February 11, 2012

Malcolm Turnbull

Whether you agree with Malcolm Turnbull on climate change or not (I don’t) you have to admire his gutsy performance.

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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 [...]

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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” [...]

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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 [...]

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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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