Liberals
TIME TO BREAK THE SILENCE: Former Nationals Leader Pat McNamara calls on Coalition to stop handing seats to extreme-left Greens party
Former Victorian Nationals leader Pat McNamara has criticised the Coalition electing Greens party politicians through preferences, arguing that the extremist Greens are “flaky” and are not deserving recipients of vote hand-outs from the conservative parties.
TRUE BLUE: Liberal Lord Mayor of Melbourne Robert Doyle says it was a “disgrace” the Libs helped elect the extreme-left Greens party
Liberal Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has slammed the decision of party power-brokers to help elect the extreme-left Greens party in the federal seat of Melbourne.
PUT THEM LAST: Liberal patriot MP Bernie Finn stands up for principle on the rising tide of Greens menace
In the wake of the extreme-left Greens party getting elected in Melbourne on the back of Liberal preferences, a Victorian Liberal MP Bernie Finn has called on both parties to put the Greens last, as they did with the extreme-right One Nation.
LIMBO NATION: Four newly elected Lib MPs could be disqualified
Just when you thought the dysfunction in Club Fed had got beyond a joke, there are four newly elected Liberal MPs who could be disqualified for breaching an obscure and old-fashioned provision of the Australian constitution. If thrown out, there could be four by-elections that could determine who governs Australia.
IT’S RAINING ETHICS: Lobby storm-cloud forms over NSW Liberals glory hole
Barry O’Farrell is New South Wales Premier in waiting. Lobbyists are waiting too and are set to make tens of millions of dollars from the changing of the guard.
BIG AUSTRALIA: Tony Abbott wants mega immigration programme with Sydney and Melbourne to grow 8 million strong
While some are keen to tar Tony Abbott’s Liberals with an anti-immigration brush, the truth is Tony Abbott has long supported a big immigration programme to underpin the growth of Australia to a population around 35 million strong.
GEORGE CHRISTENSEN: LNP bad-ass big-boy demands all-you-can-eat buffet for Mackay
LNP candidate in Dawson George Christensen has thrown his weight around as a Mackay local councillor to demand the establishment of an all-you-can-eat dining facility. The company has so far declined to pursue the opportunity. UPDATE: Meanwhile, the mother of the troubled candidate has come out swinging, slamming anyone who has a bad word for her boy.
NOT UP TO IT: “Save us from Davis” cry frustrated Victorian Liberals
The Victorian Liberal upper house leader David Davis is under pressure to resign today after failing to disclose a large investment in the Commonwealth Bank, as required by law. It could be the straw that broke the camel’s back for his upper house colleagues who think he’s not up to it, treats them high-handedly, drinks too much and is sloppy on detail.
GEORGE CHRISTENSEN: LNP candidate in Dawson thinks “the Jews killed Christ” and doesn’t think much of women, gays or Aborigines either
George Christensen is expected to romp home in the federal seat of Dawson in Queensland. The VEXNEWS Investigations Unit has uncovered a publication edited by the soon-to-be MP in 1998 that featured anti-semitism, racism, sexism and homophobia. And that’s just in one edition.
COVERT AFFAIRS: Liberal candidate and former TV personality Sarah Henderson accused of Bob Hawke impersonation
The knives are out for Liberal Corangamite candidate Sarah Henderson, whose personal life and conduct as a candidate has been subjected to withering internal criticism. As part of our commitment to be first with the worst, VEXNEWS lifts the lid on the smouldering cauldron that is the secret life of Hendo.
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