Comments on: Mr Beazley goes to Washington http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/mr-beazley-goes-to-washington/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:14:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Joanna Mendelssohn http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/mr-beazley-goes-to-washington/#comment-37890 Joanna Mendelssohn Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:11:02 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=87211#comment-37890 Rudd's tactics remind me that one of the main reasons for taking the high moral ground in any stoush is that it makes it easier to kick your opponent in the head. In this case I think Malcolm Turnbull probably has a pretty sore head. Rudd’s tactics remind me that one of the main reasons for taking the high moral ground in any stoush is that it makes it easier to kick your opponent in the head.

In this case I think Malcolm Turnbull probably has a pretty sore head.

]]> By: jacks http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/17/mr-beazley-goes-to-washington/#comment-37889 jacks Thu, 17 Sep 2009 01:58:23 +0000 http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=87211#comment-37889 "And in a smart nod to bipartisanship, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has also announced Brendan Nelson as Australia’s new ambassador to the European Union and NATO." Bipartisanship? More likely mutual self-interest. Both parties know that sooner or later they'll be in opposition and the MPs want cushy jobs when they retire. Its just Rudd throwing the coalition a bone knowing that in a decade when he and his colleagues themselves end up in opposition the coalition will do the same for them. “And in a smart nod to bipartisanship, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has also announced Brendan Nelson as Australia’s new ambassador to the European Union and NATO.”

Bipartisanship? More likely mutual self-interest. Both parties know that sooner or later they’ll be in opposition and the MPs want cushy jobs when they retire. Its just Rudd throwing the coalition a bone knowing that in a decade when he and his colleagues themselves end up in opposition the coalition will do the same for them.

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