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Religions > Atheism |
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"Meteorite Debris" |
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25 Nov 2007 10:19:46 PM |
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OT - Aus - McKew claims PM's seat |
This is the seat of Bennelong, John Howard's seat in parliament. Over
and out. To use more colloquial Australish "Yew little beautie". Not
official but it's over bar for the shouting. One, two. Out of
government. One. Out of parliament. Two. Of 25 prime ministers in
Australia only 2 have lost their seats in elections as prime minister.
Still I really think that John Howard needs to be rewarded for his
contribution to the wider world. I'm thinking of a diplomatic post. No,
not to Rome or Paris, London or Washington, or a plum UN post. My
thinking is a post that best reflects his unique contribution to the
world as it is today. A diplomatic post in Baghdad, maybe outside the
green zone.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/federal-election-2007/mckew-claims-pms-
seat/2007/11/26/1196036777768.html
http://tinyurl.com/yqc4tt
Paul Bibby
November 26, 2007 - 12:55PM
Maxine McKew has declared that Bennelong is a Labor seat for the first
time, in a press conference outside her campaign headquarters at
Eastwood at midday.
Ms McKew, who is 2500 votes ahead in the seat, declared: "The people of
Bennelong have spoken for change.
"This is now a Labor seat for the first time," she said.
"We feel we are comfortably ahead with a swing in every booth but one."
But she said she was stopping short of officially declaring the seat
hers.
As of 12.30pm today, she was leading Mr Howard with 51.66 per cent of
the vote on a two-party preferred basis.
She required a 4.13 per cent two-party preferred swing to win the seat
but had achieved a swing of 5.79 per cent away from Mr Howard.
Ms McKew said she had targeted conservative voters in the campaign for
Bennelong but denied she had won the seat on the back of a growing Asian
vote.
"My strategy was to go after Liberal voters - not Chinese, Korean,
Italian or Armenian. I want to clear that up before we get an urban myth
about Chinese and Korean voters."
The victory was also a win for grassroots campaigning over the "buckets
of money" Mr Howard and the Liberal Party had pumped into the seat, she
said.
"Mr Howard and the Liberal Party spent $20 million in the campaign for
Bennelong ... all we promised was a child-care centre."
She said she had spoken to Kevin Rudd this morning about her future in
the party but would not comment on whether she would take up a portfolio
or become parliamentary secretary to the Prime Minister, as had been
reported.
"We'll have to see how things pan out, things will become clearer later
in the week.
"Obviously there is an urgent need to deal comprehensively with climate
change.
"People want things fixed, they want hospitals fixed and they want
schools fixed. I made Kevin aware that there were some real needs in
Bennelong, particularly educational needs."
- with AAP
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| User: "Michael Gray" |
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| Title: Re: OT - Aus - McKew claims PM's seat |
25 Nov 2007 11:49:59 PM |
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Maxine is even more brainwashed and indoctrinated than Howard, (if
such a thing is possible).
It will be more of the same.
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