You’re fired!

Does Julie Bishop not understand that her own party, never mind the rest of the country, decided they didn’t want her speaking about economic policy issues?
(Thanks to reader Bronwyn.)

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MessiahWatch

Apparently, he can sit on the shelf for a few more years.
P.S. It’s good that we have Peter van Onselen around – both to read the mind of the electorate (“MOST Australians would be feeling more comfortable right now if Peter Costello were still running the economy”), and to counterbalance the evil horde of socialist [...]

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But, but, but

… look over there!
I think there was a decent amount of opportunism in Rudd’s criticism of Malcolm – it tries to create equivalence with Robert McClelland’s recent comments. I tend to agree with Tim Dunlop – McClelland’s comments were downright stupid but I am not convinced that he should lose his job over it. What [...]

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Plan for Change

Barack Obama has done something out of the ordinary for this US Presidential campaign – recorded a two-minute ad addressing substantive issues:

The ad then points viewers to his web site for more information on his economic plan.
It will be interesting to see what impact this has – being two minutes long, [...]

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Having it both ways

I may have said this before, but the thing that makes Andrew Bolt’s blog successful is that he knows and works with his audience extremely well. This comes through not only in the things he writes, but also in what he leaves unwritten. Many of his blog posts are not so much about explicitly stating [...]

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Follow up

A request for our political journalists. Instead of spending all of your time speculating about whether Peter Costello plans to stay in politics, whether Malcolm will challenge Brendan for the leadership, and creating your own little melodramas, can you follow up on this sort of statement?
But the former treasurer says the policies of the Rudd [...]

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Rates cut

One quarter of one per cent – confirming (again) that Brendan has no power to influence anything. Tip would have got it down a half. If he was in charge. If he could be bothered. But they wouldn’t back him last year, so he’s had enough. You’ll have to beg him to come back.
Then, and [...]

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What is it with teh Right and mindless stupidity?

Yea, and the Messiah’s eyes shall be opened unto His own divinity and He shall ascend to His rightful place and He shall make things right in the world.
Perhaps it’s time for a reminder that correlation does not imply causation. In the time since Peter Costello ceased being Treasurer, other things that have happened include:

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Clutching for a legacy

John Winston Howard now associates himself with Hawke and Keating:
During the course of his speech last night (twenty minutes, with no notes – “He’s still got it in him! He’s still sharp! No notes!” breathed my neighbour, admiringly) Howard made much of the resilience of the Australian economy.
He credited it to the “twenty-five years of [...]

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MegaGeorge

How does someone as rational as this manage to exist in the environment of the GG?
The Labor leader can end the auction today by announcing no new bribes, and focusing, instead, on public spending.
Neither leader can be sure when voters will awaken from their apparent slumber and notice the politician making one announcement too many. [...]

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