Make no mistake about it, Premier Jeremy Rockliff has indeed scored a major political victory and lasting legacy this week by finally securing Tasmania our own AFL team. But in doing so I am reminded of words reputedly uttered by King Pyrrhus of Epirus following the battle of Asculum in 297BC “If we are victoriousContinue reading “The Phyrrhic victory”
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The last Liberal
Following the recent New South Wales state election, and the disastrous Aston by-election result, Tasmanian Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff has a unique, once in a lifetime opportunity before him. Many people have wrongly construed these election results as meaning the end of the Liberal Party in Australia for the foreseeable future; or that Premier RockliffContinue reading “The last Liberal”
Finding their Voice
This year’s vote on whether to insert “the Voice” into Australia’s Constitution isn’t just a referendum on the Constitution. It is also arguably a referendum on the future of the Liberal Party. In last year’s Federal election, the Liberal-National Coalition’s vote share fell significantly among the younger cohort of voters, with only about one inContinue reading “Finding their Voice”