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Unlike cowbell, you can have too much Coonan. Why won't they learn?
New Liberal Party leader Malcolm Turnbull ... promotes Julie Bishop and Helen Coonan to two of the highest profile jobs in politics...NSW Senator Helen Coonan was the surprise choice as foreign affairs spokeswoman...
What a freakin' disaster. Hopefully Helen Coonan won't be able to do as much damage to Australia's international reputation in opposition as she did as the country's startlingly ignorant communications minister while in government.
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Although I wouldn't have once, I now consider myself a swinging voter. I believe strongly that in today's political climate where it seems only a highly centrist political party will ever be elected to government, it simply doesn't make sense to have strong party allegiances. Being a swinging voter allows you to support the good deeds of a government, but reprimand them when they take things too far or forget that they should be accountable.
John Quiggin1 posted "John Howard: a political political obituary" which sums up my feelings about the Howard Government very well2.
In the end, it was ... more
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