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Reply #135 - Feb 18th, 2018 at 9:17am
 
red baron wrote on Feb 5th, 2018 at 11:27am:
Shorten cannot win the next election. Anthony Albanese would give it a red hot go and if Labor don't replace Shorten immediately, they might as well consign themselves to another term on the Opposition benches





“A drover's dog could lead the Labor Party to victory”

Opposition Leader Bill Hayden after handing Labor Party leadership to Bob Hawke only a few hours before the 1983 election


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Reply #136 - Feb 18th, 2018 at 1:12pm
 
Daily Telegraph Sept 21 2008


How about this blast from the past from  Pants Man Bill..Aussie?

LABOR MP Bill Shorten has left his wife for the daughter of Kevin Rudd's newly appointed Governor-General, Quentin Bryce.

The parliamentary secretary for disabilities and children's services separated from his wife, Deborah Beale, in the past month and is understood to be in a relationship with Chloe Bryce.

Mr Shorten, who was formerly the Australian Workers' Union national secretary, has beentouted as a future Labor leader for several years.

However, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd kept his distance yesterday from the political scandal engulfing one of his star MPs.

"We don't have any comment on the story,'' a spokesman for Mr Rudd said.

Mr Shorten and Ms Bryce have been friends for at least a year.

The pair had dinner together at Quentin Bryce's residence in Brisbane on September 5, 2007, when she was Queensland Governor, according to a Vice-Regal notice in Brisbane's Courier Mail newspaper.

"In the evening, the Governor received the call of Ms Chloe Bryce-Parkin and Mr Bill Shorten,'' the notice states.

Mr Shorten then went on to become elected as the Member for Maribyrnong at the federal election and thanked his wife, Deborah, in the maiden speech he delivered in February this year, four months after visiting the now-Governor General with Ms Bryce-Parkin.

"Above all others - and I can say this on Valentine's Day - I thank my wife, Deb Beale, an endlessly intelligent, supportive and loving woman,'' he said.

"I knew this instantly from my first outing, when she agreed to visit a picket line with me.''

He also thanked his parents-in-law, Julian and Felicity Beale.

Mr Shorten was one of five MPs invited to attend the September ceremony where Ms Quentin Bryce was sworn in as the 25th Governor-General of Australia.

Chloe Bryce attended the ceremony, with her two children, Georgette and Rupert, from her marriage to architect Roger Parkin.


How is this different to Barnaby Joyce's problem?

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Reply #137 - Feb 18th, 2018 at 1:30pm
 
red baron wrote on Feb 18th, 2018 at 1:12pm:
How is this different to Barnaby Joyce's problem?


It's not.   Nor is this   ...

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SYDNEY, Australia, March 21— Prime Minister Bob Hawke, dogged by questions about his personal life, tearfully admitted, in a television interview broadcast tonight, to being unfaithful to his wife of 33 years.

Mr. Hawke said on the Channel 7 network's Newsworld program that he had committed adultery but said he would do so no longer. Mr. Hawke, tears welling in his eyes, said he loved his wife, Hazel, whom he called an ''incredible woman.''

The Labor Party leader said ''she understood that it was part of a pretty volatile, exuberant character, and she knew my love for her had never changed.'' He also made references to his past drinking problems.

Mr. Hawke must call elections in mid-1990 and he has said he will seek an unprecedented fourth three-year term as Prime Minister. His popularity is believed to be eroding because of rising interest rates, higher taxes and other economic woes.

The 59-year-old Prime Minister has been followed by questions about his personal life for years but had never admitted he cheated on his wife. His confession on national television caused a sensation.


http://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/22/world/marital-lapse-by-australian.html
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Reply #138 - Feb 18th, 2018 at 1:58pm
 
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How is this different to Barnaby Joyce's problem?


Not one cent of taxpayer's money was involved, that's the huge difference.
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Reply #139 - Feb 18th, 2018 at 8:51pm
 
Latest Newspoll

2PP: ALP 53 (+1) Coalition 47 (-1).
Preferred PM: Turnbull 40 (-5) Shorten 33 (+2).

Source: GhostWhoVotes.
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Reply #140 - Feb 18th, 2018 at 8:56pm
 
Bam wrote on Feb 5th, 2018 at 11:38am:
DIf you want to see leadership troubles, wait until after the next election and Turnbull's inevitable resignation as leader after the Coalition loses, and the Libs go through their usual 3 or 4 leaders in the first term of Opposition.

Nek minnit ... Barnaby Joyce.
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Reply #141 - Feb 18th, 2018 at 10:06pm
 
Bam wrote on Feb 18th, 2018 at 8:51pm:
Latest Newspoll

2PP: ALP 53 (+1) Coalition 47 (-1).
Preferred PM: Turnbull 40 (-5) Shorten 33 (+2).

Source: GhostWhoVotes.


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Reply #142 - Feb 19th, 2018 at 6:39am
 
Not quite 45-55.  3 more polls to go.
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Reply #143 - Feb 19th, 2018 at 7:38am
 
What a ludicrous answer Aussie..you are pathetic!
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Reply #144 - Feb 19th, 2018 at 9:05am
 
MINUS
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Reply #145 - Feb 19th, 2018 at 9:12am
 
Poor old red baron with omlette shot from a cannon all over his face  Grin Grin Grin
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Reply #146 - Feb 19th, 2018 at 10:33am
 
Aussie wrote on Feb 18th, 2018 at 1:58pm:
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How is this different to Barnaby Joyce's problem?


Not one cent of taxpayer's money was involved, that's the huge difference.




... and Bill Shorten wasn't Chloe Bryce's BOSS


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Reply #148 - Feb 19th, 2018 at 10:56am
 
red baron wrote on Feb 19th, 2018 at 7:38am:
What a ludicrous answer Aussie..you are pathetic!

It's not a ludicrous answer. Nor are we talking about small amounts of money: hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers' money has been appropriated on specious grounds. A very generous salary for an unnecessary "media advisor" position, dozens of claims for staying in Armidale on "official business" when no official business has been identified, similar dubious claims for staying in Canberra, a $60,000 taxpayer-funded trip with the mistress. We will likely hear about more of these in the next few weeks.

Peter Slipper was hounded for over a year over a trip to a winery that cost less than $1000. Bronwyn Bishop was forced to resign as Speaker over an extravagant helicopter trip for Liberal party purposes. Both were forced out of politics at the following election. If the same strict rules that applied to them were applied to Joyce, he would be forced to repay all dubious expenses claims, resign all positions of responsibility and leave politics at the next election.

The recent Newspoll has two-thirds of respondents saying that Joyce should resign as leader of the National Party (65%) as opposed to only 23% saying he should remain. As long as he does not do so, the scandal will continue to fester and will drag down the Coalition's support.
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Reply #149 - Feb 19th, 2018 at 11:02am
 
Newspoll leaders:

Turnbull: Approve 34 (-3), Disapprove 54 (+4)
Shorten: Approve 34 (0), Disapprove 54 (+2)
Preferred PM: Turnbull 40 (-5) Shorten 33 (+2)

Primary votes:

Coalition 36 (-2), ALP 37 (0), GRN 10 (0), ON 8 (+3)

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