MATT Kean’s appointment of Malcolm Turnbull as NSW’s zero emissions tzar has been described by voters as ridiculous, an abomination and political suicide.The former prime minister was this week tasked with de-carbonising NSW after his “good friend” handed him the chairmanship of NSW’s Net Zero Emissions & Clean Economy Board.
SOUTH Australian senator Rex Patrick has accused Premier Steven Marshall of “sleeping with the enemy” after the State leader spoke at the opening of a new Chinese consulate in Adelaide – where he was shouted down by hundreds of protestors.
SO-CALLED conservative politicians will face electoral annihilation if they follow Labor down the gender quota rat hole. This assessment from Sky News commentator Rita Panahi follows moves by Liberal Prime Minister Scott Morrison to introduce quotas to counter recent allegations of sexual misbehaviour by political staffers.
THE mood among Liberal Party supporters is darkening as the Party continues its hard lurch to the Left, shedding millions of voters as it does. From this month’s Western Australia debacle – where a radical Liberal opposition was all but wiped out – to recent big losses in Queensland, the Northern Territory and a minority government in Tasmania, there’s little joy among centre-right conservatives.
THE Left’s organisational team that oversaw former Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s 2019 election disaster has controversially been given a second chance to win Warringah. The former Liberal stronghold had never been lost by the Party until its hard Left “moderate” faction grabbed control in 2018.
PANICKED members of WA’s extreme Left Liberal Party have blamed faith-based candidates for their expected wipe-out on Saturday.
After defying the prime minister and committing to net zero carbon emissions a full 20 years earlier than the Greens – and promising to close half the State’s coal power stations while at it – the WA Liberals face an unprecedented routing at the March 13 election.
THE art of politics generally changes with each generation but in the past such changes were fairly slight and were kept from getting out of hand by older and more experienced political practitioners. However, in more recent times the change has been so fast-moving that it brings about a sense of confusion acerbated by the now 24-hour news cycle. What was once the Fourth Estate and a reliable check on political abuse of power now has little understanding of the art of politics and almost no regard for the national interest.
NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean has responded callously to the resignation of Liberal Party colleague Craig Kelly telling him “good riddance”. Mr Kelly is the latest of a string of conservatives who have departed an increasingly radicalised Liberal Party.
MALCOLM Turnbull replacement Dave Sharma has told conservatives to “get over it” as the Liberal Party continues its radical lurch Left. Self-described as a “modern Liberal”, the new member for Wentworth said the Party was a broad church and that green energy was “inevitable”.
WHILE the muddying of NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s public image was a surprise to many, it was far from a shock to close observers. The premier has been confounding people who know her – or thought they did – for some time.
