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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hey-malcolm-we-want-our-party-back-turnbull-liberal-leadership/ We gave Malcolm a lend of the Party, but the members want it back. This is the clear message I have received from Liberal Party members by way of 7,500 emails (and rising) and hundreds of phone calls – not to mention close encounters of the personal kind. The claim that the Coalition Party Room agreed to support the Labor Party’s amended C.P.R.S. legislation imposing an E.T.S. Tax is not true. The Party Room rejected it. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bronwyn Bishop) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hey-malcolm-we-want-our-party-back-turnbull-liberal-leadership/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/hey-malcolm-we-want-our-party-back-turnbull-liberal-leadership/#item1881 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 06:05:42 +0000 Bronnie Bishop: Malcolm, we want our party back now http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/secret-diary-extracts-of-a-liberal-mp/ In order to help people better understand the last week, an anonymous Liberal front bencher has made available excerpts of their private diary to comedians Matt Kenneally Toby Halligan. MONDAY 23/11/09 MORNING Booked holiday flights to Hawaii for Friday evening. ETS bill before senate tomorrow. Still don’t understand it. Air conditioning was playing up. Stood in front of fridge for a while and felt better. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Toby Halligan and Matt Kenneally) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/secret-diary-extracts-of-a-liberal-mp/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/secret-diary-extracts-of-a-liberal-mp/#item1880 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:57:42 +0000 Bronnie Bishop: Malcolm, we want our party back now http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-only-beauty-contest-that-joe-hockey-will-ever-win/ After a week when the Liberals took decisive action to reduce their political footprint Joe Hockey is sitting snugly between ‘Someone Else’ and ‘Don’t Know’ as the preferred Liberal leader. If politics really is Hollywood for ugly people, then this week’s Essential Report shows Joe is about to slip on the political swimsuit and start strutting his stuff by default. The polling confirms what we all supected – the nation is over Malcolm Turnbull, it can’t abide Tony Abbott and it doesn’t really know who Julie Bishop or Andrew Robb are. As for Kevin Andrews, like his own party, we didn’t bother to ask. This leaves just three credible options for the Liberals: Don’t Know, Someone Else and Joe Hockey. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Peter Lewis) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-only-beauty-contest-that-joe-hockey-will-ever-win/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-only-beauty-contest-that-joe-hockey-will-ever-win/#item1877 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:57:42 +0000 Bronnie Bishop: Malcolm, we want our party back now http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/live-blog-clock-ticking-for-malcolm-turnbull/ The next 24 hours are critical for the bitterly divided Liberal Party. The Punch’s Tory Maguire is in Canberra and the team will be posting updates here through the day. Times are AEDT. Refresh this page for updates. 7.21pm: If he is elected as leader tomorrow, Abbott will ask for the ETS to be deferred, and if not deferred, rejected. “The party has a clear choice. It can vote for Malcolm and we will support the legislation. It can vote for me and we will reject the legislation. Or they can vote for Joe and we’ll have a conscience vote”. 7.19pm: Tony Abbott says he’s spent most of the day in discussions with Joe, says… “It now seems pretty clear we could change the leader to Joe and these offensive bills could still go through the parliament. I will be a candidate for the leadership tomorrow.” 7.17pm: Ian “Macca” Macfarlane says he’s in the dark - “they’re not telling me anything” 7pm: Nick Minchin has just released this statement: Speculation tonight by Laurie Oakes on Channel 9 news that I support the proposition that Labor’s CPRS Bill pass through the Senate upon a change of leadership are inaccurate. I continue to support the proposition that the Bill should be referred to a Senate Inquiry, to report back after the Copenhagen conference. 6.35pm: ABC news reporting the deal to install Hockey as leader includes Liberal Senators being allowed a conscience vote on the ETS, meaning it would pass. But David Speers at Sky says it’s being discussed, no decision yet. 6.10pm: Nine’s Laurie Oakes says there’s mutterings Nick Minchin may agree to pass the ETS tomorrow once Turnbull is gone as leader. 5.52am: Back in the Senate - 70 amendments done, only 140 to go. By the time it’s complete Parliament House could have ocean views. 5.45pm: Now reported Family First Senator Steve Fielding is in Joe Hockey’s office with Mr Hockey, Nick Minchin and Peter Dutton - discussing the Royal Commission? Probably not. 4:59pm: AAP reports key figures from the left and right are meeting to sort things out before tomorrow’s meeting. Meeting in Joe Hockey’s office reportedly includes: Federal Liberal Party director Brian Loughnane, and MPs Greg Hunt, Christopher Pyne, Andrew Robb, Nick Minchin, Julie Bishop, Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton. 4.49pm: Bronwyn Bishop writes for The Punch: Malcolm, we want the leadership back please. 4.40pm: Audio of Turnbull’s press conference live now, courtesy of Sky News. Listen here. 3.49pm: Reports on Turnbull’s doorstop at The Australian, The Age, and The Daily Telegraph. From Malcolm Farr at the Tele: Mr Turnbull was careful in how he explained the outcome of his leadership meeting with Mr Hockey this afternoon. He said: “He (Mr Hockey) said he would support me in the spill movement. He said he would vote against the spill.” 3.46pm: Steve Fielding walked into the media scrum immediately after Turnbull had finished speaking and called for a Royal Commission into climate science. Seriously. 3.37pm: Recap: Turnbull says Hockey has assured him of his support in a vote on a leadership spill in the partyroom tomorrow morning. If the partyroom votes to declare the leadership vacant, then Turnbull says he will stand for re-election. It is still unclear if Hockey will run against Turnbull but he is widely expected to. A strong line of argument Hockey could use is that with Turnbull’s leadership doomed, it is Hockey’s duty as a committed moderate to run against right-winger Tony Abbott. 3.36pm: From Turnbull: Joe came to see me for a chat. We actually had a meeting on the weekend that didn’t make it into the press because neither of us rang up a journalist beforehand. Joe and I are very good friends. colganp@thepunch.com.au (Paul Colgan) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/live-blog-clock-ticking-for-malcolm-turnbull/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/live-blog-clock-ticking-for-malcolm-turnbull/#item1873 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:58:42 +0000 Bronnie Bishop: Malcolm, we want our party back now http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/johns-bidding-war-our-tv-networks-are-run-by-goldfish/ At the Walkley Awards last Thursday night one of the biggest cheers of the evening was reserved for Tracy Grimshaw, who won the gong for broadcast interviewing. As the A Current Affair host made her way to the stage, the big screen behind the presenters played an excerpt from one of the interviews Grimshaw was being honoured for - her excruciating chat with former NRL star Matthew Johns. There 10 times larger than life was a visibly distraught Johns, flanked by his wife Trish, responding to explosive claims about group sex in the NRL contained in a 4 Corners report - another Walkley winner. Half the media executives in the country were in the room watching Grimshaw accept the well-deserved award. About the same time, according to yesterday’s Sunday Telegraph, Seven and Ten were engaged in a bidding war to see who can sign Johns to spearhead their NRL coverage. These network bosses sure do have short memories. tors@thepunch.com.au (Tory Maguire) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/johns-bidding-war-our-tv-networks-are-run-by-goldfish/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/johns-bidding-war-our-tv-networks-are-run-by-goldfish/#item1871 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:55:42 +0000 Bronnie Bishop: Malcolm, we want our party back now http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/reading-roundup-liberal-leadership-showdown/ A roundup of key coverage from this morning’s newspapers and websites is over the jump. colganp@thepunch.com.au (Paul Colgan) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/reading-roundup-liberal-leadership-showdown/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/reading-roundup-liberal-leadership-showdown/#item1875 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:50:42 +0000 Bronnie Bishop: Malcolm, we want our party back now http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/five-ways-to-improve-christmas/ The so-called “festive season” needs a new name.  Because as it stands right now with it’s smug connotations of happiness, relaxation and general mirth-it’s terrifically misleading. Take for instance, this incident one night last week. kippistl@news.com.au (Lucy Kippist) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/five-ways-to-improve-christmas/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/five-ways-to-improve-christmas/#item1861 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:44:42 +0000 Bronnie Bishop: Malcolm, we want our party back now http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/postcard-from-london-greer-blamed-for-british-ladettes/ Not since Carrie Bradshaw tapped away at her laptop has a column started with a dafter question, but here goes: Could Germaine Greer be single-handedly responsible for the complete destruction of a society and its culture? And not just any old society, the one that has exported its language, manners and mores to the rest of the world more than any other. The British. As ridiculous as it sounds, our expat Sheila-in-chief has been accused of bringing Britain to its knees by one of the country’s most widely-read commentators. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Heath Aston) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/postcard-from-london-greer-blamed-for-british-ladettes/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/postcard-from-london-greer-blamed-for-british-ladettes/#item1868 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:40:42 +0000 Bronnie Bishop: Malcolm, we want our party back now http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-a-leagues-greatest-weakness-is-also-its-strength/ Earlier this week, Newcastle Jets coach Branko Culina got hit with a $3000 fine for saying his team still had a chance of making the finals “because all the teams around us are pretty s**t as well.” But that pain in the wallet won’t be so nasty after the Jets mugged Sydney FC 3-1 yesterday afternoon at Sydney Football Stadium. The fact that the team in ninth place can hand out such a heavy defeat to the second-placed team illustrates the A-League’s great strength and biggest weakness. feedback@thepunch.com.au (David Hall) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-a-leagues-greatest-weakness-is-also-its-strength/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-a-leagues-greatest-weakness-is-also-its-strength/#item1874 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:38:42 +0000 Bronnie Bishop: Malcolm, we want our party back now http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/if-we-cant-lead-on-co2-we-shouldnt-in-sport-or-science/ “Australia generates 1.5 per cent of global greenhouse emissions and this ETS will reduce world levels by the smallest sliver, which self-evidently will have nil effect on global climate whether you believe in climate warming or not.” Barnaby Joyce – The Innate Problems With Labor’s Emissions Trading Scheme, 17/12/2008. Using numbers to lend credibility to a flimsy argument is not a new tactic. In the case of those opposing serious action on climate change however, one statistic about Australia’s proportionate global emissions forms the central flimsy plank of their argument. The argument goes that given Australia is responsible for only 1.5% of global emissions, anything we do to reduce CO2 levels is hardly going to make a dent globally. We can’t save the Great Barrier Reef, so the rest of the world is going to have to. It must test well in focus groups because everyone opposing action on climate change has been trotting it out ever since the debate began. And let’s be honest, as a message it is working. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Pete Wilson and Damon Jalili) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/if-we-cant-lead-on-co2-we-shouldnt-in-sport-or-science/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/if-we-cant-lead-on-co2-we-shouldnt-in-sport-or-science/#item1870 Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:35:42 +0000 Bronnie Bishop: Malcolm, we want our party back now