Category Archives: Liberal Party

Give Petro a go!

September 20, 2008 – 2:55 pm

Give Petro a go! I’ve been pondering the possible makeup of Malcolm Turnbull’s new shadow ministry (likely to be announced on Sunday), looking at who is in it at the moment, who could be dropped and who would be good to promote. Although the need to minimise internal unrest probably means there won’t be a huge [...]

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Fishing for differences

September 19, 2008 – 12:06 am

Following on from my previous post on the conflicting message of a merged Liberal National Party in Queensland and a determinedly differentiating National Party at federal level, is another small but rather telling example. The recently tabled Senate Committee report into legislation amending the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act contained a dissenting report from the [...]

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New Nationals Senate leader determined to differentiate from himself

September 18, 2008 – 11:57 am

There are continuing rumblings in Queensland that all is not going sweetly with the newly merged Liberal National Party.  It is a matter for the merged party as to how they want to operate, but I have to say I am getting more and more confused about how it is supposed to work. With Queenslander [...]

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Liberal Leadership contest – what difference does it make?

September 16, 2008 – 9:08 am

I have a loathing for the excessive focus on the theatre of politics, especially when it coincides with an exclusion of any examination of the real world impacts of policy positions. (Well I think it’s excessive anyway, which is why I loathe it). So, apart from one mention on my blog where I asked why [...]

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