Following the internal warfare inside the Liberal Party these days requires a GPS device, radar, a satellite dish, an asbestos suit, a pair of lead boots and a strong stomach, writes Alex Mitchell.
Wentworth
Comrie-Thomson: What happened in Queensland?
Public humiliation is a sobering experience. In my poll predictions I picked the bleeding obvious in New South Wales and completely misread Queensland, writes Paul Comrie-Thomson.
Comrie-Thomson: Do we really know what is going on in Bennelong?
“All the pollsters can’t be all right all the time”. Bob Dylan said something like that. So what can we predict about next Saturday’s result based on the most recent polls? asks Paul Comrie-Thomson.
Tips and rumours
Morris Major required, but Morris Minor on duty? Some senior Ministers and their staffers in the Iemma Government are whingeing to Press Gallery journos (especially from The Daily Telegraph), that the Premier rarely swings into action before 9.30am and does not take meetings, schedule events and is rarely at his desk after 4.30pm. Watch the […]
Bursting the Wentworth soap bubble
The dramas in Wentworth are a distraction from the central fact: Malcolm Turnbull is an outstanding candidate with outstanding potential, writes Christian Kerr.
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The AFP investigates political advertising
The Australian Electoral Commission has referred an anti-Labor and Green pamphlet being distributed in the Eastern suburbs of Sydney to the Federal Police for investigation, writes Margaret Simons.
After lunch in Wentworth, Turnbull calls for the cheques
As you read this, Malcolm Turnbull is winding up an interesting lunch with some leading members of his Wentworth electorate: top of the list of topics was the Pulp mill decision and, of course, financial support, writes Glenn Dyer
Tips and rumours
Among the Secretaries that might be contemplating “The Night of the Long Knives” you forgot to mention Nick Warner in Defence. As a former worker in the PM’s Office he must be a candidate for the chop. Interestingly, word has it that he might be very glad of such an excuse to walk away from […]
Wentworth and the clash of civilisations
What once applied to the Bosporus now applies to Bondi Junction. It is a place where one can see the confluence of civilisations. As he gazes out from his Bronte Road office, Malcolm Turnbull must feel as Alexander the Great did before him, writes Christian Kerr.
Brough’s laws: a downside of the 1967 referendum
When, in 1967, Harold Holt’s government put to the Australian people a proposal to amend section 51 (xxvi) of the Constitution so that the Commonwealth could make special laws with respect to Aboriginal people, the maverick Liberal MP Billy Wentworth warned that this could mean that in the future, a government could not only make laws to benefit Indigenous Australia, but also to disadvantage it. He was ignored.
NSW Libs: Lacking a certain fabulousness
“You find this ugly, I find it lovely,” Kenneth Slessor wrote of William Street in Darlinghurst Nights. But the NSW Libs have another view, writes Christian Kerr.
