Gillard Will Resign

I predict that should Julia Gillard lose the leadership vote due to be held in the Labor Caucus in about 20 minutes, she will resign from Parliament immediately.  I hardly see how The Lying Slapper (TLS) could continue to sit in Parliament having been so disgraced.

Time will tell, of course and the countdown is now well under way.

UPDATE:  (4.21pm)  The divine Kevni has opted not to stand.  That is probably a politically smart move on the part of Kevni.  His grand plan will be to step up to the plate to rebuild a shattered federal labor party after the routing awaiting when we eventually attend the Polls.

We must endure the incompetence and foulness of nature of these children for a few months longer, apparently.

The Federal Labor Government will merrily continue publicly eviscerating itself while the nation laughs hysterically.

UPDATE:  Yet another ALP farce draws to a close and TLS remains Prime Minister.  This is, of course, excellent news for the Coalition.  Tony up against TLS is exactly the winning position the Coalition desires.

Jungle Drums...

Judith Ireland outlines 5 reasons why this coming week might be PM Gillard’s last.

While Gillard has a long history of survival and keeping her minority government intact, several factors could threaten her grip on power this week.

 For political junkies such as myself, it’s going to be one week to hang around close to the radio, TV or internet.

As I have mentioned in previous posts, the best scenario for the Coalition is to keep this bungler in the Lodge right up to the election.  That would ensure an utter routing.

If Gillard is tapped on the shoulder and forced out of office, I wouldn’t mind betting she will flounce right out of politics which of course, could mean one by-election for the Seat of Lalor.  Should former Attorney-General, Robert McClelland take up an expected appointment as NSW Industrial Relations Commissioner, that could mean another by-election for the Seat of Barton in Sydney.

Would we end up going to the Polls a little bit earlier than the proposed date of 14^th September? 

Federal Parliament rises at the end of next week for seven weeks before delivery of the May Budget.  Whatever Labor does this week taking into account bad poll results and even worse, a leader who is distrusted and now seriously compromised, I don’t see a re-aligning of the deck chairs with only a few months till Australia marches off to the Polls as anything but pathetically inadequate patching of an overworn pair of cheap rip-ridden jeans.   This government is rotten and the stench is permeating all but a small division of mindless rusted-ons who are incapable of an original thought.

UPDATE:  Simon Crean calls for a Spill at approximately 1.10pm - 21st March, 2013.

Stand by for a Motion of No Confidence in the Federal Parliament today.

2.10pm:  Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott moves to suspend Standing Orders for a Motion of No Confidence.

He nearly got there!

Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of The AWU!

Yes, siree, that’s our Sub-prime Minister, Julia Gillard!

Miranda Devine reblogged:

IS there a more preposterous figure in Australian political life than Paul Howes? 

His performance at the Australian Workers Union conference on the Gold Coast last week was quite something to behold. 

In his final triumphant speech, the 31-year-old AWU leader accused anonymous Labor MPS of “underminding [sic] our Prime Minister, underminding [sic] the leadership of our movement and this country. What a bunch of gutless pr*cks they are.” 

Apart from the fruity language, he has coined a new word: “underminding”. He said it twice, just in case you didn’t get it the first time. 

Maybe it means not minding too much when the prime minister goofs up, as long as she takes care of her union mates. 

If he meant “undermining”, however, Howes and his AWU masters have done a pretty good job of that all by themselves, taking credit for unseating the democratically elected Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in the first place, and unashamedly displaying an unhealthy proprietorial claim over their hand-picked replacement Julia Gillard, who just happens to be caught up in an AWU scandal from her days as a union lawyer. 

Howes looked so pleased with himself as he ushered Gillard into the conference dinner, in front of the cameras, as if she were a trophy. 

He “had her back” he declared, and supports her 110 percent. Just what she needs, especially when union membership has sunk to 18 percent of the workforce. 

The union collectively rubbed its hands with glee. Look how powerful we are, right at the heart of power! There was Howes’ mentor Bill Ludwig out from the shadows to grab the PM’s manicured hand in his gnarled paw and hold it aloft. 

What an image. The Prime Minister paraded by Howes and Ludwig as if she were a wholly owned subsidiary of the AWU, in the week that polls show Labor’s primary vote has collapsed. 

With friends like Howes who needs an Opposition? 

It’s not hyper-bowl to say that if anyone appears to be “underminding” Labor it’s Howes and his beloved moo-ment.

To the high dungeon with him.

No, No - Nova!

This Gillard woman doesn’t know how to stop making an idiot of herself.  By riding roughshod not only over experienced NT Senator Trish Crossin but Labor Party preselection processes with a No. 1 ticket Senate endorsement of a person who is not even a member of the Labor Party yet, we could be seeing another own goal from our accidental Prime Minister.

I am reminded of last year’s Australia Day Race Riot that emanated from this Prime Minister’s very office; the gameplan being to humiliate Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott.  It backfired in such a spectacular fashion no political tragic will forget it in a hurry.   The PM’s “captain’s pick” announcement of an aboriginal; a female and a sports star to boot simply illustrates the desperation of the woman.  She thinks this appointment will be hailed by all NT aboriginals.  Well, get ready for the carpet-bombing that’s bound to occur!  It’s nothing more than a cynical attempt by Labor to grab votes in the same manner the NT Country Liberal Party who worked the remote aboriginal vote to attain office at last year’s general election..

Obviously, I don’t know Nova Peris personally and she may be quite capable performing the role of Senator, if elected.  However, this cynical anointing of Peris smacks of reverse racism and as Andrew Bolt points out, may be a nice little breach of the Racial Discrimination Act and wouldn’t it be hilarious if Senator Crossin exercises her right to have her case heard in a court of law under that bit of legislation.

Nova Peris is a politically untried sportswoman just as Peter Garrett was an untried musician and look how well that turned out.  I find celebrity candidate selections – on both sides of Politics – distasteful.  I believe candidates should be selected on merit – not by the size of the fanclub.

Read the ABC’s take here.

Freedom Of Speech In Australia Under Threat

This post is about western democracies and the threat to availability of what was once taken for granted.  In this case, freedom of expression.  Free speech, if you like.  It’s not just the right of citizens to free speech that is under threat from the Gillard Government in Australia, loss of this fundamental right seems to be going global. 

I have the utmost respect for ex radio broadcaster now brilliant blogger, Michael Smith.  My respect for this man grows every day.  He has an uncanny knack of bringing us all back to basics as he exposes the truth in an easily digestible format.  Michael Smith is an excellent communicator and clings on by his fingernails to the right to express himself, uncensored.  He is one small spark amid a rapidly decomposing mainstream media.  We rely on people like Michael to keep a steady hand on the tiller.

Please go here to read a recent post from Michael.  It’s important.

This is an issue I will be following up with the Coalition in the New Year.

The matter of our democratic right to free speech is very close to my heart.  I’ve had a gutful with the way commentators such as Andrew Bolt have been treated – and silenced due to ridiculous rulings via softcock Judges who feel they must pander to a minority viewpoint.  Stuff the majority view!  Their opinions don’t count a tinker’s cuss when socialist moral values have to be the main game and pushed accordingly.  Political correctness dominates.  It’s truly disgusting.

Australia’s Courts need a good hard look at themselves!   It’s long overdue.  

I’ve had a gutful with the way the Canberra Press Gallery and mainstream journalists prefer to remain mute rather than do some basic research on stories that may lead to copy that might possibly stand the chance of enraging the Red Queen, PM Julia Gillard or her 457 Visa holder, media advisor, John McTernan.  So we must accept without objection that Australia has a castrated Press.   Unfettered press freedom is not alive and well within Australia’s mainstream media.   So, let’s assume here and now that press truth,  press ethics and press freedom as it applies to most media arteries is buried in several meters of solid concrete.   An appalling and embarrassing state of affairs for a country that has thrived on democracy – until election of this current Socialist regime! 

I’ve had a gutful of the way we bloggers must tread ever-so-carefully in case we upset the sensitivities of Leftard fluffies and risk having our Blogs shuttered – or worse, face an inquisition of some sort.   You know the type of complainant, inner-urban dwellers with limited life experiences, influence in high places, perceived or actual and more often than not, latched firmly onto the public teat like a lamprey onto a shark. These are the people who tend to clog our Courts and agencies governing media with nasty and in the main, tedious cases or complaints filed under the wildly flapping banner of Political Correctness.  The lampreys need to make a political statement, you see – no matter how frivolous, inane, pointless.    Remember, we are living the Socialist sympathy dream right now.   A dream where only one school of thought is acceptable.  There are mindsets who are completely unable to comprehend there is a real, inhaling and exhaling world out there actually experienced in life that happens to see things in a different light to the fluffy little lampreys in their hand-knitted beanies and genuine sheepskin moccasins or nice – made in China – trendsetter sandals.  It’s the difference between a sheltered political workshop environment compared to a bit of genuine dirt on your hands.  The leftards don’t get that, however.

There are retreads who want some of us who dare think outside the square dead, please remember that!

I ask you – why should my right to free speech – and yours - be shackled?  Why should Andrew Bolt’s right to an opinion be dragged through the courts on spurious grounds, it has been alleged?  What civic/societal qualification is some goody-two-shoes assessed – and by whom – that bestows an authority to adjudicate over our current freedom to orally express or write an opinion?    Should  any of us who are free thinkers sit back quietly and watch our rights to express an opinion disappear?   Even more worrying – who is ultimately in charge of appointing these Thought Police?  Don’t tell me – I think I have already guessed the answer! 

Australia heads for the Polls sometime during 2013.  This is how it seems to me – and I hope I am wrong. 

We, the Australian people, will lose our right to free expression, oral or written, should we re-elect the Socialist Gillard Government

We, the Australian people, will forfeit our right to freely publish our thoughts online, if we re-elect the Socialist Gillard Government

We, the people of Australia  will be subject to censorship should we re-elect the Socialist Gillard government

The Australian people will be faced with a number of important electoral issues, least of which is just how much value we place on our right to freedom of expression; free speech.  We must cast our vote carefully.

And before we march off to the Polls, we need to know how seriously the Coalition regards our right to free speech, freedom of thought and expression.

Michael has pointed out the Coalition’s apparent spinelessness on this issue as has John Roskam from the Institute of Public Affairs who has written a heartfelt letter to the Coalition on the subject.

Under the Gillard Government, this country has lost its dignity. 

One sure-fired way to control your people is to remove their voice!  That’s exactly what this vile Socialist regime plans to do.

When Australians are being governed by people who apparently have the moral turpitude equivalent to that held by the Mafia of old – or the current Taliban, we really need to worry.

Tony Abbott et al – this is not good enough!  You must do something now and be seen to be doing something! This Gillard/ALP/Censorship rubbish legislation must be challenged and discarded accordingly.  Most of the voting public possess a functioning brain.  They will be watching how the Coalition shapes up to the issue of of an overt attempt by the Gillard Government to stifle free speech and impose censorship.