Sunday, January 25, 2009

new words but no leadership from the PM and the bagman made good

As many of us are worried about our jobs (like really worried, not theoretically worried as they were under WorkChoices), what do we get from the Government? Lots of noise, and some inspired and meaningless new words:

  • temporary deficit
  • ahead of the curve
  • decisive action
  • balanced over the cycle
This is what you get when a Labor Party hack from Queensland somehow becomes Treasurer. Let us not forget:

JOURNALIST:

(Inaudible) Swan, the Labor Party should look at this (inaudible) brown paper bag affair?

TREASURER:

Well you see, I am no expert on ALP rules and it wasn’t until Greg Rudd was forced to leave the Labor Party that I realised that any Labor member - any member, not a member of Parliament - apparently any Labor member who donates to another political party must be expelled. Let me say, I have no objection to Greg Rudd donating to the Liberal Party, I think it is a good thing and I don’t think he should be expelled, I think he should be entitled to donate to whoever he wants to donate, and certainly as a member of the Liberal Party I am never going to regard that as a crime. But when that came up apparently it transpired that there are Labor Party rules that say if you give to another political party you must be expelled and Kevin Rudd’s brother was therefore forced out of the Labor Party. Well, I ask this question: how did Wayne Swan give money to the Australian Democrats? And why isn’t the rule being enforced against Wayne Swan?

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