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Abbott and gillard - Rematch II
Aug 10^th, 2010 at 10:44am

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..............The two leaders have agreed to a question-and-answer session with the public at the Rooty Hill RSL in western Sydney tomorrow after Mr Abbott refused to agree to a formal debate with the Prime Minister on the economy.

The forum is being held in the RSL's Waratah Room, which seats just over 350 people and is used for small-scale music concerts.

Two hundred undecided voters, chosen by the Galaxy polling company, will be given an hour to question Ms Gillard and Mr Abbott separately on their policies and vision for the country.

It will be televised live around the country by Sky News from 6pm (AEST) and hosted by Sky's political editor, David Speers.

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will it be on free to air tv ??

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Reply #1 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 12:55pm

Why? can't you afford foxtel??

labor voter are you? broke? well vote for Gillard and take in that carbon tax she wants? then you may not even be able to afford your Tv?? Hell you may even be lucky enough to score an interest rate rise,

the banks will raise rates .15% 1 week after the election, then the RBA will raise .25% 2 sittings time.

This people of this country are being bled dry

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mellie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8142 Sydney Gender:	Re: Abbott and gillard - Rematch II Reply #2 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 12:59pm Well, this way when Gillard loses again, not too many people will see it. Reminds me of the fox and the hound....
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Reply #3 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 1:06pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Aug 10^th, 2010 at 10:44am:

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..............The two leaders have agreed to a question-and-answer session with the public at the Rooty Hill RSL in western Sydney tomorrow after Mr Abbott refused to agree to a formal debate with the Prime Minister on the economy.

The forum is being held in the RSL's Waratah Room, which seats just over 350 people and is used for small-scale music concerts.

Two hundred undecided voters, chosen by the Galaxy polling company, will be given an hour to question Ms Gillard and Mr Abbott separately on their policies and vision for the country.

It will be televised live around the country by Sky News from 6pm (AEST) and hosted by Sky's political editor, David Speers.

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will it be on free to air tv ??

It should be ... not everyone wants Foxtel. It depends if Sky News has some sort of deal with Channel 9 - they might release it.

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Why? can't you afford foxtel??

labor voter are you? broke? well vote for Gillard and take in that carbon tax she wants? then you may not even be able to afford your Tv?? Hell you may even be lucky enough to score an interest rate rise,

Stop making such personal comments. I vote Green with my second preference going to labor - and I have Foxtel.

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41453 Gender:	Re: Abbott and gillard - Rematch II Reply #4 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 1:09pm I have never voted labor and I don't have any pay tv. Nor do I want any.
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Reply #5 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 1:10pm

laborfornever wrote on Aug 10^th, 2010 at 12:55pm:

Why? can't you afford foxtel??

labor voter are you? broke? well vote for Gillard and take in that carbon tax she wants? then you may not even be able to afford your Tv?? Hell you may even be lucky enough to score an interest rate rise,

the banks will raise rates .15% 1 week after the election, then the RBA will raise .25% 2 sittings time.

This people of this country are being bled dry

You dont read many other posts for you to say that Laborfoever, sprint is more to the right than Tony Abbott, lol Shocked

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Reply #6 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 1:14pm

skippy. wrote on Aug 10^th, 2010 at 1:10pm:

laborfornever wrote on Aug 10^th, 2010 at 12:55pm:

Why? can't you afford foxtel??

labor voter are you? broke? well vote for Gillard and take in that carbon tax she wants? then you may not even be able to afford your Tv?? Hell you may even be lucky enough to score an interest rate rise,

the banks will raise rates .15% 1 week after the election, then the RBA will raise .25% 2 sittings time.

This people of this country are being bled dry

You don't read many other posts for you to say that Laborfoever, sprint is more to the right than Tony Abbott, lol Shocked

Nice pick-up Skip, if this were true.

Cool

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skippy. Gold Member Offline Posts: 20882 Gender:	Re: Abbott and gillard - Rematch II Reply #7 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 1:18pm I'll let sprint answer that himself, but really, if you have a look at sprints signature its a bit of a give up.
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Reply #8 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 1:23pm

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..............The two leaders have agreed to a question-and-answer session with the public at the Rooty Hill RSL in western Sydney tomorrow after Mr Abbott refused to agree to a formal debate with the Prime Minister on the economy.

The forum is being held in the RSL's Waratah Room, which seats just over 350 people and is used for small-scale music concerts.

Two hundred undecided voters, chosen by the Galaxy polling company, will be given an hour to question Ms Gillard and Mr Abbott separately on their policies and vision for the country.

It will be televised live around the country by Sky News from 6pm (AEST) and hosted by Sky's political editor, David Speers.

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I too have no intentions of signing up to pay TV...

That said, IM(not-so)HO: if this pseudo-debate is not televised in full on free-to-air TV, then the risk is high that the nation will not be availed of a fair and balanced assessment of the performance of the 2 wannabe PMs in this debate...

I suppose that it remains to be seen, whether the Sky commentary will be self-servingly biased...

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Reply #9 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 2:06pm

laborfornever wrote on Aug 10^th, 2010 at 12:55pm:

Why? can't you afford foxtel??

labor voter are you? broke? well vote for Gillard and take in that carbon tax she wants? then you may not even be able to afford your Tv?? Hell you may even be lucky enough to score an interest rate rise,

the banks will raise rates .15% 1 week after the election, then the RBA will raise .25% 2 sittings time.

This people of this country are being bled dry

Personal much? How do you know a) S/he is broke and b) S/he is a labor voter? I am Labor and I have Pay TV internet etc.

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Reply #10 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 4:19pm

James Bluntus wrote on Aug 10^th, 2010 at 2:06pm:

[quote author=laborfornever link=1281401100/0#1 date=1281408925]Why? can't you afford foxtel??

Personal much? How do you know a) S/he is broke and b) S/he is a labor voter? I am Labor and I have Pay TV internet etc.

You said earlier that you are 15 nearly 16 yrs old, so are Mum and Dad paying for your Pay internet etc. ?

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Reply #11 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 4:22pm

George wrote on Aug 10^th, 2010 at 4:19pm:

James Bluntus wrote on Aug 10^th, 2010 at 2:06pm:

[quote author=laborfornever link=1281401100/0#1 date=1281408925]Why? can't you afford foxtel??

Personal much? How do you know a) S/he is broke and b) S/he is a labor voter? I am Labor and I have Pay TV internet etc.

You said earlier that you are 15 nearly 16 yrs old, so are Mum and Dad paying for your Pay internet etc. ?

LOL, he's got you there James.

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Reply #12 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 5:02pm

laborfornever wrote on Aug 10^th, 2010 at 12:55pm:

Hell you may even be lucky enough to score an interest rate rise,

the banks will raise rates .15% 1 week after the election, then the RBA will raise .25% 2 sittings time.

This people of this country are being bled dry

Notwithstanding that I regard interest rate tweaking as a ridiculously blunt and inherently regressive economic tool, what is it with you Conservatives and your ignorant and irrational prattle about interest rates!?

Seriously, does somebody...anybody...wanna remind us, in economic terms: what rising official interest rates are a sign of - and conversely, what falling official interest rates are a symptom of!?

Looking forward to your enlightened responses, ta!

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Reply #13 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 6:01pm

Interest is the price of borrowed money, you prat. I am not surprised you post all that dreadful lefty bombast. You don't have even a nodding acquaintance with basic economic ideas.

Now why does the price of something increase? Either because there is less of it or there are more people who want it. Why does the price of something go down? Because there is more of it or there are fewer people who want it.
One way to reduce the available amount of money people can borrow? Let the government borrow it.

WHat else determines the price of borrowed money? Inflation. That's the erosion of a currency's value.

Lend me $100 at 5% interets for a year, at 0% inflation and I will give you $105 this time next year. You earned $5 for letting me use your money.

Lend me $100 at 5% interest when inflation is 10% and I will give you $105 which will only be worth about $95 *(talking in round figures). You would be a fool to do this so you would actually charge 15% interest to get your value back plus your earning. Now I would have to think hard if I can borrow at 15%. If my wages don't go up by at least 10% in a year, I would be paying more of my income to you in interest than if inflation was 0%. In fact, if my wages go up by anything under 10% p.a., its value diminishes constantly.

If the inflation is hyper fast, like in Zimbabwe or in the Weimar Republic before Hitler, Your weekly pay would be worth only a dozen eggs (if you bae lucky) by the weekend (so you'd switch to a less debauched currency or a less debauched government).

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Reply #14 - Aug 10^th, 2010 at 6:13pm

The two leaders have agreed to a question-and-answer session with the public at the Rooty Hill RSL in western Sydney tomorrow after Mr Abbott refused to agree to a formal debate with the Prime Minister on the economy.
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Why Abbott agree to this;

Rupert Murdoch summons Gillard and Abbott to Rooty Hill

If you live in Western Sydney and think this debate is about you. You're wrong.

You didn't know that the whole fabricated "debate" at Rooty Hill RSL on Wednesday was a Murdoch construct? Why didn't you know that?

Surely it wouldn't be because the ABC has failed to tell you that it is a charade invented by the discredited crooks at News Ltd. The ABC must have been too busy to point out that it is nothing more than a crude and ugly exercise in Murdochracy, that must be it.

The 'Daily Telegraph' is not a newspaper. It looks like one, but it is simply an instrument of Murdoch neo-con propaganda.

Ask your local candidates when they will prohibit old Americans from owning 70% of Australia's news media and controlling close to 100% of the news agenda.

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