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