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By Mark Bahnisch on August 22, 2010
One of the interesting parallels for this campaign is obviously the British election result – and Penny Wong was right to say that George Brandis was running the same sort of agenda to try to bump the conservatives into office, [...]
Posted in federal election 2010 | Tagged Bob Katter, British election 2010, Federal Election 2010, George Brandis, House of Representatives, hung parliament, Independents, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Penny Wong, Rob Oakseshott, Senate, the ALP, The Greens, tony windsor, Tories, voting system |
By Kim on March 31, 2010
If the South Australian election proved anything, it proved that to win in a tight race, you need hard working and appealing candidates in the marginals. For all the headline talk (now somewhat diminished) about Tony Abbott’s alleged momentum, what [...]
Posted in Federal Elections, Politics, Queensland, State/Territory Elections | Tagged candidates, Coalition, election campaign, Federal Election 2010, George Brandis, Liberal Party, LNP, Longman, Mal Brough, marginal seats, marginals, Michael Johnson, Moreton, Nationals, preselections, Queensland, Ryan, South Australian election 2010, Wyatt Roy |
By Mark Bahnisch on February 16, 2010
It must be ‘write an op/ed for Fairfax about something a political leader said to me’ week. First, Nina Funnell, and now Michael Perusco: I was in Canberra last week and had the opportunity to ask Opposition Leader Tony Abbott [...]
Posted in Authoritarianism, Philosophy, Politics, Sociology | Tagged communitarianism, community, fairfax, George Brandis, homelessness, housing policy, ideology, Kevin Rudd, Liberal Party, liberalism, Malcolm Turnbull, mark latham, Michael Perusco, neo-liberalism, Nina Funnell, political philosophy, political theory, Sacred Heart Mission, social housing, social inclusion, Sociology, Third Way, Tony Abbott, Tony Blair |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 25, 2009
At 1pm AEDT today, the Liberal Party will meet for a leadership vote, with the only declared challenger to Malcolm Turnbull being Kevin Andrews. I stand by the analysis I offered last night – Turnbull has the numbers, and if [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Climate change, Coalition, cprs, George Brandis, Kevin Andrews, leadership challenge, liberal leadership, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Nationals, Nick Minchin, party room, Tony Abbott |
By Mark Bahnisch on November 24, 2009
In the wake of today’s extraordinary events in the Coalition party room, Malcolm Turnbull could put to good use the very qualities he’s usually been panned by his right wing colleagues and the commentariat for having – displaying some courage [...]
Posted in Climate change, Media, Politics | Tagged andrew bolt, Annabel Crabb, climate change denialism, climate change denialists, climate change policy, Coalition, coalition party room, cprs, emissions trading, Francis Urquhart, front bench, George Brandis, Kevin Andrews, Lateline, liberal leadership, Liberal right wing, Malcolm Turnbull, Nationals, Nick Minchin, party meeting, Peter Van Onselen, reshuffle, shadow cabinet, spill, The Australian, Tony Abbott, Wilson Tuckey |
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