But dude, it was the first election coverage that made me literally ROFL.Spark wrote:
Amusing but that's precisely why ABC >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nine (> the others on the night), Smith and Minchin may not have been rentaquotes but what they did do was rational and very impartial election analysis.
Yup. But they have been doing it for years. Its pretty much a joke paper if you want impartiality. George Megalonis is pretty good though ( i definitely spelt his name wrong there). ABC news is the best IMOAussieReaper wrote:
Has anyone else noticed how The Australian has removed the thin veil and pretty much become our FoxNews equivalent, not even hiding the fact everything has a right wing slant anymore.
It was, but that's why it was awesome.Burwhale wrote:
Just watched the video re Wayne Swan : He couldnt see who was talking to him , Laurie Oaks said he could barely hear them either. Hardly seems fair to say he was Owned by the panel. Glad I watched the ABC ( like the majority of watchers) it was the best coverage by far. Laurie Oaks even said that the attack on wayne swan was pretty low.
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^Jaekus wrote:
I bet Joyce copped some heat from that.
And I think bakinacake's comment was verging on the sarcastic, or so I read it.
Shit is hilarious. They made fun of Rudd on how he can speak Chinese and got backstabbed by Gilliard. Yeah it's from the Taiwanese news I don't know why they pull this 3D shit so much.Burwhale wrote:
This is arguably the best description of what hsa been happening in the last few weeks of Australian politics. I think its from Taiwanese news.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ_s6V1Kv6A
Exactly. They wouldnt submit costings to the treasury before the election , which is poor form. People were happy to look at the costings that came through the liberal party affiliated accountancy firm. its after the election now, so when they find problems with it ( which they probably will) they cant lose votes as such. They claim there is a leak in treasury but thats hypocritical as the last treasury leak was Gordon Grech, and he was leaking to the libs. I think they made up the leak so they could avoid scrutiny of treasury. I hope the independents arent as gullible as the people of AustraliaJaekus wrote:
Well this could be interesting: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010 … 993590.htm
Why won't Abbott submit costings to Treasury? It seems a little farcical that on one hand they don't appear to trust it, yet they want to govern so they have a Treasurer. From what I understand the Treasury is non-political, just like the Reserve Bank.
The Australian wrote:
On Labor's side, all its policies were submitted to Treasury for costing, but nine arrived after the deadline, so eight spending proposals, worth $1.2bn, and a $200m savings measure are yet to be assessed.
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Katter talks a lot of sense, and not in pre-scripted soundbites.Jaekus wrote:
I missed it, highlights?
