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Government is about more than a budget surplus.

Tony Abbott's Opposition claims that Labor's inability to balance the budget makes them incompetent.

LABOR'S STIMULUS SPENDING KEPT OUR COUNTRY OUT OF RECESSION - WE ARE THE ONLY MAJOR DEVELOPED ECONOMY TO DO SO.

Don't vote those frauds walk into government.

Vote Labor.

Vote Green.

Vote progressive.

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Good to see The Age is concerned enough about the threat of an Abbott Prime Ministership to advocate a drastic change.

But it's curious that they think TONY would do a bad job so they're telling JULIA to resign. Australia, the backward country.

But to be fair, Kevin has a far better chance of saving us from Abbott than Julia does. Maybe the time has come. Sighhhh

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100 DAYS UNTIL THE FEDERAL ELECTION

Today marks 100 days until the 2013 federal election.

It's worth noting a few things:

If you vote for the Liberal/Nationals, 

You will lose the National Broadband Network

And suffer the Coalition's vastly inferior policy that cost billions to maintain and be redundant in 5-10 years.

If you vote for the Liberal/Nationals,

You will lose the Gonski education reforms

And Australia will further slide in the rankings for the top world educators.

If you vote for the Liberal/Nations,

Marriage Equality will be at least another 3 years away

The Coalition will never act on this issue - they are conservatives to the bone.

If you vote Liberal/Nations,

There will be no action on climate change

They will repeal carbon pricing on day one.

For the love of God people, society is about more than a budget surplus.

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Help prevent Tony Abbott from becoming the next Prime Minister.

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GAME ON: ELECTION CALLED FOR SEPTEMBER

Prime Minister Julia Gillard, sporting a hipster new look, surprised a room full of journalists at the National Press Club by announcing the date of the federal election to be held this year.

The next Australian federal election will be held on September 14.

Looks like it's game on.

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MORGAN POLL: LABOR IN ELECTION WINNING POSITION.

The latest Roy Morgan poll, which boasts the most accurate polling prior to the 2007 and 2010 elections, today revealed that Labor sits in an election-winning position at 52.5% on a Two-Party Preferred basis, compared with the Coalition's 47.5%.

On the Primary Vote Labor climbed to 40%, its highest level in almost two years, while the Coalition has slumped to 37.5%, its lowest since well before the last election. The poll demonstrates the first time that Labor's primary vote has exceeded the Coalition's since Kevin Rudd was leader.

All in all, this is a very good result for Labor, and for the Greens, both of whom have benefitted from the drop in Coalition support. No longer can the Liberals say that Tony Abbott's abysmal personal rating is not affected the party's vote, nor can they say that Labor's recent positive polling results have been rogue, as they are now obviously a strong trend.

The Coalition's numerous tactics aimed at stirring up mistrust in the Government have backfired of late, particularly the AWU "affair" and the Slipper Court decision, both of which have had adverse effects for the Coalition. More and more it seems that the public would rather see some policy announcements from Mr Abbott, rather than another fruitless and pointless smear campaign, coming into an election year.

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ABBOTT: "Another day of shame for a government that should already have died of shame."

GILLARD: "This government has not died of shame. My father did not die of shame. What the Leader of the Opposition should be ashamed of is his performance in this parliament and the sexism he brings with it.

I will not be lectured on misogyny by this man. Not now. Not ever. I was offended when the Leader of the Opposition went outside and stood next to a sign that said 'ditch the witch'." I've never seen such vitriol from the Prime Minister.

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Posted Without Comment of the Day: [brooklynmutt]

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Not really political... I just thought this was funny.

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But the other prominent political dynamic of this past year has been the droning chants from Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of ''no, no, no''. Early last year, Mr Abbott made his strategy known, saying on 2GB radio, ''if in doubt, our job is to oppose''. And that he has.

In 2011, Mr Abbott has said

''no'' to the mining tax, and sharing the benefits of the mining boom,

''no'' to compulsory superannuation,

''no'' to pricing carbon,

''no'' to tackling global warming,

''no'' to the income tax cuts,

''no'' to health reform,

''no'' to GP super clinics,

''no'' to Medicare Locals,

''no'' to fast, affordable broadband for all Australians,

''no'' to the $5.8 billion flood levy to help Queensland and Victoria rebuild.

Mr Abbott said ''no'' in principle to foreign aid,

''no'' to Trade Training Centres and to apprenticeship training programs,

''no'' to computers in schools,

''no'' to Labor's paid parental leave plan (which, since starting last year, has delivered benefits to more than 100,000 families),

''no'' to the stimulus payments that helped keep our economy out of recession through the GFC, ''no'' to proper public scrutiny of election costings,

and ''no'' to his own finance spokesman's costings.

He's suggested regional towns could be ''wiped off the map'', and made wild claims about job losses and business failures. Repeatedly he has been proved wrong, but the scare campaigning has continued.

We need to fight against allowing political fear campaigns to dim the light of our achievements.

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NEWSPOLL: Labor continues to gain ground

The latest Newspoll indicates that Labor is continuing its positive streak in the polls, with the Two-Party preferred margin thinning to it's lowest gap all year. 

The thinning margin comes as a result of the Coalition and the Greens remaining steady on 45% and 11% respectively, and the ALP gaining 2 points on the Primary Vote.

Thus the swing in support must have come from the "undecided" and "other" options, indicating that more and more Australians are getting involved in the political sphere.

Both leaders, Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott, are now tied for preferred Prime Minister, following a drop in Abbott's support and a rise in Gillard's, although both leaders are still no where near as popular as Kevin Rudd for PM.

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Tony Abbott became the first Opposition Leader to be cast out of the Parliamentary chamber in 26 years, during question time today.

After breaking the unwritten parliamentary law that the word "lie" is not used in Parliament, Abbott was asked to withdraw the comment "without qualification," meaning unconditionally and without further argument. But he "could not help (him)self," following his withdrawal with "it's still an untrue statement." He was then ejected from the chamber by the Acting Speaker.

An Opposition Leader has not been ejected from the Parliament since John Howard in 1986.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-20/abbott-thrown-out-of-question-time/4210814 

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Tony Windsor said that following the 2010 election, Tony Abbott begged him to support him to form government. Apparently Mr Abbott said he "would do anything, to get this job" including introducing a "carbon tax."

After his spray at Mr Abbott, Mr Windsor sat down and pointed to his phone, indicating he evidence to prove what happened during post-election negotiations to form government.

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imspencer:

On the right of this picture is Adam Bandt and Andrew Wilkie, the only two politicians who voted to limit the time processed refugees, including children, would be kept offshore. They can now be held offshore for an unlimited period of time.   

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Tony Abbott's free ride must end.

Insiders presenter Barrie Cassidy says the media has failed to hold Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to account for his prevarications on asylum seekers and the carbon tax.