Amanda Vanstone
Amanda Vanstone is a former Howard government minister, and regular columnist.
Good times rolled and a spending government spent
Amanda Vanstone Gillard will find the people unforgiving at the ballot box.
Crackdown a threat to jobs Gillard claims to be protecting
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
Amanda Vanstone The Labor Party is bound to the unions, divisive, deceptive and desperate.
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We don't need to go to war in political debate
Amanda Vanstone Knock 'em down politics belittles our democracy.
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We warmed to Gough, even as his grand design crumbled
Amanda Vanstone Whitlam's greatness was in his vision for Australia - and in his personal style.
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Does Labor really think it started our engagement with Asia?
Amanda Vanstone Julia Gillard has missed the issues with this grab for economic power.
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Sadly, this lady is for turning
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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PM's unchecked privilege should be challenged
Amanda Vanstone REMEMBER that terrible line run by the monarchists during the 1999 republic referendum? Which one, I hear you ask - there were so many. Well, the worst one, namely: ''You can't trust the politicians.
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Parents should have a say about who cares for their children
Amanda Vanstone Abbott's proposal may have sounded elitist but the idea itself is worthy.
