TonyfromOz prefaces….. This is all happening right now as I write this, and it’s happening faster than I can keep up with. There has been a call for a change in Leadership of the Australian Labor Party, and this is effectively a vote for Prime Minister of Australia, as the Leader of that Party is […]
By Andrew Bolt ~ Nick Cater on why the Australian Labor Government is losing the values debate: American psychologist Jonathan Haidt … concludes we are born to be righteous and that political and moral choices are closely linked… Haidt identifies six moral virtues touched by politics, the “taste buds of the righteous mind”: care, fairness, […]
By Andrew Bolt The Labor Party in the title is the Australian Labor Party, the Party currently forming a minority Government at the Federal level. They also controlled every State and Territory Government in Australia as well. They lost government in WA, they almost lost in South Australia, after having a comfortably large margin. They […]
By Andrew Bolt The Labor mentioned in the title is The Australian Labor Party, who currently make up a Minority Government in Australia with the support of The Australian Greens Party, and Independents. In Australia, the Labor Party is similar to The Democratic Party in the U.S…..TonyfromOz. Paul Kelly says green dreaming has killed Labor: […]
On Saturday, the largest State by population in Australia, New South Wales (N.S.W.)held an election. The incumbent Labor Government was swept from office. The new State Premier will be Barry O’Farrell, pictured at right. To call the result a landslide is to underestimate it by a considerable degree, as they were literally smashed into political […]
By Andrew Bolt Another sane Labor Party voice takes on the irrationalists who have banned the only source of power that can fuel their great green dream: Former ALP president Warren Mundine argued that those in Labor who wanted action on climate change but resisted nuclear power were not “fair dinkum”. “To the people who […]
By Andrew Bolt You may think it unusual to be adding a post about a State election here in Australia, but this is indicative of how the left side of politics, for so often represented by just the one main Political Party is now fracturing into smaller Parties, and one especially, The Greens Party, is […]
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 The South East of Australia is currently in the grip of some pretty wild weather. For some context, the area being affected by these high winds and flooding rains is about the size of one quarter of the Continental U.S. land mass. The States of South Australia and Victoria are the worst […]
By Andrew Bolt The Greens have just announced they’ve signed a deal with Labor. In exchange for its support for a Labor Government, the Greens have been offered a government committee of politicians and experts to reach a “consensus” on putting a price on carbon – code for a tax on electricity. Now watch how […]
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 election approaching, there is widespread talk in Australia over the Labor Party’s plan for a nationwide Broadband internet connection scheme. The plan is to spend $43 Billion of taxpayer’s money on rolling out fibre optic cabling to 93% of all Australian homes, and the rest will get equivalent connection with […]
With a general election called at the Federal level here in Australia, to be held on August 21, it’s worthwhile looking at the electoral process here in Australia. In the run up to this vitally important election, I will be contributing regular posts, both about the campaign, and especially the result. To give you a […]
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Barely minutes ago, Julia Gillard won a party room ballot to take over the leadership of the Australian Labor Party. This makes her the new Prime Minister of Australia. Australian Politics differs from the U.S. at the very top in that we do not get to directly elect the person […]
By Andrew Bolt. This is happening right now in Australia. As I have mentioned, Australia does not directly vote for the person who leads the Country. They vote for the member to represent them in their own electorate. After the election results are in, the Party with the largest number of Representatives forms the Government, […]
WHACK By Andrew Bolt. An insignificant election in one State seat in Australia might not mean much in the overall scheme of things, but what it does indicate is the depth of feeling against the left side of Politics here in Australia. Here in Australia, the Conservative side of politics is The Liberal Party Of […]
By Andrew Bolt I have mentioned in a couple of earlier posts now how water may very well become the next target for politicians, as they seek for the most base of political reasons to garner favour with the environmental sector and those people who support environmentalism, the impression being that as politicians, they are […]
By Andrew Bolt (Australians do not directly elect their Country’s leader. The Leader of the Party that wins the majority of seats in the House Of Representatives then becomes the Prime Minister. Kevin Rudd leads the Australian Labor Party, the Party from the left side of politics, and similar in nearly every respect to the […]
By Andrew Bolt (The Whitlam mentioned here is Australia’s former Prime Minister Gough Whilam, also from the Australian Labor Party, and a short term Prime Minister in the 70′s…..TonyfromOz) Add Peter van Onselen to the ranks of the disillusioned, now that the (Australian Prime Minister) Kevin Rudd has shelved his emissions trading scheme: Liberals like […]
Could it just be that Australia has become the touchstone in the fight against Climate Change Legislation to introduce an emissions trading scheme. This story is raging across Australia at the moment. At that link are further links to related matters, all worth looking at. The story is also making headway in the UK as […]
With all the talk currently about the massive Health Care Bill, those other 2 Bills regarding the ‘perceived’ threat of Carbon Dioxide emissions may slide a little into the background. We need reminding that just because they are not at the forefront of the news, they are still important. Those two Bills, the Waxman Markey […]
Two days ago I posted an article following the announcement six days ago of the appointment of California Lawyer Jeff Bleich as the Ambassador Designate for Australia. The Australian Government announced today that the position of Australian Ambassador to the U.S. will be filled by Kim Beazley. Mr Beazley was a career politician and served […]
March 21, 2013 by papundits
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