Tag: Sophie Mirabella

Defamation Laws

Vote for Sophie (or else!) – » The Australian Independent Media Network

 

Generally speaking it is not considered good form for politicians to sue other people or institutions for defamation or insults largely because our democratic arrangements and wherever the Westminster system of government adheres, grants politicians open slather to lie, mislead, defame, insult and ridicule within the confines of the parliament under the shroud of parliamentary privilege with absolute protection from legal redress or from being sued. For a politician then to seek to sue when they are defamed or insulted tends to tip the balance of what is fair and reasonable very much in their favour.

Vote for Sophie (or else!) – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Informed Comment

It takes a certain type of woman to join the Liberal Party – » The Australian Independent Media Network

I looked for news about Michaelia Cash and the court case about the televised AWU raid but she appears to still be in the ministerial protection program.

It seems Liberal women, like their male colleagues, suffer from a sense of entitlement that precludes accountability.

via It takes a certain type of woman to join the Liberal Party – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Humour, Uncategorized

Mirabella Reveals: “Even Voters Are Against Me”

By on May 17, 2016

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Following her allegation that the Liberal Party is trying to undermine her, Sophie Mirabella now claims that voters may be against her too.

“Look, you can’t rule it out. Every time I ask someone in this electorate whether they’re going to vote for me, they go all quiet and avoid eye contact. So yeah, I definitely think there’s something going on here. There’s a conspiracy against me”.

She said had been the victim of unpopularity. “What’s the saying? ‘If you want a friend in politics get a dog’. Well I tried to get a dog the other day, but the workers at the pet shop conspired against me and wouldn’t sell me one”.

LNP

She’s back – » The Australian Independent Media Network

Sophie Mirabella has won preselection for Indi. Does she deserve a second chance? When Tony Windsor was leaving politics, he said on Insiders that Mrs Mirabella was the person he would miss least in politics, bestowing upon her the “nasty prize”. Sophie said that they’d had little to do with each other other than exchange…

Source: She’s back – » The Australian Independent Media Network

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Coalition government appoints its political friends and colleagues to boards

Every government does it, and every opposition rails against it. Appointing political fellow-travellers and ex-colleagues to government boards is common practice in Australia.

Source: Coalition government appoints its political friends and colleagues to boards