Comments on: Rudd Watch: Has Kev07 delivered as promised?

By: Ned S

Ned S — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 04:02:04 +0000

Debt – Comparatively, Oz doesn’t figure it has as much of it as a lot of others and genuinely figure they’ll ride Asia’s coat tails to glory I guess. While the Yank policy makers don’t seem to be especially concerned (yet?) that the day might come when they could find it difficult to borrow – Or if they are, they see it is a problem for when it does. (With everyone probably getting pushed off the perch first maybe?)

By: Greg Atkinson

Greg Atkinson — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 03:32:43 +0000

The G-20 I reckon is going to be a real fizzer. None of the G-20 nations seem to agree on much now. Everyone seemed happy when they could just spend, spend, spend…but now that they have seen the bill they can’t work how to pay it since the credit card has been maxed out

But Obama still wants to spend and probably so does Swanny. They don’t seem to be that worried about debt yet which is a worry.

By: Ned S

Ned S — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:33:12 +0000

Maybe her pr people can persuade her to join the blue rinse set – After all, Kev seems to have developed a fondness for blue ties.

In case anyone is interested, it appears that it will be Swanny heading off to the G20 to wave the Oz version of the red banner high. That could get interesting if a bunch of them tell Mr Obama they’d genuinely rather concentrate on balancing their books though perhaps?

What can I say? Thanks Kev, you gave us some laughs – Until we realised you were serious???

By: Senator13

Senator13 — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:45:55 +0000

Gillard as PM is going to be worse than Rudd.

Especially with Tanner now not contesting the next election. He was the only level headed member among them. Rudd is going to look extremely moderate in comparison.

The Unions and the grubby factions are now well and truly in charge. We have another leader in office not elected by the people just like we have had in the states. We all knew Gillard was going to knife Rudd in the back the first opportunity she got. The same will happen to her. That’s just what Labor do.

Gillard needs to call and election in weeks not months.

By: Ned S

Ned S — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:29:41 +0000

Might be best if Aussies don’t think too much about Abbott Anon – Or we just could end up with a Green/ALP coalition?

They are ALL so damn frustrating! Still, the realistic route of suggesting to Aussies that Life wasn’t meant to be easy, was bounced by us once as a thought by one of our past leaders – And the feedback at the time probably indicates it isn’t ever likely to be a big vote winner as I recall?

By: Ned S

Ned S — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 10:03:54 +0000

“its unpopular why keep going??” – Because they are socialists and have no idea how to live within their means or generate income – Only how to remove income from those who do and redistribute it to others of their ilk – The Beak is no different – With her basic line being Well I HAD to kill Kev, ’cause if I didn’t, that other nasty mob would have got in and done fiscally conservative type things – Not that I especially believe they would have – But it sounds good to all those Aussies who prefer the thought of having a stab at living within someone else’s means rather than within their own I guess?

The King is dead; May the Queen soon follow!

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 03:12:34 +0000

It looks like Dillard is just going to keep doing what Dudd did, but with more love and understanding.

Abbott getting stuck into Gillard atm. Drawing similarities between Rudd and Gillard – smart. Abbott reminds me of Blinky Bill for some reason?

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:10:12 +0000

oh no Julia didn’t back down on the RSPT…this isn’t starting well. She said she is going to negotiate and open the door to the miners. I have no idea why she didn’t kill it right then and there…its unpopular why keep going??

By: Greg Atkinson

Greg Atkinson — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:53:31 +0000

I have no sympathy for the man. This is a guy who yelled at his staff and thought he was the chosen one. Remember the incident on the VIP jet?

So Kevvie lost his job..big deal. So did a lot of home insulation workers because of his mismanagement; the difference is they don’t have a overly generous lifetime pension to fall back on.

If politicians can’t handle getting knifed in the back then they shouldn’t get into the profession.

By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:32:31 +0000

Rudd crying on tv, so sad

By: Greg Atkinson

Greg Atkinson — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 00:10:51 +0000

Good point Sue, but even with a list of questions I don’t think Joe Hockey would do any better.

Anyway Rudd is out now, his ego fueled power trip has come to an end at last!

By: Sue Entwistle

Sue Entwistle — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:22:10 +0000

How about this list gets sent to all in opposition no matter what party, at least someone might be able to ask the hard questions more often.

By: Greg Atkinson

Greg Atkinson — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:10:24 +0000

This site which I just found seems to be tracking Rudd’s promises quite well: http://www.kevinruddthedisaster.com/

I am surprised the Rudd has any support left!

By: Greg Atkinson

Greg Atkinson — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:13:23 +0000

Pete yes I made a typo which I have now attempted to correct. I really should pay more attention Thanks for the tip off!

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:36:20 +0000

Greg: So you mean the promise has essentially been broken – in that it did not fix anything.

I think you might have done a typo

By: Greg Atkinson

Greg Atkinson — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:05:55 +0000

It seems Rudd's promise to fix the hospital system has not only been unfulfilled but the situation has actually got worse: Hospitals get sicker despite injection

By: Greg Atkinson

Greg Atkinson — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:19:07 +0000

Jane that is quite a list and yet the majority of the Australian public still think Kev and Co. are doing a wonderful job! I do not hear Rudd talking about the “buck stops with me” any more, it always seems to be somebody elses fault.

By: 8020 Financial

8020 Financial — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:38:45 +0000

For me, the one failure that eclipses all the others is the massive budget deficit we now all have to live with. So much for fiscal responsibility. Yet the mob and the media still love him.

By: Senator13

Senator13 — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:00:45 +0000

Wow… That is staggering and quit frightening…

I’ve got no words to describe all of that…

It is scary seeing it all listed like that.

Jane, keep that list up to date, a lot of these things get swept under the rug. It is the most comprehensive list I have seen to date. How these things don’t get a mention I don’t know. It is not just a few million here and there. It is billions and billions of dollars. How can these things go unnoticed?

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:17:21 +0000

I have been trying to keep up. To date my list, drawn from media:
The list of failures, blunders and back flips grows:
1. 2020 – 1,000 B&B minds, $2+m = 9 useable ideas.
2. Save the whales (using the navy to confront Japanese) – dangerous stunt.
3. Inflation Genie – Genie = Supernatural Pre-Islamic myth
4. Taxes up (Gas, Diesel, Transport, Alcopops) – inflationary
5. Fuelwatch – cost $21 million –stunt -lenses fell out.
6. Grocery Watch, err, Choice – cost $13 million – stunt
7. Arresting Iranian leaders – Stunt
8. Bank Guarantee – still over 200,000 bank accounts frozen from September 2008 – blunder
9. Education Revolution – still revolving
10. National Broadband Network (from $4b, to $7b to $43 billion) – inexplicable
11. Cash Splash 1 – borrowed
12. Cash Splash 2 – also borrowed
13. Work Choices /Fair work – Will cost jobs
14. Immigration/Refugees/Asylum Seekers = Open door
15. Defence – cut expenditure & increase weaponry?
16. Homeland Security Department – “a non-core promise” broken Nov 28, 2007
17. Global Cooling/Warming/Climate Change/Carbon Reduction – Scam
18. Budget Surpluses – Ancient history.
19. Economic conservatism – new words, still not in ALP dictionary.
20. The buck stops with me! – I’m on informal leave,
21. Electric cars /Hybrid Cars – $6.2 billion – Toyota for one bemused & grateful.
22. Job creation & security from IR reforms – for Trade Union leaders.
23. Securing water on the Murray/Darling – it’s secured alright – well out of sight.
24. IVF Program – cuts – the caring ALP.
25. Medicare/Private Health – rebate not to be touched – key election promise – outright lie
26. Dental Scheme – gone – the caring ALP
27. Cataract Surgery – costs doubled – the caring ALP
28. Superannuation – the government needs it more than you.
29. Home Savers – a fizzer, not enough people saving
30. First home Owners grant – inflating house prices
31. One Stop Super Childcare Centres – maybe in 2095
32. One Stop Super Clinics – no longer heard of.
33. No compulsory University Union Fees – an outright lie
34. Coastguard – huh!
35. Maternity Leave – out in the never never
36. Worker Share Options, June 2009 – on, off, on, off, on like a light switch – blunder
37. Carbon emissions reduction – LPG conversion subsidies being phased out l – June 2009
38. Carbon Emissions reduction Part 2 – Household Solar Rebate axed 9/6
30. Schools Stimulus/? Infrastructure Program – absolute chaos. – Subject to AG inquiry.
40. Flood Relief NSW North Coast June 2009 – serves them right for living there. Qld got it so all OK
41. Ruddbank – fizzer.
42. ABCCC – back flip with twist
43. Federal takeover of hospitals by mid 2009 if no improvement. – To dream the impossible dream – a lie.
44. Indigenous conditions – worse & a string of broken promises (languages etc)
45. Reduce consultancies by $112 million = increase to $800 million (6354 consultancies)
46. Govt will pay small business invoices on time = takes a lot longer (good one when cash flow is a problem) $16 billion in overdue accounts.
47. No nuclear Waste Dump NT – election promise – broken June 2008
48. $15 million to rural research & development corporations – election promise – broken May 2008.
49. A – E reporting on childcare standards & universal pre-school for 4 year olds – election promise – broken June 2009
50. Increased Skilled Immigration in economic downturn – leads to lack of work for young people. (GFC forces older workers to work longer plus additional jobs going to immigrants rather than our youth) – blunder, blunder, blunder.
51. ALP Uranium Policy/stance – in tatters. Garrett approves uranium mine.
52. Open and accountable government – no results yet 5 dead SIEV boat, no results yet utegate, NO Response to 53+ missing presumed dead on SIVE the Government knew about.
53. Diplomacy – Japan – biggest customer – snubbed first jaunt. India – Uranium contract cancelled at first opportunity. USA – conversations (real/imaginary) released to media. China, May 2009 – “difficult to deal with” Australia led Asia Pacific Body – thud.
54. NBN – July 2009, Senate Committee told by finance analysts believe plans for the national broadband network are in shambles. – blundering money wasting.
55. Selling scarce arable land to foreign mining interests. – Major blunder.

Outstanding questions:
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- Government Expenditure (Cash Splashes etc) are double or more than proposed infrastructure spending.
- Business plan & costings for NBN
- Business plan & costings to pay back deficits
- Full story Ashmore Reef SIEV – 5 deaths (Occurred April 20, 2009)
- Full story – number of boats coming in, conditions and costings for Christmas Island.
- Why the rapid increase, first in SIEV’s, now the increase in numbers aboard since the new ALP rules?
- Asia Pacific Body
- Australia’s controversial Internet filter, now in testing, would block all material that has been “refused classification” by the government. This to includeM15+ games.
- No pattern bargaining, Unions
- Heiner affair.
- Results Auditor General Report on School Infrastructure program – waste.
- How do Pink Batts and School Halls contribute to GDP.
- Hospitals situation following June back down, waiting, waiting, waiting
- Full story “Utegate”
- War on Homelessness – delayed while the Generals and Officers bicker. Waiting, waiting, waiting.
- The case of the disappearing SIEV with over 70 people aboard – conflicting reports – more questions than answers. What role do Refugee Advocates play with People Traffickers?
- We can sell it, we can store the waste but we can’t use nuclear power.
- With a percentage of 6.15% of arable land Australia comes in at #145/218 countries. Why is the Government selling our scarce resource of arable land for mining?