for a weak Baht.

I was bleeding a few months ago, let me tell you.

Things are a changin' in Australia ...and soon the world round!

Dam you Wilson.....

Now John Howard doesn't seem that bad after all.

Gillard, 48, pledged to seek a popular mandate within months, and set about reversing the issues that sank Rudd by pursuing a dropped carbon trading scheme and urging mining chiefs to cancel a TV campaign against a planned new tax.

Australia gets 1st woman PM after shock party coup

Originally Posted by jojo333

Originally Posted by Thaiguy

Question:are GILLARD and ABBOTT eligible to stand as leaders or as prime minister ?
A precedent was set a few years back when the One Nation candidate Heather Hill was elected to the Senate and a Labor orchestrated opposition ruled her inadmissable by virtue of the fact that she was born in England and held dual passports thereby showing she had allegiance to a "foreign power " ie the Queen of Australia".?
( and got away with it )
My question is that as Gillard and Abbott were both born overseas ( Wales and England) you can bet your life they both hold dual passports and according to the precedent would thereby be ineligible for election to the posts in question ?

They may not currently hold a British passport, but they are certainly entitled too.

No worry’s mate it was inevitable that one day the Aussie would need the Poms to take care of them

Well it's about time , we have been looking after them for long enough , through 3 wars now ?
PS. can I have some more reds ? - it's my favourite colour!

I have a British and Aussie passport. My old man was born in Scotland which makes me entitled to a British passport, just FYI.

Originally Posted by sabang

Originally Posted by Thaiguy

you can bet your life they both hold dual passports

Not necessarily. When my family emigrated to Australia I did not have a seperate British passport- I travelled on their passport.

Pretty sure you can claim one if you apply for it ?- haven't met a Pommy born Aussie yet that didn't hang on to their British passport like glue?
Greeks , Italians certainly do and I guess because we are stupid enough to recognise dual citizenships we can't expect anything else?
Try getting Japanese or Thai citizenship.

Originally Posted by Mr R Sole

^ It's great isn't it....I'm right 99% of the time as well Nawty....

Personally I couldn't give a rats arse what goes on in Oz....unless they get really strong on saving the environment instead of their bank balances like all the other twats around the world...then it's much of a muchness....IMO...

Tosser's the lot of em...

Your name really suits you - obviously inherited from the landed gentry?

Originally Posted by masher

half the voters are female and rightly or wrongly most don't see anything negative about Prime minsiter Gillard. However the real power is with the unions, she knows them well. Any references to British background is becoming meaningless given the ethnic mix now in OZ.

Very true , and judging by some of the comments I read here the sooner we breed out the ugly poms the better.

What's the record for most reds received?

Originally Posted by Nawty

and he had a bit of a cry about it.....bloody Nunce.....sook.....Ratfink

It's a mandatory requirement for Labor Prime Ministers , the trend was started by "Old cry on cue" Bob Hawke.

^ Shadow PM's too. Remember that guy Beasley? Cried about the abos he did.

Red heads are bad news! specially females!
politics are fucked wherever we are!

IM A PAID UP MEMBER OF THE LABOUR PARTY I LIVE IN RUDDS ELECTORATE (GRIFFITH) BUT I GOTTA SAY HE LET THE SIDE DOWN HOPE SHE GOES WELL

Gawd all mighty, I heard her speak last night, she's got the worst australian nasal westie strine accent I've ever heard. And she looks like real nasty piece of work.

Originally Posted by sabang

Quite a fall from grace. Apparently Rudd was the shortest lived Prime Minister since Billy McMahon.

Good

Originally Posted by peterpan

^ Rightly so, arrogant potty mouthed God botherer. Happy to see the back of him and welcome to new sheila.

Yup, yup, yup

Originally Posted by Roger Ramjet

It is a wake-up call to all Australians to realise the weaknesses in the Australian "democratic" ??? system where people may vote for an individual based on their assessment of his or her "sense of values" to lead the country,

What are you talking about? Zero clue about the Australian electoral process.

Originally Posted by Dug

I do miss Aussie politics.

Why? It is a sham, especially on local and state level

Originally Posted by panama hat

Originally Posted by sabang

Quite a fall from grace. Apparently Rudd was the shortest lived Prime Minister since Billy McMahon.

Good

Originally Posted by peterpan

^ Rightly so, arrogant potty mouthed God botherer. Happy to see the back of him and welcome to new sheila.

Yup, yup, yup

Originally Posted by Roger Ramjet

It is a wake-up call to all Australians to realise the weaknesses in the Australian "democratic" ??? system where people may vote for an individual based on their assessment of his or her "sense of values" to lead the country,

What are you talking about? Zero clue about the Australian electoral process.

Originally Posted by Dug

I do miss Aussie politics.

Why? It is a sham, especially on local and state level

Yes but rarely a dull moment.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Roger Ramjet
It is a wake-up call to all Australians to realise the weaknesses in the Australian "democratic" ??? system where people may vote for an individual based on their assessment of his or her "sense of values" to lead the country,

Quote:
Reply posted by Panama Hat
What are you talking about? Zero clue about the Australian electoral process.


P H, as I said.... a wake up call for Australian voters! not to be be swayed to vote for your local L or L party member to help elect that party......hoping to assist a charismatic individual in another electorate to become leader.
.......as that party may instantly shaft him/her at any time if he doesn't do as he is told! eg, Kevin Rudd !

In the last election the A.L.P. used him as the key to the door...to get the sheep votes, get to power and instigate policy changes...... Don't write off Kevin Rudd yet....watch him lurk in the shadows, waiting for his chance to rise again!
......Like or dislike Kevin Rudd, I think the A.L.P. has seriously under estimated the average Aussie's belief in giving everyone a "fair go" ....The A.L.P. self distruct sword is still swinging in the back room! Where will the Church and family first votes go now.......how will the Julia Gillard pressured teachers now vote......

Originally Posted by baldrick

This is a coup orchestrated by the mining interests A puppet installed by the amart and mining - not a real democracy

Repo sent.

I suppose the mere fact Rudd was turned over like he was only goes to show the levels of change he wanted to make and the people with the dollars and the real power were not going to have it either way.

With regard to Rudd, I cannot really comment on the man having not lived in Oz for years but I just arrived back from China and he certainly pissed off the Chinese which I thought was a good thing.

A man with big balls who bit off more then he could chew.