Frost on my lawn this morning! Winter is getting its last licks in.
Wait, wait. Does this mean that Morrison could be replaced as PM after a matter of days?!
Not from the preferred PM question, it's just an opinion poll. But the ousted PM, Malcolm Turnbull, has indeed handed in his resignation. He'll be gone by the end of the week. There'll be a by-election. Turnbull held the seat comfortably, but it was more marginal before he became member; plus, by-elections are usually hard for the govt, even when it's not devolved into a cack-handed circus. With Turnbull's resignation, the Libs no longer have a majority in Parliament. There are cross-benchers supporting them, but if that changes, we could be forced to the polls.
Incidentally, Morrison's set about appointing his cabinet and it seems well designed to capitulate to the plotters and lose the electorate. He's put an opponent of renewable energy in charge of the Energy portfolio and a former mining employee takes Environment. (And he's split the two, clearly they have nothing to do with each other.) He's promoted two women to the ministry, but the only senior woman, Julie Bishop, is gone. She was Foreign Minister and deputy leader of the Libs and also threw her hat in the ring for the leadership. She was first eliminated as she was kind of popular with the electorate and that's a no-no in the modern Liberal Party, and is expected to leave Parliament at the next election.
Frost on my lawn this morning! Winter is getting its last licks in.
That was a shocker until I read the source.
Kelly Clarkson has finished singing, and now Maxwell (who I admittedly know nothing about) is doing the world's slowest and ostensibly jazziest version of the national anthem. Also, he's doing in it in 4, and I'm not sure anyone should attempt that post-Whitney.
Oh, yeah, and this is a tennis tournament.
Thanks for explaining, billytea!
He's put an opponent of renewable energy in charge of the Energy portfolio and a former mining employee takes Environment.
Making Australia great again.
That was a shocker until I read the source.
That's what I'm here for. To mess with your expectations! And taunt you with our harsh wintry weather. Frrrrosssssst.
Making Australia great again.
It's really quite bizarre. The Liberal conservatives (so to speak) have become utterly fixated on this notion that Australia needs to build more coal-fired power stations. The reason this baffles me is because the power companies themselves are telling them "no, we're not building more, in fact we're looking to retire our coal plants, they're not economically viable in the long term, plus it's the vibe." The power companies themselves were some of the biggest backers of the energy policy that Abbott etc crapped over - emissions targets and all - because it would give them certainty going forward.
So you have this bizarre spectacle of our pro-business/free markets party* alternately begging and threatening these companies to stop making commercial decisions and just burn this giant mountain of coal already, dammit. I'm honestly not sure what their motivation is anymore.
- : Of course, both parties are pretty much signed on to being pro free markets and all. But one of them is more than pragmatic about it, plus, they get to demonise unions and that's always fun.
Hugs, Laura. I hope this all works out well and quickly.
Best to you and yours, Laura. Continued healing vibes to dad of Sue. And much love to Karl.
Today my kid says, "oh, story of my life!" At the time she was fondly gazing at some fancy raspberry tart while we sat by the lake here in Geneva. I want her life!
Laura, I'm sorry. I hope things work out okay.
{{{Karl}}}
Sue, wishing the best to your dad that he continues to improve.
Today my kid says, "oh, story of my life!" At the time she was fondly gazing at some fancy raspberry tart while we sat by the lake here in Geneva. I want her life!
I love this! Even though raspberries are nasty.
