Rumpole stands chastised. Rog is a very decent bloke, ive known him for over 23 years!!. However the deal done by the missos and sda totally sucks. If anything it could set up rog as a fall guy if things dont go according to plan. I believe Roger has made a blunder by accepting the deal. It would have been far wiser to cement his reputation in the electorate and develop a profile rather than agree to this arrangement. He’s a big boy and its his decision. However you cant tell me that in the current caucus we couldnt find an existing member that could undertake the deputy position. Its really an insult to the rest of caucus and a total slap in the face to Allanah who should have been given an opportunity to lead. As for Rumpys faction not having the numbers, Im afraid my faction endorsed the deal!!! Roger has the potential to be a future leader in his own right in time. He didnt need to play this game, it does him or the party no good indeed.

… because the Liberals will win the ensuing by-election.

Are you sure about that ? I reckon Bowler only won it because of his high personal vote, and because it now includes a large part of Eyre, there would be a high ALP/Indiginous Vote.

It seems to me that there would be a very high likelihood of an adverse finding being made against Bowler by the CCC.

However how does this change the numbers in parliament? An adverse finding does not represent a criminal conviction. Is there something to preclude people with an adverse CCC finding being MPs?]

And if the findings force Bowler tyo resign from Parliament, it will affect the numbers

Sounds like somebody’s sub-faction didn’t have the numbers in caucus and rumpole needs to SUCK IT UP BABY. That’s politics darling. Meooowwwwww.

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hmmm the alp’s new dynamic duo fatman and the boy blunder. Oh dear oh dear.

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its a shame really for the people of kwinana because roger cook is actually a really talented and decent guy. He’s been a champion of indigenous causes and has got a well developed sense of justice, not to mention that a guy of his talent would be guaranteed a ministry. Lets hope for the sake of the people of kwinana he falls over the line.”

It seems to me that there would be a very high likelihood of an adverse finding being made against Bowler by the CCC.

However how does this change the numbers in parliament? An adverse finding does not represent a criminal conviction. Is there something to preclude people with an adverse CCC finding being MPs?

William,
In all honesty, I think the biggest ’strategic’ mistake that the Carpenter Government made in this election was to try and pinch a major part of the Greens vote and/or preferences via the late election campaign decision to ban Uranium Mining and deter GM crops. They knew they were in trouble and they knew they would be punished at the ballot box. But they had no idea how severe it was going to prove to be and hence they thought the protest vote would predominantly go the Greens whereby Labor thought they could still get the vote by improving the preference flow percentage from the perceived strong stand taken in what will always be more of a hard-line Greens anti-U and GM policy. The scare tactics were bound to fail eventually because we are dealing with a much more educated electorate in this day and age and the old vote-winning conspiracy theories just aren’t working the way they used to. Labor and Carpenter were hence left looking second rate,
arrogant and uneducated courtesy of The West, amongst others. Just served to show that the Labor think tank had run bone-dry and that they had nothing more positive to stand on in the end.

Sour grapes, Frank?

Just stating the facts as reported You will find a lot of people who did vote for the Libs, are those who take advantage of this scheme