Unopposed hunting ground for the LIbs?

Like One Nation, and the Chinese billionaires?
Like money laundering at Crown?

Nice.

'It's a shame that
you don't watch the various viewpoints on Q&A where the
audience asks the questions.'

sorry Foxy years and years of the same old dribble. Read again how they planted another socialist crying poor last night. Same old alarmist propaganda for over a decade of the gw scam. As predictable as the sun coming up in the morning.

The title of this thread is "THE LIBERAL PARTY AND IT'S FUTURE?", with the implication (I assumed) that the Liberal Party is in some sort of turmoil, or at some existential terminus. Gosh, really ?

Of course, its MPs may be up to their elbows in 'donations' from organisations like crown Casino, I couldn't possibly comment, but i don't think the Libs are in much trouble. It's their banquet for the next three years.

Joe

Ah, there's banquets and there's "banquets."

Each to their own.

And the Libs are in trouble if they don't deliver.

Judging from news reports - there's many disgruntled voice
out there already.

Need to keep up.

Even though I've literally forced myself to watch Q&A, I simply have to switch Channel after about 10 minutes.
The selected audience along with selected anti Conservative panels ganging up on a lone Coalition member is just too sickening to bear !
An utter & total misrepresentation of normal, wealth producing Australia by hangers-on perpetually biting the hands that feed them !

Individual,

I wish that you'd watched the entire episode of
Q&A - because it did pick up and was very
challenging to all sides of politics. One lady
in particular (in her sixties) made some very valid
points about Newstart concerning her own experiences.

Anyway, I recently read an article by Peter van Onselen
who wrote about the Liberal Party and its future
direction.

He wrote that attaining power seemed to be a priority for
the Liberal Party, retaining it came a close second and
knowing what to do with it was another matter.

Van Onselen talked about the fact that patronage of
power has become the primary goal for many players from
BOTH major parties. The trappings of office, the cars,
the travel, the extra staff and of course the salaries
matter as much, if not more so, than do the opportunities
for reform.

He stated that the pursuit of reform becomes something
functionaries who feel strongly about retaining power are
cautious about because "doing stuff"as one minister put
it to van Onselen - entails risk.

Van Onselen summed up by stating that it would be great
if younger MPs wee to start to push for more reform of
and discussion about political ideas rather than using
the current pitch of a return to the "steady hand" of
the Howard era.

But the risk for the Liberal Party renewal as van Onselen
sees it is that younger generation is nor more idea-
focused than the older frontbenchers - many of whom the
younger MPs worked for as their political staff.

I have to admit that when Scott Morrison won the recent
election - I was rather optimistic. Hoping that we shall
see some changes. Of course it's only early days yet
and we do have to wait and see. He is a very clever
man - and just may surprise us yet.

One can only live and hope. I remain optimistic.