December 2011
15 posts
Rudd 'snubbed' at ALP conference - ABC News →
Mr Rudd’s supporters are upset that Prime Minister Julia Gillard did not specifically mention his time as leader during her opening address at the conference.
“Could there be a clearer indication of how out-of-touch the federal ALP has...”
– Labor fiddles as problems go on the backburner | Herald Sun
Rudd still on the war-path | Herald Sun Andrew... →
Snubbed Rudd smiles and waits | Courier Mail →
Gillard and Wayne Swan’s attempts to airbrush Kevin at the ALP conference at the weekend were clumsy and further infuriated Mr Rudd’s supporters.
“One Rudd backer foreshadowed a challenge by the May budget, telling News Ltd...”
– Simon Crean rejects claims Kevin Rudd was snubbed at the ALP conference | The Australian
Humilated Kevin Rudd plots a leadership coup |... →
KEVIN Rudd still has “the ticker” to tackle Julia Gillard for the prime ministership and is preparing to challenge within months.
Garrett opposes uranium sales to India |... →
LABOR frontbencher Peter Garrett says he will not support a push by Prime Minister Julia Gillard to change the party’s stance on uranium sales to India.
“Unless the conference comes up with meaningful solutions to the problems of...”
– ALP national conference; same-sex marriage: Tony Abbott Doorstop - Liberal Party of Australia
“Labor has no leadership and the wrong priorities for Australia and that her...”
– Gay marriage must not sidetrack Labor at national conference | Herald Sun
“As the Labor Party’s national conference meets in Sydney today there will be no...”
– Lying leaders are inept and cruel | Daily Telegraph Piers Akerman Blog
“A RECORD 920 asylum seekers and crew arrived in Australia in November, the most...”
– November a record month for boat arrivals
We won't vote for gay marriage even if party... →
FEDERAL Labor MPs from the Right faction say they will cross the floor and risk expulsion rather than vote for gay marriage, should the party change policy to one of support rather than a conscience vote
A $100 million taxpayer funded advertising and...
How do they get away with this!!???
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/million-of-hot-airing/story-e6freuy9-1226210651963?sv=48332aafc6cc84c9d4ba83eb3412a347
November 2011
7 posts
Three key tests for Julia Gillard and Labor at the...
Labor will hold their National Conference over the next three days.
The ALP National Conference will fail unless it develops tangible solutions to address the real concerns of Australians.
The key tests for Julia Gillard and Labor at the 2011 ALP National Conference will be whether she can:
1. Develop solutions and strategies to strengthen our economy, boost productivity, improve job...
“The fact that Labor’s net debt has blown out by $26 billion in just six months...”
– http://www.liberal.org.au/Latest-News/2011/12/01/ALP-Conference-Needs-to-Address-Labor-s-Debt-Problem.aspx
ALP brawl looms over plan to lift refugee intake... →
LABOR’S Left faction will oppose a push by Immigration Minister Chris Bowen to lift the nation’s refugee intake in exchange for platform changes to support his so-called Malaysian Solution.
Julia Gillard faces double defeat over same-sex... →
TWENTY-FOUR hours before Labor’s national conference, concerns are growing that Julia Gillard faces defeat over same-sex marriage, both on changing the party platform and on her proposed compromise of a conscience vote.
Passion for same-sex marriage a problem for Labor... →
THE Labor Party comes to next weekend’s national conference with a political passion for same-sex marriage far removed from its low priority with the public and fixated by the false polemic of “marriage equality”.
Labor's policy unit faces chop →
LABOR is set to dump its federal policy unit in a bid to tackle a crisis in party membership and inspire dwindling rank-and-file supporters after a near-death experience at the last election.
Unions grab for policy power
TRADE union leaders would directly choose 50 per cent of the voting delegates to the Labor Party conference under a plan to dramatically increase union power over policy. The Left faction, led by Senator Doug Cameron, proposes to boost the power of union officials at Labor’s national conference in Sydney. The conference is Labor’s supreme policy-making body and will vote on the...
“Business leaders and lobbyists will fork out more than $8000 each to talk to...”
– ALP summit sets $8250 price tag for bosses