To me what made the last election singular was
the impact of a quarter of voters preferring minor
parties as their first preference.

Scott Morrison has a gift for over-simplification,
just as one example - he framed the complex franking
credits issue into the "retirement tax" scare.

He is undoubtedly a Liberal Hero - having won an
"unwinnable" election. However the party now has
to tell us what is their agenda beyond the "tax plan."
Because issues around climate and energy remain.
And these are difficult ones internally for the
Coalition.

US Secretary of State is currently visiting Australia.
And China, North Korea, and Iran appear to be on the
agenda.

The Australian newspaper reminds us that Scott Morrison
has in the past vowed that Australia will not stand by
"passively"as China and the US slug it out in a global
power contest, and that he will act in Australia's
security and economic interests if the super power
relationship continues to deteriorate.

Mr Morrison has stated that he would call on both
countries to act in the global interest and not just
their own, urging them to de-escalate tensions as
other countries seek to re-balance their own interests in
the face of a new world order.

Our Prime Minister has stated while making a deliberate show
of support for the US position - suggesting it had a big issue
with China - yet asking for a balanced approach to
resolving any disputes, saying nations have an obligation to
exercise power responsibly.

We shall have to wait and see what the PM will tell Mike
Pompeo. Hopefully it shall continue to be - that
Australia considers requests from its allies on their merits
and most importantly whether they are in the interests of
Australia and its national security.

Dear Foxy,

ScuMo is the most cunning Australian politician I have ever seen and he is only concerned about one thing: getting re-elected which he devotes his constant energy to achieving.

He didn't win the 'unwinnable' election, he bought it by (1) offering Labor voters $1,000 each of taxpayers money to switch to LNP and (2) from preference votes from Clive Palmer whom I think was undoubtedly bankrolled by someone for the purpose of retrieving LNP votes that were obviously headed to Labor. Who bankrolled Clive Palmer? is a question we will have to leave to the historians to answer.

Mitigating anthropogenic global warming and its consequential climate change are not part of his agenda because like Tony Abbott he believes that God gave mankind dominion over everything. A couple of religious nutjobs as could ever be found!

runner,

Yes, they are, and they are hiding behind an independent to do it, trying to hide the fact that a Liberal government is doing Green Labor's dirty work for them. Closer and closer to China-style One Party government.

The usual lies and myths that abortion is about about women's reproductive rights and health care. But it is just about killing unborn babies

I suppose you think that Euthanasia and
the Right to Die legislation is about killing
and getting rid of the elderly.

That same sex marriage was not about equality.

That all Australians are equal and that Indigenous
people should not have a guaranteed say in laws and
policies that are made about their affairs.

We get it.

Dear Foxy,

I don't think ScuMo can keep playing the US off against China any longer, pretending he is some sort of international mediator when in fact he is just a big yobbo from the Shire.

I think the US has played along with his antics but they are now letting him know that they want a commitment from him. So he now has to put up his hand for one side or the other. I don't think the US will take kindly to it if he does not give them the nod to put missiles into Australia as a countermeasure to China's annexation of the South China Sea.