The Napthine government is terminal. The Newman government looks terminal. The NSW government is critically ill and has several more appointments with ICAC in the hope of removing several large tumours. The Abbott government is already terminal (although it did arrive with a horrendous birth defect... Tony Dumb Dumb's cabinet).
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The rest of the LNP government in Qld have told "Shambles' Newman they want him to stop picking fights with everyone, and start presenting the positive 'Can Do' image, despite the fact that it was always a sham. And 'Cock Up' Campbell's response to Queenslanders after they indicated their displeasure with him... 'I'm the guy who saved you' from natural disatsers (the Brisbane floods, the Gap storms, got people off roofs in Bundaberg). Sadly Newman is also the person who delivered unnatural disasters in the form of mass sackings, fights with Doctors, fights with the judiciary, fights with motorcycle riders, and fights with Clive Palmer.
The assessment of Independent MP Peter Wellington... the Newman government is 'Dead in the Water'.
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The budget has been a significant problem, and is still sparking national protest. The independent advice of Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz was that Hockey's budget (of which he is immensely proud) is a disaster.
But as bad as things are now for Abbott, many predict them to get worse. The new Senate will provide significant problems... both for what they will allow through and for what they will block.
Everyone from Al Gore to Joseph Stiglitz to Ross Garnaut agree that removing a price on Carbon is a big mistake. Economists agree it has not had any negative impact on the economy. In fact 59 Australian economists have gone to the trouble of writing an open letter to the Abbott government imploring them not to repeal the price on Carbon. They, like most others know that having a price on Carobn has led to a drop in the Carbon intensity of our electricity and a drop in emissions. Removing the price on carbon will not just put this at risk, it will also have a profound effect on our economy. For starters, it has deprived us of new investment in renewable energy.
Solar thermal is the future for Australia, but as 4 corners reports, Solar reserve will not be bringing pioneering Solar technology to Australia which would benefit the average consumer as a result of the current government's policy settings.
On top of that we have Abbott's (and Seeney's) love of the coal industry.
The LNP will pay heavily for their incompetence and their mismanagement. They may also pay for the murmurings of corruption swirling around a number of high profile Tories, which in time may be proved.
The LNP are in big trouble, and the first indication of how badly they will be stung will come at the Stafford By-Election this month.
While we wait for that... enjoy Clarke and Dawe below