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Meet the new boss, same as the
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:43 pm
by Gob
boss before last...
Kevin Rudd will again be sworn in as Prime Minister by the Governor-General at 9.30am on Thursday after winning the Labor leadership in a ballot against former prime minister Julia Gillard.
In a day of high drama Mr Rudd defeated Ms Gillard 57-45 in a party-room vote, but the switch came with significant political fallout as six ministers resigned, including Treasurer and deputy leader Wayne Swan, who is replaced by the Left's Anthony Albanese as deputy Labor leader and leader of the House of Representatives. The job of Treasurer is likely to go to former immigration minister-turned key Rudd numbers man Chris Bowen.
Ms Bryce on Wednesday sought the advice of her solicitor-general as how to proceed with appointing Mr Rudd, after Ms Gillard recommended the governor-general appoint him prime minister.
The Acting Solicitor-General Robert Orr, QC, said Ms Bryce would seek an assurance from Mr Rudd that he would announce his appointment to the House of Representatives ''at the first possible opportunity''. This would give the lower house the opportunity for ''whatever, if any, action it chooses to take''.
Mr Rudd could face his first parliamentary test on Thursday, if the opposition moves a motion of no confidence in the minority government. Should that happen he is likely to get support from crossbenchers Andrew Wilkie, Peter Slipper, Craig Thomson, Bob Katter and Adam Bandt.
Mr Rudd's promotion marks a stunning turnaround for the former prime minister and polling suggests the federal election scheduled for September will be more closely fought. Addressing reporters in Canberra on Wednesday night, Mr Rudd said he resumed his old job with ''humility, with honour, and with an important sense of energy and purpose''.
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Re: Meet the new boss, same as the
Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 11:53 pm
by Lord Jim
This is hardly surprising, given the poll numbers...
If you had the choice between being led into the next election by a Leader who the numbers showed was on a path to send your party to a defeat of historic dimensions, or one who made the race a dead heat, it's not a tough choice....
As I suspected, the whole "support me as your Leader because I'm the victim of sexual harassment" argument proved to be an unpersuasive one, especially as the political leadership of the Labour Party saw how toxic that approach was with the electorate....
The good news for Abbott and The Coalition is that the election isn't till September....
Which gives Prime Minister Howdy Doody plenty of time to drive down his numbers as the sitting PM...
Re: Meet the new boss, same as the
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:02 am
by Lord Jim
I also have to believe that there's going to be some percentage of the Australian electorate that's going to be turned off by the fact that this is the second time in a row that the Labour Party has pulled this transparent move....
The last time they sacked Rudd right before the election when it looked like he was going to lead them to defeat, and then Gilliard hung on by a whisker...
And now they're doing the same thing again....
If I were an Australian Labour Party loyalist, I'd be supporting the move, (the best of bad choices...a fighting chance is always to be preferred to certain defeat...no matter how flawed that chance may be ) but I suspect that there's a portion of the persuadable electorate that will find this kind of naked political maneuvering distasteful....
Especially twice in a row....
Re: Meet the new boss, same as the
Posted: Thu Jun 27, 2013 12:34 am
by Gob
You say nothing i disagree with Jim.
Re: Meet the new boss, same as the
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 3:09 am
by Gob
(Centrelink is the Aussie dole claimant office.)
Re: Meet the new boss, same as the
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 10:56 am
by Crackpot
Isn't she still an MP?
Re: Meet the new boss, same as the
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:22 pm
by oldr_n_wsr
(Centrelink is the Aussie dole claimant office.)
Welfare, unemployment benefits?
if so that line is too short.
Re: Meet the new boss, same as the
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 12:24 pm
by dales
Notice the line extends OUTSIDE the building on to the sidewalk.....
Re: Meet the new boss, same as the
Posted: Fri Jun 28, 2013 9:15 pm
by Gob
It's a set up guys, that's actually a wax model, a publicity stunt by Madam Tussaud's.
Re: Meet the new boss, same as the
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2013 11:29 am
by oldr_n_wsr
Good thing it's not around here (or in the south west) it would have melted.