Michelle Grattan (TC) : Malcolm Turnbull has gone for broke in his dramatic overhaul of the Coalition team. The new prime minister is using this moment of high authority to “renew” to the max – unlike Tony Abbott’s ill-judged timidity in the past. . Sam Mooy/AAP By his changes Turnbull has sent strong messages to […]
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Turnbull has moved beyond the Howard era in some respects, and returned to it in others
Malcolm Turnbull ousts Tony Abbott in dramatic party coup
Michelle Grattan (TC) : Malcolm Turnbull has seized the prime ministership from Tony Abbott by 54 votes to 44 in a late-night vote that transforms the federal political landscape and presents Bill Shorten with potentially a much more formidable opponent. Malcolm Turnbull arrives to the Liberal partyroom for the spill vote with a modest group […]
Australian PM Tony Abbott asked to step down by senior ministers
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been asked to step down by two top ministers, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull, Sky TV reported. Malcolm Turnbull reportedly called a news conference at Parliament House in Canberra, the Australian capital, on Monday. Turnbull announced his resignation, saying that he was declaring a […]
Abbott juggles the political pressures on Syrian refugees
Michelle Grattan (TC) : Tony Abbott is wedged between the hard right in the Coalition and commentariat on the one hand, and Liberal moderates, compassionate conservatives and pragmatists on the other, as the government considers how many refugees to accept from the Syrian crisis and the expansion of Australia’s overall humanitarian intake. An estimated 10,000 […]
Abbott on the nose in Canning but Liberals a nose in front
Michelle Grattan (TC) : Julie Bishop, deputy Liberal leader and the most senior minister from Western Australia, has a special interest in the tough Canning byelection contest. Liberal candidate Andrew Hastie, a former SAS officer, is her “vice-captain’s pick”. Bishop told POST Newspapers, a suburban weekly that circulates in her electorate, that she first met […]
Wagners Pty Ltd
Please read and share…. Robert Letkiewicz researched beyond the details as mentioned in the interview Alan Jones had with Heather Pascoe… Great research!! Thanks Robert. The Den of Vipers That Own and Control Australia After finally listening to Heather Brown’s interview conducted by Alan Jones, I decided to investigate the company that has been approved […]
Labor MP says Rudd should lead party
A SYDNEY Labor MP has called on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to stand down and allow Kevin Rudd to lead the party. John Murphy, who holds the inner-west electorate of Reid by a margin of 2.7 per cent, was mobbed on the campaign trail when he was joined by Mr Rudd at Five Dock Public […]