While we contemplate the tragedy that has befallen the once great party of Billy McMahon, let us also consider what’s on Bill Shorten’s to do list today. Pop into the office late, check emails, go to question time, make merry, flip through soft furnishing brochures, have a long lie down.
That’s pretty much all Bill Shorten has to do right now. I would add Labor’s tactics yesterday to suspend Question Time and bring forth a vote of no confidence in the Turnbull government were terrible. It would have been a better exercise to drag up Liberal frontbenchers who had voted for the challenger, Peter Dutton, and asked them questions of the “Does the current Prime Minister enjoy your full support?” type. Almost certainly the questions would have been ruled out of order, but it would have made for great theatre.
Look, it’s not all bad news. At least Malcolm Turnbull won a poll for the first time yesterday in what, 18 months or more.
For now, it is enough to know that voters hate what they are seeing. The next Newspoll promises to be such painful reading for the Liberal Party that the numbers may just as well have been toted up by the Marquis de Sade. Thank you, Sir. May I have another?
In times of great tumult, if you are like me you will turn not just to print and online reports but to television for that additional sense of immediacy. I have followed the travails of the Liberal Party, leading to this reckless act of self-destruction on Sky News because it offers the best political coverage on television bar none. It does so without ostentation. It is political news done on the smell of an oily rag. The team led by David Speers is well connected, often reporting on SMS communiques received from members of the beleaguered party in real time.
Full column here.
How embarrassing this last week has been for all those wealthy, power hungry whingers from the weakest & dumbest government ever.
Go have a life MT, a life where you can back your own beliefs.
Turnbull listening to “should I stay or should I go now” on the way to the gg’s digs. We should find out soon.
The big question for mine is whether Abbott will land a ministry. I believe he should and that he will.
Jesus – are you serious Milton?. He has caused absolute havoc just to get his revenge – a true wazzock
Seriously serious, Boa!
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An endorsement of the neg crud that provoked the spill
turnbull still got 40 in the spill motion. this further highlights just how badly the cons have damaged then “liberal” brand. again it seems the intimidation and bullying as noted by Liberal MPs by the cons was a big factor in scaring people into wrecking their brand. the problem is we now the worst treasurer in the nations history as PM. hillsong has also bee more than happy to use rascist bigoted divisive rhetoric to demonise minorities and those people who due to his very policies are now worse off economically than they were 5 years ago. No surprises just more of the same.
Yep 40. That’s a substantial number. Lets hope Malcolm is seriously plotting not just his revenge but a rout.
The only hatchets that will be buried after this will be deep into skulls. Let the good times roll.
Thank goodness! The country is back in good hands, Josh Frydenberg got the deputy’s gig.
Football tips
Yes and EPL.
I think that Catherine McGregor, writing in the Age is right.
The Liberal party is finished.
The hard right are living in fairyland if they think the younger voters want people incarcerated on Nauru and Manus or coal power instead of renewables . These are the voters of the future.
I’m happy enough to have Andrew Wilkie in my electorate.
i do think every asylum seeker should have been offered a way off the islands by now, but I don’t believe anyone is now incarcerated.
they are free to move around and to leave where they are, to go where they choose, what is denied them is movement to Australia.
I don’t think that is the same as prison, and I am sure most prisoners would agree.
Scott Morrison Is the 30th Australian PM, Mr. Insider, do hope he enjoys his brief whirl in the big chair before we throw the Lib/Nats out at the next election.
Now this is a resignation long overdue!
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/andy-vesey-quits-as-agl-chief-executive/news-story/a0f9676c8f16133d6fd633ff6c5eedf6
oh dear, on every measure hillsong morrison is the worst treasurer in the nation history he is worse than hockey and howard and that takes some doing.
the Public service has ballooned under the coalition to 25.8% of the working population under labor it averaged 23.2%.
Debt? well debt has gone past $535 billion it was $213 Billion at the end of 2013. Debt as a % of GDP has exploded past 42% of GDP. 10 point higher than under Labor. Full time work has dropped to 67% of the working population. It was 70% under Labor.
Spending has been above 25.5% of GDP for the entire time. It averaged 22% under Labor.
Underemployment has skyrocketed participation rate has dropped. People working in the gig economy for slave wages are not being collected in data.
Total tax % has risen back to the high level it was under Howard after labor dropped it by 1.5%.
Australia now sits at 100 of 183 on the list of Economies for growth. It was 3rd under Labor. Australia’s growth rate is in the bottom half of the 35 OECD countries also. It was 3rd under labor.
Real wages have dropped CPI at 2.1 which is higher wages have grown 2.04. ( more people over 808,000 have migrated into Australia in the last 12 months even as the cons attack minorities and blame them for the nations ill’s because they are new arrivals).
Personal savings has dropped back to Howard era record lows and Personal credit has again taken Australians back close to the most indebted individuals on the planet.
Ease of doing Business ratings have fallen so it is now harder to create and run a business.
Retail sales have slumped. On every measure this is the worst government in the nations history. it is about to get worse.
yes i knew the talking points would arrive on time