tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post3285066743621124072..comments2023-11-02T07:54:22.317+00:00Comments on Unenlightened Commentary.: An Elegant Knifing.Rosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-50626518281050896092010-06-28T16:32:31.724+01:002010-06-28T16:32:31.724+01:00Mark- interesting point.Mark- interesting point.Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02263275229285861236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-36575406178257536892010-06-28T14:45:16.851+01:002010-06-28T14:45:16.851+01:00The ALP puts our Labouristas to shame.
Kevin Rudd...The ALP puts our Labouristas to shame.<br /><br />Kevin Rudd also touched on one of the third rails of Aussie politics, namely who gets the goodies from Australia's abundant natural resources. His proposed mining tax went down like a bomb with the likes of BHP Billiton & Rio Tinto.<br /><br />The distribution of mineral exraction largesse in Australia is highly contentious, and has the capacity to put Aboriginals against 'White' Australia, and Western Australia against the other states. Julia Gillard was right to have got Rudd to walk over this one.Marknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-1438809582537826332010-06-25T00:26:49.893+01:002010-06-25T00:26:49.893+01:00And the one time they did not do it, the Queens re...And the one time they did not do it, the Queens representative did it for them<br />"The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis ...culminated on 11 November 1975 with the removal of the Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam of the Australian Labor Party, by Governor-General Sir John Kerr. Kerr then appointed the Leader of the Opposition Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister." Wiki.<br /><br />Which action was supported in the subsequent election.bannedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406037760273820029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-63781047531920227572010-06-24T20:21:10.469+01:002010-06-24T20:21:10.469+01:00Yet another unelected leader.Yet another unelected leader.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27939552.post-90734672580774445592010-06-24T13:38:25.286+01:002010-06-24T13:38:25.286+01:00'strewth, Sheila!'strewth, Sheila!Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com