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| Interesting take on the state of Aussie politics | |
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| Admiralbill_gomec | Jan 24 2005, 10:51 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/commo...255E421,00.html Titled: Howard rides a wave of approval I find it interesting how different our forms of government are. To whit:
That sounds a lot like the US system of poll approval, but:
Coalition government makes me scratch my head! |
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| somerled | Jan 24 2005, 12:42 PM Post #2 |
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Well for your information , since there is currently no lead of the opposition as Lathan has retired because he is too ill . That's not at all surprising. Now should Breazley become head of the opposition (next few days or next week) , Howard might get a run for his money as Breasley is very well liked in the community whereas Lathan wasn't much liked. And yes - on the matter of the Tsunami relief effort, he showed rare national and international leadership for him and it has earnt him some browny points. The coalition is a firthy. They are two shades of the same thing. Conservative and ultra-conservative. Neither would make government by themselves. |
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| captain_proton_au | Jan 24 2005, 09:27 PM Post #3 |
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The term coalition makes it a bit misleading, its not really two partys coming together. A combination of the Liberal Party and the National Party, where the National Party is basically the lIberal party in rural areas. I dont think the've ever stood as sepereate entities in an election, we not since federation anywy (1901) |
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| captain_proton_au | Jan 24 2005, 09:30 PM Post #4 |
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As for the succes of Howard as a leader. Latham showed that he was too immature, The Labour Party really only have them selves to blame , too much factional infighting has seen, err... about three different leaders in about 5 years. Beazley is the only one that has a chance of leading Labour to Victory, the only one that looks and feels like a PM |
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