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If there is one thing I love it is learning something new. That’s why on Sunday when I was looking through the Sunday Telegraph my eyes lit up like a farmer’s water supply after the Coal Seam Gas Miners move in.
It turns out the ladies of Sydney’s West absolutely love Tony Abbott and will be voting for him in droves, what a revelation.
Ladies love me, and I’ll thump anyone who doesn’t think so…
The cynic buried deep inside me initially thought that this is once again another sterling example of the right wing media trying to convince us all that black is in fact white after all. Yet another vain attempt to convince ladies in the West that they are all alone in hating Abbotts guts by talking down to them as if they are completely brain dead and don’t talk to their friends.
But in my haste I completely forgot some of the things that make the ladies of Western Sydney different to the rest of the country. It is these differences that would probably be the reasons that these ladies from our West support Tony. With that in mind I will cover 10 of them off, as the Telegraph appears to have forgotten to fully explain.
- Women in the West despise their children. If there is one thing that the ladies of the west couldn’t care less about it is their children’s education. Julia Gillard has made a clear error in backing the GONSKI review, parents in the West clearly prefer the approach of the Coalition who when in government for 13 years and did nothing but put a flagpole in schools that didn’t have them. This is a big win for Abbott.
- While on education, the last thing the women in Sydney’s West want is a Back To School Bonus. Big mistake Julia. Why would those in Sydney’s West who already have so much money want more cash to waste on text books and other assorted educational crap? Tony Abbotts decision to scrap the bonus is a winner, that way the money can be used to provide tax breaks for some of those poor struggling mining executives.
- One thing that the ladies in the West were truly dreading was seeing their children, as well as a large number of those ladies working part time being taken out of the tax system. They truly loved paying their tax, and thoroughly enjoyed the paperwork at tax time and the fines if they were late. Women in the West think there is nothing better to spend their money on than the Tax Dept. Gillard’s plans to take this simple pleasure away is yet another reason to back Abbott.
- Whilst on tax, women in the West want to pay more, not less. Gillard’s decision to raise the tax free threshold will not only take many out of the tax system, but it will lower the tax of millions of low income Australians. Sydney’s westerly women were looking forward to paying more tax so that those on the richer side of town can have babies, stay home and still receive a wage greater than many in the West receive for working double shifts.
- Those women in the West who have taken the plunge and opened their own business can’t wait for Tony Abbott to punish small business by putting up the company tax rate as he has promised in one of his scarce policies. Hopefully their small business can go bust and be absorbed by one of Abbotts big business buddies…
- Speaking of Tony Abbotts promise to raise the company tax rate. Women in the West are dying to see that tax go through every part of the supply chain and push up the prices at their local supermarket. Every retail supplier will be paying extra tax and will have to adjust prices. Also raising prices due to the tax will be suppliers of that companies IT, marketing, power, landlord, cleaning, accounting, telecommunication, freight, warehousing, electricity, water, legal services, raw material supply, company car, and human resource services plus many more. With every link paying an extra 1%, women in the west can’t wait to see what that will turn into at the checkout. An artificial raising of the GST, bring it on Tony.
- Women in the West also don’t like the responsibility of making their own choices. Things such as the right to choose when it comes to a pregnancy, they would much rather see that choice be handed to someone like Tony Abbott or an arch bishop. Abbott has time and again shown us that he thinks his opinion is more important than a womans right. Women of the West look forward to having another choice taken away.
- The Women in Sydney’s West were absolutely disgusted at the Gillard Governments attempts to cut down the number of smokers. In the West we all want our children to die a painful death at a young age, that is why the women of the West will always support a political party like Abbotts that prefers to take vast donations from big tobacco instead of fighting them.
- The Women of Sydney’s West also love a real man. Women swooned when Tony Abbott had the guts to stand threateningly over a war veteran in a wheelchair in parliament, it took them back to the glory days when he taunted the dying Bernie Banton. A big man Tony is indeed. Abbott’s apparent willingness to throw punches at the head of a woman only made him more attractive to women, you can’t go past an abuser…
- Women in the West love to be called witches and bitches, and that is why it was a happy day for them all when Tony Abbott decided to position himself for photos in front of his supporters that carried banners with derogatory and sexist slogans on them. Real classy…
All Class…
As I said earlier, I was a little sceptical at first, but upon remembering the above facts I have thought again.
Maybe the Telegraphs reporter has learnt more about the women of Sydney’s West as she flies over it than those who live there have learned in a lifetime.
Or could it be that the Sunday Telegraph selected the women they chose to speak to as they came out of a local Liberal Party meeting?
The mind boggles.
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Yes, James A, I too remember when the questions asked in a poll were also published. Results were published without commentary or “opinions”. Then Textor came along with his notorious push polling for the conservatives. Polling rules were seemingly tossed out the window no matter how much pollsters allege their pols are the result of proven scientific methodology. Bah humbug. 1400 people are rung up on a Thurs, Fri, Sat night usually when they are about to have dinner & possibly have had a few beers. Scientific indeed.
OK Dasha,
On the single mothers front, there have been other measures put in place, such as the Carbon compensation package which more than makes up for it, plus the back to school bonus that abbott plans to take etc etc
Carbon and Mining Tax, how many companies have moved offsore and sacked people as a result of these you ask, Zero is how many, naught, nil, otherwise it would be all through the press. In fact investment has increased with the certainty and jobs have been created.
The cost of living has been largely unaffected by the Carbon Price, but the compensation was more than welcome… As for the Mining Super Profits Tax, if you thing women in sydneys West care how that mining billionaires are going to pay more tax you are delusional
My post was as a result of those in the right wing media using gender as a weapon. your statement might be better directed at Abbotts wife and daughters who are wheeled out with smiles painted on everytime Abbott looks bad in the polls. As for the race war, nobody competes with the Coalition on racist slogans, even Hanson couldn’t compete with Abott and his hate brigade
I can only imaginehow sad it must make you for this govt to highlight the incompetence of the Howard era, by putting a record number of bills and legislation through parliament despite the Coalitions attempts to block everything.
As for your last comment, I didn’t realise there was another Mr Abbott, because Tony Abbott is viewed as a repulsive misogynist be virtually evey woman I know, even Liberal voters…..
Dasha, you are a satirist, right?? You’re first allegation gave it away & the last statement sealed it. The rest is pure satire.
Over 100,000 single mothers have not been left with no assistance. Putting women whose youngest child is 8yo on to Newstart is a continuation of Howard’s rules. These women can earn good money before their benefits are reduced. When Howard brought in taking single mothers off PP when their youngest turned 7 I personally knew of an unpartnered woman getting pregnant when her other child was nearing 7.As someone acutely aware of the cost of living I do know that many things have indeed gone down not up & we have been more than adequately compensated for this. The only things that have gone up has been electricity & our rent, both by more than CPI. The electricity has been rising for years before their was carbon pricing & so has our rent. The rest of your arguments have really no basis in fact & are just LNP propaganda.
It is to be noted that virtually the same article also appeared in other News Ltd Sunday papers with the area, the womans names, and photo’s changed.
Geez that sounds like bullshit and propaganda to me….
On the elecricity prices, in NSW Barry O”Farrell signed off on an 18% increase in the 2012 Budget to kick in 1st July 2013
Far more than other Carbon Price increase….
Agree
After reading the tripe on poll/rudd/caucus I tweeted the Guardian, that I hoped she didn’t prove as disappointing as MG to the Conversation.
Any compensation, indexed to inflation, in that 18% increase to electricity by Barry O’Farrell for those poor mums out west?
Afraid not…. Barry just lets them suffer
Wixxy, our electricity bills here in NSW have gone up from $160 per quarter to nearly $600 in about 5 years. All before there was carbon pricing. Under Barry O’Farrell’s LNP government the increases have been astronomical. This further inexplicable increase to come will be to get voters to believe it is the fault of the Federal Labor government. A cynical ploy to get voters to vote LNP.
“7.30 showed part of the Tanya Pilbersek media conference. NOT Julie Owens MP, oh no that didn’t sit with their agenda for the day. 7.30 showed Tanya at the end of the presser saying “any questions on the poll?’”
The most newsworthy part of that PC was not shown. Why not
Amazing that Telly poll(re women loving and voting for TA) I simply doesn’t add up I know so many women (fair few of whom are LNP supporters), but some of them are now reconsidering their position, not all but the thinking ones are!
Wixxy,
Lenore Taylor is like the weather.
Sometimes I like her, sometimes I don’t.
Not content with stalking Mike Stuchbery to fill his pathetic days, Iain turns up here with his special brand of low IQ brain farts.
“100,000 single mothers,”
That figure seems to be growing every day. Started off as up to 60.000. Not all on full pensions.
For the record, it is Howards leglisation from 2006, we are talking about.
Hi, wixxy
Clearly we are looking at these issues from opposite angles.
But I want to say thank you for letting my post published on your blog site. Very appreciate that you are prepared to listen to different views.
In my earlier post, I just tried to explain the poll outcome. Maybe they only polled coalition women.
It is beyond dispute that Labor’s carbon tax is killing Australian jobs and people’s job security. It is doing slowly rather than a wipe-out exaggerated by some people.
For example, an energy- hungry packaging company Amcor just announced 300 jobs cut yesterday. Main reason they cited is high running cost – a code for ……
When other overseas companies/ our trading partners have no carbon tax burden, Australian businesses simply can’t compete.
Did you ever mange to work out why poor people voted for Howard when he proposed the GST?
I tended to think that the GST got masked by the Tampa affair followed by 9/11 which Howard used to exacerbate fear across the population.
The new emperor in waiting has not a stitch on. He plays politics as one longe media game, and they love it.
Should Abbott succeed, the deluded will awake from the orgy of misinformation and pack mentalitity savaging of the current government with a giant hangover through which they will perceive his nakedness and feel very confused, duped and cranky.
Rubbish dasha. We would look silly and be a pariah if we tear up the cost on carbon. There are industries working around it and profitting by it already. The deniers are look ing increasingly silly with some of their ‘last resort’ excuses.
The high dollar is the biggest factor in the problems costs,with exporters and tourism etc and the high dollar is unfortunately a bi product of our success as a safe and strong economy.
I’m not a believer but the good book did say” a prophet in their hometown is never successfull/ believed..’ People outside australia admire the actions of this government. We within it are overwhelmed by the constant barrage of negative spin and outright lies. I hope soon the” australian” will be held to account for it’s deliberate telling of lies regarding the climate, as all the “lie for profit” people should.
Thanks for your persistence wixxy. Keep it up. You must cop some abuse at times. What stands out is the nastines rather than argument on facts that characterises many “RIGHT” supporters. I still recall the signs that ABBOTT was happy to pose in front of. We don’t need that kind of approach.
“It is beyond dispute that Labor’s carbon tax is killing Australian jobs and people’s job security. It is doing slowly rather than a wipe-out exaggerated by some people.”
I’m sure you can back that up with facts, figures and evidence then yes? Not speculation, not “code for” but actual hard evidence. Everything, yes everything you have said is opinion.
Hi Dasha,
That’s OK, I know many sites don’t allow conflicting views to theirs to go up, I’m not like that, I think debate is healthy.
High running costs can be explained by a number of things, carbon pricing may well be a factor, but a bigger factor is usually the high Aussie dollar making their export business tougher.
The myth that we are the only ones with a carbon price is ridiculous, we are locked in with Europe on the price. Several states in the US have a price on polution or carbon, several provinces in China have an ETS, India and Japan have one also. That is all of our biggest trading partners.
Never mind, I’m sure that the approximately 5% jump in company tax rate under Abbott won’t hurt business at all…
Well put darittee, fully agree afraid Dasha’s comments leaves me cold, were you at that terrible gathering in Canberra? but entitled to his/ her opinion I guess
Dasha,
the biggest impact on Australian Business is the high Aus. Dollar.
This was given as a significant reason for the Amcor decision
Blaming everything on a Pollution tax does little to assist the argument.
Then again, I suppose it will save Abbott visiting Whyalla during the campaign, as it is supposed to have been wiped of the map.
Or maybe he will go there for his $100 roast.
Ahh….. The LNP or should I say the Tea Party II!
Tony Abbott the Australian Sarah Palin. Perhaps he can see the women of the west from his kitchen window.
Christ how I hate this creeping blue collar Torie bullshit and they way the MSM are pushing it.
Tony has the $500.00 government top up for super slated for axing if he is elected and this will effect many working Australians, especially school cleaners like me.
Wixxy keep up the good work, I refer every one I can to your blog and IA whenever I can.
Dear Hunting with Jesus explains a lot and Australia is not immune to it.
It’s similar to the rural areas voting National and Liberal when on any long term measure it has been Labor at all government levels who have done best by them. Or the older demographic being heavily weighted toward the Liberals when it’s been Labor who have always done the best for them.
Go figure.
I suspect, the continuous talking down of the economy is of no help as well.
I wont make a comment about Tony Abbott as we all know what he is like,but i will mention his front bench,or Tonyscronies as i call them,have you ever seen such a bunch of lying deceitful born to rule arrogant ugly [ as in character ] desperadoes in your life?.
I was watching question time the other week and noticed a lot of them were staring at the Government benches which i can only describe as raging jealousy,they cannot stand the thought of not been in charge and i am convinced that their whole agenda is driven by insane jealousy,deprived of their God given right to tell the great unwashed what to do and when to do it.
I truly believe they are psychopaths in the true sense of the word,and some may think this is a loony left wing rant but it is’nt, i dont comment much on these issues,and i am not a great fan of the Prime Minister,but this current opposition and their leader scares the crap out of me,and i for one will be voting for the return of the Gillard Government and sanity.
The so called Media should be horse whipped and hog tied and driven out of town,they are a bloodly disgrace to a once proud profession,selling their souls and reputations to the highest corporate bidder as well as lying and trying to dumb down the Australian people.
Well,i have had my little rant and i hope i dont come across as a violent person, i am not,but i sure as hell am bloodly angry. Thank God for IA ,Wixxy, and other online publications for the good work they do. I will now go and take a cold shower.
i could not have said it better.