Multiculturalism is not a failed idea, says former PM Malcolm Fraser. He welcomes Labor’s re-embrace, but in this piece for Crikey he condemns his former Liberal Party for creating a climate of fear on the issue.
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Hey Tony, funding Indonesian schools works
As Julie Bishop and Tony Abbott fight over foreign aid cuts, Crikey examines why his proposal to cut $400 million from Australia’s aid budget to Indonesia’s schools program is a desperate measure, and one that won’t see the light.
Mining the donations: Palmer returns as $1 million Tory sugar daddy
Billionaire Queensland mining magnate Clive Palmer ratcheted up his political donations to the conservative side of politics to over $1 million in 2009-10, despite the Liberal Party declaring his cash persona non grata mid-way through the audit period, according to data released by the Australian Electoral Commission this morning.
BHP 3rd most valuable company as Liberal bank holdings hit $28m
With the federal government warning of revenue shortfalls on its new mineral resources rent tax courtesy of the surging dollar, it is clear BHP-Billiton could comfortably afford to pay billions more in tax if the MRRT variables were tweaked.
Crikey Says: Campaign Crikey morning edition: Day 23
”Isn’t it great to lead a united political party with a deputy I can trust, a predecessor who’s a friend and a former prime minister who’s a hero…”
Hamilton: Lessons learnt from running in Higgins
The Greens’ candidate in the weekend’s Higgins by-election, Clive Hamilton, reflects on the successes and failures of his climate change-focussed campaign.
Turnbull has lanced the boil of climate change denialism
Malcolm Turnbull’s stoic courage in Parliament House on Thursday lances the boil of climate change denialism, writes Tony Kevin.
Loughnane and Abbott convene Libs’ Broken Hearts Club
Federal Liberal Party director Brian Loughnane and shadow cabinet minister Tony Abbott were spotted at one of Canberra’s premier eateries last night, writes Alex Mitchell.
Federal Liberals keep their sorry secrets in the closet
Deciding on whether or not to support a national apology for the Stolen Generation is not getting any easier for the Liberal Party, reports Thomas Hunter.
The odd couple: Boris and Lynton
Former federal Liberal Party director Lynton Crosby this week formally joins the campaign team of the world’s favourite Tory, Boris Johnson, as he seeks to follow in the footsteps of Dick Whittington and become Lord Mayor of London, writes Christian Kerr.
Tips and rumours
Matt Birney from the WA Liberals has recently quit politics for a “business” career. What people don’t know is he was stacked out by the northern alliance. They closed the preselection votes a couple of weeks ago, and Matt has found he has been stacked out, so he has jumped rather than been pushed. The […]
Liberal presidential power plays
Federal Liberal Party president Chris McDiven is under threat, stories that appear to be coming out of NSW say today. Now that the Liberals need to make themselves electable, they face significant challenges, writes Christian Kerr.
Abjorensen: When did Catholics take over the LIberal Party?
A Catholic was elected leader of the Federal Liberal Party last week, and no one noticed. How things have changed, writes Norman Abjorensen.
Climate change: Playb*y called it in 1980
The basic science on the cause and impacts of climate change hasn’t changed since the first IPCC report in 1990. In fact the language was clear and direct, compared with some of the later efforts, just ask Playboy, writes Maria Taylor.
Inside the Liberal bunker. CHQ if you like
My mission was to find out how the Liberal Party organizes its media machine during an election but I thought I was talking to a brevet major when media liaison officer Jim Bonner explained “I don’t know whether we’ll be making any comment about who’s who at CHQ”, writes Andrew Dodd.
Stone age revival fails in NT parliament
Imagine the surprise of Territory Legislative Assembly Speaker Jane Aagaard when Former Liberal Party President and Chief Minister of the Northern Territory Shane Stone put it to her that he speak from the floor of the Assembly to a Condolence Motion this morning.
