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Just upgraded.... Will take some getting used to but overall it seems to be ok

News flash: the PM isn't directly elected by the people. The prime minister is the leader of the party or group that can command the confidence of the House of Representatives

E) Julia Gillard

The liberals will do what John Howard did and leave a larger public service than there is now.

2016 Federal Election Head of Agriculture , climate change and industry departments sacked Edit: canberra times made a boo boo immigration chief still there

Once again you fail to understand how the public service works.

I want the AAO to come out, in still not sure if Sinodinos or Ciobo is my new minister

Yeah agreed. I actually don't think Abbot purposely excluded women, but I think it's a greater worry that there was only 1 that was seen as sufficiently qualified.

So you're saying that the LNP only has 1 competent female member? I don't really know if that's any better.

If a third of the country isn't consider mainstream then I don't think you understand what the word means.

Bad grammar/spelling is because I used my phone and I cbf to fix I never said that he personally took all of his to avoid detection, but there are reports that others did, and I'm sure it's a common response. It sounds like this batch was bad. I would argue that due to the high risk of drugs...

http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/man-dies-at-defqon1-music-festival-20130915-2tsfv.html Aside from the interpreting arguments about whether drink princes encourage drug taking I think it's interesting to look at the police response to such events. I would argue that if police had instead just left...

You're a liberal voter, of course you don't like Rudd or Gillard, your opinion is worthless on this matter

Hypothetical chicken/egg scenario in terms of union involvement in the party, perhaps it's possible, desirable even for the unions to reform themselves first - this would then flow onto the Labor party. I personally think there are great benefits to be had with a more respected, trusted and...

Lol, such a sell out

People have short memories Re:Shorten, and if Tony Abbot has proved anything it's that with the right campaign, nobody is unelectable

I reckon albo is better to rebuild the party but that it will be shorten who will actually win them an election

Isn't this a little premature?

My understanding is that it would be a rank and file vote. As for who, I would love to see an Albo/Plibersek leadership team, but factionally it's just not going to happen. I really like Albo and think he'd be really effective against Abbot, but I'm just not sure if he's PM material, but for...

Why not? It was $15, and I may get the chance to elect the opposition leader Also: my respect for Jaymes Diaz has gone up leaps and bounds because of his appearance on the chaser