Abbot govmint Gaffe Watch

[Harpodom]

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[Harpodom]

I thought it would fair it we used today as day 1 of Gaffe Watch, therefore all players start with a clean slate.

 

However, Tony Abbot has waded into the Scottish Independence debate by saying that an independent Scotland would not be in the best interests of the international community.

 

His comments have been labelled as 'ludicrous', Alex Salmond's spokesman saying "Tony Abbott has a reputation for gaffes, but his bewildering comments have all the hallmarks of one of the Westminster government’s international briefings against Scotland" and also that Abbott was the only leader out of 71 represented at the recent Commonwealth Games who had “put his foot in it”.

 

Scottish Greens leader and independence campaigner Patrick Harvie said the pro-indepence campaign had the support of the Australian Greens.

He added: “In contrast, Tony Abbot’s ludicrous comments indicate that he thinks the Yes campaign are a collection of comic book super villains.

“Australia has prospered as an independent country, able to make decisions for itself. I wonder how many Australians would like to see that reversed.

“After a Yes vote Scotland will take our place as a valued and respected member of the international community, just as Australia and almost 200 other independent states do already.”

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/17/tony-abbott-blasted-ludicrous-intervention-scottish-referendum?CMP=ema_632

 

 

 

 

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[Harpodom]

So that's

 

Tony Abott (Captain, Team Australia, minister for women)...........1 point

Edited August 17, 2014 by Harpodom

[Echidna66]

Of course Abbot is the Mad abbott..He has been put into the position because he is mad and to totally confuse everyone..create order out of chaos..

[caramac]

This is going to be a busy thread!

 

What to choose first....?

[Harpodom]

This is going to be a busy thread!

 

What to choose first....?

 

Feel free to post gaffes to Gaffe Watch. This can be a collegial thread

[Guest51810]

I haven't a clue about him other than the comment he made about Scotland the other day

[caramac]

I haven't a clue about him other than the comment he made about Scotland the other day

 

 

You mean this one?

 

 

http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/entertainment/tony-abbott-just-spectacularly-insulted-half-of-sc/f63dd0e1-e87d-4841-bc4f-3ef1ce6740ff.htm

[Guest]

I doubt you will be short of material :smile:

[Guest51810]

Haha yeah that one, doesn't bother me that much. It's not much different than other people are saying. He does seem a bit of a silly though

[Harpodom]

You mean this one?

 

 

http://www.pedestrian.tv/news/entertainment/tony-abbott-just-spectacularly-insulted-half-of-sc/f63dd0e1-e87d-4841-bc4f-3ef1ce6740ff.htm

he really should've just STFU, shouldn't he?

[Harpodom]

I think this qualifies as a gaffe. He could've just STFU, but he didn't, as is his wont

 

[h=1]Tony Abbott's white settlement remarks offend Indigenous leaders[/h] ‘The arrival of the first fleet was the defining moment in the history of this continent,’ PM tells audience at national museum

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/30/tony-abbotts-white-settlement-remarks-offend-indigenous-leaders

[Harpodom]

Tony Abott (Captain, Team Australia, minister for women)...........2 points

[Parley]

Its obviously true so why a gaffe.

[Harpodom]

Its obviously true so why a gaffe.

 

Christ man, are you really that thick?

 

Here you go:

 

Indigenous leaders have reacted angrily to Tony Abbott’s assertion that white settlement was the defining moment in Australian history.

The prime minister made the comment in Canberra on Friday at the launch of a project on the 100 defining moments in Australian history at the National Museum of Australia.

“The arrival of the first fleet was the defining moment in the history of this continent. Let me repeat that, it was the defining moment in the history of this continent,” he said. “It was the moment this continent became part of the modern world.”

His remarks drew a prompt reaction from Warren Mundine, the chairman of Abbott’s Indigenous advisory panel.

“Well it was a defining moment, there’s no argument about that. It was also a disastrous defining moment for Indigenous people,” Mundine told the ABC.

Abbott said British settlement provided the foundation for Australia to become one of the most prosperous societies on earth.

Mundine said this might be true, but not everyone was benefiting.

“Does that mean that Aboriginal people have prospered from that? Of course not,” he said.

“We’re miles behind everyone else and in fact I wouldn’t be sitting in this job if Aboriginal people did prosper. There wouldn’t be a need for the chair of the Indigenous Advisory Council or the council as a whole.”

The head of the Stolen Generation Council for New South Wales and the ACT, Matilda House, called the prime minister’s comments ridiculous.

“I think politicians really don’t think when they make these one-liners,” she told the ABC.

“I can’t fathom how a ship or a boat sailed into Sydney Harbour can overtake the 60,000 years before.”

The co-chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, Kirstie Parker, said Abbott was not speaking to all Australians.

“I think it speaks only to a particular section of Australian society. It doesn’t speak to all Australians,” she said.

“That’s a pity because I think it sets us back somewhat.

“This notion that the real Australia, the true Australia, the good and modern Australia started in 1788 is of course offensive to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.”

Six historians helped compile the list of 100 defining moments, including historian Professor John Maynard, who is also Indigenous.

“We were a little bit disturbed, to say the least, by that particular comment, the way that it was framed. But as I said, I mean, he’s open to have his opinion,” he said.

The deputy prime minister, Warren Truss, said white settlement was significant but not the only part of Australian history.

He told the ABC it had changed the country, but he acknowledged the contribution of the Indigenous population.

“There were Aboriginal people here before. Their way of recording history was different from what there has been since there has been European settlement,” he said.

[Parley]

Well it is true whether they like it or not.

[Parley]

And in case you didn't realise it, we celebrate it every year on January 26th.

[Guest]

Christ man, are you really that thick?

 

Here you go:

 

Indigenous leaders have reacted angrily to Tony Abbott’s assertion that white settlement was the defining moment in Australian history.

The prime minister made the comment in Canberra on Friday at the launch of a project on the 100 defining moments in Australian history at the National Museum of Australia.

“The arrival of the first fleet was the defining moment in the history of this continent. Let me repeat that, it was the defining moment in the history of this continent,” he said. “It was the moment this continent became part of the modern world.”

His remarks drew a prompt reaction from Warren Mundine, the chairman of Abbott’s Indigenous advisory panel.

“Well it was a defining moment, there’s no argument about that. It was also a disastrous defining moment for Indigenous people,” Mundine told the ABC.

Abbott said British settlement provided the foundation for Australia to become one of the most prosperous societies on earth.

Mundine said this might be true, but not everyone was benefiting.

“Does that mean that Aboriginal people have prospered from that? Of course not,” he said.

“We’re miles behind everyone else and in fact I wouldn’t be sitting in this job if Aboriginal people did prosper. There wouldn’t be a need for the chair of the Indigenous Advisory Council or the council as a whole.”

The head of the Stolen Generation Council for New South Wales and the ACT, Matilda House, called the prime minister’s comments ridiculous.

“I think politicians really don’t think when they make these one-liners,” she told the ABC.

“I can’t fathom how a ship or a boat sailed into Sydney Harbour can overtake the 60,000 years before.”

The co-chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, Kirstie Parker, said Abbott was not speaking to all Australians.

“I think it speaks only to a particular section of Australian society. It doesn’t speak to all Australians,” she said.

“That’s a pity because I think it sets us back somewhat.

“This notion that the real Australia, the true Australia, the good and modern Australia started in 1788 is of course offensive to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.”

Six historians helped compile the list of 100 defining moments, including historian Professor John Maynard, who is also Indigenous.

“We were a little bit disturbed, to say the least, by that particular comment, the way that it was framed. But as I said, I mean, he’s open to have his opinion,” he said.

The deputy prime minister, Warren Truss, said white settlement was significant but not the only part of Australian history.

He told the ABC it had changed the country, but he acknowledged the contribution of the Indigenous population.

“There were Aboriginal people here before. Their way of recording history was different from what there has been since there has been European settlement,” he said.

 

 

Isn't Abutt Minister for Indigenous People as well?

[Parley]

Isn't Abutt Minister for Indigenous People as well?

 

No.

[Harpodom]

Isn't Abutt Minister for Indigenous People as well?

 

I can see how you arrive at that conclusion......

 

"It is my hope that I could be, not just a prime minister, but a prime minister for Aboriginal Affairs. The first I imagine that we have ever had."

 

This is the same bloke who subsequently said:

 

“I guess our country owes its existence to a form of foreign investment by the British government in the then unsettled or, um, scarcely settled, Great South Land,”

 

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbott-says-australia-benefited-from-foreign-investment-because-it-was-unsettled-before-the-british-20140703-zsvby.html#ixzz3BsFUXR6V

 

 

 

 

[Harpodom]

Joe Hockey, what a pillock! I really cannot see what his issue is with wind farms....

 

 

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-16/wind-farms-ruin-the-landscape-and-look-appalling-hockey/5748346

 

[h=1]Wind farms are ruining the landscape and are 'appalling', Treasurer Joe Hockey says[/h]

Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey has made more critical comments about the way wind farms look, describing them as "appalling".

Mr Hockey said renewable energy was "hugely important" but believed wind turbines were ruining beautiful bits of the Australian landscape.

In May, he said the wind farm at Lake George near Canberra was "utterly offensive" and a "blight on the landscape".

Today, at the Bloomberg Summit in Sydney he was asked if he would repeat the comments.

"Yes, I would," Mr Hockey said.

"You know renewable energy is hugely important and it's a part of the fabric of the development of diverse energy supply right around the world.

"But you know we've got some beautiful landscapes in Australia and frankly putting up those towers is just to me quite appalling in those places."

Mr Hockey again singled out the Capital Wind Farm and the landscape around Lake George.

"I drive from Sydney to Canberra on Sundays to go to Parliament and I just look at those wind farms around Lake George and I'm just appalled at a beautiful landscape ruined," he said.

"Just for all the 'greenies' in the audience, if they built a huge coal fired power station there, I would be equally appalled. So, it's just an aesthetic view."

[h=2]Hockey's comments 'utterly unhelpful'[/h]Infigen Energy, the company that owns the Capital Wind Farm, is not amused by the comments.

Managing director Miles George has been outspoken in his criticism of the Abbott Government's approach to the renewable energy sector and said Mr Hockey's comments were "utterly unhelpful".

"I just don't think it's appropriate to contemplate that the view of one motorist 10 kilometres away from the wind farm is relevant in any discussion of renewably energy generally," he said.

 

Audio: Wind farms ruin the landscape and look 'appalling': Hockey (PM)

 

"As I understand it, Mr Hockey, poor people don't drive cars so they wouldn't see that wind farm anyway. Perhaps that's the counter to that argument."

The Government is currently considering how to respond to a review of the nation's Renewable Energy Target.

The review chaired by leading businessman and climate sceptic, Dick Warburton, found the economy would be $22 billion better off by removing cross-subsidies given to renewable energy generators and recommended closing down the scheme to new companies or watering down the target.

Mr George said Mr Hockey's comments were poorly timed.

"Of course I accept people have different views about [renewable energy]," he said.

"But when the Treasurer of the country says things like that during a review that's a very sad state of affairs."

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten was promoting the benefits of renewable energy on a trip to Tasmania today.

"The locals want the jobs they want the wind farms but what they need is a government in Canberra that understands renewable energy is not some 'green' plot instead it's a sensible part of our energy mix and sustainable energy mix going forward", he said.

[Harpodom]

:biglaugh:

 

FFS.

 

*Shakes head and wonders how these fools got elected*

[Guest]

:biglaugh:

 

FFS.

 

*Shakes head and wonders how these fools got elected*

 

Retardivus Australianus​?

[Harpodom]

Tony Abott, Prime Minister and Captain of Team America...........2 points

 

Joe Hockey, Treasurer and Minister of Aesthetic Beauty.........1 point