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When it comes to recent events in domestic Australian politics, Julia Gillard prefers to leave commentary to her colleagues in the Labor party.
But regarding the recent ousting of the prime minister, Tony Abbott, Gillard said on Wednesday: “I understand how he feels, having been there myself.”
Gillard, the former prime minister of Australia, who was replaced by Kevin Rudd in 2013, said that she wished Malcolm Turnbull well in his new role as prime minister. The moderate conservative Turnbull ousted the more rightwing Tony Abbott on 14 September.
Gillard wrote about her experience losing power for the Guardian in 2013, saying then that the pain of the loss “hits you like a fist, pain so strong you feel it in your guts, your nerve endings”.
- By Gus Leonisky at 1 Oct 2015 - 6:21am
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pyne was given a new bone to chew on...
Federal Industry Minister Christopher Pyne has given his strongest indication yet that a full domestic build of Australia's next fleet of submarines will take place in Adelaide.
During an interview on 891 ABC Adelaide this morning, the SA-based MP said he wanted the State and Federal Governments to work together.
"The SA Government and Federal Government, will come up [with] a proposal, I hope, for a full domestic build at Osborne," he said.
Firms from Germany, France and Japan are competing to build the submarines after former prime minister Tony Abbott broke his pre-election promise in 2013 and put the tender out to what he called a "competitive evaluation process".
The South Australian Government wants the Coalition to honour its previous commitment to build the replacement to the Collins Class fleet at Techport, the shipbuilding facility it owns at Osborne in Adelaide.
read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-23/pyne-gives-strong-indication-of-adelaide-sub-build/6797870
forgiveness would be too catholic...
Dumped prime minister Tony Abbott has refused to say whether he has forgiven Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull as he urges party members to stay on and "fight".
Speaking to 3AW's Neil Mitchell, Mr Abbott said he would exercise "silence" when asked if he had forgiven Mr Turnbull.
"There's obviously been a lot of dirty water under the bridge," he said.
"Malcolm didn't stay in the parliament to be someone else's minister."
Mr Abbott urged Liberal party members to rally behind the new leadership, saying party members have "got to make the most of situations, even very difficult ones".
"Stay in, fight for the things you believe in," he said.
read more: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-01/abbott-refuses-to-say-if-he-has-forgiven-turnbull/6818874
The other title for this piece would be "Dirty water in the holy water stoup..."