Australian Politics Forum - What happened to the 2020 summit ???

Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 42393 Gender:	What happened to the 2020 summit ??? Dec 15^th, 2010 at 10:35am Money wasting bignoting leftard talkfest
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bwood1946 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1598 Gender:	Re: What happened to the 2020 summit ??? Reply #1 - Dec 15^th, 2010 at 11:25am Sprintcyclist wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 10:35am: Money wasting bignoting leftard talkfest Another LABOR F/UP
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longweekend58 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 45675 Gender:	Re: What happened to the 2020 summit ??? Reply #2 - Dec 15^th, 2010 at 3:56pm nothing was EVER going to happen with it. it was one of the more embarrassing 'look! we dont have a clue what we are doing' spectacles in recent history.
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Re: What happened to the 2020 summit ???
Reply #3 - Dec 15^th, 2010 at 4:48pm

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will hold an ideas forum on Friday in much the same vein as Kevin Rudd’s famed 2020 summit.

But he insists it will be more than a glorified photo opportunity.

The roundtable is set to feature some high-profile Australians, such as former defence boss Peter Cosgrove and indigenous leader Noel Pearson, who will lend their views on future public policy.

Mr Abbott wants to take on the government intellectually, and told coalition colleagues they must be willing to fight the “battle of ideas”.

Each contributor has been asked to come up with no more than five big ideas to shape Australia in the medium- to long-term.

Unlike the 2020 summit, there doesn’t appear to be an opportunity for citizens to have input.

So where are all the great ideas from Abbott's forum???

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Re: What happened to the 2020 summit ???
Reply #4 - Dec 15^th, 2010 at 6:42pm

philperth2010 wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 4:48pm:

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will hold an ideas forum on Friday in much the same vein as Kevin Rudd’s famed 2020 summit.

But he insists it will be more than a glorified photo opportunity.

The roundtable is set to feature some high-profile Australians, such as former defence boss Peter Cosgrove and indigenous leader Noel Pearson, who will lend their views on future public policy.

Mr Abbott wants to take on the government intellectually, and told coalition colleagues they must be willing to fight the “battle of ideas”.

Each contributor has been asked to come up with no more than five big ideas to shape Australia in the medium- to long-term.

Unlike the 2020 summit, there doesn’t appear to be an opportunity for citizens to have input.

So where are all the great ideas from Abbott's forum???

well phil we have found out that ideas from the citizen in the street aint such a good idea.. the 20/20 had 1000 people there.. and it wasnt going to cost US a cent remember...lol..

well sorry mate but having watched this govt for 3 years now I have come to the conclusion that govts dont know everything...and maybe a bit of help from those in better circles with far more information than say Cate Blanchet or Hugh Jackman would ever had about the real world that most of us live in.

wouldnt go amiss.Noel Pearson would have a much better insight into the real world and whats wrong with the way we are going about things..just a thought of course. I am fed up with one agenda guys.they only think about what they are passionate, with little regard to others..

lets face it no govt is perfect and I dont think anyone expects that.. but by gees dont you think they could make a great start..

if they took a long hard look at what we have for govt..its ridiculous the amount of govt we have in this country, and none of it efficient..just very costly.

start with govt Tony!!!

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Miss Anne Dryst Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 2296 Sydney Gender:	Re: What happened to the 2020 summit ??? Reply #5 - Dec 16^th, 2010 at 7:07am Sprintcyclist wrote on Dec 15^th, 2010 at 10:35am: Money wasting bignoting leftard talkfest Julia Gillard couldn't squeeze it in onto her other absurd spending, without being noticed.
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