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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gillard-needs-her-reshuffle-to-be-a-high-kicking-can-can/ Julia Gillard is preparing to unveil her new ministerial line-up today. It should be a triumph, the crowning moment when a newly empowered prime minister stamps her authority on the show. Yet suddenly and depressingly for Labor, expectations are not high. The PR debacle over the botched drafting of Bob Carr to be the new Foreign Affairs Minister has an all too familiar ring for a prematurely aged government which even before its fifth birthday is limping into a third year in the twilight zone. It is well recognised that even the best governments run out of steam. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gillard-needs-her-reshuffle-to-be-a-high-kicking-can-can/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gillard-needs-her-reshuffle-to-be-a-high-kicking-can-can/#item7906 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 UPDATE 4.40pm: Barnaby Joyce has just put out his first press release as Shadow Finance Minister. You can read the full text after the jump - believe me, it’s worth it. Tony Abbott has just announced quite an extensive reshuffle of his front bench, which, incidentally, rewarded a raft of Punch contributors including Scott Morrison, Bronwyn Bishop and Kevin Andrews with promotions. You can read Sam Maiden’s news report of his press conference here. (The best line related to The Punch’s own Bronwyn Bishop, who’s been appointed Shadow Minister for Seniors - as Mr Abbott said: “She will be one of them” as well as representing them.) But the biggest move was the appointment of Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce as Shadow Finance Minister. “Barnaby is an accountant from St George. He knows what it’s like to ensure the books are in order,” Mr Abbott said. We’d thought we’d re-introduce you to some of the world according to Barnaby, as posted on The Punch, starting with this line from his debut: What is it that differentiates the political parties? Or is philosophy now no more than a bib handed out to be worn before the political chamber game, a contrived or acquired vocal tribalism? http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/shadow-minister-barnaby-joyce-sublime-or-ridiculous/ UPDATE 4.40pm: Barnaby Joyce has just put out his first press release as Shadow Finance Minister. You can read the full text after the jump - believe me, it’s worth it. Tony Abbott has just announced quite an extensive reshuffle of his front bench, which, incidentally, rewarded a raft of Punch contributors including Scott Morrison, Bronwyn Bishop and Kevin Andrews with promotions. You can read Sam Maiden’s news report of his press conference here. (The best line related to The Punch’s own Bronwyn Bishop, who’s been appointed Shadow Minister for Seniors - as Mr Abbott said: “She will be one of them” as well as representing them.) But the biggest move was the appointment of Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce as Shadow Finance Minister. “Barnaby is an accountant from St George. He knows what it’s like to ensure the books are in order,” Mr Abbott said. We’d thought we’d re-introduce you to some of the world according to Barnaby, as posted on The Punch, starting with this line from his debut: What is it that differentiates the political parties? Or is philosophy now no more than a bib handed out to be worn before the political chamber game, a contrived or acquired vocal tribalism? penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/shadow-minister-barnaby-joyce-sublime-or-ridiculous/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/shadow-minister-barnaby-joyce-sublime-or-ridiculous/#item1940 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 UPDATE 4.40pm: Barnaby Joyce has just put out his first press release as Shadow Finance Minister. You can read the full text after the jump - believe me, it’s worth it. Tony Abbott has just announced quite an extensive reshuffle of his front bench, which, incidentally, rewarded a raft of Punch contributors including Scott Morrison, Bronwyn Bishop and Kevin Andrews with promotions. You can read Sam Maiden’s news report of his press conference here. (The best line related to The Punch’s own Bronwyn Bishop, who’s been appointed Shadow Minister for Seniors - as Mr Abbott said: “She will be one of them” as well as representing them.) But the biggest move was the appointment of Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce as Shadow Finance Minister. “Barnaby is an accountant from St George. He knows what it’s like to ensure the books are in order,” Mr Abbott said. We’d thought we’d re-introduce you to some of the world according to Barnaby, as posted on The Punch, starting with this line from his debut: What is it that differentiates the political parties? Or is philosophy now no more than a bib handed out to be worn before the political chamber game, a contrived or acquired vocal tribalism?