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It takes a Liberal leadership vote to reunite me with Twitter… #
Prediction 1: The show-of-hands vote on the spill motion will probably fail. [Proviso: in current mad climate nothing is certain] #
Prediction 2: If the spill motion is carried, Turnbull might not even recontest. #
Prediction 3: This is not about Kevin Andrews. That silly media conference just now is his moment in the sun. #
Prediction 4: If the spill motion is carried, they may postpone the ballot until tomorrow morning so that the real candidates can organise. #
Turnbull is no Nelson. He won't spill his own leadership. #
@thewetmale Greetings… I just felt old reading all the naive commentary… in reply to thewetmale #
David Speers now says there will be a secret ballot on the spill motion… changes things somewhat… but Turnbull must be confident. #
Of course I didn't mean you, just the rush-of-blood-to-the-head types! RT @MacYourselfhome: We are more wizened now. #
Sky showing Rudd & Turnbull together at charity function – it's not quite Whitlam & Fraser at the Lord Mayor's Ball but a nice juxtaposition #
RT @samanthamaiden: turnbull has just walked into office with dep COS credlin. looks really upset #
RT @SBSNews: The Liberals are locked up in the party room … Updates soon #
I REMEMBER (1) – Sep 1985 when Peacock tried to roll his deputy Howard but Howard walked out as leader. Now that was a fun day. #
This is vital to outcome RT @samanthamaiden: lib director brian loughnane says he doesn't know if it's a spill or show of hands for a spill #
I REMEMBER (2) – Kennett's return to leadership in 1991. A professional coup no-one saw coming. Michael Kroger heard about it on air on 3AW #
We're in that period now when there is no news and the media has futile discussions about remote possibilities – eg Kevin Andrews as leader. #
Hartcher (on Sky) is right – there are only two viable candidates, Hockey and Abbott. #
Result coming now…. #
Spill motion lost… #
Secret ballot 48-35 #
RT @abcnews: #spill Motion for Lib leadership spill rejected 48-35, Malcolm Turnbull hangs on as leader #
It WASN'T a leadership ballot. RT @774melbourne: Turnbull wins leadership ballot 48-35 #
Kevin Andrews now having his extra 2 minutes in the spotlight… this is the trouble with continuous media coverage… #
Hockey speaking now… says Turnbull has overwhelming support of the party… journalists argue with him… #
Speers says 48-35 is a "relatively narrow" margin – Hartcher says 35 shows lack of confidence, extraordinary when there is no candidate. #
Fred Daly used to say winning by one vote in the ALP caucus in the 1950s was a landslide victory… #
Peter van Onselen says Robb will be campaigning for the leadership over the summer… Barry Cassidy says Turnbull won against a shadow… #
RT @BernardKeane: This isn't a win for Turnbull – this is a truce. How long will it last? #
RT @howespaul: After consulting with colleagues at ACTU Exec I'm withdrawing from Lib Leadership race & throwing my support behind Tuckey #
Turnbull has been struggling for some time but today he has outflanked the right. It may not save him but he's still there. That counts. #
And he got in ahead of the tabling of the OzCar report this afternoon… #
RT @Pollytics: Cory Bernardi won't say how he voted – because, you know, we'd never guess! #
Between which dates? RT @annabelcrabb: Tony Abbott has apologised to the Australian people for the behaviour of the Liberal Party. #
Turnbull now speaking on Sky… #
At least HE knows he just had a win even if Gilbert doesn't… #
RT @mishaschubert: Malcolm Turnbull: "We've all got to work on our interpersonal skills." #
#qt Turnbull asks his first question about asylum seekers and Sri Lanka. #
#qt First Dorothy Dixer is from Anna Burke to Rudd about the CPRS. #
RT @firstdogonmoon: Michelle Grattan is late and has to sit down the end #qt #
RT @Pollytics: This is the quietest the Coalition has been for months. #
Gareth Gareth is in the gallery! #
#qt Turnbull asks another question about "turning back the boats", having just repelled a few of his own. #
Sydney humour: RT @JoeHockey: Good to be back to keeping the ALP on their toes. Sorry about the distractions. #qt #
Combet takes a swipe at Lord Monckton, the latest pinup boy for the climate sceptics #qt #
RT @richardlfarmer: Yes he can count and he did have the numbers but the Coalition between Liberals and Nationals should be called over. #
RT @CrabbTwitsard: Hockey the Healer – orbits back bench. .having a gentle chat with SA bb Secker, probably considering a challenge #qt #
Another Opposition question on asylum seeker boats. How many weeks since we had a question on the economy, health, etc? #qt #
RT @latikambourke: Labor backbenchers been told to keep quiet and not interject. Govt trying to appear statesmanlike today… #qt #
RT @CrabbTwitsard: This question time is like the hypoglycaemic crash after a giant bag of mixed lollies has worn off. #qt #
Not even knifing Julie Bishop? RT @JoeHockey: Well done Malcolm there is never ever an acceptable reason for violence against women. #
Someone please ask Gillard a question. We need someone to do some jokes about the Libs. #qt #AlwaysRubSaltInWounds #
Interesting attack from Speaker Harry Jenkins about the use of Twitter in the chamber by Peter Dutton (Dickson) #qt #
RT @peter_dutton: Warned for using twitter. Lift my game. #
Paul Keating was opposed to televising Parliament. Can only imagine what he would say about Twitter. #qt #
For all the people who think Twitter has an influence, it has completely failed to change anything about how #qt is conducted. #
At last, a question for the Deputy PM… #qt #
All 10 of us…. RT @lyndons #qt Maybe not yet… but Twitter has changed the way many Australians think about Question Time… #
Turnbull's margin today (48-35) is better than his margin when he beat Nelson (45-41). #qt #
@desertgirl_2 I think ordinary folk are at work… in reply to desertgirl_2 #
@empatt It's sad isn't it that it took that lot to bring me back. Not sure it will last. in reply to empatt #
@NicoleHaddow I don't know where you picked up this punctuation fetish!!!! Hope you're well xxx in reply to NicoleHaddow #
Are tweets covered by parliamentary privilege, Hockey asks the Speaker. Are you serious? #qt #
@empatt He could have been joking/mischievous but you never know with this lot.. in reply to empatt #
@NicoleHaddow A Twitter sabbatical… did a lot of reading instead. I recommend it. in reply to NicoleHaddow #
Keep taking the tablets? RT @mpesce: What do you say to a friend who is a climate change denialist? Who thinks it's actually a conspiracy? #
Sensible commentary on Libs by Nick Economou on ABC 774 now #
@markparton Thanks, Mark. It takes a leadership spill… in reply to markparton #
@tsvnq Don't get too used to it… in reply to tsvnq #
Murphy & Farr on @SkyNewsAust Agenda discussing Turnbull win as a contest against Andrews. This is silly. #
Suspect Farr is right in saying Turnbull will last to the election. #
Murphy: Alternative candidates (Hockey, Abbott) made it clear very early that they would not run, securing Turnbull's position. #
Malcolm Farr makes good point that Turnbull actually stood up for something and won the day, no matter how messy it looked. #SkyNewsAgenda #
@mr_billiam There's nothing like a Liberal Party stoush to get the juices flowing… in reply to mr_billiam #
@nicodonnell It was a bit hard to resist, I must admit. But in 3 months Twitter has become more of a media broadcast medium than before. in reply to nicodonnell #

November 25, 2009

It takes a Liberal leadership vote to reunite me with Twitter… #
Prediction 1: The show-of-hands vote on the spill motion will probably fail. [Proviso: in current mad climate nothing is certain] #
Prediction 2: If the spill motion is carried, Turnbull might not even recontest. #
Prediction 3: This is not about Kevin Andrews. That silly media conference just now is his moment in the sun. #
Prediction 4: If the spill motion is carried, they may postpone the ballot until tomorrow morning so that the real candidates can organise. #
Turnbull is no Nelson. He won't spill his own leadership. #
@thewetmale Greetings… I just felt old reading all the naive commentary… in reply to thewetmale #
David Speers now says there will be a secret ballot on the spill motion… changes things somewhat… but Turnbull must be confident. #
Of course I didn't mean you, just the rush-of-blood-to-the-head types! RT @MacYourselfhome: We are more wizened now. #
Sky showing Rudd & Turnbull together at charity function – it's not quite Whitlam & Fraser at the Lord Mayor's Ball but a nice juxtaposition #
RT @samanthamaiden: turnbull has just walked into office with dep COS credlin. looks really upset #
RT @SBSNews: The Liberals are locked up in the party room … Updates soon #
I REMEMBER (1) – Sep 1985 when Peacock tried to roll his deputy Howard but Howard walked out as leader. Now that was a fun day. #
This is vital to outcome RT @samanthamaiden: lib director brian loughnane says he doesn't know if it's a spill or show of hands for a spill #
I REMEMBER (2) – Kennett's return to leadership in 1991. A professional coup no-one saw coming. Michael Kroger heard about it on air on 3AW #
We're in that period now when there is no news and the media has futile discussions about remote possibilities – eg Kevin Andrews as leader. #
Hartcher (on Sky) is right – there are only two viable candidates, Hockey and Abbott. #
Result coming now…. #
Spill motion lost… #
Secret ballot 48-35 #
RT @abcnews: #spill Motion for Lib leadership spill rejected 48-35, Malcolm Turnbull hangs on as leader #
It WASN'T a leadership ballot. RT @774melbourne: Turnbull wins leadership ballot 48-35 #
Kevin Andrews now having his extra 2 minutes in the spotlight… this is the trouble with continuous media coverage… #
Hockey speaking now… says Turnbull has overwhelming support of the party… journalists argue with him… #
Speers says 48-35 is a "relatively narrow" margin – Hartcher says 35 shows lack of confidence, extraordinary when there is no candidate. #
Fred Daly used to say winning by one vote in the ALP caucus in the 1950s was a landslide victory… #
Peter van Onselen says Robb will be campaigning for the leadership over the summer… Barry Cassidy says Turnbull won against a shadow… #
RT @BernardKeane: This isn't a win for Turnbull – this is a truce. How long will it last? #
RT @howespaul: After consulting with colleagues at ACTU Exec I'm withdrawing from Lib Leadership race & throwing my support behind Tuckey #
Turnbull has been struggling for some time but today he has outflanked the right. It may not save him but he's still there. That counts. #
And he got in ahead of the tabling of the OzCar report this afternoon… #
RT @Pollytics: Cory Bernardi won't say how he voted – because, you know, we'd never guess! #
Between which dates? RT @annabelcrabb: Tony Abbott has apologised to the Australian people for the behaviour of the Liberal Party. #
Turnbull now speaking on Sky… #
At least HE knows he just had a win even if Gilbert doesn't… #
RT @mishaschubert: Malcolm Turnbull: "We've all got to work on our interpersonal skills." #
#qt Turnbull asks his first question about asylum seekers and Sri Lanka. #
#qt First Dorothy Dixer is from Anna Burke to Rudd about the CPRS. #
RT @firstdogonmoon: Michelle Grattan is late and has to sit down the end #qt #
RT @Pollytics: This is the quietest the Coalition has been for months. #
Gareth Gareth is in the gallery! #
#qt Turnbull asks another question about "turning back the boats", having just repelled a few of his own. #
Sydney humour: RT @JoeHockey: Good to be back to keeping the ALP on their toes. Sorry about the distractions. #qt #
Combet takes a swipe at Lord Monckton, the latest pinup boy for the climate sceptics #qt #
RT @richardlfarmer: Yes he can count and he did have the numbers but the Coalition between Liberals and Nationals should be called over. #
RT @CrabbTwitsard: Hockey the Healer – orbits back bench. .having a gentle chat with SA bb Secker, probably considering a challenge #qt #
Another Opposition question on asylum seeker boats. How many weeks since we had a question on the economy, health, etc? #qt #
RT @latikambourke: Labor backbenchers been told to keep quiet and not interject. Govt trying to appear statesmanlike today… #qt #
RT @CrabbTwitsard: This question time is like the hypoglycaemic crash after a giant bag of mixed lollies has worn off. #qt #
Not even knifing Julie Bishop? RT @JoeHockey: Well done Malcolm there is never ever an acceptable reason for violence against women. #
Someone please ask Gillard a question. We need someone to do some jokes about the Libs. #qt #AlwaysRubSaltInWounds #
Interesting attack from Speaker Harry Jenkins about the use of Twitter in the chamber by Peter Dutton (Dickson) #qt #
RT @peter_dutton: Warned for using twitter. Lift my game. #
Paul Keating was opposed to televising Parliament. Can only imagine what he would say about Twitter. #qt #
For all the people who think Twitter has an influence, it has completely failed to change anything about how #qt is conducted. #
At last, a question for the Deputy PM… #qt #
All 10 of us…. RT @lyndons #qt Maybe not yet… but Twitter has changed the way many Australians think about Question Time… #
Turnbull's margin today (48-35) is better than his margin when he beat Nelson (45-41). #qt #
@desertgirl_2 I think ordinary folk are at work… in reply to desertgirl_2 #
@empatt It's sad isn't it that it took that lot to bring me back. Not sure it will last. in reply to empatt #
@NicoleHaddow I don't know where you picked up this punctuation fetish!!!! Hope you're well xxx in reply to NicoleHaddow #
Are tweets covered by parliamentary privilege, Hockey asks the Speaker. Are you serious? #qt #
@empatt He could have been joking/mischievous but you never know with this lot.. in reply to empatt #
@NicoleHaddow A Twitter sabbatical… did a lot of reading instead. I recommend it. in reply to NicoleHaddow #
Keep taking the tablets? RT @mpesce: What do you say to a friend who is a climate change denialist? Who thinks it's actually a conspiracy? #
Sensible commentary on Libs by Nick Economou on ABC 774 now #
@markparton Thanks, Mark. It takes a leadership spill… in reply to markparton #
@tsvnq Don't get too used to it… in reply to tsvnq #
Murphy & Farr on @SkyNewsAust Agenda discussing Turnbull win as a contest against Andrews. This is silly. #
Suspect Farr is right in saying Turnbull will last to the election. #
Murphy: Alternative candidates (Hockey, Abbott) made it clear very early that they would not run, securing Turnbull's position. #
Malcolm Farr makes good point that Turnbull actually stood up for something and won the day, no matter how messy it looked. #SkyNewsAgenda #
@mr_billiam There's nothing like a Liberal Party stoush to get the juices flowing… in reply to mr_billiam #
@nicodonnell It was a bit hard to resist, I must admit. But in 3 months Twitter has become more of a media broadcast medium than before. in reply to nicodonnell #

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