text: 12/10/2009Apparently it's a "high-stakes game" to assume the Liberals will lose the next election. Just ask Glenn Milne. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26195542-33435,00.html Henry has been pegged as a Labor hack because in the recent Senate hearings he refused to condemn the government's (and largely his own) Stimulus package. Yet, two years ago in 2007, Henry apparently DID condemn the [i]Howard[/i] government's reckless spending. So a refusal to condemn the government of the day and a willingness to condemn another government of the day are both evidence that Henry is nobbled. Henry has, it seems, finally gone public on his distaste for the Coalition's economic policies because he thinks they will lose the next election (and several more after that), so he won't ever have to serve under a Liberal PM again. This is what the Dapper Dwarf calls "a high-stakes game". At the risk of disagreeing with a Liberal opinion, and therefore shown my partisan view of things, I would call it a dead cert. "Fair and Balanced" apparently extends beyond the ABC, and now includes the Treasury building. If a senior public servant does not agree with the Liberals (who in turn [i]dis[/i]agree with just about the rest of the world), then he is partisan. Of course this Golden Rule does not apply to any News Ltd. outlet. The Liberals are being "blunt" about this, which is why they don't say so out loud, in public, but rather have their captive weasel, their "journalist of choice" say it for them, via the back door. Joe Hockey is "appalled". That one of Ken Henry's wombats has a better chance than any of Joe's lot (including Joe himself) to be PM in the near future does not seem to have crossed Joe's mind. It is certainly not permitted for this novel thought to cross Ken Henry's mind. [i]That[/i] would be biased.
  12/10/2009Milne's blog is being very selective in the allowed responses mine failed some are getting through ho hum the other reality holds sway at ltdnews bring on the Murdock pay barrier asap and watch them join the titanic, it is still down there isin't it??
  12/10/2009BB Well, Ken Henry’s popularity should now rise after Milne’s censure. I note that in typical Milne style he quotes ‘one senior Liberal’, twice – presumably the same one. A reliable data set is not one of Milne’s prerequisites. The Coalition has had a problem with Henry since his comments about the way Treasury was virtually ignored by Howard in developing his $10 billion water plan. As there has not been much love lost between the Coalition and Henry since it was in power, it’s not surprising that this still pertains, especially with Henry’s involvement in the design and implementation of the stimulus plan, and defence of its continuance. It’s comical that at the same time that they question Henry’s judgement and disagree with it about the danger of withdrawing the stimulus too quickly, they quote him when he utters words that seem to support their position, such as when he said that expenditure cuts would be necessary to repay debts (incidentally, something the Government has said from the beginning) and that increased taxes may be necessary. He can hardly be unreliable when he disagrees with them and reliable when he does. Bilko [i]The Australian[/i] has a curious policy about responses. I have submitted adverse comments, sometimes several times, that were never published. Milne doesn’t want too many rebuttals; it’s damaging to his psyche.
  12/10/2009Ad Astra, are you feeling ill? Fancy Andrew Bolt getting a mention here at TPS. I thought you were trying to guide us away from ratbag, right-wing, ute-driving, beer gutted, neo-liberal worshipping, hate filled journos. I'll bet the gang over at Crikey are very upset with you for mentioning his name. Isn't there another Kevin Rudd essay we can comment on? How 'bout his essay on the interior of FJ Holdens covering the period when he and his siblings were forced by that nasty carpet bagger to take up residence in that rusty FJ. Please lift the tone of TPS.
  12/10/2009Sir Ian Bolt got a mention in this piece about the Coalition’s dilemma only because if he writes an anti-Coalition piece, the situation [b]must[/b] be dire. On [i]Insiders[/i], he even categorized the Liberals as ‘cactus’. Of course he was a Costello supporter, and no doubt is frustrated that Costello never put up his hand to save his beloved Liberals. Far from them being upset at [i]Crikey[/i] at the mention of Bolt’s name, they had a mocking piece on their new blog [i]The Stump[/i] titled [i]Sunday talk: return of the Bolter[/i] http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2009/10/11/790/ I’m waiting for the next Rudd essay to critique, but at the moment the Coalition is so filling the airwaves and the papers with their shenanigans that there’s no shortage of material. [i]TPS[/i] comments on the political scene and maintains a dignified tone; it can’t set the tone for discourse among politicians.
  13/10/2009monica I'm glad you're enjoying the site. I'm now preparing "The curse of the electoral cycle".
  13/10/2009Maybe it should all be something more like this – http://bit.ly/41uVyG – Spotted in a shop window in Perth but not such a bad idea I think...... I am so sick of it all!
  
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