tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post7400963045981943967..comments2023-12-06T00:23:28.790+11:00Comments on Press gallery reform: Andrew Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-9872658419575598652011-06-02T22:56:19.301+10:002011-06-02T22:56:19.301+10:00Who needs subbies when you've got readers like...Who needs subbies when you've got readers like Fiona!Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-64381046184742398642011-06-02T22:18:56.233+10:002011-06-02T22:18:56.233+10:00"doesn't ... neither" is a double ne..."doesn't ... neither" is a double negative already...Fionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-8042346997639123342011-06-02T21:57:48.262+10:002011-06-02T21:57:48.262+10:00Anon2, I take your point about silks. While Helen ...Anon2, I take your point about silks. While Helen Coonan wasn't one she was a "senior junior", and there will be others like them when the tide next turns.<br /><br />Fanks, Fiona - was wary of the double negative though.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-64205456857275248672011-06-02T21:55:14.754+10:002011-06-02T21:55:14.754+10:00Trish, I'll give you all those. Trouble is tha...Trish, I'll give you all those. Trouble is that the quiet-mousy strategy isn't working. <br /><br />When I was in the Liberal Party the moderates had a saying, borrowed from Disraeli: never complain, never explain, never resign, leave a good looking corpse (or something like that - it was a while ago). It seems to be one of the few principles they've kept to.Andrew Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04705844456819481896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-14491044522422865682011-06-02T21:14:31.260+10:002011-06-02T21:14:31.260+10:00No no, Andrew, the kerrect langwage woodabeen: &qu...No no, Andrew, the kerrect langwage woodabeen: "We don't employ no subbies."Fionanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-44767391739859571532011-06-02T19:52:57.620+10:002011-06-02T19:52:57.620+10:00I agree unequivocally with all of the above (parti...I agree unequivocally with all of the above (particularly regarding Senator Trood) but I quibble, slightly, with your characterisation of Brandis: it's useful for Parliament to keep a silk or two around (even those anointed in such questionable circumstances) - Brandis may be long gone from his initial moderate credentials, but I'd rather at least one person serving in the Senate to be presumed to have some in-practice experience of of equity, trusts, trade practices and the other miscellania of corporate and commercial law rather than let these be entirely the preserve of suburban solicitors (of Howard or Ruddock's ilk, not David Bradbury or Melissa Parke - both are rare exceptions) or staffers. He may be fairly useless but I'm not convinced anyone with greater legal experience would be willing to replace him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-80298063773891789992011-06-02T11:18:21.545+10:002011-06-02T11:18:21.545+10:00George Brandis should be given the Richard Alston ...George Brandis should be given the Richard Alston Award for Pomposity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22534369.post-64531758405391047592011-06-02T10:44:12.865+10:002011-06-02T10:44:12.865+10:00Some of our best are in the Senate, though:
- Mar...Some of our best are in the Senate, though:<br /><br />- Marise Payne<br />- Judith Troeth (sadly, retiring)<br />- Sue Boyce<br />- Simon Birmingham<br /><br />The bad outweighs the good, unfortunately...Trishhttp://auspolitics.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.com