By Andrew Bolt Read this Post carefully, and then read the observation I have added at the end of the Post…..TonyfromOz. THIS was the worst way for Labor to win government, and the best for Tony Abbott to lose it. What a discreditable end to 17 days of largely pointless haggling. Here were the two […]
After 17 days, the Australian Federal Election has finally produced a winner. Neither of the major Parties gained an outright majority, so it was up to the Independents to decide who was going to govern the Country. At the 2007 election, Labor cruised to an easy victory over a long term incumbent Liberal Coalition, the […]
By Andrew Bolt It is now 17 days since Australia voted, and still there is no definitive result. The incumbent Labor Government under Julia Gillard as Prime Minister frittered away what should have been a comfortable majority they had following the earlier election in 2007, and in fact came close to losing Government outright, which […]
By Andrew Bolt Are the Greens the deal breaker for the independents? THE prospect of a formal Labor-Greens alliance is putting Julia Gillard on a collision course with the key regional independents… After talks yesterday with Greens leader Bob Brown and new Greens MP Adam Bandt, the Prime Minister left open the possibility of an […]
There are some things about voting in Australia that ‘seem’ on the surface to be quite odd, when viewed from the perspective of a U.S. citizen who understands the processes they have there. In an earlier post at this link, I explained some of the processes, and mentioned the main Parties, and the major players […]
By Andrew Bolt As the election impasse moves forward at snails’ pace, opinion is starting to change, and that the three main Independents may be asking for too much, and that it now seems to look like they want to be the ones who are in effect governing Australia. The Coalition has an opinion that […]
By Andrew Bolt We are at a dangerous point when the Deputy Prime Minister will grovel to Bob Katter and the other two rural independents who have the power of deciding who governs. If a member’s first duty is to represent their electorate, then these independents should side with the Coalition over Labor, given the […]
By Andrew Bolt Again, this post focuses directly on Australian Politics, but what it does do is provide insight into what a vote for a party with a decidedly Green agenda might result in. If Labor does sneak back in, or for that fact the (Conservative) Coalition, they will be held to ransom by the […]
While this post concentrates on the political situation in Australia, the overall intent could be translated to any of the major Countries in the World where green politics are starting to take hold. The ramifications of the green agenda have not been fully explained to the vast populace who are voting for them without understanding […]
By Andrew Bolt As predicted here yesterday, Julia Gillard looks like winning with the backing of some of the independents: Privately, the two NSW independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor, were leaning toward Labor, and would break from Queensland independent Bob Katter if needed. With their support and that of Greens MP Adam Bandt, Ms […]
By Andrew Bolt The three ex-National Party members, now independents will decide who forms government, should Labor not win all the four seats still in doubt. So what might they want? Bob Katter: Mr Katter said he would like to see the end of the “duopoly” of major retailers Woolworths and Coles as well as […]
By Andrew Bolt With the election result still balanced with no outright winner, and the distinct possibility of a ‘hung’ Parliament, I’m going to concentrate on it for a couple of days until the picture becomes a little more clear. To that end, I’ll be posting two posts from Andrew today. The second of those […]
By Andrew Bolt With the deadlock that resulted from the federal election yesterday, there are many things that could happen, and here. Andrew lists just some of those connotations…..TonyfromOz. Above is how Antony Greens sums up the state of play. Now let’s add up the seats to try to reach a majority of 76. The […]
Today, Saturday 21 August, is polling day in Australia for the Federal Election. I’ll be ‘Live Blogging’ the results as they come in. For in depth background on the Australian electoral process, the major players and the two main Parties involved see the post at this link. By the time most of you read this, […]
By Andrew Bolt With the Federal Election to be held on Saturday, the newspapers here in Australia have nailed their colours to the mast and tipped who they think might win what is tipped to be the closest result since the 1960 Federal Election. For background on the Australian electoral process and the major players […]
By Andrew Bolt Even Barack Obama’s America is banking on coal-fired power – and giving up on the mirage of clean-coal technology that the Gillard Government still promotes: Utilities across the USA are building dozens of old-style coal plants that will cement the industry’s standing as the largest industrial source of climate-changing gases for years […]
By Andrew Bolt Tony Abbott leads the Liberal Party of Australia, the main Conservative party here in Australia. He has grown into the role from an unsure start some months back now, and has become more assured when being interviewed by the mainly left leaning media here in Australia. One of those major Current Affairs […]
September 8, 2010 by papundits
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