By Andrew Bolt ~ As I said at the IPA anniversary dinner, I believe Tony Abbott – if successful at the election – will be the most culturally literate and thoughtful Prime Minister since at least Robert Menzies. While I have at times argued with him over policy, I have not once had reason to […]
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 […]
August 21, 2010 by TonyfromOz
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, […]
April 10, 2010 by TonyfromOz
If you click on the image, it will open in a new and larger window. I have mentioned in earlier posts that I served as a member of the Military Forces here in Australia, in my case, the Royal Australian Air Force. I served for 25 years from January 1967 until April of 1992. That […]
September 17, 2009 by TonyfromOz
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 […]
November 24, 2008 by TonyfromOz
POLITICS – JUST ADD WATER DO NOT ADD WATER As a preface I would again remind you of the different way the two main political parties are structured here in Australia. These two main Parties are the Australian Labor Party (minus the letter U in Labor) and the Liberal Party of Australia. The word ‘Liberal’ […]
October 15, 2008 by TonyfromOz
TonyfromOz prefaces ….. Australia stands in a unique position in the World political landscape and it’s a difficult thing to explain, and for those of you who already know, this is something I have explained previously, so this is just for those newer readers. The word ‘liberal’ when referred to the political scene. In the […]
April 6, 2013 by papundits
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