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Newspaper Editorials Overwhelmingly Favour Abbott

Sep 06, 2013

Australian newspapers have editorialised this morning, overwhelmingly recommending a vote for Tony Abbott and the Coalition in tomorrow’s federal election.

So far, only The Age has endorsed the Labor government.

The editorials from a range of newspapers are shown below. Others will be added as they become available.

Editorial in The Australian.

Leader who will govern in the national interest

Seldom has the bar been set so low for an alternative federal government. An opposition that can convince the Australian people that it can control the nation’s borders, its parliament and its purse strings would win the argument hands down. Yet a leader who aspires to govern in the national interest, restore confidence in government and offer hope for the future must do more than simply win this election by default. He must seek a mandate that lays the ground for a new era of reform to secure Australia’s future prosperity. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2013 Federal Election, A.L.P., Gillard, Liberal Party, Media, Rudd Tagged With: Advertiser, Australian Financial Review, Bendigo Advertiser, Canberra Times, Courier-Mail, editorials, Herald Sun, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian

Abbott Calls On Gillard To Require Slipper To Step Aside As Speaker

Apr 21, 2012

The Prime Minister should require the Speaker to stand aside, according to the Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott.

Abbott today issued a statement following publication of lurid allegations concerning Speaker Peter Slipper.

James Ashby, one of Slipper’s staff-members, has alleged, in documents filed in the Federal Court, that Slipper sexually harassed him.

Describing the situation as a “tawdry state of affairs”, Abbott said that Julia Gillard should require Slipper “to stand aside until these matters are concluded before the courts”.

Abbott said Slipper was entitled to the presumption of innocence but “these allegations unquestionably have the potential to damage the reputation of the office of Speaker and the standing of the Parliament”.

Download Abbott’s statement
Newspaper front pages – April 21, 2012:

Text of a statement from Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

STATEMENT ON PETER SLIPPER MP

The Speaker is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives and is responsible for the orderly conduct of the House and the maintenance of standards of behaviour and integrity.

It is a very senior position within our Parliament and an office that should command respect.

It is important for our Parliament that the Speaker have the respect of colleagues and the trust of the community. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Gillard, Liberal Party, Parliamentary People Tagged With: Advertiser, Courier-Mail, Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, James Ashby, Julia Gillard, Peter Slipper, Tony Abbott

We Stand Behind A Man Of Our State And Our Times: Courier-Mail Election Editorial

Nov 23, 2007

This is the election editorial from Brisbane’s Courier-Mail.

The Courier-Mail is a News Limited publication.

Editorial from the Courier-Mail.

We Stand Behind A Man Of Our State And Our Times

Kevin Rudd is a man for his times: outward looking in a world where our circumstances will be increasingly shaped by events we do not control; intellectually capable in a climate that demands considered responses to rapid change; and in touch with popular sentiment. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2007 Federal Election, A.L.P., Howard Tagged With: Courier-Mail, editorial

Newspapers Report Pauline Hanson’s Jailing

Aug 21, 2003

The jailing of former One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, has received wide coverage in this morning’s newspapers.

The national daily, The Australian, ran the story in a side column on page one but most other papers led with the story.

Hanson and David Ettridge were sentenced to three years jail in a Brisbane District Court yesterday after a jury found them guilty of electoral fraud.