WA poll is on 26 February
The WA Election has been called for 26 February:
“We go into the election as the underdog but now that we’re focussed on my government, versus the Barnett Liberals, I’m quietly confident we can win the election,” he said.
Dr Gallop says he believes a five-week campaign will be to his advantage.
“The public of Western Australia need time to scrutinise the Opposition, and of course the Barnett Liberals need time to tell the public how they’re going to pay for their election promises,” he said.
As we know, the Opposition is in a fair bit of trouble explaining its policies — or even deciding whether they’re policies or position statements.
The leader of the Nationals, Max Trenorden, said he didn’t like the word “policy” because “we wouldn’t want to lock ourselves in.” Colin Barnett tried to put his foot down and say all position statements were now binding policy, but nobody really takes him seriously (or likes him). Trenorden obviously thinks they’re still flexible position statements; he’s even gone so far as to reject one of them out of hand!
Confident of winning the state election as the junior Coalition partner, Mr Trenorden said he would never support reinstituting laws that discriminated against gays.
“Not while I’m deputy premier,” he said. “It won’t happen.”
Let’s look at that again:
Would-be Premier: “This is binding policy.”
Would-be Deputy: “Piss off, Colin.”
It’s going to be a fun campaign!
(By the way, at least Trenorden’s honest about the Coalition’s discriminatory plan for gay law reform. Colin Barnett went for the “I don’t support descrimination, except against filthy homos” line. The policy implies that a 16-year-old homosexual male is mentally retarded, and should be rejected.)
From Barney Rubble’s website :-)
Colin & Max looked very serious and Glum at their launch which was at Parliament House – it looked like they were at a funeral !!
What fun times we’ll have if that mob get in :-(
http://www.waliberals.net/walibs/news_view.aspx?L=185
A statement from Opposition Leader Colin Barnett on behalf of the Western Australian Coalition
[I've removed the text of Barnett's speech to save space. If you want to read it, click the above link. ---RC.]
Here we go again.
Everyone on LJ will be hanging out for another gigantic article – remind me not to leave it until three days before the election this time.
It’s official – The Libs now have NO policies whatsoever , after revamping their website several hours after the announcement – https://waliberals.net/walibs/policies.aspx shows that they’ve deleted all their position statements and are now in a definate policy vacum :-)
This proves that they are joke.
I must add that the Nats have wisely kept those elusive position statements on their website at http://www.nationalswa.co … tatements.htm
I can see the schizo relationship between the two parties already :-)
My my. What has Australia come to when the Nationals (formerly known as the Loony-Right-Wing-Farmers Party) are saying that they would never reintroduce laws that discriminated against gays?
Have the Liberal Party really managed to move so far right that they have outstripped the Nats?