Leadership Challenges And Newspoll

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Jun 242012
 

You can just about set your watch by it. Every time there is a Newspoll out in the field, the Murdoch owned News Limited fish wrappers will run a story on a supposed leadership challenge by Kevin Rudd against the Prime Minister Julia Gillard. This weekend is no exception. Newspoll is of course run by News Limited, and they are currently working the phones as I write this. Beyond doubt one of the questions they will be asking is about who voters would prefer as Prime Minister, Ms Gillard or Mr Rudd. You can bet  your house on it. To gee things up a bit on this (apparently) burning issue, one of the News Limited rags always publishes an article on an alleged leadership challenge

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Penny Wong Tells Europe About The BISONs

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Jun 062012
 

Finance Minister Penny Wong was interviewed by the European edition of business cable TV channel CNBC today. Watch the interview below: Ms Wong waxed lyrical about the BISONs, and displayed how thoroughly she is on top of her job. The interviewers were also suitably impressed by the numbers and Ms Wong’s performance. Compare her performance to that of her counterparts, the clueless Andrew Robb and serial buffoon Joe Hockey. Hockey claimed that the numbers were great, but they’d be greater if his mob were administering the purse strings. Derp readers won’t be surprised to hear that Hockey provided no evidence to back up this claim. Punch Editor, Tory Maguire summed up Hockey’s performance on the ABC’s The Drum program brilliantly by calling him a “goose”.

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Run Tony, Run

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May 312012
 

The Derp has previously covered Tony Abbott’s penchant for running away from difficult situations (Brave Sir Tony Ran Away), however this habit reached a comical zenith (or nadir if you like ) in Parliament yesterday. Craig Thomson showed the Prime-Ministerial wannabe up for the idiot that he is when he voted with the Opposition on a vote to gag serial buffoon, Joe Hockey. When it dawned on Abbott and banshee impersonator, Christopher Pyne that Mr Thomson was voting on their side, they both gave a most unedifying display as they scrambled to leave the chamber. It was inevitable that someone would combine the video of this spectacle to the chase theme from The Benny Hill Show (Yakkety Sax). Sure enough, here it is, courtesy of

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Which Side Has The Most Tainted Votes?

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May 202012
 

Tony Abbott has made much ado lately about tainted votes in Parliament. Let’s examine just how many tainted votes each side actually has. By The Derp’s reckoning there are a total of 8 tainted votes between the House Of Representatives and The Senate. First cab off the rank (pun intended) is of course The Speaker of The House Of Representatives, Peter Slipper. Mr Slipper is accused of rorting the Cabcharge system and of sexually harassing a staff member, James Ashby (see Slippergate Smells A Lot Like Utegate and Slippergate Update May 5 2012). Mr Slipper is an Independent, so the score so far is: ALP – 0 IND – 1 LNP – 0 Second tainted vote is that of Craig Thomson. Mr Thomson is accused

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More Buffoonery From Joe Hockey At The NPC

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May 162012
 

At his address to the National Press Club (NPC), serial buffoon Joe Hockey unleashed even more buffoonery, with a LARGE dose of hypocrisy thrown in for good measure. He began his address with the story of “Sam” the local corner shop owner who is having trouble staying afloat because, among other things, shoppers can get a litre of milk from Coles or Woolies for $1. Hockey blamed this on the government, and of course the (as yet) non-existent carbon tax. Is Hockey saying that Coles and Woolies should immediately raise their prices so “Sam” can survive? Or the government should compensate “Sam” because he doesn’t have the clout of the supermarket behemoths? Perhaps he is saying the supermarket duopoly should be split up so that

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Joe Hockey Proves He Is A Buffoon – Again

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May 042012
 

(Special thanks to Space Kidette and BH from Poll Bludger for their input into this article). Joe Hockey has once again proven what an economic buffoon he is, and how dangerous he would be to the Australian economy if he becomes Treasurer. He recently sent out this email to his fan base: Dear subscriber, When Wayne Swan and Labor bring down their Budget next week, they will try and tell you that they can deliver their first surplus since 1990. But in reality, all Labor will be doing is using tricky accounting in an effort to concoct a surplus from this year’s $40 billion deficit. How can we believe Labor when they have delivered the four biggest Budget deficits on record in the last 4

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