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Darwin Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1037	NBN to give Labor minority govt. Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 11:17am I always did think the NBN would win labor the election, didn’t think it would do it this way tho! The NBN which will really be starting to be rolled out in 2012 will be creating jobs just as the Long Depression rolls in, so just as well it wil go ahead.
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Andrei.Hicks Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 23818 Carlsbad, CA Gender:	Re: NBN to give Labor minority govt. Reply #1 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 11:19am Bob Katter Jnr is on record as saying he would never side in a million years with a party that suggests carbon trading. He is a proud climate change sceptic. So you reckon he'll drop that because of a broadband network??
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BobH Full Member Offline Posts: 174	Re: NBN to give Labor minority govt. Reply #2 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 11:26am The ex-Nats wont waver all their previously-held views and principles so that they can wait 10 years for an incompetent government to build a national broadband network.
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mozzaok Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 6741 Melbourne Gender:	Re: NBN to give Labor minority govt. Reply #3 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 11:29am I cannot see katter ever being able to work with Labor, let alone Labor AND the Greens, so I think it is pretty safe to rule him out of anything other than possibly siding with the coalition.
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mantra Gold Member Offline ozpolitic.com Posts: 10750 Gender:	Re: NBN to give Labor minority govt. Reply #4 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 11:43am I think the Bush wants an NBN. Katter appears to be all for it. He might not like the Greens and Labor, but he appears to hate the Nats.
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Reply #5 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 11:49am

mantra wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 11:43am:

I think the Bush wants an NBN. Katter appears to be all for it.

He might not like the Greens and Labor, but he appears to hate the Nats.

Katter is in favour of a broadband network and he has issues with some of the Nationals.

However the Greens/Labor's position on climate change is completely against anything Katter stands for on the subject.

If you think Abbott is a sceptic, he not even halfway to Katter's position.

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Reply #6 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 5:50pm

Katter is scathing of the coalition. Neither Windsor nor Oakeshott like the coalition. All want an NBN, Katter could vote for an ETS that helped farmers in his electorate, e.g. soil carbon sequestration.

And minority governments can be stable: we had one in SA for 6 years.

Wilkie will either win or Labor wins that seat. One or two other seats given to the Libs on narrow margins will end up in the ALP column.

So an ETS and the NBN will be in Australia’s future: the ETS will still be negotiated with the coalition because the Greens will block any sensible one. If an ETS does get put in place I think the Greens will go backwards in terms of support (which is why they will never pass any decent ETS.)

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Reply #7 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 6:02pm

I was waiting for you to come out of the woodwork Darwin. Remember the way you mercilessly mocked Galaxy POlls prediction of 17 marginal seats to go from labor to liberal. you were furious in denial and Id like to now take the opportunity to point out that 16 of those 17 seats DID go to the coalition and the 17th may still do so.

So... you were wrong and woefully so.

and while you crap on about the NBN remember that the Libs are going to be in government withint the week.

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Reply #8 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 6:09pm

Darwin wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 5:50pm:

Katter is scathing of the coalition. Neither Windsor nor Oakeshott like the coalition. All want an NBN, Katter could vote for an ETS that helped farmers in his electorate, e.g. soil carbon sequestration.

And minority governments can be stable: we had one in SA for 6 years.

Wilkie will either win or Labor wins that seat. One or two other seats given to the Libs on narrow margins will end up in the ALP column.

So an ETS and the NBN will be in Australia’s future: the ETS will still be negotiated with the coalition because the Greens will block any sensible one. If an ETS does get put in place I think the Greens will go backwards in terms of support (which is why they will never pass any decent ETS.)

You looney laborites honestly believe the 3 independants will support labor??? Take a look at the labor vote in their seats. they start at a 'huge' 8% and works its way up to 20%. these seats are so stridently anti-labor that even these disaffected members know that to support labor would be political suicide. and in some sectors of FNQ it could be LITERAL suicide.

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Reply #9 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 6:15pm

The Galaxy poll didn’t show Labor losing 17 marginals.

Those seats returning indy members have been doing so for ages: if they were so red hot coalition they would have returned to the coalition years ago. clinging to a straw there old so. Opposition isn’t that bad: well it is but you will have lots of time to get used to it Grin

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41678 Gender:	Re: NBN to give Labor minority govt. Reply #10 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 6:17pm idiotic darwin - go back to your lonely site. go and spam it as you always do do you still get off on selfspamming?
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Reply #11 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 6:21pm

Darwin wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 6:15pm:

The Galaxy poll didn’t show Labor losing 17 marginals.

Those seats returning indy members have been doing so for ages: if they were so red hot coalition they would have returned to the coalition years ago. clinging to a straw there old so. Opposition isn’t that bad: well it is but you will have lots of time to get used to it Grin

oh you are SO precious... now you are trying to rewrite history?? in HEASLINES around the country, galaxy predicted the loss of 17 marginal seats and nthey were virtually 100% accurate. now you keep on trying to change history but the fact is that you LOST and Galaxy were near perfect in their prediction.

growup and accept the defeat.

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Reply #12 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 6:22pm

Do you have something useful to say Sprint? Still the adoration of Abbott?

Anyone that heard the interviews with the 3 indies last night must know they will support Labor?

BTW the WA Nat that booted Tuckey out is sitting on the cross benches, complicating poor old endorphin addict Abbott’s life. He could probably be bought by Labor by say the next NBN rollout starting in his electorate or something

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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41678 Gender:	Re: NBN to give Labor minority govt. Reply #13 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 6:25pm selfspammer go buy some tissues
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Reply #14 - Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 6:25pm

Darwin wrote on Aug 22^nd, 2010 at 5:50pm:

Katter is scathing of the coalition. Neither Windsor nor Oakeshott like the coalition. All want an NBN, Katter could vote for an ETS that helped farmers in his electorate, e.g. soil carbon sequestration.

And minority governments can be stable: we had one in SA for 6 years.

Wilkie will either win or Labor wins that seat. One or two other seats given to the Libs on narrow margins will end up in the ALP column.

So an ETS and the NBN will be in Australia’s future: the ETS will still be negotiated with the coalition because the Greens will block any sensible one. If an ETS does get put in place I think the Greens will go backwards in terms of support (which is why they will never pass any decent ETS.)

Darwin, the NBN won't help the farmers in Katter's electorate, neither will carbon sequestration.....
Carbon sequestration will HURT the farmers....Having 100 acre paddocks removed from use for sequestration hurts farmers, it doesn't help them...

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