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Liberal leadership spill: Tony Abbott wins (a real conservative – John Howards headkicker)
Stupidica —
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TONY Abbott has rolled Malcolm Turnbull to take over the Liberal leadership in a spill forced by deep divisions on the Oppositions climate change policy. Mr Abbott, Mr Turnbull and Joe Hockey contested a three-way spill at a special partyroom meeting in Parliament this morning. Mr Abbott won by a single vote, 42-41. ...1 day ago -
Obviously I am seriously mistaken.
Writing —
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I always thought the point of being in politics was to get more people to vote for you, not less. Lets punch out some polls! Update: And a little Tony Abbott quote for all the lady voters out there: "We have a bizarre double standard, a bizarre double standard in this country where ...1 day ago -
Fight for leadership of Australia’s center-right Liberal party
Wintery Knight —
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Story from Fox News . (H/T Thoughts Out Loud ) Excerpt: Australia’s opposition Liberal Party will vote Tuesday on whether to dump its leader who has lost the confidence of much of the party for backing a government climate change policy. The conservative Liberals have been in meltdown for the past week over the ...2 days ago -
King Lear becomes a kingmaker, Hockey’s treachery, and delay is the new denial
Larvatus Prodeo —
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It’s probably time to take stock again of the Liberal leadership spill shenanigans . John Howard has obviously been having a word in a few journos’ ears. Tony Wright penned this piece for The Age yesterday, portraying the Ghost of Wollstonecraft as pulling the strings. It seems Little Johnny couldn’t ...2 days ago -
Liberal turmoil clouds debate on climate bills
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
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The Federal Opposition looks set to change leaders, as the emissions trading legislation that sparked the Liberal row comes back before the Senate. The Upper House failed to meet the Governments deadline of passing the scheme by last week, prompting the Governments Senate leader, Chris Evans, to accuse the Opposition ...3 days ago -
Rudd plays careful hand at CHOGM
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudds appearance at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) is an exercise in double-purpose diplomacy. First, he wants to keep a high profile among his Commonwealth colleagues, meeting all the big players of this 53-nation group: Britains Gordon Brown, Indias Manmohan Singh, South ...3 days ago -
Joe leaves home
Alpine Opinion —
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Joe Hockey wants Malcolm Turnbull’s job but before he could make his challenge he had to get permission from ‘Dad’. Here’s Joe being let out of the family home to make his run for Captain of the sinking ship SS Liberal Party:Joe: “Thanks for the advice, Dad, I think I’m ready now.”Dad: “Just one more ...3 days ago -
Hockey the new Costello, Howard has lunch, Andrews deals himself back in
Larvatus Prodeo —
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Developments yesterday and today in the Liberal leadership spill should only reinforce the belief that Malcolm Turnbull’s survival as leader would be the Liberal party’s only sane option. Joe Hockey went to lunch with John Howard, didn’t reply to any of the tweets he received, and is being spoken of by some ...4 days ago -
Joe Hockey visits John Howard at his home on Saturday to get advice
Stupidica —
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JOE Hockey sought out John Howard at his Sydney home for advice on whether to run for leader of the party to end the crisis enveloping the Opposition. During a two-hour lunchtime meeting, Mr Hockey asked his old boss about whether he should succumb to mounting pressure to unite the hopelessly divided Liberal Party at ...4 days ago -
Red Toryism and Australias Neoliberal past
Eurhythmania —
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British politics can be a useful guide for the direction that Australian political parties might head in. Thatchers neoliberal programme--of privatisations, anti-unionism, small government, personal responsibility allied to a strident nationalism and moral and social conservatism--was a model that the Australian ...4 days ago -
Movement in the Liberal party
Deus Lo Vult —
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Concetta Fierravanti-Wells has quit her post as parliamentary secretary. This was a big surprise as not only had I pegged her as a Turnbull supporter, but she had come out in favour of the ETS deal that had been hashed out with Labor on Tuesday. My guess is that she had her preselection threatened. She was probably ...5 days ago -
Liberal Party Sinks into Low Farce
Labor View from Bayside —
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If/when Tony Abbott wins the Liberal leadership, well be facing the real enemy at last after 2 years of phoney war. My very first 10 second YouTube video seems a touch relevant. Except that for the tongue in cheek Next Liberal Prime Minister of Australia is unlikely to apply to any of these pretenders. Unless ...6 days ago -
ITS URGENT - REALLY.
roarprawn —
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The Aussie Rock says this is funny... He is right it is..1 week ago -
2007 Remembered: Howards Swift End
Labor View from Bayside —
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24 November is the 2nd anniversary of the election of Kevin Rudds Labor governemnt in Australia. The Poll the Counts videos from election day were taken around Canberra polling booths and at the National Tallyroom. My favourite is Tallyroom Spectators: The others can be found at YouTube or Teacher Tube .1 week ago -
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The Orstrahyun —
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When Will John Howard Be Held To Account For His Iraq War Lies? By Darryl Mason Ive been saying it here for years, but has any Australian journalist ever asked John Howard, "While you were in Washington DC, between Sept 11 and Sept 15, did you make a commitment to President George W. Bush that Australian troops ...1 week ago -
Road to nowhere
Larvatus Prodeo —
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In the wake of his avowal of climate change denialism on Four Corners , Nick Minchin has spent the second last week of the Parliamentary year stoking the fires of Coalition opposition to the CPRS. Tony Abbott, previously a ’skeptic’ who argued that the opposition should support the legislation to remove a ...1 week ago -
Of honeymoons and polls
Larvatus Prodeo —
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Peter Van Onselen’s new role at Newspoll Central appears to be a second string Dennis Shanahan, adding a second dose of commentary on the almighty Newspoll a day after the master pronounces on how it is to be interpreted. Van Onselen’s special subject is the Liberal leadership. I can’t find him on line today, ...2 weeks ago -
On Paul Kelly and political history
Larvatus Prodeo —
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I referred in an earlier post to Paul Kelly’s style of commentary – a mix of oracular pronouncement and portentous ponderings about the primacy of narrative. I actually read his March of Patriots a while back, and planned to review it. But one hardly knows where to start. Almost everyone – bar the in house ...2 weeks ago -
Leithart on Just War Theory
Elect Exiles —
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Peter Leithart is one of my favorite authors. He has recently written an outstanding book on hermeneutics, called Deep Exegesis . I heartily recommend it to you if you’re interested in issues related to Biblical interpretation in the 21st Century. It’s one of the best books to date on what’s known in the ...2 weeks ago -
Would not have happened to John Howard
Right Pulse —
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Rudd’s expertise in foreign affairs at work again: Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was expected to arrive early next week, but an Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesman says it will not go ahead because of scheduling issues. The Opposition says Australia’s relationship with Indonesia has been strained by the ...2 weeks ago
