Writing on his blog Geoff Robinson sketches a brief history of mergers of the non-Labor forces in Queensland. I’m posting this with his permission, and suggest you check his blog out.
The announced merger between the Liberals and nationals in Queensland seems to involve the formation of a merged party […] Continue Reading…
May 29, 2006 | Graham
A history of mergers and amalgamations
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May 29, 2006 | Graham
Official Liberal Party version
This document was sent to me by a Liberal Party member. It is an email that has been sent to Liberal Party members with email addresses explaining the proposal and was marked “Private and Confidential”. It is clearly at odds with a number of public statements from the […] Continue Reading…
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May 29, 2006 | Graham
Merger demerging
The proposed Queensland merger appears to be still-born, going on statements made in the press this morning. Yesterday very reliable sources could tell me what the structure of the deal was, including some of the proposed changes to the Liberal Party constitution. They could also confidently tell me that […] Continue Reading…
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May 28, 2006 | Graham
Liberal National merger
The Liberal and National Party Queensland organisations have met today and agreed to “merge” the two state parties. While in fact a merger, it will structurally mean the dissolution of the Queensland National Party, with its assets and members being transferred to the Liberal Party.
John Howard is reported to […] Continue Reading…
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May 26, 2006 | Graham
Got God’s number, negative.
I’m getting out of the habit of blogging it seems. Or maybe I’m just too busy. We buried my Dad yesterday. He was 93, going on 94, and the major financial supporter of this site.
That, and a conversation with a friend, set me thinking about God. God is a […] Continue Reading…
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May 17, 2006 | Graham
Howard and Gillard preferred leaders.
Septuagenarian Rupert Murdoch graciously shared some advice for sextuagenarian John Howard with the world – go while you’re on top of your game. Advice that Rupert is sure to heed himself. No-one is inexpendable after all!
In fact, as our latest “What the people want” polling shows, according to public […] Continue Reading…
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May 16, 2006 | Graham
Insanity in the RAN – Peter Cabban to Robyn Fahey
One of the most striking aspects of the bastardisation of Lieutenant Commander Robyn Fahey is the attempted use of a medical mis-diagnosis to incarcerate her for sanity.
It’s striking not just because the doctor who made the mis-diagnosis is still practicing, not just because it is an extreme and bizarre […] Continue Reading…
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May 10, 2006 | Graham
Questions for Bill Shorten
Bill, if belonging to a union is such a good idea why is it that you are only acting on safety problems at the Beaconsfield mine after they’ve proved fatal? Rather than just calling for an inquiry into the mine company’s management of the mine shouldn’t you be having […] Continue Reading…
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May 10, 2006 | Graham
Orphan tax and super
Tax cuts and spending increases – the Treasurer would seem to have covered it all. That’s certainly the impression from today’s papers, but that’s partly a function of the people who write newspapers – they’re employees, and they’re more likely to be older than average and/or have families. It’s […] Continue Reading…
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May 08, 2006 | Graham
Is Guy Rundle right – are blogs fading?
Guy Rundle, writing in Crikey, makes a case that blogging will go the same way as CB radios.
As with CBs, what thrilled people with blogs was “the ecstasy of communication”, the pure fact of being out there in the wide cyberworld – in other words, the form rather than […] Continue Reading…
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