tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post4004259026477900949..comments2024-03-08T15:43:20.236+00:00Comments on Keynesian Liberal: Australian electionsPeter Wrigleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-82450333941803427402013-08-26T10:50:31.158+01:002013-08-26T10:50:31.158+01:00Post post script
Forgot to mention, some ABC jou...Post post script<br /><br /><br />Forgot to mention, some ABC journalists have mentioned that Abbott won’t appear on ABC programs, presumably because it’s safer to shut up than expose oneself to a grilling from his intellectual superiors – or biased lefties if some Libs are to be believed. Of course, he doesn’t mind talking to the extreme anti-Labor Murdoch press. I note Tom Watson is paying us a visit during the campaign.<br /> <br />Cheers.<br />Gareth<br />Peter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732407426313451205.post-66683472122768452262013-08-26T10:48:41.907+01:002013-08-26T10:48:41.907+01:00Post script.
Dear Peter
I think things have dete...Post script.<br /><br />Dear Peter<br /><br />I think things have deteriorated since I wrote (the above) – Rudd has failed to humiliate Abbott in debates, as was reasonably expected, mostly due to Rudd’s own mediocre performance as Abbott continues not to put up anything positive or cost it properly*. The polls indicate that Rudd’s second honeymoon is over. The Libs, I feel, in pole position are trying to keep Abbott quiet to avoid too many gaffes, though he couldn’t help himself on Friday by providing a solution to the illegal boat people (mostly refugees) by buying up Indonesian fishing boats on which they come. With a fishing fleet estimated to be in the region of 750,000, he didn’t explain how he was going to pay for it, nor what the Indonesians would do for fish, even if they were for sale. Complete f’wit, and I’m afraid our national embarrassment is upon us.<br /> <br />Re attribution, you can but it may be awkward as Gareth Evans was also a well-known former Attorney General and Foreign Minister in past Labor govts and would no doubt cause some confusion.<br /> <br />I re-checked my `facts’ re the previous Lib spill and the following is from Wikipedia, not the most reliable source. As I recall, Hockey wouldn’t stand against Turnbull and only nominated to try to keep Abbott out when it was clear Turnbull himself had a minority of support but, as I indicated, Hockey and Turnbull split the sensible vote in the first round, accidentally eliminating Hockey, who would otherwise have won against either Abbott or Turnbull in a 2-way contest.<br /> <br />Cheers for now.<br />Gareth<br /> <br />*other than a crazy paid maternity leave scheme, which will cost top-end companies and the govt a fortune, and which only benefits high-earning new parents (as opposed to the current Labor scheme which costs much less and is the same for all, rich and poor). Not even women’s groups have embraced this, and most are critical, including many of his party MPs – it was conceived off the cuff by Tony without consultation with his colleagues when he was well-behind with female voters.<br /> <br /> <br />A leadership spill of the federal parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party of Australia was held on 1 December 2009. The incumbent, Malcolm Turnbull, was defeated by Tony Abbott in a three-way vote of Liberal Party Members of Parliament (MPs). Joe Hockey also stood as a candidate. Abbott thus became the Leader of the Opposition in the Parliament of Australia.<br />The spill was the culmination of a dispute within the Liberal Party over its response to the Rudd Government's proposed emissions trading scheme (ETS). Turnbull supported the introduction of an ETS and sought to negotiate amendments to government's proposed legislation. Abbott came to represent many Liberal members of Parliament who were climate change sceptics or otherwise opposed the ETS. After Turnbull survived a spill motion (a motion to declare the leadership vacant[1]) against his leadership in late November 2009, Abbott declared his candidacy and a subsequent spill was moved on 1 December. Hockey—a moderate who had been a supporter of Turnbull's position on the ETS—also stood. While Hockey had been expected to win, he was knocked out in the first round of voting. Abbott subsequently defeated Turnbull in the second round, 42–41.<br /><br />Peter Wrigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16481117156930677255noreply@blogger.com