- Tony Abbott news conference… says BER scheme was set up to fail. #
- Abbott calls for a judicial inquiry into the Building the Education Revolution scheme. #
- Pyne: Auditor-General has found an overly bureaucratic approach to BER, Education Dept not equipped to handle the program. #
- Pyne: Only 18.6% of BER projects are running on time. #
- Abbott: This a prime minister who isn't fair dinkum… #
- Abbott on Resources tax: "I am deeply hostile to this tax…on the goose that laid the golden egg for Australia." #
- Abbott: It is a very, very bad tax… as sure as night follows day, if Rudd is re-elected, this tax will happen… #
- "As sure as night follow day" – expression repeatedly used by Andrew Peacock in his 1990 election campaign. #
- Abbott: Resources tax is a double tax on mining… hurts millions of Australians and prejudices the future of Australia. #
- Abbott asked about Qld LNP resignations… says this is a matter for the LNP… #
- Rainman Pyne says to look at Section 7.9 on p164…and p18 – Schools got what they were told to have not what they wanted. #
- Pyne: The stench over this school building rip-off will hang over the government for years to come… #
- Sky News showing Rudd media conference in WA – Gary Gray standing impassively behind him. Would love to know what he's thinking this week. #
- Rudd: No-one in the mining industry wants to pay more tax but the Australian people deserve a fair share of their resources. #
- @BernardKeane Is that a worse fate than being Peter Walsh's son-in-law? in reply to BernardKeane #
- Gillard commenting on Auditor-General's report on the BER program: 24000 projects in 9000 schools has helped save us from recession… #
- Gillard speaks to media as a school bell chimes in the background… I'm feeling all nostalgic now… #
- Gillard: BER report recognises the economic value of the program – jobs, infrastructure, ongoing value… #
- Gillard: AG makes no recommendations to the Education Dept…presumably because any objections were because of compressed time frame… #
- Gillard: AG has also not made findings about systematic rorting or price fixing… #
- Gillard: This is an important investment for our country… made carefully… investigating taskforce is on the job seeking value for money. #
- Lancing boils, exploding volcanoes, lifting lids, mavericks jumping ship, hosing down dissent: http://bit.ly/dhMMf9 – Courier ODs on cliches #
- Waiting to listen to Bob Ellis dissect the political situation… #
- Fabian forum in Melbourne: an interesting address on foreign aid from Andrew McLeod… #
- Bob Ellis, however, has spent 20 minutes reading from his book, The Capitalism Delusion. Pathetic. #
- @lyndons it's over now. A sustained display of immature grandiosity. in reply to lyndons #
- @GrogsGamut I got the spelling wrong – it wasn't Andrew McLeod http://bit.ly/cmzDLb but Andrew MacLeod http://bit.ly/dqumt3 – a swimmer! in reply to GrogsGamut #
- @tsvnq It was meant to be a Fabian debate on a "New Left Agenda"… #
- @BernardKeane It was pretty insulting to come down here to argue a case about bigger government and then just read a chapter of his book. in reply to BernardKeane #
- @BernardKeane …and then spend 2 hours behaving like a spoilt brat. in reply to BernardKeane #
- With an interesting account of John Anderson's influence…RT @mfullilove: Glyn Davis on Donald Horne: Griffith Review http://bit.ly/c6ezKz #
- A good program from The 7.30 Report tonight. George Vaillant http://bit.ly/3LUpDj on happiness and a 90yo going strong. Things that matter. #
- It's taken 35 years to rear its ugly head again: #Lateline discusses the coalition blocking budget legislaton or Supply in the Senate. #
- And you thought Tony Abbott admired B.A. Santamaria: http://twitpic.com/1l8ts3 #
- Gillard: This is an Opposition long on complaint and short on solution. #
- @JanetteHowardPM Quentin's Quisling? in reply to JanetteHowardPM #
- @JanetteHowardPM I have no shame… in reply to JanetteHowardPM #
- @JanetteHowardPM Now I've got a picture in my head of TA singing "Tomorrow Belongs To Me"… in reply to JanetteHowardPM #
- RT @JustinianNews: Horrifying pic of debt crisis facing the 5 PIIGS in US$. Money they owe each other & others. http://twitpic.com/1l94dw #
- No Fooling Mother Nature: http://nyti.ms/cP7Xqt – Thomas Friedman says the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is a leadership test for Obama. #
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