As it is in real life always the majority of the Liberal party got who they wanted, as it has become a real life event, followers and members of that party stagger like a drunken sailor towards the split that will come as each side would rather fight the other we will see a split that equals the DLP, [Diplomatic Labor Party] one that crippled the ALP in the 1950,s avoidable only if the in fighting stops and who thinks that will soon?

Craig Kelly, who I thought had some common sense, told the ABC that the people, not the the politicians, run the country. What utter bulls-- t! Nobody runs the country any more. Politicians are all about themselves, and the people don't give a stuff - they are fed up to the back teeth with the incompetence, lies and posturing of the people they elect to do the job. If voting was voluntary, as it should be, fifty percent of the population wouldn't bother with it. Politicians would have to get off their arses to convince people that they should vote - and most of the plonkers in Canberra now wouldn't know where to start.

I've just been told that Julie Bishop has resigned and
will quit Parliament. Where does that leave the current
government? Is an election going to be called - because
they now don't have enough seats to govern in their own right?

Then all this was for nothing?

What a shambles.

cont'd ...

Correction - I've just checked and it seems that
Julie Bishop has resigned her position as Minister
for Foreign Affairs - but she will stay on the
back bench representing her electorate of Curtin in
WA until the next election. So the government has not
lost that seat. I'm sure that the current PM will be
relieved that she's staying on.

Also she's to be Congratulated for doing the decent
thing here by her party - seeing as none of the MPs
from WA cast any votes for her in her challenge for
the job of PM. I repeat - none of them.

The lady has style, class, and party loyalty.

Dear Foxy,

I found it a little disturbing that Andrew Hastie's name was on the top of the list wanting to turf out Australia's prime minister. Given his military background behaviour akin to mutiny should have given him pause but instead he was a lead instigator despite him now trying to disown his actions.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-24/the-liberal-mps-that-sparked-the-spill/10161660

http://www.perthnow.com.au/politics/federal-politics/liberal-mp-andrew-hastie-says-he-wasnt-actively-involved-in-bringing-down-malcolm-turnbull-despite-supporting-peter-dutton-ng-b88940075z

Jim Molan also signed early. I would have expected better from them. These two may well be both dangerous men whose visions for this country do not accord with the great majority of its citizens. We have had some excellent past military personnel serve as parliamentarians especially after the second world war. However they came with a hard earned distaste for war. These two do not seem to be of that ilk.

They will be worth keeping an eye on.

ttbn,

"...If voting was voluntary, as it should be..."

In fact it is, there is no way that anybody can force an elector to fill in a ballot paper correctly and thus having their vote not count.
Being obliged to attend a polling place, obtain a postal vote etc, ensures that duplicate and impersonation voting is kept to a minimum.

One is reminded of Northern Ireland where the electoral mantra was "Vote early, vote often" and deaths in a family (of those of voting age) were not registered until after the election, even if the neighbours had to chip in for the necessary ice.