Many have been sifting through the tea leaves after the South Australian and Tasmanian state elections. There has also been much hand-wringing from the incumbent governments, although in South Australia it look more certain that Rann will have some breathing space. In Tasmania, no-one is claiming victory except Will Hodgman banging on about forming minority government. One has to wonder how they teach mathematics when Hodgman seems incapable of understanding he needs 13 seats to form a minority government, not the widely tipped 10 seats they’ll pick up.
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Tony Abbott’s political style
March 31, 2010 in Rants & Raves, Thoughts
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Tony Abbott is often said to play his politics like he does his boxing. He is hard-headed and aggressive. And it would be fair to say that he is certainly a disciple of John Howard – the image of Star Wars’ Emperor (John Howard) and Darth Vader (Tony Abbott) comes to mind – pushing conservative right-wing politics. There is an uneasy disjointedness about Abbott’s approach and no-one can disagree that he is an aggressive politician and motivated by winning. But there are other traits to Tony “The Mad Monk” Abbott that betrays his former life in the boxing ring and the hours of training down at the gym.