Shadow Minister, the National Party of Australia is not a branch of the Liberal Party, as you claimed. I thought everyone knew that. You're simply wrong.

It's a separate, autonomous political party with it's own separate leader. Their leader is Warren Truss. It used to be called the Country Party.

Are the 50% that dumped Labor?
Can you Shadow Minister be fair dinkum now be thinking before posting?
IF 50% dumped Labor they would have about the same seats as the Independents.
Then you quote Labors primary vote not understanding, or is it wanting your readers to understand?
That primary vote compared to your Liberals primary is not bad.
CLEARLY two party preferred is independents and all Labors.
Note mate understand, this was the lowest point for the ALP, YOU COULD NOT unseat my party, it had dumped its key commitments, leader, lost direction,leaked, yet you failed.
It will take more than spin to turn Abbott into a leader he too is at his high water mark, its all down hill from here.

I do see the irony Sm thats why I posted in stronger terms than usual.

And I do think that the Tea Party conservatives and even the French Govt
are displaying a worrying new political style that runs the risk of dragging us
(and even the world perhaps), back from the brink of progress.

I do see parallels in the Abbott style. The banging of the buttons, such as xenophobia
is going on, so much so, that the policy's on both sides of politics are affected.

And I clearly do not understand the biased mania of the reporting of News Ltd newspapers
cannot understand their motives. As is the case in the U.S with Fox News, are a major
concern in a democracy.

As for conjecture and fear mongering, and salivating for the failure of the new Alliance Gov't,
I don't think this serves in our country's best interests SM.

And I certainly don't yearn for the good ole days of a Coalition Gov't.

Belly,

<<<He gave Turnbull the poisoned chalice, MOST Australians want the NBN>>>

Hate to be a Cassandra , but I predict that it’s Stephen Conroy who has the poison chalice.

I’ve got this feeling that before too long we are going to start hearing about how the NBN is over budget ( because someone didn’t factor in all those nasty little costs) , unable to meet its completion timetable, and perhaps, unable to fulfil service standards.

And how popular do you think, it & Stephen, will be at that point?
(Kevin 07 will be able to tell you what happens when projects you champion go off the rails and lose public appeal!)

On the other hand, what Malcolm Turnbull has been handed may turn out to be is a nice little bottle of vintage that will only get more potent and valuable as time goes by … and will be at its best served cold (after the next election!)

Horus Goodonya!
Your post is both a kindness and a relief to me.
Twice you got me, once I put in print some thing half thought out and wrong.
You watched me eat my words.
Then the extraordinary events that snatch near defeat from the jaws of victory saw you win again.
So Goodonya!
Here you display no understanding of this issue and refuse to think like an outback victim of no link or slow links.
Think like our country is compared to others.
NO chance NONE the NBN will not be put in place.
No twisted miss used weapon here just the single policy on Abbott's table confront every thing.
Horus look understand, conservatives will look back on these days as ones of missed opportunity's and the time they came close to wining before Joe Aussie saw the reality they are paper Tigers.

Tony Abbott snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.