Sunday preselection snippets

Further dispatches to keep the ball rolling until the glorious day when paged comments return:

Nicole Hasham of the Illawarra Mercury reports on possible successor to Liberal MP Joanna Gash in the southern NSW seat of Gilmore. The front-runner is said to be Shoalhaven deputy mayor Andrew Guile, a one-time staffer to Gash who is evidently not on good terms with his former employer. According to the report, the South Coast Register published a letter from Gash in August which criticised Guile for sharing a $1080 meal with other councillors at a Sydney restaurants at which various preselections were said to be discussed, including her own. Also named as a possible contender is Gash’s “close Liberal associate” Clive Brooks, who “owns South Nowra business Great Southern Motorcycles”.

• The Daily Telegraph reports Craig Laundy, “general manager of his father Arthur’s $500 million hotel empire”, has Tony Abbott’s backing for preselection in the central western Sydney seat of Reid. According to the report, “a senior Liberal source said Mr Laundy had been to see Mr Abbott, party president Arthur Sinodinos, state director Mark Neeham and moderate faction leader Michael Photios about his run for the seat”. He may face opposition in the shape of Dai Le, ABC Radio National producer and two-time state candidate for Cabramatta.

• Christian Kerr and Lauren Wilson of The Australian report that some in the Nationals camp hope the party might be able to poach the New South Wales seat of Hume from the Liberals if Alby Schultz retires as expected at the next election, by fielding Senator Fiona Nash as their candidate. One virtue of the plan is said to be that Nash is seen as “a possible party leader, a more stable alternative to (Barnaby) Joyce”.

• Similarly, the WA Nationals are said to be hopeful of winning Durack if the current Liberal member Barry Haase does not contest the next election, “as many predict”.

Author: William Bowe

William Bowe is a Perth-based election analyst and occasional teacher of political science. His blog, The Poll Bludger, has existed in one form or another since 2004, and is one of the most heavily trafficked websites on Australian politics.

469 comments on “Sunday preselection snippets”

Comments Page 7 of 10
1 6 7 8 10
  1. Every reason Frank why Qantas should again be Government owned.
    Where is Paul Keating and all those ministers where are they? Happily living on government yearly pensions whilst working people are fighting for their conditions.
    That is not twaddle that is fact.

  2. [leigh_howard leigh_howard
    TWU: no evidence of pshycological effect of industrial action upon pilots. The argument that this was done for safety reasons is dubious]

  3. drng Ashley Ng
    by davidbewart
    The sartorial line has to be drawn somewhere “@leigh_howard: Q: admits that only real action on foot by the pilots is the red tie #Qantas”

  4. So alot of Labor ministers did not walk away with big pensions in the 1990’s, i wonder how many workers get yearly pensions paid for by the taxpayer.
    I wonder how many?

  5. [
    Carey Moore

    Posted Sunday, October 30, 2011 at 11:18 pm | Permalink

    That is not twaddle that is fact.

    Looks like emotive opinion, to me.

    ]
    Funny how hwe only posts when things go bad for Lavbor.

    Can anyone say Concern Troll ?

  6. Oakeshott Country:

    I’m not old enough to recall 1989, but this weekend has the feel of 1996, esp with Reith making his appearance known.

  7. Alan Joyce gets his big handout agreed to by some big shareholders, i wonder how many are superannuation funds?
    Another Labor scheme of the 1980’s which benefits the rich over working people, and everyone says it is terrible but gee whiz a strong Qantas, a strong corporate elite means better super returns.. Meantime Alan Joyce is doing quite nicely at the expense of his workforce.
    Something is wrong with the system and quite simply it is not benefiting ordinary working people.

  8. This is not bad for Labor, i agree, but if the workers lose here, which i think they will, in the long run it will mean fewer paid members in unions, and that is bad for Labor.

  9. It stinks does it not he gets a big handout and increase in remuneration whilst at the same time he wants his workforce on lower conditions and he wants to get rid of them. I am missing something here? He gets a big handout whilst his workforce gets given the chop. What sort of world are we living in?

  10. Parliamentarians and ministers do not set their own pay. It is decided by a remuneration tribunal.

    The same thing should happen with directors and executives of companies over a certain size.

  11. fess,
    they are still there.

    hmmm…
    [keegansard Keegan Sard
    All unionists deserve to die! Stop messing with our travel plans for their own self interest!
    29 Oct Favorite Retweet Reply]

    hmmm hmmm
    [keegansard Keegan Sard
    Passengers should start a revolt by bashing unionists! Tomorrow is bash a union thug day!!! Get back to work thugs!!!! #fb]

    This is just awful…
    [
    thomwoodroofe Thom Woodroofe
    by keegansard
    I’ve always enjoyed the nickname Margaret Thatcher gave to #CHOGM – Coons Holidaying On Government Money.]

    https://twitter.com/#!/keegansard
    [
    Keegan Sard
    @keegansard Brisbane Queensland
    Australian. Professional. Bond Alumni. Conservative. Private Pilot. Adelaide Football Club Fan! ]

  12. fess,
    re Twitpics ,
    You may have to click on a display media button, it maybe something to do with browser settings.

  13. Rishane. the subjects in the Article you posted are despicable things. Lets hope that what goes around comes around and those fcknuckles actually do end up on the street.

    Marky Mark – agree with much of what you say

  14. [LNPInsider LNP Insider
    Inciting violence isn’t a good look for someone so prominent in the Young LNP http://pic.twitter.com/wBIJqK9g ]

    Ironic hypocritical that someone who so liberally uses the term ‘thug’ seems to be the one who is encouraging the thuggish behaviour.

    Typical far right nutters – “Your attempts to resist my beatings shows how brutish you are!”

  15. Dan Gulberry

    [Dan_Gulberry Citizen Dan
    @keegansard Your tweets inciting violence have gone viral. You’re a star. Expect to recieve a LOT of publicity soon. ]
    Well done. it is is a vile collection of comments by the twit.

  16. [I’m now convinced that the judiciary, the weakest arm of government, is the arm most likely to protect our basic rights.]
    Sensible.

    Politicians pander to the extremes and to a vast array of vested interests. Judges simply try to get it objectively right in the vast majority of cases. I’ve worked for both.

  17. [Pilots: Qantas have said that any result other than a termination will result in grounding. #Qantas is threatening FWA]
    Sorry, how does this amount to “threatening” the tribunal? They are threatening their own existence as a company – this would involve paying their staff not to fly planes.

  18. [Alan Joyce gets his big handout agreed to by some big shareholders, i wonder how many are superannuation funds?]
    Over 70% of shares in public companies in Australia are owned by institutions. Mum and dad investors don’t matter. Once the institutional holders agree, every vote is decided. How else do people think executive salaries got so out of hand? Real shareholders didn’t vote for them; directors and proxy holders cut a deal. Shareholders don’t even get to nominate who will be put up for election as directors. Corporate elections make Playford or Joh Bjelke-Petersen’s gerrimanders look like models of integrity.

    I have banged on about this issue before many times but, as the Qantas case proves, we really need to straighten out corporate governance rules, election of directors, and answerability of super fund managers to unit holders. That is how this all starts.

  19. Perhaps Keegan the Tard should have his “chogum” tweet sent to all points in the press, and to his boss.
    There is no place for his racism in any party or in any corporation

  20. QANTAS can be ordered to employ their employees however I don’t think FWA can order them to operate flights if they argue it’s not safe to do so as that is a business operational matter. However the cost of employing and not operating would be devastating financially.

  21. [I’m now convinced that the judiciary, the weakest arm of government, is the arm most likely to protect our basic rights.]

    That’s the virtue of independence, it can act without fear of electoral backlash. Why do you think Abbott wants elected judges? It’s so he can push his populist bullying onto the judiciary as well.

  22. [Pilots: Qantas have said that any result other than a termination will result in grounding. #Qantas is threatening FWA]
    Sounds more like contempt of court, than a threat. But again, if the FWA is going to be treated as a serious court, it must have the power to enforce its rulings on all sides.

  23. Surely CASA or the ATSB would get to decide that flying was unsafe? Who says Qantas management are experts on airline safety? Tiger management certainly weren’t.

  24. The media will eventually portray this as not as Qantas versus the FWA, but as Business versus Gillard (who created the FWA).

    If this takes, then any failing of the FWA will be a direct failing of Gillard, or at least represented as such.

    This could morph into a direct attack on the Prime Minister and her capabilities.

    Just watch it unfold.

  25. Tom the first and best:

    [The same thing should happen with directors and executives of companies over a certain size.]

    I’m not sure about that.

    With that, I’m off.

  26. Thinking further, what Qantas are trying on the FWA is similar to what US banks and insurance companies tried on government financial regulators at the start of the GFC. They are saying “we are too big to take action against”, rather than “too big to fail”. Punish us and we’ll destroy the tourism sector of the economy.

    Too big to fail has now become “too big to regulate”. That needs to be fixed, fast.

  27. [@latikambourke our lawyers here are predicting a termination but you never know with a full bench]
    Funny, I thought the court had been stacked by Labor with Union cronies? 🙂

    Night all.

  28. [The media will eventually portray this as not as Qantas versus the FWA, but as Business versus Gillard (who created the FWA).]

    Could the high proportion of mining industry directors and previous executives on the board of Qantas be laying the groundwork for an upcoming assault on the MRRT?

  29. [leigh_howard
    @leigh_howard
    ACTU concludes. Cth minister makes no reply. Phew. Adjourn for 10 minutes, then FWA will advise whether decision is possible]

  30. Socrates it would be a brave organization which ordered an airline to fly planes when the airline held that it was not safe to do so. Personally I think QANTAS is bluffing but it is their call.

Comments are closed.

Comments Page 7 of 10
1 6 7 8 10