Comments on: Nervous Nelson at the Brisbane Club

By: Graham Young

Graham Young — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:38:26 +0000

They were there, but I think they missed a lot.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 08 May 2008 08:43:03 +0000

Oops – I stand corrected. Apologies to the gentlemen of the press who were there.

By: Arjay

Arjay — Thu, 08 May 2008 01:31:21 +0000

I was listening today to an interview between Philip Clarke and Malcolm Turnbull today.Malcom has a calm and measured intellect.He had a logical answer for everyone of Philip’s questions,and did not try to sidestep any issues.
There was no spin or any attempt to deflect blame as Wayne Swan constantly alludes to,in trying to blame the present inflation on the Howard Govt.
So John Howard made OPEC put up the price of crude,and also invited Wollies and Westfarmers to do likewise.
Brendan was just the pause for the Libs to find a new leader.
There will soon come a point when Labor will have to stop the blame game and assume some responsibility.
As Malcolm alluded to today,businesses in their panic during tough times often cut productive systems and are blind to waste.
Wayne Swan wants to means test the baby bonus,yet how many rich people will actually be attracted to the notion of a once off $4000.00 payment.The cost of the bureaucracy in policing compliance will far outweigh any savings.
This is where Kevin & Wayne just don’t get it.More bureaucracy and feel good 2020 summits,don’t surpass courageous decisions,based on common sense and good judgement.

By: Graham Young

Graham Young — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:39:10 +0000

Thanks Jason. Actually the MSM were there. Dennis Atkins wrote this piece http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23656355-953,00.html, and I saw him in the distance. The Australian had the text http://www.australia.to/story/0,25197,23040467-024,00,00.html. The ABC, SMH and Age also reported on it. There were a couple of cameras there as well as at least one radio mike. But I didn't recognise any economics correspodents, which was surprising. Maybe they were happy with the transcript. And you're right. Not to take questions from a crowd likely to be as friendly as the Brisbane Club crowd was a little odd.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:38:23 +0000

Nice post Graham, and a nice piece of citizen journalism from a forum that no one in the MSM appears to have attended or reported on. I’d suggest that if Nelson can’t convince the Brisbane Club audience, he’s going to have endless trouble with the broader electorate.