Comment on Discussion Thread 🗳️ Saturday 3 May 2025

• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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

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  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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 ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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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