New Greens MP Ronan Lee has probably handed the Liberal National Party its first seat at the next election. Lee, until yesterday the Labor member for Indooroopilly, is unlikely to hold the seat for the Greens. His defection should cause...
New Greens MP Ronan Lee has probably handed the Liberal National Party its first seat at the next election. Lee, until yesterday the Labor member for Indooroopilly, is unlikely to hold the seat for the Greens. His defection should cause...
What exactly is the new Liberal National Party? While according to the Queensland Parliament's website it exists, some of its members are acting as though the merger had never happened and the National and Liberal parties still exist, at least...
The election of Malcolm Turnbull as leader of the Liberal Party is a good outcome for the party and an excellent outcome for Australia. Turnbull deserves the support of the Party and all those determined the kick the Rudd Labor Government out of office.
Turnbull has much more business and life experience than Kevin Rudd and is a much more intelligent politician. Turnbull is a serious candidate to be Australia's next Prime Minister.
I have always had affection for Peter Costello. He is one of the Liberal Party's strongest parliamentary performers and an even-tempered, amiable sort of bloke. I think he would have made a competent Prime Minister though not outstanding. He faced the problem that most Liberal Party members felt gratitude and respect towards John Howard so that a challenge to Howard for the top job was always going to be difficult. Read more »
Krudd’s Australia is leading the world on climate change policy. Well, starting last November we did. Read more »
WA Liberal Senator Chris Ellison and former Howard government minister is quitting politics.
The West Australian senator said he wanted to make way for new blood on the opposition front bench and was keen to spend more time with his family, including his three young children.
He said he would immediately move to the opposition back bench and decide in the coming months when to leave parliament. (Source: The West)
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Malcolm Turnbull is humbled. Now that he’s top dog.
Turnbull is the new federal Liberal leader after Brendan Nelson called for a spill and wouldn’t you know got dumped. That’s why he was not good as leader, his capacity to read a situation / nation / party room / voters was notoriously off.
Mr Turnbull defeated Dr Nelson by a narrow margin of 45-41 at a partyroom meeting this morning.
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Not sure whether this is a self-serving post, or whether long-term the association will cause me minor embarrassment, but until Nathan Rees became an MP I thought I was the only person involved in politics whose CV contained both an...
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