Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025

tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• briongloid@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Well he wasn’t opposition leader, but John Howard as PM in 2007.

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I heard that on the radio. The liberals lost anyway but imagine the prime minister losing but the party wins

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• MeanElevator@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Nope. They just spoke about it now.

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  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I heard that too. The worst part is they kept him in for so long

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    • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      The thing is, he does actually seem to have been a very good local member. He was dreadful as opposition leader, but as “the local rep” in a single seat he was competent and conscientious.

      It’s a weird dichotomy. His performance as a single member might have won him a longer leash to be opposition leader

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      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I didn’t know he did porkbarrelling in his own seat. I know it’s what has kept Barnaby Joyce in all this time. It’s the acknowledgement that you operate on a national stage but you’re voted in by your seat. I wish more politicians would take that on board, even if it’s for selfish reasons.

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