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Barnes
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« on: September 14, 2015, 08:44:31 PM »
So Abbott has still yet to go to the Governor General.
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2015, 09:54:38 PM »
Did he actually make any mention of Turnbull?
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« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2015, 10:10:57 PM »
Quote from: Fmr President & Senator Polnut on September 14, 2015, 09:58:44 PM
Quote from: Barnes on September 14, 2015, 09:54:38 PM
Did he actually make any mention of Turnbull?

Nope. Clearly he thinks the only reason he's no longer PM is the media happily reporting leaks.

Yeah, that was pretty predictable of him.
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Barnes
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« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2015, 10:45:11 PM »
The first Question Time since the spill has been delayed to 2:30 pm.
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Barnes
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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2015, 11:42:30 PM »
Abbott not present at Question Time today.
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« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2015, 12:21:22 AM »
« Edited: September 15, 2015, 12:34:44 AM by Barnes »

Yep, this is very flat on the government benches.

What's not helping is that the Cabinet is basically a rump that's waiting around until the reshuffle over the weekend.  Hockey in particular having to respond to Turnbull's evisceration of him yesterday is very odd.
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« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2015, 12:42:00 AM »
Oh, missed this earlier, Eric Abetz said this in the Senate earlier:

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He's obviously trying to keep his position, but my how quickly loyalties change! Grin
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Barnes
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« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2015, 07:19:29 PM »
Reports that Dutton has resigned, but Turbull has yet to accept it.
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« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2015, 02:17:10 PM »
Rumors flying around now that Hockey is going to take over Turnbull's communications portfolio.

There are further reports of Morrison getting Treasury, Pyne going to Defense, and Michaelia Cash nabbing Immigration.
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« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2015, 11:44:03 PM »
Growing rumors about Bernardi's plans to jump ship.  It's of little importance of course, but he has just changed his description on Twitter from "Liberal Senator" to "Conservative Senator."  Who knows, but we do live in strange times...
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Barnes
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« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2015, 01:02:11 AM »
Quote from: Barnes on September 16, 2015, 11:44:03 PM
Growing rumors about Bernardi's plans to jump ship.  It's of little importance of course, but he has just changed his description on Twitter from "Liberal Senator" to "Conservative Senator."  Who knows, but we do live in strange times...

This seems to have been a false alarm, but as we all know the age of social media has brought a new dimension to the political game!
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Barnes
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« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2015, 07:36:20 PM »
Very nice write-up by the Financial Review: the faceless men who stalked Abbott and made Turnbull king
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« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2015, 12:16:17 AM »
« Edited: September 18, 2015, 12:22:41 AM by Barnes »
Apparently Abbott's office won't handover the internal mailing system that it employed, forcing a new one to be established in Simon Birmingham's office.

Perhaps a taste of the "loyal back bencher" that is yet to come?

Also, apparently Turnbull is still working out of his old Communications office as Abbott's staff won't relinquish the PM's office until Saturday.  So the incumbent PM has had no access to his office or to his official diary since taking office.
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Barnes
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« Reply #13 on: September 19, 2015, 12:36:53 AM »
Putting this here solely for the laughs; someone snapped this today in Canning.  Haha. Grin
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Barnes
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« Reply #14 on: September 19, 2015, 12:03:36 PM »
« Edited: September 19, 2015, 12:08:22 PM by Barnes »

Hahahah.

Reminds me of when Gillard and Swanny got sauced in the Lodge after Rudd came back in 2013.
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« Reply #15 on: September 19, 2015, 04:48:42 PM »
« Edited: September 19, 2015, 04:52:30 PM by Barnes »

It was nothing controversial. They were just firing up the staff at the Lodge over several glasses of wine and sharing jokes about their term. There is an iPhone video of it floating around the internet.

Edit: Here is some of it.
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« Reply #16 on: September 19, 2015, 07:20:51 PM »
Quote from: Simfan34 on September 19, 2015, 07:17:48 PM
It may just be because it was uploaded by Swan himself, but the only remotely interesting thing about that clip was that they were holding glasses of wine.

Again that was a tiny clip.  Apparently Swanny said he and Gillard should get pissed in the afternoon the next day, so lol.
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Barnes
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« Reply #17 on: September 19, 2015, 11:16:34 PM »
Quote from: Fmr President & Senator Polnut on September 19, 2015, 11:12:00 PM
Turnbull to announce the new Ministry at 3pm, so in about 50 mins.

Ah, great. I was having trouble finding a specific time for the event today.
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« Reply #18 on: September 19, 2015, 11:56:30 PM »
Andrews also confirmed that he'll be recontesting his seat at the next election.
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« Reply #19 on: September 20, 2015, 12:07:16 AM »
« Edited: September 20, 2015, 12:15:37 AM by Barnes »
Quote from: Fmr President & Senator Polnut on September 20, 2015, 12:04:20 AM
Quote from: Barnes on September 19, 2015, 11:56:30 PM
Andrews also confirmed that he'll be recontesting his seat at the next election.

Out of sheer spite

Indeed! Just think Bronwyn Bishop, Abbott, Andrews, and who knows who else sticking around? The show goes on!
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Barnes
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« Reply #20 on: September 20, 2015, 12:24:18 AM »
The Ministry announcement has been scheduled for 3:40.
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« Reply #21 on: September 20, 2015, 12:52:19 AM »
Hockey will be resigning from Parliament.
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« Reply #22 on: September 21, 2015, 04:21:41 PM »
Bronwyn Bishop confirmed to have abandoned Abbott last week over Choppergate.
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« Reply #23 on: September 21, 2015, 10:09:13 PM »
« Edited: September 22, 2015, 12:06:45 AM by Barnes »
Newly appointed Special Minister of State Mal Brough plans to proceed with the proposed Senate voting reforms before the next election; Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm has promised "outright war" from the crossbench if he does so.  

If this does get passed by the end of the Parliament it will be a wonderful series of reforms to the much beleaguered Senate voting system as it stands now and finally eliminate the absurd situation of having a senator elected with 0.5% of first preferences.
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Barnes
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« Reply #24 on: October 06, 2015, 09:30:45 PM »
Pauline Hanson is running for a Queensland Senate seat at the next election. Oh look, here's her platform.

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