Amanda Vanstone

Amanda Vanstone

Amanda Vanstone is a former Howard government minister, and regular columnist.

Plans to attack the rich getting dumber and dumber

Amanda Vanstone Like it or not, capitalism is the best way to help Australia grow and prosper as a nation.

Crackdown a threat to jobs Gillard claims to be protecting

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Amanda Vanstone Julia Gillard's crackdown on 457 visas is symbolic and symptomatic of every problem dogging the Labor Party. It is bound to the unions, divided, deceptive and desperate.

Visa campaign exposes hypocrisy in PM's office

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Amanda Vanstone The Labor Party is bound to the unions, divisive, deceptive and desperate.

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A solution in name only

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Amanda Vanstone 'No advantage' to boat people may turn out to be hollow for those languishing in refugee camps.

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It's too easy being Green

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Amanda Vanstone How do you brown off the Greens? Put them last on the ballot paper.

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Sadly, this lady is for turning

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Amanda Vanstone Julia Gillard bungled her moment to stand as steely as Margaret Thatcher.

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ALP stumbles in defining its core strategy

Amanda Vanstone Political party rooms can be frustrating places. They are where all the different views from around the nation get an airing.

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Abbott's stance on gay marriage looks like strong-arm tactics

Amanda Vanstone The leader should know MPs can feel aggrieved if they can't air their views.