Turnbull to found a new party?
I mentioned in my previous post that a lot of speculation has now turned to Malcolm Turnbull’s intentions should he lose the leadership tomorrow. I also linked to the thoughts of Christopher Joye of Business Spectator. This paragraph is particularly [...]
Racist theft
Crossposted from No Right Turn. Australia has some of the worst racial disparities in the developed world. The average household income of indigenous Australians is only 60% of the average. The proportion with high-school or higher educations is only half [...]
Fudge
The Liberal party theatre has been vastly entertaining to watch, but in the meantime, the end of the year is rushing up, and I have ‘Thank you’ gifts to make. As many other parents do, I like to give small [...]
Hockey the new Costello, Howard has lunch, Andrews deals himself back in
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 [...]
Lazy Sunday!
Since we don’t live by politix alone (I sincerely hope), what did people get up to this weekend? Join in, share some tales, regulars and lurkers all!
Newspoll: Coalition wipeout in cities if they go down denialist road
[Via Labor Outsider in comments] The Australian is reporting that an analysis of Newspoll data collected in September suggests that 63% of urban Coalition voters want the government’s CPRS passed, with only 28% against, and that the Liberals could lose [...]
The media, social media and the Liberal thrills and spills
Having talked to a few friends over the last few days who aren’t political junkies (but are more taken with politics than perhaps the average voter), I’m not at all convinced that the Liberal leadership shenanigans are of anywhere near [...]
Saturday Salon
An open thread, where at your weekend leisure, you can discuss anything you like.
Why Rudd needs the CPRS to be passed
It’s become something of a race to the finish between the Liberal leadership spill and the CPRS’ passage through the Senate. I haven’t seen much discussion out there of the implications of a defeat for the ETS bill. Those who [...]
Victorian Ombudsman on child protection failures
More important stuff getting lost in the noise – the Victorian Ombudsman’s investigation into the failures of the Department of Human Services child protection program. I’ve just skimmed the executive summary, but one thing that does flabbergast me is that [...]
King Lear becomes a kingmaker, Hockey's treachery, and delay is the new denial
By Mark Bahnisch on November 30, 2009
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 [...]
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