Harry Clarke

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]