I think Niki means "If the ALP loses ..." rather than "if Albo loses". If Albo lost his own seat but enough ALP candidates won theirs sufficient to form minority govt with the ctty indies & the greens, we'd be a damn sight better off than getting a Lib/Nat govt, whether or not it was led by Dutton.
Difficult to govern when chained by polling and focus groups. That isn’t successful over time. We voted in, and expected a much more progressive government. While in America, as appalling as he is, Trump is back because he governs as corruptly as he promised his base he would.
insightful as always except for this. what is she trying to say here? that the rba are currently mismanaging? i’d argue it’s the gov mismanaging by cooking the books and maintaining high inflation with irresponsible migration numbers..
While Savva makes some valid points, it’s essentially a flawed analysis IMO as she fails to take into account the most material point of all: mainstream media gives the LNP a ‘free ride’.
Dutton isn’t pressed on detail about anything yet every Labor machination is analysed in forensic detail.
Did Alboweasel do anything with the gift of one of the largest petitions ever, driven by Turnbull and Rudd, requesting a RC into MSM, Murdoch in particular?
So true, so Lab has to be twice as good just to draw even.
Like this morning- I read that Australia has the lowest inflation compared to Canada, USA and UK, and OUR ABC news concentrates on a 'slowing economy'.
Yes, when was Dutton ever put on the spot and asked for details of any of the things he opposes. Never! The msm has created this situation. Labor has to fix all the problems legacied from the last lnp govt, & do it instantly. no room for incremental, judicious change. Fix all my problems NOW.
his involvement with the suss american vehicle converters who are seen chopping out lines on reception desk, then his own son's bag-o-powder moment that is buried IMMEDIATELY
Back to the visas for mates' au pairs, visas for sale for 'certain' ppl & the highest immigration rate in living history
Labor have changed leaders a month before elections and should do so with Albanese . His every comment made spanning back to last century has been recorded and is proof he has lost his "mojo" and will be used against him . Is Albanese bigger than the Labor party , we will soon see
I'm willing to bet there will be a minority Labor government next year. Labor has ceded ground to the Greens on housing and rental affordability. Yes, the Greens capitulated but curbing negative gearing and capital gains tax will take young people. Gaza will lose them Western Sydney seats.
Audience members chuckled or nodded approvingly as Johnston enthused that Chalmers could well be prime minister this time next year. Sensibly, Chalmers let the comment slide by."
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Unfortunately, he has rolled over to the "vested interest" groups.
🔴 Mining
🔴 Murdochracy
🔴Media ...including that Sandlilands oaf
🔴 Gambling
🔴 Petroleum /Gas
And as for the abomination- NACC....don't get me started.
If you'd told me back when Howard was PM that I'd one day think his speech writer was a fabulously astute political analyst I probably would have said you've got rocks in your head. And yet here we are.
Step aside? That would bring back the nightmare memories of the Rudd Gilliard years. That’s all we’d ever hear about. The word ‘stabbed’ would be used ad nauseum.
One who definitely should definitely go is Marles.
For Albo to win it will go against the global trend of governments caught in post covid inflation losing support and government. That is in spite of how great the atrociousness of the opposition party.
And this is what’s so deranged about the Albo/ALP commentary: “Dutton easily swats away questions. His failure to produce a single fully costed economic policy to address the problems families face today has not hindered his rise in the polls.” 🤷♀️🤦♀️
Voters remembered that they had more money in their pocket under Trump v1 than under Biden. So too many Australians had more disposable income under the Libs than they have now. As they're struggling financially from week to week, that is what they will remember.
I wouldn’t blame him if he did ! How anybody puts up with the vitriol he gets is beyond belief . Started with the gaffe and has been relentless . Taking Panadol off the shelves, the bond , the MR wine, the house ( Crabb’s is worth more ) , selling the drone that killed an Aid worker ( Greens), CBA …
Relentless. I speak to women every day about how different life is when Labor is in at a state and Fed level in WA . They have jobs with holiday and sick pay , cheaper child care,free public transport for kids to school, ER clinics, energy supplements , repairs to social housing, cheaper meds etc
And well-known, 'progressive', male journos don't report or acknowledge the beneficial & 'real' changes to people & families on lower incomes. They can't see past their higher income privilege 😡
Not to mention so much being done in remote communities . Warmun is a great example . There was no running water when I worked there . Now it has an established art centre . There are more accessible dialysis units and Ged Kearney visits regions and gets grassroots input re midwifery issues.
How does the voting public forget so quickly the meanness (eg. robodebt), the rorts & disdain of the LNP? Health, education, social welfare, etc always suffer under conservative govts.
No govt is absolutely perfect. But I prefer the relative calm of the past few years to the previous 9 of LNP.
Because to most critics it doesn’t affect their lifestyles . I don’t like Aukus and care deeply about asylum seekers . I would like an instant switch to renewables . I also care about the most vulnerable Australians that the LNP demonise and punish . The vulnerable don’t live in Kooyong
Mysteriously, none of this is mentioned in the msm. Labor have to resort to repeating these and other measures, as there is no way the average politically disengaged person would be aware of them.
Exactly! Although it pains me to watch.. msm regularly features Dutton babbling nonsense re subject. I’m waiting to hear him spout “the drums of war are beating”.
But he’s probably saving this up until he’s the PM! 🤯 God help us!
Largely because these measures don’t matter to journos or anybody who doesn’t worry about money . I see the work Labor does largely from social media posts from MPs and shared lived experiences from workers (especially HCW) , OAP , Indigenous friends and women escaping DV . We are collateral damage
@ABC even broadcast a tawdry tv show that was degrading & offensive to Julia
Even showed sex scenes with Tim
Around the time the pedo Jones was demanding she be put in a sack & drowned while her father died of shame
Not to mention the Young Libs dinner menu
Yearning for an alpha male is she? I’m not. Even Paul Kelly this week recognised the PM is a master strategist. Albanese’s years of experience in knowing how politics works is an asset not to be dismissed. Important legislation IS being enacted. BTW The usual attack of Labor PMs is so L-NP enabling
I think Albanese knows the electorate well & the things he’s doing that I & many others disagree with, is b/c that’s Australia; that’s the Aus’n electorate. They lean Right - to the LNP. It’s the info they consume, & imo media ownership needs to be reformed or ALP will continue mainly in opposition
I sadly agree, we need a Chris Bowen. Not Albo, Bowen has the credentials and the mongrel in him to fight for us.
Australia can’t afford a LNP government. Holy shit they fucked us, 10 years of nonexistent pay rises attacking welfare ppl, killing over 2,000+ people not to mention all the scams.
He would get savaged too . Wouldn’t matter who Labor put up . Bowen’s personal life would be attacked, every move he made would be savaged , there would be journos understanding from reliable sources who he met with and that he was unpopular in the party and a disappointment. Rudd, Gillard , Shorten
I second Bowen. He’s a great communicator although his strategic mind was called into question for giving the Australian public too much credit for intelligence when being transparent about policy prior to the Shorten / Morrison election. He wouldn’t do it again I bet
agree with all but Bowen for PM
He's too polarising
Clare is the one with cool calm capabilities coupled with Chalmers, Plibersek in a major position
We can't let the plot thicken but
LNP will have a field day with leadership rumblings
We can't lose Chalmers from Treasurer gig, nobody else comes close
But Clare's composed demeanor combined with Dr Jim's irreverent flaunting of the gov's superior economics is the dream team I reckon
I can't stand opinions especially when it's telling a successful politician when to quit because he can't win bla bla bla how about factual information on policy so we the voter can make informed decisions instead of turning Canberra into Summer Bay
Many people do not make informed decisions and have no interest in policy: Days of Our Lives and watch the footy.
And bad luck if they rely on mainstream media for 'facts'.
Far to many people don't care, is it because politicians don't want informed people and journalists obliged? People don't pay attention because journalists have made policy those things that affect our lives either boring as crap or word salad that only 3% of the population understand?
There is nobody who could replace him who’d be any better. Chalmers is just another Turnbull & will do anything to line up that post-politics gig, & the rest have shown they’re too passive by acquiescing to this draconian, right-wing regime. Its more than just the fish’s head that’s rotten
Tho I agree Albanese is a dud, it's conspicuous that Savva omits the Media propaganda campaign constantly bagging ALP & promoting LNP, or ABC Omission Bias. Anything ALP does right gets omitted or twisted & anything wrong gets amplified & embellished. Media is a huge part of ALP's problems
It sure is and it is the entirely predictable outcome of not holding an RC into media concentration etc when here was mass support for it and a sense that Labor had a clue. It clearly doesn't.
Every time MSM or ABC is caught engaging in unethical conduct, I've called Grogan & SHY (Comms Committee) asking whether it's enuf yet to convene an inquiry into media ethics. Clearly not. Even their stupid misinformation bill exempted MSM=the biggest drivers of it. ALP=too gutless to take 'em on
The Mind boggles to why he won't, as couldn't get any worse for them if tackled the media reform. Guttless! Cowardly, putting his head in the sand won't change the need for it. The exception showed they are obviously scared of Murdoch.
They'll lose the next election because they hide from this.
I don’t agree that Albanese is a dud. People have short memories-he’s been instrumental in leading a United and cohesive team. Don’t forget the years of bloodshed with Rudd, Gillard, Shorten, Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison. Albanese has a different style, thank goodness. I think he is refreshing.
I hear there's rumblings within ALP about his 'leadership'. I find him arrogant tbh. Not like Scammo. More passive aggressive. Tries to appease all sides even if it alienates voters. There's much better performers in the ALP. Jason Clare had to bail him out at the start & he's fumbled ever since
Poor #Albo. He'll get the same gotcha question, and guessing he'll again flounder, and be crucified by News Corp and Nine. When all he has to say (like Bandt famously did): "Google it, mate."
One of the issues is that so many of us voted for Labor and are upset that we've ended up with LNP-Lite. I understand to a degree that the ALP is a bit forced to be so by our right-wing media. However, fuck me, they got in power as the ALP so show the courage of your convictions!
The reality is we now live in an age where the only way a leader of Labor or Liberal gets ousted is after an election defeat. The new rules they put in place make it almost impossible to boot a sitting Prime minister whether they are brilliant or incompetent.
Niki is a great analyst. It is unfair that media treat Albanese to a completely different standard to Dutton, but she has a point about Albanese's many flaws. I like many of the Labor cabinet but cannot stand Albanese, (Madeleine) King or Marles - they destroy Labor votes with great gusto.
I used to like a couple of them. It turns out it was just their; 'being in opposition', speak.
Now I see that they're all detached spaced-out naval gazers.
Albanese's need to suck up to Lachlan, fossil fuel/zionist lobby, donors etc seems to heavily override the public interest. Albanese doesn't seem to care about the votes that he loses every time he promotes yet another coal expansion
and.... being a friend of Kyle Sandilands is disgusting.
Personal likes & dislikes are irrelevant, really. Do you disagree with their policies? Or just their delivery. I like King’s quiet measured delivery. But what matters is what she is promoting & actioning! Do you think?
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Whip smart & despite having already signed many books for the many people in the queue, was more than happy to write that thing about Morrison/Macron back when Laurie launched
#BULLDOZED for her at #Paperchain in Manuka
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Labor's spending is blamed for inflation. Inflation was 6% in May 2022 and rose to around 7% in their FIRST year 2022. "Spending" wouldn't have kicked in until 2023 and 2024. So wouldn't the surgre in inflation in 2022 been caused by the previous government? 🤔
75% of the party decide that regardless of his comparative age
He's flagging on the job & the party can do better
Has other talent that isn't entitled by history
I feel that these types of articles, although the analysis may be correct, only make it more likely that Dutton will be the next PM and that makes me squirm.
The media put these useless articles out for lazy people who don't want to think for themselves, oh Nikis smart she knows insider information so I'll go with her options and people will think I'm as smart as Niki.
I'm not a rustie, give me one reason to not to vote for Labor
For me and my family Labor are a far better choice then LNP ,Greens or Liberals who believe in climate change independents or single issue independents
Iou will never get everything you want in a democracy there's just to many different opinions and ideas, yep for sure I don't agree with everything Labor do and every policy but i agree with alot more then I disagree with and the LNP and Greens are horrible I wouldn't do it to Australia
OK then why do people blame Albo for cost of living pressure? The media that's why and by not explaining the real reasons for cost of living pressures then angry people make uniformed decisions, is what I'm getting at
No I don't think that, some people aren't into it , some people have better things to do then read about policy that's why journalists should do it for them, instead of stupid opinions,
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Dutton isn’t pressed on detail about anything yet every Labor machination is analysed in forensic detail.
But is that any sort of excuse?
Did Alboweasel do anything with the gift of one of the largest petitions ever, driven by Turnbull and Rudd, requesting a RC into MSM, Murdoch in particular?
No. He just kissed the ring🤦♂️
Overall, while the Albanese Govt has been timid on some big important issues, it has passed swathes of legislation through a largely hostile Senate.
#Auspol
Like this morning- I read that Australia has the lowest inflation compared to Canada, USA and UK, and OUR ABC news concentrates on a 'slowing economy'.
Tearing my hair out.
Back to the visas for mates' au pairs, visas for sale for 'certain' ppl & the highest immigration rate in living history
But.
There are over 1.5 million voters on just two Centrelink payments of Jobseeker and the Disability Support Pension.
Albo promised these 1.5 million voters "No One Left Behind".
Albo lied.
The biggest threat to Albo, has always been Albo.
Fumbling poverty has been a disaster.
Albanese has been a major disappointment, a parliamentary lifer who for years chased the ambulance & then didn’t know what to do when he caught it.
Dutton is dangerously incompetent & cruel, he has a history of going MIA when the going gets tough.
Expect the same.
#auspol
https://www.crikey.com.au/2022/08/26/labors-deafening-silence-on-murdoch-meeting/
Crikey really have gone to the dogs these days
Yea, it was just coincidence that all these relations improved after he flew there (although, to be sure, Penny Wong was critical to this also)
Doing a Stephen Bradley was never going to end well.
The Peter Principle in action yet again?
I don’t think not being Albo will win it for the LNP , but Albo still needs to get his shit together.
The Duopoly is on the nose and rightly so.
#auspol
Because there isn’t a bees dick difference between the two in the structural required changes that are needed for Australia.
Both have ceded our sovereignty.
And that amongst other things …
Is traitorous.
Savva is definitely one of the better journos.
Post of the day!
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🔴 Mining
🔴 Murdochracy
🔴Media ...including that Sandlilands oaf
🔴 Gambling
🔴 Petroleum /Gas
And as for the abomination- NACC....don't get me started.
PS: Dutton is worse‼️
One who definitely should definitely go is Marles.
I don't recall any journalist suggesting Howard should step down if he won the 1998 election for the LNP...
#auspol
Dr Jim will attract far more votes.
Those two have betrayed every Labor voter
No good having the better policies if you lose the election
No govt is absolutely perfect. But I prefer the relative calm of the past few years to the previous 9 of LNP.
Labor's a disgrace - Gaza genocide - AUKUS - Big Gas/Coal - Deforestation - Private schools - Austerity, etc
All corrupt endeavours to please donors and corporate media
But he’s probably saving this up until he’s the PM! 🤯 God help us!
Even showed sex scenes with Tim
Around the time the pedo Jones was demanding she be put in a sack & drowned while her father died of shame
Not to mention the Young Libs dinner menu
Australia can’t afford a LNP government. Holy shit they fucked us, 10 years of nonexistent pay rises attacking welfare ppl, killing over 2,000+ people not to mention all the scams.
He's too polarising
Clare is the one with cool calm capabilities coupled with Chalmers, Plibersek in a major position
We can't let the plot thicken but
LNP will have a field day with leadership rumblings
But Clare's composed demeanor combined with Dr Jim's irreverent flaunting of the gov's superior economics is the dream team I reckon
And bad luck if they rely on mainstream media for 'facts'.
They'll lose the next election because they hide from this.
He sucks up to MSM
He's owned by all the lobby groups
We want a PM with balls, we got a wet blanket
Now I see that they're all detached spaced-out naval gazers.
and.... being a friend of Kyle Sandilands is disgusting.
Whip smart & despite having already signed many books for the many people in the queue, was more than happy to write that thing about Morrison/Macron back when Laurie launched
#BULLDOZED for her at #Paperchain in Manuka
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But his thinking, his attitude, his presentation is as geriatric as Biden.
He is totally different to the leftie Albo of earlier times. Now captured by neoLib and regressive "mates".
He's flagging on the job & the party can do better
Has other talent that isn't entitled by history
Anyway, Tanya seems to be utterly useless, completely given up.
"Just ignore knowledgeable critiques. Listen to RustedOn focus group."
For me and my family Labor are a far better choice then LNP ,Greens or Liberals who believe in climate change independents or single issue independents
Labor are subsidising fossil fuels, really failing on seriously tackling climate danger.
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Allowing Dutton to dictate cruel refugee policies
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jailing whistleblowers
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So, what to do about that?
You reckon
- it's just that people are stupid, so ignore the problem
- do nothing about better messaging, better media management?
Is that going to get a better result?
Albo has an ego like Shorten and won’t stand aside until he runs them into the ground.
#FreeFreePalestine