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Video of the Day: Fox News: the new liberals?
Lately Fox News have been complaining about the president, defending protesters and Damning The Man. Are they, gasp, the new liberals?
Is Turnbull’s honeymoon over?
The one steady factor in recent Newspolls has been the decline in Turnbull’s satisfaction ratings and the increase in his dissatisfaction ratings, writes Bernard Keane.
Is the LNP sleepwalking to defeat in Queensland?
There’s alarm within LNP ranks at both the policy direction of the party and the lack of former Liberal Party members willing to assist in the campaign, reports Bernard Keane.
Merger I: Libs and Nats descend into complete chaos
The Queensland Liberals are self-destructing before our eyes following last night’s remarkable State Council meeting, with pro-merger forces set to leave the party and join the Nationals’ new venture, writes Bernard Keane.
Comitatus: Spare us the Costello horsefluff
There are words for the all the Peter Costello speculation. One of them is “silly”. The other one starts with “s” too, writes Possum Comitatus.
Mr Fourteen Percent: why does he bother?
Brendan Nelson didn’t have a good start with Newspoll today – but that’s always the way after an election. He got off to a better start, however, with his plans for Liberal Party. The plans, anyway, if not the execution, writes Christian Kerr.
Nationals gaze into the abyss
The last of the post-election leadership issues was settled yesterday, with Warren Truss elected unopposed as leader of the Nationals, and Senator Nigel Scullion as his deputy, writes Charles Richardson.
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The Liberals call in the doctor … a nonexistent portfolio? … political appointments … no pity for ministerial staffers … Islamofascism …
The Liberals call in the doctor
Former Labor Party member and union boss Brendan Nelson has been elected Liberal Party leader this afternoon in Canberra, 45 votes to 42. Western Australian Julie Bishop has been elected as his deput, writes Christian Kerr.
Two tasks for the new Liberal leader
The incoming Liberal leadership team, Leader Brendan Nelson and Deputy Julie Bishop, has two tasks to do – as soon as possible, writes Christian Kerr.
Perhaps all the Nationals should become family men now
It is a wonderful sight to behold how politicians become so concerned for family life when they lose access to their white cars and all the other lurks and perks of ministerial office, writes Richard Farmer.
Abjorensen: The Liberals fail to understand and fail to learn
As usual, the Liberal Party is in disarray after losing an election, writes Norman Abjorensen.
New leader, new start
The Liberal Party is in desperate need of leadership, writes Christian Kerr.
Oz blogs
The end of the Liberals … Sunday classifieds … Bad news for the Greens … Libs expected worse … The view from the cab … Was all in the timing … Green fashion sense … History repeats … Reality check: Kev - this still holds true
Andrew Robb – how quickly you forget
Days out from the 1996 election, Treasurer Ralph Willis released a letter suggesting a Howard government would cut grants to the states. It was a forgery. Eleven years later, though, Liberal minister Andrew Robb has a dodgy document of his own, writes Christian Kerr.
MacCormack: Is panic setting in for desperate Libs?
Two signs of desperation from the Liberals yesterday. Is panic finally setting in? asks David MacCormack.
Liberals snub the net and the chance of public engagement
The debate will start on Saturday night about whether any of the “e-lection” internet initiatives made much difference to the end result. However, if there are votes to be had online it’s a dead cert that the Liberals won’t have garnered too many of them, write Marcus Westbury and Jason Wilson.
The PM, YouTube and the monkey shot
In theory, Howard’s latest YouTube clip ticks all the right boxes. But the segment actually manages to distill everything that’s currently failing for the Liberals into a few minutes of concentrated wrongness, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Errington: How will the Libs react to defeat?
If, as seems increasingly likely, the Coalition loses on 24 November, the Liberals are in danger of self-destruction without the spoils of office to help enforce discipline, writes Wayne Errington.
Sparrow: It should be a Greens election but it ain’t
It’s one of the bizarre ironies of this campaign: even as the issues they own become more and more mainstream, Bob Brown’s mob seems to be becoming more marginal, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Abjorensen: Polls pointing to Greens Senate victory in ACT
The Coalition might not be able to count on a Senate majority after a likely Labor win at the election, writes Norman Abjorensen.
MacCormack: Howard’s ‘grey power’ bribes are just the beginning
In future election campaigns, we will look back on yesterday’s $4 billion bribe to pensioners and wonder at how small it was, writes David MacCormack.
Forget the worm – Wall Street may turn against Labor
Kevin Rudd is pursuing an economic policy agenda inspired by Philippe Starck, so minimal it seems, but it may end up passé if the Wall Street rout witnessed on Friday gains momentum, writes Matt Marks.
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Tax cuts and electioneering … small “L” Liberals … land and housing affordability … trade union backgrounds … Howard’s debate … the Exclusive Brethren …
