rudd is desperate, accuses abbott of fraud, page-33

A reminder .


"So what is Joe Hockey not telling us?

Mr Hockey was asked to clarify his promise on Wednesday that an Abbott government, if elected, would make no cuts to health or education funding.
"You said today that there'd be no cuts to education or health," a journalist asked. "Does that apply to the full three-year term, for example after the commission of audit?"
Mr Hockey dodged the question."


Read more: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/coalition-releases-savings-but-voters-have-to-wait-for-full-bottom-line-20130828-2spfn.html#ixzz2dF9NLvQz

That's what he always does.

Joe said this just before he gave his speech.

"JOE HOCKEY: When you believe in what you're saying it's easy to give these speeches."


"HEATHER EWART: But, when it came, it amounted to a very big letdown. Apparently the detail would come after the speech from another front bencher.

JOE HOCKEY: Today my colleague, Andrew Robb, the Shadow Minister for Finance is releasing a detailed statement outlining the savings measures the Coalition is taking so far to get the Budget back to surplus as quickly as possible.

The combined four year recurrent and capital savings amount to $46.7 billion.

HEATHER EWART: So, let's make this very clear, Joe Hockey would not be producing any figures, the media would have no costing documents as he presented his speech which gave a broad outline of policy goals, they wouldn't even have copies of the speech itself, at a forum where media scrutiny and questioning of politicians is par for the course.

PRESS CLUB MEMBER 1: Why haven't you, as Tony Abbott promised you would last week, outlined the cuts that you're proposing to make?

PRESS CLUB MEMBER 2: Tony Abbott actually said last week that you would be announcing detailed, a detailed response to the new spending and new savings proposals in the Budget, why didn't you do that?

PRESS CLUB MEMBER 3: I must say I think it's pretty poor form to say you've got $47 billion in savings and not show us them before we ask questions.

JOE HOCKEY: OK, I'm sorry if you think it's poor form that you haven't got a list of all the savings at this exact moment but I tell you what, before you walk out the door you'll have them."

PRESS CLUB MEMBER 1: Is this the sort of thing that you most criticise in the Rudd Government, a sort of blatant media manipulation and reverse spin?

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2010/s2904154.htm

"JOE HOCKEY: When you believe in what you're saying it's easy to give these speeches."

Now that is not good.