Archive for the tag "Gillard"
Malcolm Turnbull: Next Prime Minister?
Sir Roger believes Malcolm Turnbull could easily be the next Prime Minister of Australia. What do you think? Here’s why: 1) The coalition and the right wing media will bring too much pressure on Julia Gillard about the Slater and Gordon quagmire – either facts or compelling implications – so that either she can’t [...]
Posted: 7 December, 2012 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Media, politics and government, values.
Tags: Australian Politics, Australian Values, Gillard, government, Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd, Malcolm Turnbull, pine christopher pine, politics, Rudd, Turnbull, values
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Shock Weightloss Surprise! The Migently Mystery Solved!
Where has Sir Roger been? Why has he been absent from his adoring public? Well, first and least, how could Sir Roger satirise Australian politics any more than Australia’s laughingstock politicians were doing by themselves? How could he point out the ridiculous any more clearly than the ridiculous politicians themselves? It is an unavoidable fact [...]
Posted: 26 February, 2012 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, Culture, politics and government, values, weight loss.
Tags: Abbott, Australian political values, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Gillard, Greens, intelligence, Labor, Liberal, politics, Rudd, values, weight loss, weightloss
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Is Labor Finished?
Sir Roger Migently is not angry. He is over it. According to Friday’s ABC 7.30 Report The Government is pushing ahead with its demand that dozens of dentists repay $20 million claimed under Medicare for treating people with chronic diseases. Here’s how it is: Few people can afford dental service, not even preventive. Just [...]
Posted: 2 January, 2012 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, Economics, Life, politics and government, values.
Tags: Australian Politics, Australian Values, coalition, dental, dental work, dentist, dentistry, ethical, ethics, false teeth, finished, Gillard, GP, is labor finished, Labor, labor finished, medical, morals, Patient Management Plan, political values, politics, prosthetics, race to the bottom, teeth, unemployment, values
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Wimbledon Politics
Wimbledon parallels Australian politics for tennis tragic Sir Roger on this Men’s Finals day. So in a nutshell, the way Australian politics is going at the moment, Labor is 2 sets to love down, and down a break early in the third. Julia really has to drink a cup of concrete and harden up if [...]
Posted: 3 July, 2011 in Australian Politics, politics and government, Sport, values.
Tags: Abbott, championship, election, Gillard, Julia, politics, Sport, sporting values, wimbledon, Wimbledon Politics
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Sir Les Patterson’s Australia Day Address
“Proud to buggery!” Apart from the wallaby scrotum duffle bags, what did Oprah ask Sir Les to dump? When did Australia discover sex? What have we done about it?
Posted: 30 January, 2011 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, comedy/humour, Culture, Life, politics and government, Sex, values, Video.
Tags: aussie, Aussie sheila, australia, Australia Day, Australia Day Address, Australia Day Message, Australian cultural values, Australian culture, Australian political values, Australian Politics, Australian taxpayer, Australian tourism, Australian Values, Brisbane, cane toad, comedy, continental, court of St James, cultural attache, cultural values, Culture, flood, Gillard, http://valuesaustralia.com/blog/sir-les-patterson/, humor, humour, Julia, Ken Done, Kevin, Kevin Rudd, Les Patterson, Michael Parkinson, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey, outback, Parky, politics, research assistant, Sex, Sir Les, Sir Les Paterson, sir les patterso, sir les patterson, Sir Michael Parkinson, tourism, tourists, uluru, wallabies, wallaby scrotum
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GetUp at Last Responds on Wikileaks
Sir Roger is really glad that GetUp has is taking some action on Wikileaks and Assange. You can be part of that action if you wish
Posted: 10 December, 2010 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Internet, legal, politics and government, US Politics, values.
Tags: Amazon, Assange, Australian Politics, Australian Values, democracy, diplomacy, freedom of speech, GetUp, Gillard, Hicks, Internet, John Howard, law, McClelland, political values, politics, Rudd, rule of law, US Politics, WikiLeaks
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You Can’t Handle the Truth!
We keep thinking of Jack Nicholson. “You want The Truth? You can’t handle The Truth!” Do we really need to be kept in the dark and fed bullshit like mushrooms?
Posted: 8 December, 2010 in Aussie Citizenship, Australian Politics, Australian Values, Blogging, China and Tibet, Computing, History, Internet, Iran, Iraq, legal, politics and government, Sex, US Politics, values.
Tags: Amazon, Assange, Australian Politics, Australian Values, China Tiananmen, Clinton, daniel ellsberg, democracy, diplomacy, freedom of speech, GetUp, Gillard, Glenn Greenwald, Guardian, Hillary Clinton, Internet, Iran, Iraq, Jack Nicholson, John Howard, law, McClelland, political values, politics, ron paul, Rudd, Salon, truth, US Politics, Washington Post, WikiLeaks, you can't handle the truth
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Perfectly Balanced
Has there ever been an election outcome like it? It simply couldn’t be closer right at the moment with the 2PP at precisely 50% each.
Posted: 30 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, politics and government.
Tags: Abbott, Australian Politics, Crook, Gillard, hung parliament, independents, Katter, Labor, Liberal, Milne, minority government, National, Oakeshott, politics, Windsor
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And Now For the Porkfest
It is such a joy to watch the desperation of the major parties and the cringing, oozingly insincere performances they are now displaying for the Gang of Three
Posted: 25 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, fun, politics and government, values.
Tags: Abbott, australian election, Australian Politics, Bishop, Death Stare, election, Gang of Four, Gillard, independent, independents, Katter, Kennedy, Lyne, negotiation, New England, Oakeshott, politics, pork, Swan, Windsor
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Swing? What Swing?
the Swing to “Informal”, at 1.69%, was larger than the swing to the Liberals (0.62%), or any other opposition party. But the swing to the Greens was 3.53%.
Posted: 23 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, politics and government, values.
Tags: 2PP, Abbott, Australian Politics, election, Gillard, government, Labor, Liberal, National, politics, swing, two party preferred
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‘no premature triumphalism tonight’
Well, the people have had their say but one doesn’t understand what they mean.
Posted: 22 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, politics and government.
Tags: Abbott, australian election, Australian Politics, Bob Brown, election, election night, election outcome, election results, Gillard, politics, premature triumphalism
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For Those Afraid to Vote …
The election in a nutshell – and in Mandarin. And how the Sex Party fits in (if you’ll pardon the expression).
Posted: 21 August, 2010 in Australian Values.
Tags: Abbott, australian election, Australian government, Australian political values, Australian Politics, Brown, coalition, election, Gillard, Greens, Labor, Liberal, politics, Rudd, Sex, Sex Party
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Possum’s 2010 Election Simulation
Possum Pollytics has his election results simulation up now. Well worth a read and a look even if …
Posted: 18 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, politics and government, values.
Tags: australian election, Australian Politics, Australian Values, election, election simulation, Gillard, Greens, Labor, Liberal, National Party, politics, pollytics, possum, probability, Rudd, statistics
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Gillard in Free Sauce Furore
What’s bigger than axing a Prime Minister, more damaging than cabinet leaks, more worrying than a Resources Super Tax and could bring down a Prime Minister?
Posted: 17 August, 2010 in Australian Values, Blogging, comedy/humour, Culture, Immigration, politics and government, Racism, values.
Tags: Australian culture, australian election, Australian icon, Australian tradition, Australian Values, basic foods, campaigning, Culture, election, election campaign, federal election, free tomato sauce, Gillard, humor, humour, icon, Immigration, irony, ketchup, meat pie, pies, politics, satire, staple, staple diet, tomato sauce, Townsville, tradition
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It’s a Cliffhanger!
We have a nailbiter, yes, but it’s not the overall result which still looks pretty much assured. The real cliffhanger is …
Posted: 17 August, 2010 in Australian Politics, Australian Values, politics and government, values.
Tags: Abbott, Adam Brandt, australian election, Australian greens, Australian Politics, Australian Values, bellwether, Bennelong, betting, cliffhanger, coalition, Eden-Monaro, election, election betting, federal election, gambling, Gillard, graph, Greens, John Alexander, Labor, Liberal, Lindsay Tanner, market, Maxine, McKew, odds, political values, politics, Press Club
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