Interesting to see Scott Morrison walking into the party room with Arthur Sinodinos.
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The prime minister has survived a leadership vote in the party room, but with a large minority voting for a spill. All the developments from Canberra, live
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Mon 9 Feb 2015 01.14 EST
First published on Sun 8 Feb 2015 14.31 ESTKey events
- Bonsoir blogans, bloganistas, all
- Question time
- This is going to be a government which socialises decisions before they are finalised
- Peta will need to do better
- My door is open, my phone is there, I answer my phone, I listen to my messages
- I am determined to do better in these tests in the next few months
- I have listened, I have learnt, and I have changed and the government will change with me
- Tony Abbott addresses the media
- The components of the morning
- Statements to parliament on the Sydney siege
- Abbott has told colleagues: give me six months
- What the .. well ..
- Tony Abbott survives, with a significant vote of no confidence
- Who said numbers are not an exact science? Christopher Pyne: a professional number cruncher, who tells the truth
- Christopher Pyne keeps his cards tight to the chest
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Key events
- Bonsoir blogans, bloganistas, all
- Question time
- This is going to be a government which socialises decisions before they are finalised
- Peta will need to do better
- My door is open, my phone is there, I answer my phone, I listen to my messages
- I am determined to do better in these tests in the next few months
- I have listened, I have learnt, and I have changed and the government will change with me
- Tony Abbott addresses the media
- The components of the morning
- Statements to parliament on the Sydney siege
- Abbott has told colleagues: give me six months
- What the .. well ..
- Tony Abbott survives, with a significant vote of no confidence
- Who said numbers are not an exact science? Christopher Pyne: a professional number cruncher, who tells the truth
- Christopher Pyne keeps his cards tight to the chest
Who said numbers are not an exact science? Christopher Pyne: a professional number cruncher, who tells the truth
It’s actually quite dangerous to report speculation about numbers right now. No one has an interest in telling you the truth.
Everyone has an interest in creating the illusion of momentum. It’s a great last lunge for the line – nothing more, nothing less.
It’s a secret ballot. Colleagues will lie to each other as well as to journalists. It’s not even a head-to-head contest. That tends to make genuine counting quite difficult.
Depending on which speculation you currently favour – the numbers are incredibly tight or not that tight.
Meanwhile Brick Malcolm is polishing his top hat.
The service has ended. Organ music is wafting out the door of the church in Kingston. The prime minister drops his talking points on the steps on the way out. Tony Abbott would like to get on with the task of being the government we were elected to be.
Julie Bishop has walked to her car, saying nothing.
Are you there God? It’s me, Barnaby.
(Cheer up Kevin.)
I’m relying on snippets from folks down at the church this morning telling me that Abbott has read Mark 12:28-34.
When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.
(Seems reasonable.)
The opposition leader Bill Shorten apparently read Matthew 25:34-40
And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’
(Thanks to my colleague Shalailah Medhora for her bible studies.)
Apologies I should have adjusted our magic numbers. 101 MPs will attend today’s meeting. The magic number required for spill success is 51.
Scenes from a church.
Unicorn? Moi?
As always, Mark Textor, strategist and Liberal party pollster is a good read in the Australian Financial Review for subscribers. He’s not picking winners, he’s sharing trends – examining the underlying causes behind volatility, explaining why there is a premium on stability and leadership.
Here’s an excerpt.
Since 2007, voters have been through the roller-coaster of their lives; seemingly constant leadership changes in federal and state politics, the GFC, massive structural changes in the economy with the loss of manufacturing jobs in the south and a fall in the fortunes of the resources industry in the north-east and west, shocking terror events and other social upheavals. Many want off the roller-coaster, if only for a time. Or, faced with the prospect of further forced rides in the future, they require more friendly, steadying partners to ride with them during and after. No more surprises is the key here. Honesty about where the loops, the twists and the drops will appear, and clarity on the length of each ride, is key. The alternative is a constantly bewildered electorate. Mystery ride after mystery ride.
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