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By Mark Bahnisch on November 26, 2009
Let’s sum up a few things about the CPRS/leadership shenanigans: (a) It’s been intriguing to see the focus of political discussion narrow to the Parliamentary dramatics. Journalists – and one suspects, many Liberal MPs – appear to have completely lost [...]
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By Mark Bahnisch on November 26, 2009
Tony Abbott has resigned from the frontbench. There is speculation there may be another move for a leadership spill, which would mean that Andrews’ candidacy was pure stalking horse. I must say I’m surprised by how crazy the Libs really [...]
Posted in Politics | Tagged Kevin Andrews, leadership spill, liberal leadership, Malcolm Turnbull, Sophie Mirabella, Tony Abbott, twitter |
By Kim on September 17, 2008
There’s something of a paradox there, because, as I’ve been arguing, Malcolm Turnbull’s best chance at making an impact (beyond the born in a log cabin dingy flat narrative personal stuff) is to move towards the centre, and particularly given [...]
Posted in Climate change, Media, Politics | Tagged ALP, brendan nelson, carbon pollution reduction scheme, Climate change, Emissions trading scheme, John Hewson, John Quiggin, Kevin Rudd, Labor, leadership spill, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership spill, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Nick Minchin, political leadership, Rudd government, shadow cabinet |
By Kim on September 16, 2008
One theme that’s come up in commentary on several threads about the Liberal leadership here is that the political suicide of Brendan Nelson has the potential to put the Howard years to bed at last. One other sign of this [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Howardia, Immigration, Politics | Tagged brendan nelson, Climate change, Costello memoirs, Emissions trading scheme, four corners, immigration detention, John Howard, leadership spill, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership spill, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Costello, shadow cabinet |
By Mark Bahnisch on September 15, 2008
It’s on. Brendan Nelson’s thrown down the gauntlet. The Liberal Party will determine its leadership tomorrow morning after Nelson called on a spill. Perhaps his capital E emo man performance in Parliament today was his audition – or maybe he’d [...]
Posted in Media, Politics | Tagged brendan nelson, Brendan Nelson leadership spill, Bruce Billson, Costello memoirs, leadership spill, liberal leadership, Liberal leadership instability, Liberal leadership spill, Liberal Party, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Costello, Tony Abbott |
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By Mark Bahnisch on November 26, 2009
Let’s sum up a few things about the CPRS/leadership shenanigans: (a) It’s been intriguing to see the focus of political discussion narrow to the Parliamentary dramatics. Journalists – and one suspects, many Liberal MPs – appear to have completely lost [...]
Posted in By-elections, Climate change, Howardia, Media, Politics, Polls | Tagged By-elections, Climate change, commentariat, cprs, ets, Higgins, Higgins by-election, Industrial Relations, journos, Kevin Andrews, leadership spill, Liberal base, liberal leadership, Liberal right, Malcolm Turnbull, Newspoll, Peter Costello, Ryan, spill, Tony Abbott, Wentworth, WorkChoices, workplace relations | 122 Responses