Amanda Vanstone
Amanda Vanstone is a former Howard government minister, and regular columnist.
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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Labor's recycling strategy
Amanda Vanstone The ALP accused Howard of racism on border protection policy that has become the bedrock of Gillard's agenda.
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The PM, the shock jock, sexism and a whole lot of hypocrisy
Amanda Vanstone What do Julia Gillard and Alan Jones have in common? Undoubtedly they have many points of difference, but they have a few things in common.
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Abbott's big problem is not his unpopularity, but his team
Amanda Vanstone Neither our Prime Minister nor our Opposition Leader is popular. That shouldn't worry us at all. Governing a country and taking it to a better place is not a popularity contest.
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Take it from 'Aunty Jack': colourful language enriches politics
Amanda Vanstone The recent murder of the American ambassador to Libya and some of his diplomatic staff has yet again brought free speech into public discussion. We don't know all the details.
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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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Be careful what you wish for
Amanda Vanstone You can peak too early in politics. That is the danger Tony Abbott faces even as he calls insistently for an election.
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Forget the farcical surplus, it's debt we have to worry about
Amanda Vanstone The next government will have an awful financial mess to clean up.
