18 April 2016

Federal election 2016

12 Oct 2017
 
Agree. Have pics and note from the 2016 federal election night
Mals show was late. He fired up blaming Labor for 'mediscare'
20 August 2017  Fresh Newspoll
7.43 AEST Gu: Newspoll has Labor leading Coalition 54% to 46% in two-party terms
Government’s core support slumps to 35%, while One Nation rises to 9% from 8% and the Greens fall to 9% from 11%
 
5 April 2017 
The Conversation: Labor leads in Newspoll 
Explainer: why the High Court ruled Bob Day's election to the Senate invalid
According to the guardian/politics 13 April 2017, Lucy Gichuhi will fill Bob Day's Senate seat after recount.

5 Dec 2016
IA  Parliament 2016: The year in which Turnbull nearly lost government 
HoR has adjourned until early Feb 2017
1 December 2016 
John Hewson, former Lib opp leader: Voters don't care about your Big Wins
'We enter 2017 with the Turnbull government having absolutely no policy agenda'

End of year horse-trading: Spend spend to look like a winner.
  
30 nov 2016   
27 Nov 2016
Shane Wright from the WA, panelist on Insiders:  The fed election 2016 result could be different if 100,000 ppl on the electoral roll in Victoria and NSW had their chance to vote.

Fire alert from cartoonist Alan Moir
Debt record 461B + losing AAA rating  
21 Nov 2016 Q&A 
 
 
16 Nov 2016 
Former PM, Paul Keating (R)

 
9 Nov 2016 Bill Short on Trump. 
No apology: 'call it out as I see it and I will always do that.'
6 Nov 2016 
2 November 2016 gu

30 August 2016  Parliament return
 Labor women Members & Senators

12 August 2016  ABCnews/Senate term 

8 August 2016 gu:  Close call: how the pollsters got the election result right
  
4 Aug 2016   
18.36 The Age The outcome 'nobody expected': One Nation becomes pivotal force
 
15.38 gu Senate calculator: 39 is needed to pass legislation, and 38 needed to block.
13.13 gu Senate Results
 
2 Aug 2016  
Medicare  The call for investigation into 'Medicare' text message sent to voters via medicare on election day. Matter is closed.
 


29 July 2016: Privatisation proof
Bill Shorten's union commission (TURC)
30 July 2016 10.45 Mumbrella
26 July 2016  the Working Life Team

20 July 2016   
31 July 2016 
30 July 2016  AEC: ALP > Coalition by 35,528 votes in latest poll.
 
27 July 2016 The Conversation
26 July 2016
gu: Health and Medicare the most important issues for voters in fed election, poll finds 

23 July 2016 4.41pm The Age: Bill Shorten announces shadow cabinet 
20 July 2016
9.00pm The Conversation: Coalition likely to face difficult Senate
3.59pm The Conversation: Lessons from the election
11 July 2016
   
10 July 2016 
Totally agree. Why not voting online?


Bill Short: Malcolm Turnbull and the Coalition will be able to form a government. Unsure if this is a minority government or a majority gov. One or two seats still close.

9 July 2016   
PM's wife Lucy to head Greater Sydney Commission taking over Planning
 
Formal Complaint to AEC from Politician Glenn Lazarus
8 July 2016 Oz politics 
  
 And election analyst, Antony Green, who 'dressed up' on Friday.
A message about this and the photograph have been missing. #auspol

 "Both Ms McGowan and Mr Wilkie, citing the need for stability, backflipped on assurances they gave earlier this week that they would not even guarantee supply or confidence."
7 July 2016  AEC Tally Room - 2016 Federal Election @AusElectoralCom
House of Representatives - Who is leading?
7.19pm The Age
Turnbull is likely to be returned as PM; but faces a triple-threat to his leadership 

Labor caucus meeting. Two new Indigenous MPs are in the Labor camp.
 
Bill: "The combination of a Prime Minister with no authority, a government with no direction and a Liberal Party at war with itself could see Australians back at the polls within the year,"
 
11.49am gu: Fairness and community values: how the unions brought the gov to its knees
Bill praised a mazing work of unionists across the country in the election

AEC Tally Room - 2016 Federal Election @AusElectoralCom
L/NP 72+2, ALP 68+3, Greens 1, Kap 1, NXT 1, Ind 2 and  
4 too close  #AusVotes  #auswaits 
 

  
4 July 2016  4.40pm  AEC Tally Room - 2016 Federal Election
06.00am gu
Even if they can form government, it will be a sour little victory for the Liberal party


Regarding 'Medicare'
These union leaders are called thugs by the liberals
  
  
3 July 2016  AEC Tally Room - 2016 Federal Election
16.25pm ABC  Federal Election 2016  78.2% counted about 10 minutes ago.  
L/NP 65 - ALP 67 - Others 5 and 13 in doubt.  And NEWS of What. Just. Happened?

 
Catch up with colleagues after a long campaign

01.14am gu: Based on no clear result on the election night, 
2 July 2016  Federal Election Day  
Seats won based on 78% counted and letter of thanks from Bill to Labor supporters

Mals show was late. He fired up blaming Labor for 'mediscare' 

  

.. on the campaign trail in Sydney and later at his electoral polling place Maribyrnong

1 July 2016 
  
 
 
29 June 2016
Albo: " Tony was hopeless, Turnbull is worse, let's get rid of them on Saturday". 
Kangaroo Court of Australia
MT 'managed effectively to poison the fountain of justice' said Justice Hunt 
28 June 2016 #npc
27 June 2016  Last Q&A before Federal election 2016
gu: Tanya Plibersek says Labor has '40 years of evidence' to back Medicare claim
 #qanda
4corners/The Leaders: Sarah Ferguson interviews Malcolm Turnbull & Bill Shorten
gu  Labor has a detailed strategy to fight for fairness. This matters
23 June 2016  

21 June 2016  The Age: Labor can win.  The evidence was there all along 

19 June 2016 Bill Shorten launches the Labor campaign 
@billshortenmp YouTube Campaign Launch  #LaborLaunch
 
13 June 2016  q&a
When Bill said we will invest in our healthcare system — there was applause.
When Bill said we’re not against banks, we just don't think they need $7.4 billion from the bottom line — there was applause... The full show

12 June 2016 #Medicare  #SaveMedicare  #AUvotes
 Video: Bob Hawke urges voters to support Labor to protect Medicare
 David Feeney Labor for Batman, Peter Khalil for Wills
Simon Curtis for Latrobe and Carl Katter for Higgins


Shadow Minister for Health, Federal Member for Ballarat

Watch Penny Wong, Senator for SA:  Labor's plan to protect Medicare
 
  #ThisIsLabor and the election campaign #billbus
Updated preference voting
06.00 gu:  Greens to preference Labor including marginals 
 
 ABCNews/preference deals
Malcolm Turnbull: Placing Greens last in preferences is in the interest of the nation
11.26  gu: Liberals and Labor preference deal.  
Liberals will get Labor preferences in three rural seats to fend off Nationals 
Liberals will preference ALP before Greens in inner-city seats

10 June 2016 
06.19  gu:  Many Australians don't understand new Senate voting system, poll finds
8 June 2016  Sky News Leaders' Debate in Brisbane last night.  Bil Shorted went solo because there was no show of Malcolm Turnbull, who, instead, turned up for an interview on ABC's 7.30.

Labor's economy plan and savings proposals

3 June 2016  Labor's Arts Launch in Melbourne 
Speech by Shorten and Dreyfus  #KeepCommunityRadio  #AuVotes

Michael Danby, Labor Member for Melbourne Ports

Murdoch playing politics again.  Why and How?
 
2 June 2016  Ipsos poll
Poll based on 1359 votes.  4.5% swing against the government.

6.25 pm The Age/Politics with James Massola, Chief Political Reporter
Labor's national campaign director, George Wright. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Michelle Guthrie: The ABC

1 June 2016  Labor's economy: policies on renewable energy
Liberals' Record  

30 May 2016  IA:  Shorten election victory is now looking more likely
Deputy Leader of the Oppostion, Tanya Plibersek on abc7.30
 
 Libs plan preference deals with Greens to wedge Labor 
 

29 May 2016   Watch 2nd Leaders' Debate live at 7.30pm tonight on ABCNews24
 
Bill Shorten:
 In terms of what he said about the Labor Pary there’s a big difference between me and Mr Turnbull. I genuinely lead my party whereas your party genuinely leads you"
 
24 May Bill Shorten: Nobody wants an American style health system
Medicare. Its worth keeping
 
#Medicare  #SaveMedicare
 ... and Finance Minister Mathias Cormann's confusion of Turnbull for Shorten.

  The ABCC partly explained, watch this 1-minute video clip
28 May 2016 
PM Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten took part in The Long Walk in Melbourne to show their support for Aboriginal reconciliation

27 May 2016  smh: Federal election 2016 - Treasurers' Debate

Updated 29 May: online abuse
Man charged over racist's comments on Senator Nova Peris
National Sorry Day event in Darwin (Lphoto@theGuardian), then 
back to the campaign trail.
 
24 May 2016  The Liberal Party's calculator fired back.
  
23 May 2016
11.45pm  The Age/Federal Politics with Mark Kenny
A real chance for Bill for PM. "He was more connected with voters across the country".
"He's confident in his policies and in his team"
 
22 May 2016  #Newspoll:  ALP 51 - L/NP 49

Updated 29 May 2016: #NBNfails
Formal complaint and letter from Labor
alleging NBN breach of Caretaker Conventions 

28 May 2016  
4.16pm NBN boss breaks election rules and Labor has called for an investigation
12.00  No apologies from NBN Co  
NBN boss, Dr Ziggy Switkowski.
 
25 May 2016 Sky News Au
Stephen Conroy, Shadow Defence Minister says: NBN Co is "protecting' Malcolm Turnbull
NBN is not about movies, it's about the functionality in the economy, says AlboMP
20 May 2016   
LABOR News Police raids fundamentally go to Malcolm Turnbull's disastrous NBN record
4.50pm  The Age/Fed Politics with Michael Bachelard, Investigations Editor
NBN leaks were of public interest, so why the late night AFP raids? 

TheDRUM@ABC  watch Labor's press conference
12.12  MEAA: AFP raids an attack on press freedom, says journalists' union 
  
19 May 2016 
20.22 AEST  the guardian/Au politics with Paul Farrell & Lenore Taylor
AFP raid Labor party offices over alleged NBN leaks
9.55pm  The SMH/Federal Politics with Jane Lee, James Massola
AFP raid ALP offices in Melbourne over NBN "leaks"

LABOR Statement from Shadow AG Mark Dreyfus re: AFP Raid  
18 May 2016  The Age/Comment by Jonathan Holmes
Turnbull isn't Abbott but that's not enough 

17 May 2016  11.12 am AEST The Conversation/Media matters
Leaders' debate highlights real differences on policy, but a unity ticket on civility

ABC - Fact Check Unit
16 May 2016  
The Guardian: Labor commits to manufacturing jobs boost as Malcolm Turnbull sells defence 
Daniel Andrews MP, Premier of Victoria
14 May 2016  

ABC7.30pm on Tuesday. Chris Bowen:  there is no deal.  Labor governs alone.
Q&A 9 May: Andrew Leigh pointed out few issues why Labor has no deal with Greens

13 May 2016  First leaders' debate 
  
Cake & a kiss, then a win of the first election campaign debate. R photo@gu.au

12 May 2016  
 
Caretaker mode?
Has the federal government been in caretaker mode since Monday 9 May? 
WHAT DOES IT MEAN? The Conversation May 2
  
Guidance on Caretaker Conventions (Dpt of the PM & Cabinet)

10 May 2016  Day Two 
Chris Bowen: Labor's Agenda Setting Economic Plan

00.01 Gareth Hutchens @gu  
Labor promises to produce mini-budget 'to avoid AAA credit downgrade'
 
9 May 2016  Day One  Labor is ready  
 
why Labor has no deal with Greens: Andrew Leigh

11 May 2016 The Conversation: Hewson's view
gu - Politics live with Katharine Murphy

8 May 2016  Election 2016
abcNEWS Melbourne, Victoria, Local
Victorian Premier criticises PM for being 'all talk, no action'
6.39pm The SMH/Federal Politics with Adam Morton
'We're ready': Bill Shorten, man-of-the-workers, returns, ready to serve
Related story on ABC Sunday Profile 14 May 2006 

Rock, food pipe and beer
2.40pm  The Age/Federal Politics with Jane Lee

2.30pm  It is officially on July 2.  No words of healthcare and hospitals
and PM lied twice in four days


6th May 2016 LABOR News
Australians want to protect to best quality healthcare in the world
and "if Australia does not want a 15% GST, the only way to guarantee that is a LABOR GOVERNMENT AFTER JULY 2": Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten's Budget Reply Speech
 
1 February 2016 06.24 AEDT gu - GST Debate
 

 

7 May 2016 The Age/Federal Politics News
5 May Budget 2016
 
Photographs (gu australia) taken after delivering budget reply speech
  

13.56 AEST gu/Company tax cuts (Australia)/Lenore Taylor, Political editor

4 May 18.20 AEST gu
  

Shadow Minister for Finance, Manager of Opposition Business in the House of Representatives, Tony Burke 2016 Budget Speech - Censure Motion youTube
1 May 2016
  
 Marriage Equality bill reintroduced

28 April 2016
11.34 AEST gu, Gareth Hutchens
Turnbull warns Labor's emissions trading schemes will destroy jobs
                          1 December 2009

 15 July 2015 ABC LateLine  Interview: Greg Combet
27 April 2016 15.29 AEST gu/Australian election 2016 by Paul Karp
Labor pulls further ahead of Coalition in new poll 
26 April 2016 08.51 AEST gu
Malcolm Turnbull is preparing to lead his troops
29 April 2016 gu Opinion/Arthur Sinodinos 
Open letter to Senator Arthur Sinodinos, from Kristina Keneally
23 April
22 April 
12.15am  The Age/Comment: Mirabella's grubby deal is unacceptable
"We do not believe Ms Mirabella is fit to represent the people of Indi."
09.21 AEST gu  Sophie Mirabella: Wangaratta hospital lost $10m when I was voted out
Cathy McGowan and Sophie Mirabella
21 April 
12.00 smh Voters deserve to know: show us the money
 
20 April 
14.07 AEST gu Labor is winning the economic debate 
  

18 April 2016  7.43am AEST The Conversation 

19 April 
  Plibersek: is one area Labor has always performed much more strongly than the Coalition in govt.
GetUp! Defend Our Medicare petition

12.03 AEST gu: Australia begins its unofficial election campaign - politics live

18 April 2016 
7.59pm AEST The Conversation
It's certain - Australians off to the polls on July 2 for double dissolution

Insiders 24 April 2016
7.30abc Interviews
18.36 AESTgu  ABCC legislation rejected giving Coalitiion dd trigger - politics live
          Malcolm Turnbull paves way for 2 July election with recall of parliament (21/3/16)
          Explainer: what is a dd election and how risky is it to call one? (21/3/16)
          Analysis: Behind the industrial relations bills that could trigger a dd election
 
14.23 AEST gu #banksRC
Turnbull and Shorten tussle over royal commission into banking - politics live
 Photo: Mike Bowers for the Guardian

The Australian: "DD-Day for Turnbull as Labor leads"  
The Turnbull government heads into today’s critical recalled sitting of ­parliament and a likely July 2 election trailing Labor in the latest Newspoll, as two-thirds of voters say…

The Age: We asked voters what they thought of Malcolm Turnbull and the results aren't pretty

Video: After opening the second session of the 44th parliament, the Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove ignored the offered handshake of Deputy Labor Leader Tanya Plibersek
     InsidersABC 24 April