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Press conference now. He's challenging for leadership.
What a fucking circus!
What? He didn't say he's challenging. Said he'll make a statement when he gets back (in about 24 hours).
RUDD IS PRIME MINISTER NOW!!!! WHAT THE FUCK!
I reckon he has the numbers to take down Gillard, Swan, Albanese and Shorten.
Simon Crean was just on 774, telling John Thain he is very confident Rudd doesn't have the numbers. Is a shame, the ALP will go to shit when, inevitably, Rudd ends up resigning when he loses. Rudd is really the only one who can save it though.
Wow, you're confident. How do you know? How do they figure this crap out? Is it just gossip or do they put this stuff on their FB status updates? Can someone explain this to me?
Sportsbet has Gillard at $1.28 and Rudd at $3.50 for the leadership win. I'm not a betting man, but I reckon Rudd might surprise us all and get the numbers to take down Gillard and puppet masters Albanese, Crean and Shorten. I reckon Swan might get to keep his portfolio if it goes to Rudd.
Swan hasn't said anything positive about Rudd though in the last day or two, that would be a maaaaaasive back flip
Crean on now. He reminds me of Howard (in looks and the way he speaks)
I'm thinking of applying.
PM Job advert
Swan attacked Rudd pretty badly. Its embarrassing. If everything Gillard turns to shit.. people would probably be best not listening to her tactics in dealing with the issue. If he was so bad then why was he Foreign Minister??
Rudd was a train wreck....they won't have him back.
@ daz - PM job advert, good laugh
Gillard's press conference has been delayed for at least 30 mins. no doubt panicking over Rudd's latest move and stressing out. Another Rudd win.
That's what I was thinking. Man Rudd's phone bill is going to be massive this week.
Actually, Rudd had a pretty good rep as foreign minister, and is certainly the most qualified MP to run the ministry, regardless of his ability to form working relationships.
If I was Rudd I wouldn't run for Prime Minister unless I really knew I had the numbers. Then I'd REALLY SHAKE THINGS UP and die in a blaze of glory, however short lived it be
If I didn't, I wouldn't contest the leadership at all, and take the moral high ground. The party would end up just looking like a bunch of media driven bullies and let them eat themselves. I'd then become a spokesman for climate change or something doing talks all around the world. But then Abbot would be around scheming like Mr Burns in The Simpsons...
we don't need him either.
I'm vindictive like that. I'm not mature enough to be able to handle so much pressure in any kind of responsible manner. And it also shows I have a limited knowledge on how the political system works and in no way have the manipulative skills to lever a situation to my advantage if I was by some weird chance involved.
This game of chess is KILLING ME!!!
Does this mean we have to VOTE AGAIN? I should check my enrolment details...hrmm
Rudd's control freakdom was a disaster for the workings of government - nothing went anywhere without his sign-off. He'll struggle to get 33% of the Caucus vote.
It's a strange world when Dr Herbert Evatt looks like he'd be a calming influence on this disorganised rabble.
Read between the lines. That speech was nothing but an advertisement.
Anyway thats incidental, Gillard has just called a ballot for Monday. Shits about to get real.
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Is this still going? How many more months of this rubbish are we going to have to put up with?
Turnbull doesn't want the NBN. that's enough for me not to like him.
More accurately, it is Liberal policy not to like the NBN and Turnbull is prosecuting Liberal policy.
Turnbull isn't opposed to the concept of an NBN - he understands the benefits of a national broadband network, but disagrees with the funding/cost structure (unlike Abbott who doesn't know what the NBN is, other than a policy of the ALP, and therefore to be opposed).
What's with the nbn being rolled out in Brunswick and Footscray (Franco Cozzo related?). Get the rural places happening first.
Didn't it get rolled out in Tasmania first?
Are they marginal seats? Brunswick is Bandt's...
I guess Footscray is a fucking safe Labor seat given that it's in Gellibrand. Oh well, new theory.
The official line (as I understand it) with the Brunswick roll-out is that it allows NBN Co experience with rolling out fibre in old suburbs (and old network access points) with narrow streets. I assume it's the same with Footscray.
nah
Dr Pepper.
Cherry Cock.
Regional Backbone Blackspots project was just completed. 4000km of fibre to regional areas.
correct.
woops, RBB link
Brunswick is actually in the Wills electorate, held by the ALP.
Derp me!
anyone putting $ on Shorten to emerge from the party room humbly victorious on Monday? Recall how Abortt got in
I still put money on Gillard.
I think clearing the air may improve her chances in the next election.
in other news
Normally don't bother with leadership articles as they are just a waste is space but this made me lol:
''Amid general caucus angst over Labor's position, supporters of Kevin Rudd - recently badly burnt by being trapped into a premature move - are keeping well below the radar.''
The last ballot proved he had fuck all supporters and if you are the leaking rat challenger, you're hardly trapped into a premature move. The life of a political journo must be a charmed one.