Senator Jim Molan, a former army major-general died
on Monday 16th January aged 72 after almost a 2 year
long battle with cancer.

Senator Molan has been remembered as a "man of principle,"
who served Australia for 4 decades in the armed forces and
5 years in parliament.

His death has led to speculation over who will fill his
Senate seat for the remainder of his 6 year term?

One unusual pick has been former Liberal Prime Minister
who lost his seat of Warringah in 2019 - Tony Abbott.

Will the party allow it?

Is it a good idea?

Your thoughts?

Is it a good idea?
Foxy,
Not in my book ! he'd been handed the top job on a silver platter & what did he do ? Once such people have been voted out they should have the decency not to impose themselves onto the Nation's citizens again.
One way to solve that would be to put two contenders from each party up for selection by the voters. That way the party & the people will get a better bargain.

Foxy, it's wind and water.

A suggestion by "Former" party powerbroker, Michael Kroger, is all ... testing ... testing.

By convention the nominee of the political party concerned is appointed by the Stare government to fill a casual Senate vacancy. I assume Molan was of the Liberal right, so one from the right will get the nod. How about Nazi Dom or old deal Archy Pell.

Marisa Payne is the other candidate being mentioned
for the job. I'm not sure who will be the preferred
choice. Currently from what I've read the party is
mourning Jim Molan, as well as George Pell and their
leader Peter Dutton is talking down the Indigenous
Voice at every turn. So anything is possible.

Does the Liberal Party really want to go back to the
"glory days" of the 1950s and 1960s?

Foxy, Marise Payne was re-elected senator in the 2022 election.

She's already there.

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Welcome back POIROT - the other half of the female 'tag-team'! You better watch out guys?

Thanks Poirot.

I made a mistake. It seems that the push
is for Senator Marise Payne to quit parliament and
for Tony Abbott to fill Jim Molan's Senate seat.

We'll see how that goes.

Foxy, Yes, I heard that going around concerning Payne.

o sung wu - thank you for the welcome back :)

Dear O Sung Wu,

So glad to see you back and posting as well.

It appears that there's not much interest
in former PMs return to politics. It will
be interesting to see if the Liberal Party
also agrees - and who they will appoint
in the Senate seat.

Dear Foxy,

I read your original post as 'One unusual prick has been former Liberal Prime Minister who lost his seat of Warringah in 2019 - Tony Abbott.'

Well happy enough for this particular 'unusual prick' to go be unusual elsewhere, certainly not our parliament.

What the left whingers are so afraid of is that Tony Abbott will shred Albozo and his 40 thieves just as he shredded Krudd and Juliar.

Dear Steele,

I doubt if Tony Abbott will get the Party's nod.
He's not seen as a "winner," any more.
So I don't like his chances. Also his continued support of
Cardinal Pell did not stand him in good stead with
many people. And Mr Dutton I'm sure doesn't trust him.

There's so many younger members who could vie for that
position. I personally feel that the days of people like
Kevin Andrews and Tony Abbott are over.

And Dutton needs to take note of that if he's to survive.

Also, has there ever been a former Australian PM who was
able to return to politics once he'd left? I can't think of
one.

shadowminister,

Tony Abbott will shred Anthony Albanese?

Tony Abbott's got to be able to get back into
politics first. His chances are not looking good.

SM,

Abbott turned out be a huge dud ... I doubt that Labor are trembling at the knees at the thought of him oozing into the senate.

(not that it's likely to happen)

Besides, it was his babysitter Credlin who choreographed his lying rise to the top - all went swimmingly until they were both booted two-thirds of the way through his first term as PM.

Hardly a success ...

Abbott would be Labor's best card ! I doubt the Conservatives would be so foolish as to re-install him or any former high ranker for that matter !

Foxy,

TA is now sitting on a $400k p.a. pension and other benefits that he will lose if he rejoins parliament. Why would he join again?

$400k p.a. pension
shadowminister,
That's immoral !

shadowminister,

Why would Abbott join again?

Because he wants much more?

indi,

Your morality is cheap. A Macquarie CEO got a golden handshake of about $30m for 5 years of work which is far more than an ex-PM of Aus and MP for 25 years.

Yes poor Tony Abbott. He automatically got an annual
income of over $300,000. Which by the way is adjusted
accordingly each year. Plus he will get all the perks
of former PMs like a parliamentary travel entitlement,
office accommodation, unlimited postage,
publication allowances, and
the list goes on. If we were to know
how much our former PMs
cost us a year - we'd be horrified.
It runs into the billions.

And that's not counting the books they write, the speaking
engagements, the consultancy positions offered, and so
on, who can blame them for not wanting to leave?

Your morality is cheap.
shadowminister,
Yeah well, even some heads of Departments earn way more than a PM. How is all this actually possible ?
CEO's are simply over the top in this !

'Morality'....is that word still around?
I was under the impression that it had been scrapped long ago and replaced with, 'what's in it for me'.....

Hi SD,

Politics is a blood sport. And attracts all sorts -
but thankfully there are some really good people
who are in it to make a difference. For which we
can all be grateful. Of course I wouldn't describe
Tony Abbott as being one of them.

Foxy,

So you would support fat cat weasels such as Albo over Abbott who has spent 1000s of hours in support of his and aboriginal communities?