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Poor old AnAl left out in the cold
Apr 7th, 2020 at 10:59am
 
ScoMo's cunning is showing up big time now as he leaves Labor out in the cold.

Christian Porter is looking really good in all this. This new Liberal team is certainly more effective than the old senior leadership group we got rid of at the last election. We dodged a bullet there.

As for AnAl, he looks totally lost doesn’t he?

Special mention too to Sally McManus. Another who has stepped up.




Christian Porter reduces Labor to nothing more than a middle man by dealing direct with ACTU’s Sally McManus
PETER VAN ONSELEN AN HOUR AGO APRIL 7, 2020

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Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese with frontbenchers during Question Time in the House of Representatives. Picture: Gary Ramage


Cutting out the middle man. That is what Industrial Relations minister Christian Porter has done by going straight to the trade union movement to do a deal over the JobKeeper legislation.

Porter has reduced the Labor opposition to nothing more than a middle man between the government and trade union movement. Labor hasn’t been consulted, and it is driving them crazy.

While procedurally Porter really should have taken the time to brief and consult the opposition during this crisis, as a matter of courtesy — if only to ensure safe passage of the legislation and as a nod to our democratic institutions — he was under no obligation to do so.

And with the ACTU Secretary Sally McManus happy to deal with Porter directly, the approach taken has been the most simple and easy way to get a deal done.

Perhaps a sign of things to come post this crisis?


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Secretary of the ACTU Sally McManus. Attorney-General Christian Porter.


Because let’s face it: even if Porter consulted with the Labor opposition directly, the shadow IR spokesman Tony Burke would need to go cap in hand to the ACTU for subsequent approval anyway.


Direct dialogue between Porter and McManus builds trust. Using Labor as a conduit likely creates distance and scepticism. Not necessarily because Labor would have played games by the way. Just because that’s politics unfortunately.

The alternative would have been for Porter to invite Labor into his negotiations with the unions, but that would have seen him outnumbered in his own negotiation. Stacking the odds against himself.

The fact the unions and the government were able to strike a late-night deal off the back of earlier good deal making has a number of significant consequences.

Firstly, it speaks to the magnitude of the challenge the coronavirus has created. Partisan differences were put to one side in the name of getting an acceptable outcome.

Second, it means Labor in parliament is wedged. They won’t be blocking the legislation, and even if they tried to do so it would rebound badly on them given the ACTU’s support.


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Leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese.

Third, a deal done now means that in the future there is the potential for deals to be done directly between the Coalition and the union movement. While business has long engaged constructively with unions — despite limited media attention of this fact — the Coalition has not. That’s because its political opponents are union affiliated.

Never waste a crisis is the old saying, and on this occasion Porter didn’t waste the opportunity to do a deal with the union movement. Equally, McManus didn’t let traditional differences in values and beliefs get in the road of doing what workers want and need.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/christian-porter-reduces-labor-to-no...
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Re: Poor old AnAl left out in the cold
Reply #1 - Apr 7th, 2020 at 11:42am
 
Poor old Albo, he just has to suck it up at the moment.

People do tend to rally behind the incumbent during a crisis.

The big question will be if Morrison can land the next election ... people tend to dump incumbents after the crisis ... but it might be the election after next when that happens.

Will Albo get a second chance?

I feel sorry for him, he should have been the ALP leader instead of Shorten.

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Re: Poor old AnAl left out in the cold
Reply #2 - Apr 7th, 2020 at 12:44pm
 
It is nice the way AnAl is like a donkey or camel that ScoMo is riding to win the election.

Now for some juicy Comments that will totally drop the Lefties into black despair.


John 8 MINUTES AGO
Porter: Prime Minister in the making.

RODNEY 13 MINUTES AGO
The only way Labor will regain any relevance, is if they definitively walk away from any connections/dealings with the greens.
It is the socialist greens who must be isolated and made totally irrelevant, for this country to reach it's potential and prosper for all. 

Mark 18 MINUTES AGO
So PVO,  ACTU good, Coalition bad.  Very simplistic argument. How about the Coalition is doing what’s best for the country and the Opposition doing what it normally does, plays politics.  Mark 63A 

Judith 18 MINUTES AGO
That Albanese photo says it all.

Steven. 14 MINUTES AGO
Sally Mc is now set for a shot at being PM at the next election.
In a years time a labour door mat will be forced to resign in a safe seat and allow Sally in via a by-election.
Very clever and well read - like Hawke.
Bye bye Albo and Morrison.

Darryl W 16 MINUTES AGO
I've been a union member since 1988 and the union has always delivered the best outcome for me. I voted for Morrison because the Libs will always deliver a better outcome for workers and families than Labor. McManus and Porter are demonstrating that they are representing workers and employers through corporatism. The Labor Party will be in the wilderness a bit longer after this is over.

Brian 20 MINUTES AGO
I watched Bowen allocate Labour credit for most of  Government's decisions on Q+A last evening. Is there nothing the ALP has suggested that the Government and the States in Cabinet have  not implemented? The sheer cheek of Bowen, Bourke and Albanese in claiming credit for Government policy is astounding. However, "our "ABC did not contest that point. The Government Minister on the program however, showed up Bowen as an amateur by being on top of her science, facts and clearly outlining policy.

Glenda 24 MINUTES AGO
The PM and Albanese now regularly meet and the Ministers are regularly meeting with their opposites even yesterday over this legislation.
All the ALP do is come out and whine and carp so what is the use of including them?

Michael 22 MINUTES AGO
If there is a a need to discuss policy on smashed avo toast and lattes, then bringing labor to the table might make sense. I believe that is their constituency now.

Terry 35 MINUTES AGO
Albo and Labor relegated to living under the staircase to power for all to see.

BruceM 36 MINUTES AGO
Burke is particularly good at nitpicking and it is this what is making Labor irrelevant.  "We are all in this together"  With social distancing, Labor are not in the middle - they are not in the same room and they have to learn what bipartisan actually means.

Fady 37 MINUTES AGO
There is something else for Labor to consider: they no longer represent the workers as they once did. This has been apparent for some time but was reinforced during the last federal election in which traditional Labor voters turned en masse to the Coalition at the ballot box (as also happened in the UK). They have been trying to appease their inner city constituents while also playing up to the fact that they are a worker's party. However, the truth is that both groups share very little in common aside from the fact that they have traditionally voted Labor.

The harsh truth that Albanese needs to understand (if he doesn't already) is that although he might make his own constituents happy by spruiking about reducing climate change and pushing an anti-coal agenda, he is also alienating a large portion of that other group that will probably ensure Labor is not returned to government.

The irony is that while his inner-city seat will remain safe, Albanese will never by Prime Minister. I wonder if he is happy to live with that truth.

Mike 38 MINUTES AGO
As I wrote in a post yesterday, if the union movement truly wanted to represent workers, it would do an accord type deal with ScoMo, in similar fashion to Hawke/Kelty.
The current climate is perfect to bring back many manufacturing industries from off shore, and create thousands of new jobs and businesses; if only the unions were prepared to make wages more realistic and drop other ridiculous conditions.
The ALP do not represent workers any more as they prefer identity politics and serving inner city latte drinkers. The Liberal Party is now clearly the party for business and its employees.
However unions are not really interested in their members or workers as their leadership exists only to provide a platform for their political agendas and to protect the massive income streams from superannuation.

robin 38 MINUTES AGO
A major crisis lays bare the realities.  Labor is owned by the unions so the middle man is cut out.

Ian 43 MINUTES AGO
One of Peter’s better articles, quite balanced in its treatment of the Government. Unusual.

Phillip 44 MINUTES AGO
Now let’s see if we can reverse these FTA’s and bring manufacturing back to Australia where we can again become master of our own destiny.

Chris
44 MINUTES AGO
It is patently clear to anyone who wants to notice that the intelligence quotient of the average liberal/conservative in parliament is incrementally superior to their opposition.  Make of that what you will.
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