Amanda Vanstone
Amanda Vanstone is a former Howard government minister, and regular columnist.
Gillard brought voters' contempt upon herself
Amanda Vanstone The hubris of the PM has presented Tony Abbott the election on a plate.
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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Look to ordinary Australians for inspiration, not our parliamentarians
Amanda Vanstone One of the 52 weeks of 2013 has already gone. With only 51 to go you need to get cracking if you want 2013 to be a great year.
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Stop whingeing and get up early to beat the January blues
Amanda Vanstone One of the 52 weeks of 2013 has already gone. With only 51 to go you need to get cracking if you want it to be a great year.
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It's Gillard who's slinging mud in this 'parliament of filth'
Amanda Vanstone On the issue of trashing rivals, the PM says one thing and does another.
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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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PM's gravitas deficit exposed as the boys demote Wong
Amanda Vanstone Gillard sees herself as a hero of women. So what happened to the senator?
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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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It's too easy being Green
Amanda Vanstone How do you brown off the Greens? Put them last on the ballot paper.
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That 'come on down' sign is costing lives
Amanda Vanstone Howard's strong policies meant more refugees but fewer boats.
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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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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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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.
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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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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.
