I have it on good information that Peter Costello has decided to take leadership of the Liberal Party.
Next stop Prime Minister.
Peter is re-elected to continue monitoring the prosperity we enjoyed when he was Treasurer.
Well Malcolm Turnbull's political instincts are pretty shaky imo so he doesn't represent anything like the threat he should to Rudd in the circumstances.
To start mouthing off about Rudd's wife being so rich when he himself is apparently worth around $160M, is just stupid, along with being distastefully personal.
Well Malcolm Turnbull's political instincts are pretty shaky imo so he doesn't represent anything like the threat he should to Rudd in the circumstances.
To start mouthing off about Rudd's wife being so rich when he himself is apparently worth around $160M, is just stupid, along with being distastefully personal.
I can see Costello smirking to himself as his plan falls into place without him doing anything much at all.
Agree Julia Turnbull has been a disappointment I think due to inexperience or maybe poor advice Howard was super cunning but he also had some of the best advisers.
Costello's current charade however also shows his weakness that Peter still hasn't the numbers but is looking to time things closer to the next election.
I have seen so many comments about how he will fix the economy due to his track record I actually think people really believe it incredibly but thats politricks for you.
I disagree with you. It's always a mistake to make such a personal attack on the wife of a politician. The politicians themselves are fair game (but even then I think personal stuff should be a no go area) but it's just inviting criticism to have a go at the Prime Minister's wife who, as far as I can tell, is completely inoffensive. Good luck to her if she has done well in business.Haha, what a joke.
If anyone is mouthing off at Rudd's Wife, its Kevin himself. Going on about neo-liberalism and the evil of the free markets.
Turnbull just pointed out how hypocritical his comments were/ effectively condemning something which has provided great benefit.
Ofcourse then the media/labor pounces on him for attacking a 'no go' zone.
Open your eyes people!:
That Mr Rudd wants it both ways is demonstrated by the way ministers attacked Malcolm Turnbull for pointing to Ms Rein's success in an essay in The Weekend Australian. Despite what Mr Rudd's allies said in reply, the Opposition Leader crossed no line -- he did not seek to smear Ms Rein, or drag her private life into the public sphere. All he did was question how Mr Rudd could criticise privatisation of government services when it has made his family rich. Ms Rein was reportedly paid $25 million for her share of Igneus, the Australian employment service she ran, and she earned $1.4 million last year from the company's European operation.
This explains why Mr Rudd stayed silent when his colleague, Treasurer Wayne Swan, said the similar-size pay packet of Pacific Brands boss Sue Morphet was "sickening". But it does not explain how Mr Rudd can criticise a system that has made his family very well-off. It is, to use an entirely hypothetical example, as if anti-gambling campaigner Nick Xenophon's wife was revealed as Crown Casino's largest shareholder.
Nor does it explain why Mr Rudd thinks it is acceptable to address Mr Turnbull as "the member for Goldman Sachs" but expects everybody to stay silent on his family circumstances. It is also a bit rich, given that the Rudd-Rein family -- funded by a job-finding service, which is big business in a global recession -- is probably doing much better than the Mr Turnbull's investments in shares and property
But its not a personal attack on his wife.
Its of his comments. Did you read his article on 'social democracy'?
He criticises the system that made his wife rich, while he benefits from it?
Do what i say, not as I do.
Whether you think it was a political mistake is another issue.
Peter Costello will not stand again in Higgins
Hope he is careful to not let the door hit him in the ars3 on the way out..
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Peter Costello will not stand again in Higgins
I can't recall what the exact order of events was but when WA state Labor Government called an early election last year the Libs recycled Colin Barnett and won.
And wouldn't Abbott be a great Treasurer.
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I doubt it. Would probably close all public schools and make a Catholic Education compulsory.
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