Senator Ralph Babet Getty Images Senator Ralph Babet 5 September 2023 4:30 AM What are Liberal values? The party has a short statement on its website that sets out its ‘beliefs’. There are some fine phrases, but how did Liberals honour their beliefs when they got into government? Have a look. They say: We believeContinue reading “Liberal values? The party of Menzies should try practising what it preaches”
Category Archives: The Fall of the Liberals in Australia
Forgetting the forgotten
Flat White Beverley McArthur Getty Images Beverley McArthur 27 June 2023 4:30 AM For a few days now, I have been thinking about the following sentences: ‘I do not believe that the real life of this nation is to be found either in great luxury hotels and the petty gossip of so-called fashionable suburbs, orContinue reading “Forgetting the forgotten”
The courage to ‘speak the truth’
I’ll stand by Tony Abbott eSrtpodosn415 Ja3iatu479843Mmu50u 511ng4ut1 e2 6h876u1aihf:A · The courage to ‘speak the truth’ Roger Karge A recent Spectator Australia article by Victorian Liberal MP Beverley McArthur, in which she criticised Geelong Council’s decision to cancel Australia Day, brought the wrath of the usual suspects – the Leftist media including the Guardian – but also surprisingly,Continue reading “The courage to ‘speak the truth’”
Where is the Voice of the Forgotten People?
Michael Green The Spectator Australia 13 May 2023 Julia Banks, former Liberal member for Chisholm, says the party is over for the Liberals. Writing in the Saturday Paper, she says the party is ‘embedded in an anachronistic world, such that the phrase “modern Liberal Party” is an oxymoron’. Banks, you may recall, decided not toContinue reading “Where is the Voice of the Forgotten People?”
Menzies still a beacon for our troubled age
Dan Ryan The Australian April 20, 2023 Since the publication of John Howard’s The Menzies Era almost a decade ago, there has been an unexpected revival of interest in Australia’s longest-serving prime minister. Copious podcasts, dinner speeches and research papers have been produced. Liberal Party grandees have fallen over themselves to profess how much theyContinue reading “Menzies still a beacon for our troubled age”
Natalie Ward schooled over Kean ‘delusion’
Sean Burke Politicom April 2, 2023 Leftist Liberal MP Natalie Ward has been schooled live on air after defending her factional boss Matt Kean’s hard-green policy agenda. The former State Roads Minister was brought to task by former PM Tony Abbott’s chief of staff Peta Credlin during last Saturday’s Sky News election coverage. If youContinue reading “Natalie Ward schooled over Kean ‘delusion’”
A diet of political insects
Flat White Alexandra Marshall Getty Images Alexandra Marshall 27 March 2023 11:42 AM Speccie Editor Rowan Dean has already described the New South Wales election perfectly in this morning’s leading article. His remarks must be true, because they whipped the Left up into a frenzy on social media when he uttered them during his Sunday morningContinue reading “A diet of political insects”
The Liberal Party and its lost cause for liberalism
Flat White Timothy Dragan Getty Images Timothy Dragan 28 March 2023 5:00 AM Another nail in the coffin for the Liberal Party. What a travesty that we have lost New South Wales, too, to the Labor Party. Australia, other than Tasmania, is now predominantly governed by Labor. None of this surprises me. For a longContinue reading “The Liberal Party and its lost cause for liberalism”
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