Methinks he protests too much is one. His need to convince the legendary 'battlers' that he is not a 'silver tail' was obviously uppermost in some strategists minds. I don't think he was very convincing but time will tell.
Turn Bull into reality could be another one. Again we will wait and see.
Any way I suspect in six weeks all this will be academic, he will either be chewing it up or stuffing it up. I suspect the former, and the personal critique will then all be a bit beside the point.
Certainly will be interesting
Personally, I was in agreement with Turnbull, that it was disappointing to see that the one of the first comments the PM made was that the Republic would now be a key issue.
This is such a political ploy, aimed at agitating the Liberal Party from within, about what is essentially a minor issue.
For heaven's sake a strong opposition is a good thing(here for example). On the other hand it was good to see an encouragement from Rudd to identify key bi-partisan issues. As these troubled times go on it is clear that there are more and more issues that are just important and not just or substantially political.
I could and would name the River, education, the intervention, the War and health as just some. of these
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This is such a political ploy, aimed at agitating the Liberal Party from within, about what is essentially a minor issue.
For heaven's sake a strong opposition is a good thing
Yes, but in a two-party system do you really expect either Labor or the Lib/Nats to promote unity and stability in the opposing side?
Nope I don't, I think I am just sorry that from now we won't deal with the Republic on its own merits, rathert it will be a political ploy on both sides
Out of curiosity, which model do you prefer?
You mean "model" with regard to republic or with regard to Parliamentary structure?
Republic...I generally accept the argument that directly electing the President woiuld politcise the office. This may not necessarily be a bad thing, it may add a new level of discussion to political issues.
But I would be a happy with a President (GG) appointed by joint sitting.
Parliament...I think the two parties have stitched up the voting processes too tightly (particularly, voting above the line in the Senate can only advantage the Liberal and Labor Parties)
In the best of all worlds I think we should have proportional representation in both chambers...but realistically it ain't going to happen
I think there is wisdom in getting rid of one of the tiers of government but I also think that's not going to happen either
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