Whether you agree with Malcolm Turnbull on climate change or not (I don’t) you have to admire his gutsy performance. Tweet Pin It
Bizarre logic on Federal Coalition
Peter van Onselen has written a bizarre piece in The Australian suggesting a split in the Federal Coalition would be political suicide. Van Onselen claims: “… it would be absolute folly for the conservative side of politics if the Coalition were to disintegrate, and it would hurt the Liberal Party at least as much as [...]
Peter Costello’s retirement
Broelman’s cartoon today on Peter Costello’s retirement was a ripper. Poor Peter has stood in John Howard’s shadow for so long he hasn’t needed sunglasses since 1998. There was a similar cartoon in The Australian yesterday. It showed Peter standing variously next to Alexander Downer, Howard and Brendan Nelson with the words “tick tick tick” [...]
Brendan Nelson having a go
I’m not exactly a great admirer of Brendan Nelson, but I do think he deserves to be given a chance. I wonder if much of the speculation about his position isn’t just political mischief. Compared with state leaders Ted Baillieu and Troy Buswell he’s doing a pretty good job in unenviable circumstances. I didn’t hear [...]
The Victorian election
There was no major surprise in the Victorian election result where Labor has been comfortably returned. Interesting aspects include: The Nats defied doomsday predictions and retained party status. The Liberals and Greens failed to increase their primary votes. The media darlings (Greens) won't win a lower house seat. Labor no longer holds any seats in [...]
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