Tag Liberal leadership spill
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Coalition’s climate-change firestorm
David Norris, Pottsville. What political party faction in their right mind would challenge the prime minister with a candidate who has a pecuniary interest in question hanging over his head? Dutton’s challenge was obviously doomed to failure before it was... Read More →
August 29, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
A peek at Rupert Murdoch’s revised walking dead cabinet
Good riddance Turnbull, a PM of massive wealth and ego who left office without much record of accomplishment. Remember when the Libs scoffed as Labor tore itself apart?
August 29, 2018 | Hans Lovejoy | 14 -
Scott Morrison elected next prime minister
Update: P Scott Morrison has been elected Liberal Party leader in a 45-40 vote.
August 24, 2018 | Chris Dobney | 2 -
Vested interests
Joe Monks, The Gap. The current leadership crisis is a perfect example of how vested interests (mining, banks, insurance, energy etc) can destabilise a country. Each one of our Liberal and most of our Labor politicians represent a vested interest... Read More →
August 24, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
How the right-wing media have given a megaphone to reactionary forces in the Liberal Party
The polarisation that is devouring Australia’s politics is reflected in the increasingly stark polarisation of the country’s professional mass media, writes Denis Muller of Melbourne University.
August 24, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 5 -
Local Labor MP stands by Shorten
Richmond Labor MP Justine Elliot describes former prime minister Tony Abbott's replacement, ‘Malcolm Turnbull, as 'just another out-of-touch, arrogant leader with a chaotic, dysfunctional and divided government.'
September 16, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 5 -
The personal is political in the marginals
Anthony Plesko, Ballina. Why did the Libs change their leader? It had nothing to do with who is better PM nothing to do with good government, nothing to do with the needs and wishes of the people.
September 15, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 0
