Old, new, borrowed and blue

The AEC contentiously green-lights a party called the New Liberals, plus the resolution of the Tasmanian state election and Upper Hunter by-election.

Four entirely unrelated items of electoral news after a week without new poll results:

• The Australian Electoral Commission has approved the registration of a party called the New Liberals. In doing so it rejected a 55-page Liberal Party submission that included CT Group polling to support its argument that voters would confuse the new party with the old. The judgement cited the similarly unsuccessful bid to deny Liberals for Forests in 2001, in which it was determined that a ban on words as generic as “liberal” and “labour” demanded “clear language” from the Electoral Act – although it conceded the name New Liberals landed “much closer to the line”. The Howard government’s dissatisfaction with the 2001 ruling resulted in a new clause targeting names implying a “connection or relationship” with an existing party, but the AEC has ruled this doesn’t catch the New Liberals. The judgement also expressed reservations about the CT Group survey, in terms implying a dubious attitude to much of the modern practice of opinion polling. The Liberals can now apply for an internal review, followed by an appeal to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

• The count for the Upper Hunter by-election has been finalised, confirming a 5.8% winning margin for Nationals candidate David Layzell and a two-party swing to the Nationals of 3.3%. Antony Green crunches the ballot paper data (a welcome feature of NSW election counts) to determine how each candidate’s preferences divided between Nationals and Labor, which in aggregate was very similar to the 2019 election.

• Resolution also for the Tasmanian state election, which had a post-script after elected Adam Brooks was charged with firearms offences the day after his election was declared, prompting him to decline his seat. This was resolved through Tasmania’s recount procedure for lower house vacancies using the ballots that elected the outgoing member, which naturally went overwhelmingly to other Liberals. The result was a win for Felix Ellis, a member of the previous parliament who initially failed to win re-election, finishing the distribution with 5881 votes (53.4%) to Stacey Sheehan’s 5132 (46.6%). The party numbers remain Liberal 13, Labor nine and Greens two, with one independent.

• I had a paywalled piece in Crikey yesterday on the recently launched Australian Polling Council’s new code of conduct. Both council and code draw inspiration from the British Polling Council, though to my own disappointment it does not follow the British example in requiring members to publish full breakdowns and weighting bases for each poll. However, pollsters will be required to publish a range of other detail that is often absent from media outlets’ reporting of polls they commission, including margin of error calculations that account for demographic imbalances in the sample. The nine pollsters who are members of the council include most of the familiar names, but not Resolve Strategic and Roy Morgan.

Author: William Bowe

William Bowe is a Perth-based election analyst and occasional teacher of political science. His blog, The Poll Bludger, has existed in one form or another since 2004, and is one of the most heavily trafficked websites on Australian politics.

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  1. From the previous thread Therese Rein could have kept her business by giving up her government contract.

  2. I can’t understand the critique of the Morrison’s private support arrangements on the blog last night… they are perfectly normal..

  3. The AEC has lost lots of credibility by allowing deliberate misleading by the National Party and liberal Partys claim to be seperate entities, despite having similar policies and national party members on the liberal party websites

  4. Mexicanbeemer
    I believe it is genuine, taken at some formal occasion.( Governor General’s place ?. ) The desk will be some historic item , travelling and ship’s furniture were often ‘shrunk’ .

  5. Good morning Dawn Patrollers

    In quite a harsh assessment, John Hewson explains why he says that Scott Morrison’s road to re-election is getting more difficult.
    https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7281554/hewsons-view-scott-morrisons-road-to-re-election-is-getting-more-difficult/?cs=14264&utm_source=website&utm_medium=home&utm_campaign=latestnews
    Rob Harris has the lowdown on a secret marketing strategy to convince Australians to support a controversial overhaul of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) saying the federal government must be “seen” to have listened to concerns of disability groups, who will be targeted with an extensive campaign. Spin Central!
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/secret-ndis-report-warns-of-backlash-unless-government-is-seen-to-have-listened-20210603-p57xsl.html
    According to Simon Benson, Scott Morrison will commit $200 million to the construction of a 500-bed Victorian quarantine facility at Avalon under a plan close to finalisation ahead of today’s national cabinet meeting.
    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/scott-morrisons-deal-for-500bed-quarantine-in-victoria/news-story/7f6617f65636fab3fcf0f4045e3bae75
    Morrison’s offer of a $500-a-week disaster payment leaves him exposed to attack for being too slow to see that Victorians needed urgent help and only coming up with a begrudging form of assistance, suggests David Crowe.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/pm-takes-political-gamble-with-targeted-temporary-federal-help-20210603-p57xxj.html
    The PM’s quibbling on financial support for Victoria amid its Covid lockdown looked more self-defeating than reasonable, writes Katherine Murphy who says that once again, Scott Morrison appears a day late and a dollar short.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/03/once-again-scott-morrison-appears-a-day-late-and-a-dollar-short
    The federal government will back a national scheme to pay workers $500 if they’re affected by a shutdown – but only if it agrees the shuttering is warranted, explains Phil Coorey.
    https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/later-lockdown-relief-with-a-catch-20210602-p57xjs
    The Australian Medical Association is pushing for COVID-19 vaccines to be fast-tracked into general practices amid a growing Pfizer shortage fuelled by a jump in Victorians getting their vaccination.
    https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/calls-to-fast-track-pfizer-for-victoria-amid-phenomenal-demand-for-vaccine-20210603-p57xom.html
    Roy Ward writes that one expert believes the reclassification of two cases of “stranger-to-stranger transmission” as false positives could dramatically alter how authorities view the current Victorian lockdown.
    https://www.theage.com.au/national/false-stranger-to-stranger-cases-takes-pressure-off-contact-tracers-expert-says-20210603-p57xy9.html
    In a perversely entertaining article Greg Sheridan says the upcoming Joe Biden meet and greet is the biggest show for Scott Morrison.
    https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/joe-biden-meet-and-greet-is-the-biggest-show-for-scott-morrison/news-story/275f1af2618317ffb6987818b497ed0e
    Michelle Grattan looks at Morrison’s week and Speaker Smith’s change of posture.
    https://theconversation.com/grattan-on-friday-bringing-scott-morrison-to-heel-161992
    When does the crisis over the spread of deadly and highly infectious disease, quarantine and vaccinations get recognised as a scandal, wonders Lee Duffield.
    https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/government-spins-and-fiddles-with-ideology-as-the-pandemic-crisis-worsens,15149
    Zoe Samios tells us that ABC management has knocked back an upcoming Four Corners episode by prominent journalist Louise Milligan about the relationship between Prime Minister Scott Morrison and a supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theory, a decision that could be seen as an attempt to dampen tensions between the national broadcaster and the federal government. Let’s hope this sick arrangement of the Morrisons does get to be exposed sometime soon.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/abc-bosses-pull-four-corners-episode-linking-pm-to-qanon-figure-20210603-p57xuk.html
    John Kelly writes an open letter to Labor MPs. It demands that Plibersek be installed as a leader who can actually win the election against Morrison.
    https://theaimn.com/an-open-letter-to-members-of-the-parliamentary-labor-party/
    Michaela Whitbourn report on Ben Roberts-Smith’s latest legal setback before his court case at large looms.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/ben-roberts-smith-launches-proceedings-against-ex-wife-on-eve-of-trial-20210603-p57xsd.html
    Waleed Aly looks at the loose talk that has pervaded the latest Victorian lockdown.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/enough-loose-lockdown-talk-20210603-p57xmr.html
    If Israeli researchers are correct, testing for COVID-19 could be radically changed. Rather than rolling down their windows to confront a nurse with a swab, drivers at testing stations could come face-to-face with a plastic electronic nose, writes Jill Margo.
    https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/electronic-nose-inches-closer-to-sniffing-out-covid-19-20210601-p57x48
    Bob McMullan believes that it is not all doom and gloom for Labor voters.
    https://johnmenadue.com/it-is-not-all-doom-and-gloom-for-labor-votors/
    According to Mike Foley, a plan to hand environmental approval powers of the Commonwealth over to state governments has hit a roadblock, with Queensland demanding tougher rules. Back to you, Sussan!
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/queensland-pushes-back-against-federal-move-to-hand-over-environmental-powers-20210603-p57xs5.html
    We’re stuck with quarantine hotels, but can we fix the breaches asks David Crowe.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-re-stuck-with-quarantine-hotels-but-can-we-fix-the-breaches-20210603-p57xv0.html
    The federal government was urged two months ago to fund special paid leave to help aged care staff get their vaccinations, but did not do so, reports Christopher Knaus.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/04/federal-government-urged-months-ago-to-fund-paid-leave-for-aged-care-staff-vaccination
    Labor MLC Anthony D’Adam writes that the only way out of NSW Labor’s disastrous leadership spiral is a ballot of the rank and file.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/the-only-way-out-of-nsw-labor-s-disastrous-leadership-spiral-is-a-ballot-20210603-p57xwa.html
    Paul Karp reports that the Morrison government has dumped the controversial “kill switch” from its superannuation reforms that would have allowed it to veto certain types of investment decisions by super funds.
    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jun/03/superannuation-bill-passes-lower-house-after-coalition-dumps-controversial-kill-switch
    Mike Steketee examines the work of spiv developers on NSW high rise buildings as further examples come to light. He looks at the light touch of regulations that enable such behaviour.
    https://www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw/light-touch-regulation-keeps-on-failing-homebuyers-in-faulty-towers-20210524-p57uoi.html
    The Coalition is cracking down on charitable organisations. However, the Australian charity promoting arms deals on behalf of weapons makers that profit from humanitarian catastrophes is unlikely to be in the government’s sights. With the weapons expo LandForces wrapping up in Brisbane this week, Michelle Fahy delves into the charity behind LandForces.
    https://www.michaelwest.com.au/landforces-brothers-in-arms-how-a-weapons-peddler-qualified-for-charitable-status/
    Many of us have heard about the prosecution of Bernard Collaery on the say-so of Christian Porter. But very few know much more than that it is an almost secret trial against the former ACT Attorney-General. Unfortunately, John le Carré is no longer with us to tell this intriguing tale, writes Ian Cunliffe.
    https://johnmenadue.com/who-just-gives-away-billions-is-this-what-the-collaery-case-is-all-about/
    Tom McIlroy tells us that Australian consumer law will be overhauled to see trusted overseas product safety standards used alongside domestic regulations, speeding up approvals and reducing costs.
    https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/overseas-product-safety-rules-to-be-used-in-australia-20210603-p57xw2
    Britain’s high commissioner to Australia says the world’s leading export nations can avoid potential carbon tariffs by lifting their level of climate ambition when they head to the United Nations climate summit in Glasgow in November.
    https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/britain-s-top-diplomat-to-australia-urges-more-climate-ambition-as-morrison-vows-to-do-it-our-way-20210603-p57xsj.html
    Holden Shepperd goes to his own experience to warn against gay conversion therapy and the severe damage it can inflict.
    https://www.smh.com.au/national/i-tried-to-convert-myself-from-gay-to-straight-it-doesn-t-work-20210603-p57xqo.html
    The US Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cyber criminals.
    https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/ransomware-to-be-treated-more-like-terrorism-us-official-says-20210604-p57xz9.html

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  6. Thanks BK.

    Katherine Murphy who says that once again, Scott Morrison appears a day late and a dollar short.

    Such a perfect description for this government.

  7. The latest agitations by Trump and his acolytes should be leaving anyone who values democracy deeply unsettled. I think it’s only a matter of time until we see a repeat of Jan 6.

  8. So, former Liberal pollsters, now polling for 9Fax, Resolve Strategic, won’t join the new Australian Polling Council. Therefore I will take their results with a bigger grain of salt than the others.

  9. You know, I’m actually willing to give Morrison the benefit of the doubt re his Qanon pal. I think most of us have some mates who believe crazy shit (chemtrails were popular among a couple of my childhood friends some years back), and wouldn’t want to be judged by that.

    But Morrison does happen to be the Prime Minister of the country, and as such it seems in the public interest to at least cover the situation. Can you imagine the furore if Rudd or Gillard had a close friend who was, say, a 9/11 truther?

  10. Asha Leu @ #17 Friday, June 4th, 2021 – 7:24 am

    The latest agitations by Trump and his acolytes should be leaving anyone who values democracy deeply unsettled. I think it’s only a matter of time until we see a repeat of Jan 6.

    Asha Leu,
    I have been following the January 6 Insurrection and its fallout with fear and trepidation myself. I linked to a podcast yesterday, I don’t know if you saw it, that was a conversation with a reporter who is following all the court cases related to the Jan 6 Insurrectionists and it was chilling to listen to:
    https://podcast.thebulwark.com/scott-macfarlane-inside-the-jan-6-cases

    It’s also why I have a very real fear about putting Peter Dutton into Defence here in Australia. He wouldn’t think twice about using the military if he thought he needed to.

  11. U.S. prosecutors this week put a price tag for the first time on damage to the U.S. Capitol from the Jan. 6 breach — $1.5 million so far — and are asking defendants to cover some of that in plea offers, prosecutors and defense lawyers said.

    The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington cited the damage estimate Wednesday in court and in plea papers filed in the case of Paul Hodgkins, 38. The Tampa crane operator pleaded guilty to one felony count of obstructing an official proceeding of Congress and faces sentencing July 19 in Washington.

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/capitol-riot-defendants-pay-damages-restitution/2021/06/03/74691812-c3ec-11eb-93f5-ee9558eecf4b_story.html?itid=lk_fullstory

    Of course they should pay.

  12. From BK’s round up, Bob McMullen gives a shout out to BillBo…

    ‘A recent article in The Economist about Australia’s Covid travel restrictions asserted that PM Morrison “is well ahead in the polls”. This appears to reflect the prevailing orthodoxy, even amongst Labor voters. Some media reports suggest that this may also be the view of many Labor MPs and Senators. This is a puzzle to me. The facts suggest otherwise.

    The most reliable consolidated reporting of Australian published polling is by the Poll Bludger and can be found on his website. This data shows the Labor party has been either level or ahead in the polls all year, and the long-term trend in the primary vote has been up since last September. The two-party-preferred trendline has put Labor ahead all year. In fact, the current headline of the website’s analysis has the ALP on 51.7%, a swing of 3.2% since the last election.

    https://johnmenadue.com/it-is-not-all-doom-and-gloom-for-labor-votors/

  13. NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds previously said she will wait for the outcome of trials and consult with the disability community before legislating the current deplored model of Independent Assessments.

    But a leaked communications and engagement strategy from the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) outlines in detail their plan to announce a legislation date in late August, and to combat any backlash from the disability community through an expensive multi-media spin campaign.

    The leaked strategy to help her execute her plan to force Independent Assessments onto NDIS participants concedes people with disability have “demonstrated strong, orchestrated opposition” to them.

    It goes on to state: “There are ongoing risks if the Agency is not seen to have made changes in response to concerns raised in the consultation.”

    The documents reveal the Morrison Government plans to roll out a marketing campaign, titled ‘We Did’, which will form the basis of its pretence that it listened and acted on participant and sector concerns.

    In the past two months we have revealed the Government has:

    Awarded eight tenders worth a total of $339 million to deliver Independent Assessments based on sham consultations.
    Rewritten the NDIS legislation to steamroll through Independent Assessments and dismantle and privatise the Scheme.
    Inserted an entire chapter on Independent Assessments into the so-called ‘independent” Tune Review.
    Used sham pilots to push through the Independent Assessments instead of shelving them, as unilaterally advised.
    Used an external marketing consultancy firm to spin their proposed changes to its own staff.
    Falsely inserted the testimony of experts into a paper to spruik Independent Assessments. These experts have asked for their testimony to be removed as it was not given in relation to Independent Assessments.

    https://billshorten.com.au/campaigns/revealed-secret-plan-to-push-through-controversial-independent-assessments-regardless-of-disability-feedback/

  14. Well, you learn something every day. Today I have learned that the basis upon which QAnon was founded is that in order to take back government from the global paedophile, blood of babies-drinking lefties, a military coup will be necessary!!!

    I know it sounds crazy and likely unlikely but you just don’t know these days and, as goes Donald Trump, so goes his Mini Mes given half a chance.

    This clip is by an authoritative researcher into the QAnon movement:

    https://youtu.be/V21ULmf91m4

  15. According to Simon Benson, Scott Morrison will commit $200 million to the construction of a 500-bed Victorian quarantine facility at Avalon under a plan close to finalisation ahead of today’s national cabinet meeting.

    All ready for Scotty to open in 2022 ?

  16. There is no question that the Feds will now fight to the death every declaration of a hotspot, so that they don’t have to pay out.

  17. Why are COVID tests that are so inaccurate allowed to be used. WA was shutdown for one case – two false positive tests would have cost us billions. Who knows how much those two wrong tests have cost Victoria and the Federal Government?

  18. poroti says:
    Friday, June 4, 2021 at 7:57 am
    According to Simon Benson, Scott Morrison will commit $200 million to the construction of a 500-bed Victorian quarantine facility at Avalon under a plan close to finalisation ahead of today’s national cabinet meeting.
    All ready for Scotty to open in 2022 ?

    ————–

    Around december this year probably

  19. Bob McMullan

    “From Newspoll, Labor’s primary vote reached a nadir of 34% on several occasions up to 7 November. Since that time, it has been consistently higher, ranging from 36% to 41%.”

    41%, Really?

  20. Ben Roberts-Smith launches proceedings against ex-wife on eve of trial

    The nature of the dispute between the two is not yet clear. However, Mr Owens told the court in April that Mr Roberts-Smith had warned Ms Roberts in a letter that month that if she spoke to lawyers for the news outlets about potential evidence, he would seek an injunction, attempt to sue her and take steps to undo a property settlement between them.

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/ben-roberts-smith-launches-proceedings-against-ex-wife-on-eve-of-trial-20210603-p57xsd.html

  21. Biden Blocks 59 Chinese Companies in Amended Trump Order

    President Joe Biden signed an order Thursday amending a ban on U.S. investment in Chinese companies begun under his predecessor, naming 59 firms with ties to China’s military or in the surveillance industry, including Huawei Technologies Co. and the country’s three biggest telecommunications companies.

    The ban on new investments will take effect Aug. 2 at 12:01 a.m. in New York, according to administration officials who briefed reporters on condition of anonymity. Investors will have one year to fully divest.

    Among the defense companies on Biden’s list are Aviation Industry Corp. of China, Ltd., which is one of the best known of the Chinese military giants; China North Industries Group Corp.; China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Ltd.; and China Shipbuilding Industry Co.

    Biden’s list also includes Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., the developer of surveillance cameras and facial-recognition technology that has helped Chinese authorities roll out “safe city” initiatives in Xinjiang, where ethnic Uyghurs have faced persecution.

    Companies on Biden’s list that weren’t covered in Trump’s initial ban include Zhonghang Electronic Measuring Instruments Co. and Jiangxi Hongdu Aviation Industry Co.

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-03/biden-to-blacklist-59-chinese-companies-in-amended-trump-order?srnd=premium-asia

  22. C@t

    I have followed the qanon conspiracy for sometime.

    Watched one of the latest docos about the origin of it and who was behind it.

    This doco kind of settled on the Watkins son and father team.

    I always felt that the hand of support to them came from nefarious sources.

    Will we ever know?

    The conspiracy has bought into some of the old conspiracies of the nazis against the Jews and tropes even going back further to the middle ages.

    My view is that the seed was deliberately planted to project the liberals as the bad guys, and trump as the saviour.

    In order to insulate Trump and his cronies from the reality that they engaged in bad behaviour.

    Of course not to the ridiculous extremes of what qanon are espousing.

    But that is part of the plot.

    Accuse the enemy of such outlandish crimes that any crimes that could come back go Trump and his cronies, would seem inconsequential.

    This disinformation campaign succeeded in brainwashing Trump supporters, and sadly due to the pandemic has gone to next level cray cray.

    That is. The pandemic is a hoax. Vaccines are really micro chips, etc etc.

    And the really sad part about all this, is that middle aged people who should be more discerning and wise, have bought into it hook line and sinker.

  23. sprocket_ says:
    Friday, June 4, 2021 at 6:33 am

    Look at the old western style/british style, women stand back, while the ‘men’ write.

    We have gone back to the stone age.

  24. Re Poroti
    I believe it is genuine, taken at some formal occasion.( Governor General’s place ?.

    The desk is a signing table, like at a wedding. It is not used for working. Morrison was signing a condolence book for the death of the Duke of Edinburgh.

    Jenny probably also signed the document.

  25. During last month’s Senate hearing, Digital Transformation Agency CEO Randall Brugeaud revealed the COVIDSafe app was costing taxpayers more than $75,000 to run every month.

    That’s on top of the $7.75 million already spent on developing the app, including 17 upgrades.

    So far, DTA said it has identified 567 close contacts (the figure includes 544 contacts identified by manual contact tracers in NSW) not picked up by contact tracers across the whole of Australia.

    https://thenewdaily.com.au/news/coronavirus/2021/06/04/covidsafe-app-cost/

  26. Zerlo,

    Er, Scott Morrison is the Prime Minister, not his wife. He’s the one who has to sign that stuff.

    It’s an odd photo, certainly, but there’s nothing backwards about the PM doing what the PM is supposed to do.

  27. The New Liberals seem to be an actual liberal party. Unfortunately the name “Liberal” had been taken by hard right reactionaries so they needed another name.

  28. shellbell @ #33 Friday, June 4th, 2021 – 8:09 am

    Bob McMullan

    “From Newspoll, Labor’s primary vote reached a nadir of 34% on several occasions up to 7 November. Since that time, it has been consistently higher, ranging from 36% to 41%.”

    41%, Really?

    Bob McMullan is not prone to lying. Are you trying to suggest he is?


  29. Bucephalus says:
    Friday, June 4, 2021 at 8:07 am

    Why are COVID tests that are so inaccurate allowed to be used. WA was shutdown for one case – two false positive tests would have cost us billions. Who knows how much those two wrong tests have cost Victoria and the Federal Government?

    This comment shows complete ignorance. We are running at about 50000 tests a day, two false positives over days makes it an amazingly accurate test. In fact it is in the same area as your risk of getting blood clots from the AstraZeneca jab.

  30. Cat:

    I have been following the January 6 Insurrection and its fallout with fear and trepidation myself. I linked to a podcast yesterday, I don’t know if you saw it, that was a conversation with a reporter who is following all the court cases related to the Jan 6 Insurrectionists and it was chilling to listen to:
    https://podcast.thebulwark.com/scott-macfarlane-inside-the-jan-6-cases

    I’ve been following the ongoing saga too, though I have not listened to that podcast. Will have to check it when I get a chance.

    It’s also why I have a very real fear about putting Peter Dutton into Defence here in Australia. He wouldn’t think twice about using the military if he thought he needed to.

    While I’m sure Dutton gets a massive erection at the very thought of staging a military coup, I am (perhaps naively) confident that would be an incredibly difficult and dangerous feat to pull off in Australia, and that Dutton is smart enough to know that.

  31. It’s incredible how short memory is, even here!

    We discussed this photo to death (yes, it’s the officially released picture of Promo at the GGs signing the condolence book for Prince Philip) and yet some posters seem to have forgotten it.

    What hope do we have when even some Bludgers don’t remember.

    Oh, and on the question of who knows what, I was utterly gobsmacked when my Liberal voting brother (who had just spent a month in Queensland and was relating some bashing of Premier Palaszczuk by a mate of his) said he did not even know which party she belonged to.

  32. Steve777 says:
    Friday, June 4, 2021 at 8:33 am
    The New Liberals seem to be an actual liberal party. Unfortunately the name “Liberal” had been taken by hard right reactionaries so they needed another name.

    ——————————-

    It was once called the Turnbull Coalition Team, could it be called

    Morrison Coalition Team ? or Dutton Coalition Team?

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