The federal Liberal party has a new leader and Australia a new prime minister – the seventh prime minister, indeed, since 2007. The new prime minister is Scott Morrison whose elevation owes everything to an attempt by a not insubstantial proportion of the parliamentary Liberal party to expunge the former leader, Malcolm Turnbull. The…
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Scott Morrison will be PM no. 30 of Australia
Dutton pledges loyalty to Morrison Scott Morrison has defeated Peter Dutton in the leadership spill by 45-40. Julie Bishop was also in the fray, making it a 3-way contest but was eliminated in the first vote. Having attempted and lost the leadership vote, the position of deputy leadership became vacant. Josh Frydenberg has been elected…
Tables turned on super Saturday by-election
What a difference a by-election or five can make to the national political debate. Some weeks ago, with by-elections due in five federal districts resulting from four disqualifications by the High Court of Australia and one Labor member stating a desire to spend more time with his family, Labor leader Bill Shorten looked to be…
Super Saturday could be fatal for Bill Shorten
By Nick Economou On Saturday 28 July by-elections will be held in five federal electoral districts across the country. Four of these by-elections were caused as a result of the “citizenship crisis”, and one by an early retirement of a recently elected member of the lower house (Labor’s Tim Hammond in the seat of Perth)….
Building on Australia’s Migrant Success Story
By Alan Tudge Migrating to a new country can be an enormous gamble. People take huge risks to uproot their lives in order to come here to enjoy the freedoms and opportunities Australia has to offer. People do not come here to fail, but to succeed. And for generations, many have done just that. Migrants…
BANKING INQUIRY HITS COMPANIES, BUT WILL IT HURT THE GOVERNMENT?
Banking Inquiry – Presumably the political link between the corporate giants and the political party that advocates on behalf of “business’ is nowhere near as direct as that which exists between the ALP and the affiliated trade unions. Still, it is interesting to ponder what the political consequences of the banking inquiry might be, writes…
Old Issues for a New Political Year
by Dr Nick Economou The political year is back in full swing. Australia’s state and federal parliaments have resumed, and general elections are imminent for Tasmania and South Australia. Indeed, Victoria is to go to the polls in November. In Canberra, meanwhile, parliamentarians have regathered amidst revelations that top secret defence documents were obtained by…
Carmichael Mine & other Adani Australian ventures have tax haven ties to British Virgin Islands: Report
Adani Group’s $3.5bn debt-funded ‘investment’ in Australia including Carmichael Coal Mine at risk Canberra, Oct 3: An investigation by the ABC has alleged that the Adani Group’s Australian operations have “previously unknown tax haven ties in the British Virgin Islands”. ABC’s ‘Four Corners’ programme has uncovered the British Virgin Islands links of Gautam Adani’s Australian…
Dutton: people are gaming the system
Sydney, August 28: Peter Dutton is again causing consternation among asylum seekers and their families and sympathisers. This time perhaps some or the gurus and commentators it is pure economics versus social responsibility while human beings and their families are at stake. At least some say that. While supporters of Peter Dutton most of…
More protein, not Ganesha ridicule..!
Melbourne, September 5: Hindus are irate over the latest advertisement of Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) in which Hindu God Lord Ganesha is ridiculed and shown as feasting on Lamb. The two-minute long video while featuring a range of religious figures and prophets, including Jesus, Aphrodite, Lord Ganesha, Confucius, L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology founder…