BF2S Forums Australian politics thread.

Jaekus wrote:

Spark wrote:

Anyway... predictions, anyone?

I reckon Labor will lose quite a few seats.

Gut feeling - 75 Labor, 72 Coalition, 2 Independents, 1 Green.

Sounds about right to me, with about 3extra  seats variation between Labor and Liberal.

Ms JULIE BISHOP (2.24 pm)—My question is to the Prime Minister. Given that the Prime Minister has confirmed today that the same ministers will be conducting the same negotiations with the mining industry for the same $12 billion outcome as before today’s unprecedented political assassination of the former Prime Minister, what policy change has occurred? Or is the change what many suspect—a new face but still same old Labor, same old tax?

Ms GILLARD—I thank the same old Deputy Leader of the Opposition for her question and wish her well as she serves her third leader...

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Mr Pyne interjecting—

The SPEAKER—Order! Is the member for Sturt running his own little afternoon TV show here? I simply say to him that, 2½ years down the track, this is really getting tiring. He started off so well today, but he might just sit there and listen to  others rather than talk to himself.

Ms GILLARD—I do acknowledge that the member for Sturt is a performer in search of an audience but, whilst he continues that search...

Is that really a transcript?

BIBLE classes should be compulsory so children have a fundamental understanding of Christianity on leaving school, Tony Abbott says.
"I think everyone should have some familiarity with the great texts that are at the core of our civilisation," said the Federal Opposition leader.

"That includes, most importantly, the Bible.

"I think it would be impossible to have a good general education without at least some serious familiarity with the Bible and with the teachings of Christianity.

"That doesn't mean that people have to be believers."

Tony Abbott wrote:

During a question-and-answer session on Friday with year 5 and 6 students from Trinity Gardens Primary School in Adelaide, Mr Abbott said that it was warmer ”at the time of Julius Caesar and Jesus of Nazareth” than it is now.

In the bizarre outburst the self-professed Catholic Opposition Leader warned the students to be sceptical about the human contribution to climate change saying it was “an open question.”

Antartic Ice core researcher wrote:

Tas van Ommen, principal research scientist with the Australian Antarctic Division, which collects climate data from ice cores, said any definitive statement about global temperatures 2000 years ago was ”completely unfounded”.

He cited the 2007 report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which found that available data from climate records was too sparse to make clear statements beyond about 1000 years ago.

Burwhale wrote:

Heres another interesting Abbott story I stumbled across:
It was hotter when jesus was alive!

Tony Abbott wrote:

During a question-and-answer session on Friday with year 5 and 6 students from Trinity Gardens Primary School in Adelaide, Mr Abbott said that it was warmer ”at the time of Julius Caesar and Jesus of Nazareth” than it is now.

In the bizarre outburst the self-professed Catholic Opposition Leader warned the students to be sceptical about the human contribution to climate change saying it was “an open question.”

Of course this is just stupidity.

Antartic Ice core researcher wrote:

Tas van Ommen, principal research scientist with the Australian Antarctic Division, which collects climate data from ice cores, said any definitive statement about global temperatures 2000 years ago was ”completely unfounded”.

He cited the 2007 report of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which found that available data from climate records was too sparse to make clear statements beyond about 1000 years ago.

This guy is a liability to the libs. Theres no way he should be in charge of the country.

Dilbert_X wrote:

Libs aren't getting my vote unless Abbott and Pyne go.
They're both dangerous fruitcakes.

Dilbert_X wrote:

Labour