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Abbott's Abracadabra Economics
Feb 14^th, 2014 at 2:39pm

Prime Minister Tony Abbott believes a rising unemployment rate could turn around quite quickly if the government is allowed to get on with its job.

Unemployment has jumped to six per cent, its highest level in a decade.

Mr Abbott said it was the job of his government to get the economic fundamentals right.

“If we are allowed to get on with our job, I believe things will get better, and they will get better quite quickly,” he told Fairfax radio on Friday, referring to a decision by Labor and the Greens to oppose key government legislation in the Senate.

However, he could not guarantee that jobs figures won’t bounce around month to month, noting the previous Labor government had forecast a 6.25 per cent unemployment rate by the middle of 2014.

“Unemployment is a lagging indicator and the figures today reflect economic conditions that were developing in the latter half of last year,” Mr Abbott said.

http://www.australiantimes.co.uk/news/news-from-australia/news-in-australia/aust...

How do conservatives paln to turn around unemployment … or was Peter Costello correct, Abbott is an economic illiterate ?

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aquascoot Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34987 Gender:	Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics Reply #1 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 2:42pm the greens lecturing a rhodes scholar in economics on such matters.
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics Reply #2 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 2:44pm No lecturing here … just curious if conservatives that support Abbott's abracadabra economic model know what they are supporting. Do they?
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____ Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 33410 Australia Gender:	Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics Reply #3 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:18pm No reply … so it's a religious beilef system?
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adelcrow Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20133 everywhere Gender:	Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics Reply #4 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:19pm What happened to the government of NO EXCUSES?
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St George of the Garden Gold Member Offline http://tinyurl.com/n 3o8m2x Posts: 9809 Gender:	Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics Reply #5 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:22pm Abbott—an economic numpty! What an idiot!
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Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics
Reply #6 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:34pm

aquascoot wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 2:42pm:

the greens lecturing a rhodes scholar in economics on such matters. Cheesy

Im guessing that most if not all of the Greens also went to uni..the difference being that they didn't get a dead Pommy fart who stole a country and its resources while also murdering tens of thousands of Zimbabweans to make his fortune from blood diamonds to pay their way Cheesy

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Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics
Reply #7 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:40pm

aquascoot wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 2:42pm:

the greens lecturing a rhodes scholar in economics on such matters. Cheesy

Mr Coot, really ~ even his own mates in the Liberal party laugh at the suggestion Abbott knows anything about a nation's economics. Did you not notice in Parliament on Wednesday during QT ~ he was asked a question on economic which he deflected to Arab Joe?

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Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics
Reply #8 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:44pm

Aussie wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:40pm:

aquascoot wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 2:42pm:

the greens lecturing a rhodes scholar in economics on such matters. Cheesy

Mr Coot, really ~ even his own mates in the Liberal party laugh at the suggestion Abbott knows anything about a nation's economics. Did you not notice in Parliament on Wednesday during QT ~ he was asked a question on economic which he deflected to Arab Joe?

FFS BECAUSE its the Treasurers portfolio
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Stratos Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 4725	Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics Reply #9 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:47pm Aussie wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:40pm: Did you not notice in Parliament on Wednesday during QT ~ he was asked a question on economic which he deflected to Arab Joe? That's pretty standard practice
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Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics
Reply #10 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:50pm

Stratos wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:47pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:40pm:

Did you not notice in Parliament on Wednesday during QT ~ he was asked a question on economic which he deflected to Arab Joe?

That's pretty standard practice

Oh.......oops.......... Embarrassed

I've only been watching spasmodically over the last several years, and I've never seen a PM refuse to answer a question, and pass it on to another Minister.

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Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics
Reply #11 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:52pm

Aussie wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:50pm:

Stratos wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:47pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:40pm:

Did you not notice in Parliament on Wednesday during QT ~ he was asked a question on economic which he deflected to Arab Joe?

That's pretty standard practice

Oh.......oops.......... Embarrassed

I've only been watching spasmodically over the last several years, and I've never seen a PM refuse to answer a question, and pass it on to another Minister.

Yep but we've never had a PM who was the village idiot until now Cheesy

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Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics
Reply #12 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:55pm

adelcrow wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:52pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:50pm:

Stratos wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:47pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:40pm:

Did you not notice in Parliament on Wednesday during QT ~ he was asked a question on economic which he deflected to Arab Joe?

That's pretty standard practice

Oh.......oops.......... Embarrassed

I've only been watching spasmodically over the last several years, and I've never seen a PM refuse to answer a question, and pass it on to another Minister.

Yep but we've never had a PM who was the village idiots until now Cheesy

except for Gizzard and Rudd Angry

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Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics
Reply #13 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:57pm

woody2014 wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:55pm:

adelcrow wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:52pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:50pm:

Stratos wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:47pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:40pm:

Did you not notice in Parliament on Wednesday during QT ~ he was asked a question on economic which he deflected to Arab Joe?

That's pretty standard practice

Oh.......oops.......... Embarrassed

I've only been watching spasmodically over the last several years, and I've never seen a PM refuse to answer a question, and pass it on to another Minister.

Yep but we've never had a PM who was the village idiots until now Cheesy

except for Gizzard and Rudd Angry

Not once did I see either of them hand pass a question on to a Minister.

Has anyone? You, cods?

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Re: Abbott's Abracadabra Economics
Reply #14 - Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:58pm

Aussie wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:57pm:

woody2014 wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:55pm:

adelcrow wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:52pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:50pm:

Stratos wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:47pm:

Aussie wrote on Feb 14^th, 2014 at 4:40pm:

Did you not notice in Parliament on Wednesday during QT ~ he was asked a question on economic which he deflected to Arab Joe?

That's pretty standard practice

Oh.......oops.......... Embarrassed

I've only been watching spasmodically over the last several years, and I've never seen a PM refuse to answer a question, and pass it on to another Minister.

Yep but we've never had a PM who was the village idiots until now Cheesy

except for Gizzard and Rudd Angry

Not once did I see either of them hand pass a question on to a Minister.

Has anyone?

But were they running "A government of NO EXCUSES?" Cheesy

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