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The worm really doesn’t like boats.
poroti,
He’s the one on the right.
Abbott- Where is money coming from? Slogan slogan slogan…..
‘we haven’t got a clue where the money’s coming from.’
Wow worm raced to basement on costings
The thing you gotta understand a lot of waste in the past..pink batts, school halls…
avoiding how numbers will add up….wait until closer to election
Fudge, fudge, fudge.
Nail him David!
Abbott under pressure, and looking like a dodgy used car salesman at this point.
where’s the money: you will see in good time
OkOkOk
bit rattled on Q1?
Abbott is bad. 🙂
Okay, the worm hates boats and unannounced costings.
The worm. on Abbott’s command just went way underground!
And has stayed there for quite some time.
I could only find $5 billion in budget reply by Abbott.
Body language not good, Tone.
So does Abbott’s worm need Botox or Viagra ?
@senatormilne: Abbott doing a good job of impersonating rubbery figures #debate #ausvotes
Thanks ‘fess
Reporting in from sunny Perth 🙂
My worm is different. It hasn’t really moved much from the centre.
Rudd’s “Evasive” sends the worm to the very top.
Rudd is killing Abbott on all fronts at this point – in terms of content, delivery, warmth, the works. It’s no contest in these early minutes.
I don’t have worms.
We know what Labor are doing, FBT etc
Abbott is being evasive
Laocoon
Hi there my friend!
Crazy of Abbott to refer to his own so-called “great big scalpel”.
Lao:
Are you on holidays?
Here we go on the ‘consent of the states’ furphy.
Liar…the GST can change without the approval of the states….
Rudd now in top gear. Running circles around Abbott.
All the states want more GST.
The way things are going Rudd will get under the lizard’s thick skin.
This GST debate is laughable. Kevin’s last shot in the locker lol
Abbott losing the GST debate according to worm
The worm has hit ironstone it’s gone that deep with Abbott!
Hey BK!
GST is a struggle for Abbott
Wont say that GST wont be reviewed…..
Rudd voted against a tax – GST
Abbott voted against a carbon price
Abbott looked extremely evasive on the GST. Didn’t help himself at all.
Labor are the party who bring in BIG new TAX’s without going to the people.
Interesting different view points Rummel vs everyone else.
which channel has the worm? abs does not.
Abbott is crazy to have the GST as part of the review. He’s dug a very deep hole that he just can’t find a way out of.
Is Speers debating both candidates? Shouldn’t the debaters be debating each other.
Speers role is not to interrupt. Sack him. Or jail him if I was Bob Ellis. 😆
Puff
Channel 90 in Adelaide
Tone goes the noddy.
Speers is using Pyne QT tactics to stop any clear grab that could be used in the news.
Rummel
what tax?
The coalition voted to water down on boats. Rudd didn’t say that.
Puff
Gem part of Nine
I should add I don’t think Speers is being biased, just overly involved.
maybe rudd is on to something with the gst after all.
Interesting point Diogenes. I wonder who will be first to engage the other – Abbott or Rudd. Or perhaps their people both advised against direct engagement.
Surely, though, one would be tempted by a Reaganesque “There you go again..”.