Amanda Vanstone

Amanda Vanstone

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

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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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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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.

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Conspirators reap the whirlwind

Amanda Vanstone The seeds of the unfolding disaster within the federal government were sown by Julia Gillard and the faceless men when they garrotted Kevin Rudd behind closed doors in 2010.