Fabulous(ish)

Wednesday, 23 December 2015   State of the parties   9 comments 

David Rowe, AFR LEIGH SALES: OK. Let’s whip through a few other things. Your minister, Mal Brough, … MALCOLM TURNBULL: You’ve lost interest in innovation, have you? LEIGH SALES: (Laughs) I haven’t lost interest, but there’s a lotta things to get through and there’s limited time. MALCOLM TURNBULL: Aunty ABC loses interest in innovation. LEIGH […]

An incomplete revolution: Liberal edition

Tuesday, 15 September 2015   Political figures, State of the parties   12 comments 

In the spirit of inclusiveness Turnbull looks ready to accommodate all positions except his own.

Implosion

Tuesday, 10 February 2015   State of the parties, Tactics   19 comments 

Turnbull’s waiting until he is drafted really comes from him having no other choice.

Compulsion

Monday, 21 January 2013   State of the parties   12 comments 

Wait till you see what is coming to Canberra this year.

The Liberals start to normalise – an update

Monday, 30 May 2011   State of the parties   12 comments 

If Turnbull had read what was happening to Abbott, he would have kept his head low.

No revival, just decay – Federal edition

Wednesday, 5 May 2010   State of the parties   10 comments 

Surely this isn’t the same Chris Uhlmann who a year ago was chastising Rudd for believing in the threat of climate change like it was an act of faith?

Turnbull dumps the political class

Friday, 9 April 2010   Political figures   8 comments 

Turnbull’s problem, as far as the Liberals were concerned, is that he didn’t seem particularly interested in the question, but merely winning an election.

Barnaby’s game

Friday, 12 February 2010   Political figures, Tactics   7 comments 

Joyce’s act is to portray himself as a rube who, through some stroke of luck, has popped up in the sophisticated Finance portfolio, but being the honest and simple guy he is, still can’t help saying what he really thinks.

Is Turnbull a politician? – an update

Wednesday, 10 February 2010   Political figures   4 comments 

It is the potential detachment of Abbott’s Liberals from big business interests that allows Turnbull a possible way back in.

Best of Australian politics 2009

Tuesday, 29 December 2009   Key posts, Media analysis, State of the parties   21 comments 

That’s it for 2009.

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