Liberal- Greens deal to abolish Australia’s debt ceiling? Details to come. There’s a strange political alliance…
As the Greens struck a deal with the Coalition on the debt ceiling last night, ALP members got up to chastise the ‘strange political alliance’. Treasurer Joe Hockey has today had to deny that the Coalition is now ‘married’ to the Greens, whilst Labor members have had a go at both parties for the deal – in particular the Greens for ‘getting in bed with the devil’. Let’s have a look at some more tweets shall we?
So when Tony Abbott said he was on a unity ticket, he actually meant with the Greens on debt. #notwhatyouthinkwepromised
I see the Greens have had their “Democrats GST” moment…..gone within 5 years. #DebtCeiling
Labor’s Kelvin Thomson – Libs debt deal w. Greens bit more than a ‘cup of coffee with another man’ – more like ‘candlelit dinner & flowers.’
It’s funny how quickly we forget. So just to remind us all, lets have a look at some times when the ALP have joined the Coalition on such a ‘unity ticket’.
The vote to excise the Australian mainland for asylum seeker purposes.
The vote to cut funding to single parents.
The vote to extend the Northern Territory Intervention.
The vote to extend welfare quarantining.
The vote to block transparency on matters relating to data retention.
And a few oldies but goodies:
The vote on the post-Tampa migration act – the first bill to introduce offshore processing.
The vote to amend the marriage act to ban same-sex marriages.
The vote to pass the 2005 anti-terrorism legislation.
Now that’s what I call a strange political alliance.