OZ politics about to boil over
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Warrigal
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Well, don't come by boat or you'll end up on Manus Island and be forever forgotten. :grin:
Warrigal
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Our new PM has just announced his cabinet. The Minister for Defence is a woman - Senator Marise Payne.
The Minister for Small Business is another woman.
Kelly O'Dwyer is also Assistant Treasurer.
She is still breast feeding her youngest child who is only 3 months old.
Ken Wyatt becomes Australia's first indigenous cabinet minister, appointed to the post of Assistant health Minister.
The times they are a'changin'.... for the better. And about time, too.
The Minister for Small Business is another woman.
Kelly O'Dwyer is also Assistant Treasurer.
She is still breast feeding her youngest child who is only 3 months old.
Ken Wyatt becomes Australia's first indigenous cabinet minister, appointed to the post of Assistant health Minister.
The times they are a'changin'.... for the better. And about time, too.
Warrigal
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No, Joe is heartbroken because his best friend, Tony Abbott, was prepared to throw him under a bus in an attempt to keep his job as PM. He offered Joe's job of Treasurer to another MP, Scott Morrison, and also offered him the Deputy Party Leader's position, thereby offering to throw another supporter under the same bus. The ploy failed but the new PM has made Morrison Treasurer and Joe has resigned his commission and has announced his intention to quit parliament soon.
I feel for Joe. He tried his best but just wasn't up to the job.
I feel for Joe. He tried his best but just wasn't up to the job.
Zante
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It has been interesting - we have time to fit in another couple before Christmas!
However, I would not like their job and I guess that they try to do their best - or most of them do - and most people don't like them - they spend a lot of time away from their families and even the least little demeanour gets headlines.
However, I would not like their job and I guess that they try to do their best - or most of them do - and most people don't like them - they spend a lot of time away from their families and even the least little demeanour gets headlines.
Warrigal
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Very true Zante.
When Bill Shorten (Leader of the Opposition Party) announced on Monday "One down, one to go", he could very well have been speaking of himself.
There will be an interesting program from Four Corners on the ABC tonight that was being made last Monday before the challenge was mounted. When it was announced that the challenge was on, they were interviewing Peter Costello, former Treasurer and Deputy Leader under John Howard, and the interviews continued after the change of leadership. His observation is that the Liberal Party, his party, does not reward loyalty, only performance and success.
The clean way to change leaders has always been a deal in which the leader agrees to step down after a while in favour of the deputy but in recent years they have refused to do this. The result is either a challenge or electoral defeat if the leader becomes unpopular.
The Australian people have a lot of trouble understanding that the prime ministership is a gift of the party, not a matter of voters' choice.
When Bill Shorten (Leader of the Opposition Party) announced on Monday "One down, one to go", he could very well have been speaking of himself.
There will be an interesting program from Four Corners on the ABC tonight that was being made last Monday before the challenge was mounted. When it was announced that the challenge was on, they were interviewing Peter Costello, former Treasurer and Deputy Leader under John Howard, and the interviews continued after the change of leadership. His observation is that the Liberal Party, his party, does not reward loyalty, only performance and success.
The clean way to change leaders has always been a deal in which the leader agrees to step down after a while in favour of the deputy but in recent years they have refused to do this. The result is either a challenge or electoral defeat if the leader becomes unpopular.
The Australian people have a lot of trouble understanding that the prime ministership is a gift of the party, not a matter of voters' choice.
Warrigal
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For Americans puzzled by the Australian political system (similar to the Westminster system of the UK) here is a potted history of leadership challenges. There is nothing unprecedented about the current leadership change.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-15/a-history-of-leadership-spills/6778070
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-15/a-history-of-leadership-spills/6778070