Labor MPs in Canberra are speculating about an election being called for March,and both parties will be ready to go by Christmas.
That the person who hopes to be premier next year wasn’t across at least the headlines – summaries of both were available online – is nothing short of poor.
The major parties may seem bitterly divided,but we might be entering a new era of political consensus about the way we should be living.
Labor wants to ram through sweeping reforms that would cut the power of big donors and restrict the fundraising of independent candidates.
The political bunfight broke out after Nationals and Opposition Leader Shane Love told a firearms and fisheries session in Bunbury last week his party would not form government with the Liberals unless they committed to scrapping regulations enforcing the Firearms Act changes.
Liberal National Party senator Matt Canavan says abortion won’t be an issue at the election,but he won’t withdraw his “born alive” bill.
Bipartisanship is alive and well in Qantas Chairman’s Lounge,where politicians are on a unity ticket to protect the greatest perk of all.
The renewed debate in Australia has been a stark reminder that the lawfulness of abortion rests in the hands of politicians whose views aren’t made public before election day.
The former deputy prime minister pushed back against shadow cabinet colleagues who say abortion is a state rather than federal issue.
Senior Coalition women have tried to stop an abortion debate,making clear the federal party cannot and does not want to wind back the laws.
Peter Dutton’s opposition has declared its plan will reach net zero by 2050 as it slams the Albanese government’s renewable energy goals.