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Isobel Redmond and Karlene MaywaldSouth Australian Liberal leader Isobel Redmond’s open hostility toward Nationals MP Karlene Maywald has surprised me. Redmond was reported in The Australian saying: “For the last term of the government, she’s been a member of the Labor government. I think it’s disingenuous to then try to…
March 17 2010, 4:38pm | Comments »
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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…
November 13 2009, 11:41pm | Comments »
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Describing a political party, if I said there were fights on the floor of the party conference, a strident radical wing and legislation to establish a public gas utility you’d probably assume I was talking about the Australian Labor Party. In fact I would be describing the Victorian Country Party,…
October 23 2009, 12:40am | Comments »
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The Federal Nationals are surprisingly confused about what direction they should be heading in. The Federal Council is meeting this weekend and apparently delegates will support moves to develop policies independently of the Liberals. Good idea, funny it took them so long. There was speculation in The Australian this week…
August 22 2009, 4:49am | Comments »
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There’s been a lot written and said about Vince Catania’s decision to quit the Labor Party and join the WA Nationals. Some media have described the defection as a “shock” and “unprecedented”. It’s not shocking for a country Labor MP to turn independent, or in this case join an independent…
July 27 2009, 8:28pm | Comments »
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The Labor Party backlash against WA MP Vince Catania’s decision to join the Nationals is predictable. If Catania were such a “rat” and “not up to the job”, it’s remarkable they tolerated him in the party room at all. I met Catania a couple of times in Kalgoorlie and he…
July 21 2009, 5:44am | Comments »
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Influence rather than conflict
Maybe I’m naive, but I don’t believe politics has to involve confrontation, opposition and conflict as it does under the two-party system. Despite the spin which is already being trotted out, the Queensland election result delivers the people’s verdict on the merger of the National and Liberal parties. They didn’t…
March 21 2009, 7:35pm | Comments »
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The election result in Queensland suggests country people in the most decentralised state have lost their voice forever. Shame on the Queensland Nationals for selling out in a failed merger. This was an election that was almost impossible to lose, but the LNP managed to lose it. Brisbane and South…
March 21 2009, 4:49am | Comments »
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It was interesting to see the temporary alliance form this week between the Greens and Nationals over carbon sink forests. Both parties rightly agreed tax deductions to plant trees would adversely affect country communities. Barnaby Joyce was smart to accept the Nationals Senate leadership without portfolio and NSW Senator Fiona…
December 6 2008, 1:16am | Comments »
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