Campbell: The two big reasons Teals face an election wipe-out
New polling shows four of the six Teal MPs are in danger of losing their seats. There are two big reasons for this — and the downfall of the bogan from the Shire is key.
New polling shows four of the six Teal MPs are in danger of losing their seats. There are two big reasons for this — and the downfall of the bogan from the Shire is key.
You have to wonder how many women juggling work and child care are from homes in the same mortgage-belt seats the Liberals are trying to appeal to and win for the first time.
Just before Christmas Labor was in all sorts of trouble but things have turned around for the party and there might be good reason for the uptick in optimism.
As every poll makes absolutely clear, people have decided Anthony Albanese is rubbish at his job. Holding the election in six or ten weeks won’t make a lick of difference to the result.
If a screenwriter had sat in a room for a week trying to think of the worst possible scenario for John Pesutto, they’d have struggled to come up with a fiasco bigger than this.
The state’s finances are a basketcase and Labor is labouring under the leadership of an unelected premier, but it seems things are just as messy on the other side of politics.
Unlike most of the sycophants and toadies Daniel Andrews liked to keep about, the outgoing Treasurer knew how a disciplined government operated – how did it go so wrong?
It’s hard to pinpoint when disappointment at Penny Wong’s attitude to the Jewish state turned into the belief she is its implacable enemy, but a tipping point could be her overreaction to Zomi Frankcom’s killing.
Sam Groth may have wanted to blow John Pesutto’s leadership up by resigning from the frontbench on Friday, but nothing is going to happen next week.
Some Liberals swear blind John Pesutto has lost the numbers in the partyroom, while others say it all depends on who’s challenging him. The only thing everyone can agree on right now is the party is a giant mess.
There’s one reason there won’t be a move on John Pesutto, despite a claim from one of his colleagues that “the majority of the party think he’s a f***wit”.
Thanks to the steady deterioration in the fortunes of the Labor government, the findings from this defamation trial could determine who becomes the next premier of Victoria.
It does well to remember that at any given time there are likely to be two gender gaps, and what matters is which of them is the biggest.
Jew hatred is thriving openly in our midst and, while it may be early days, the sooner our leaders call this apparent arson attack at a Melbourne synagogue domestic terrorism the better.
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