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I regret that Malcolm Turnbull was replaced by Tony Abbott as Liberal Party leader. To me it is the replacement of a decent hard-thinking politician by a populist clown who stands for nothing of consequence. Turnbull has stated he will cross the floor to vote for the Government’s CPRS. It is hard to see he could [...] The byelections in Bradfield and Higgins were interesting as they provided a test of what might happen to the Liberal Party as a consequence of Tony Abbott taking the leadership. Some former Liberal voters might have been expected to desert the Party as a consequence of its stance on climate change, some might actually be attracted by the policy and presumably a few (as usual) might move towards the party as a result of the usual byelection protest vote against the Government. Tony Abbott seems to have done well overall with the Liberal Party vote holding strong. Continue reading The mad monk’s success story? The CPRS bill has been defeated through the joint actions of the Coalition and the Greens in the Senate. Labor will present the bill for a third time rather than seek a double dissolution of both houses of Parliament. My preference would have been to get this highly imperfect bill passed but it has been defeated. It is now difficult to see how, without totally destroying its intent, a reformulated bill will ever get through. Putting the issue before the people is the best way out of this mess. Although it won’t be easy, Labor should negotiate a tougher bill which forgoes at least some of the outrageously counterproductive concessions to the electricity sector and which leaves open the possibility of charging for emissions in the agricultural sector – hopefully this should attract the 5 Green votes in the Senate. If this attempt is rejected and fails then a double dissolution should be sought. Continue reading CPRS defeated – where to now? The Parliamentary Liberal Party is an illiberal, shambles at present and the National Party is worse – the performance of Andrew Robb, Nick Minchin, Tony Abbott and the ‘mouth frothers’ Barnaby Joyce and Wilson Tuckey has left this scribe’s perception of these political parties in tatters . The one positive that comes out of conservative politics in Australia at present [...] |
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