A new style of political leadership is required in Australian politics and the leaders who adapt the best to challenging times will be the ones who succeed.
Yes. Bold leadership expected by the voters now. Address all the internal stuff. Be more vocal with actions on the genocide being perpetrated by Israel - this is not being anti-semitic. Cancel Aukus as a necessary precursor to a different submarine solution and strategizing a realignment in the Asia Pacific as we are no longer the "deputy of the rogue sheriff".
The Liberal Party has many issues they'll need to deal with, the most obvious one was how to deal with donors and benefactors who have considerable sway over the policies and ideas that they take to the public. Nuclear is an excellent example. The big push for nuclear has only happened over the past two years, and it's been thoroughly rejected by the public - although elections are decided by many issues, it's obvious that the policy on nuclear is one that not many people want. But, instead of comprehensively ruling it out after the election loss, they're still talking about it. Why, because they're beholding by the mining industry, especially Hancock Corporation. The main issue for a political party is to survive, the second issue is to get into office. The Liberals are now focusing on the first part – through support and donations from the mining industry so they can survive – but that support will stop them from achieving the second part – getting back into office. This is a long-term problem for them.
It is impossible to be a ‘progressive patriot’ and continue to weld foreign policy to the US.
Either from a ‘progressive’ POV, where the US is advancing down the road to Authoritarian Hyper- Capitalism, or from
A ‘patriotic’ POV where we permit the US to plunder our sovereign resources and treat our land as a FOB in its quest to constrain our largest trading partner.
There’s your litmus test right there. Everything else is secondary.
The problem for the Liberals is that they are no longer liberal - they have become conservative, cheered on by the Murdock media and beguiled by their big money sponsors. “Liberal” has become a misnomer.
Whilst this is so, there will always be a suspicion that they are acting more in the interests of their backers than of the public at large.
There is no longer a place in Australian politics for the hairy chested posturing of Abbot, Morrison and Dutton or Jacinta Price’s “Make Australia Great Again”.
Can Sussan Ley steer the Liberals away from this and back to the centre? I doubt it - the Labor party is already there.
Yes. Bold leadership expected by the voters now. Address all the internal stuff. Be more vocal with actions on the genocide being perpetrated by Israel - this is not being anti-semitic. Cancel Aukus as a necessary precursor to a different submarine solution and strategizing a realignment in the Asia Pacific as we are no longer the "deputy of the rogue sheriff".
The Liberal Party has many issues they'll need to deal with, the most obvious one was how to deal with donors and benefactors who have considerable sway over the policies and ideas that they take to the public. Nuclear is an excellent example. The big push for nuclear has only happened over the past two years, and it's been thoroughly rejected by the public - although elections are decided by many issues, it's obvious that the policy on nuclear is one that not many people want. But, instead of comprehensively ruling it out after the election loss, they're still talking about it. Why, because they're beholding by the mining industry, especially Hancock Corporation. The main issue for a political party is to survive, the second issue is to get into office. The Liberals are now focusing on the first part – through support and donations from the mining industry so they can survive – but that support will stop them from achieving the second part – getting back into office. This is a long-term problem for them.
I do hope Albo rises to the occasion, and the first step really is to use the G word as regards to Israel.
It is impossible to be a ‘progressive patriot’ and continue to weld foreign policy to the US.
Either from a ‘progressive’ POV, where the US is advancing down the road to Authoritarian Hyper- Capitalism, or from
A ‘patriotic’ POV where we permit the US to plunder our sovereign resources and treat our land as a FOB in its quest to constrain our largest trading partner.
There’s your litmus test right there. Everything else is secondary.
And now the Nationals have left the Liberals. They really had a shocker.
The problem for the Liberals is that they are no longer liberal - they have become conservative, cheered on by the Murdock media and beguiled by their big money sponsors. “Liberal” has become a misnomer.
Whilst this is so, there will always be a suspicion that they are acting more in the interests of their backers than of the public at large.
There is no longer a place in Australian politics for the hairy chested posturing of Abbot, Morrison and Dutton or Jacinta Price’s “Make Australia Great Again”.
Can Sussan Ley steer the Liberals away from this and back to the centre? I doubt it - the Labor party is already there.