Over the weekend I
attended a function that was hosted by the Inverell branch of the
National Party. Driven by their deep desire to defeat Tony Windsor
and reclaim the seat of New England at the next federal election, the
Nationals had invited the Deputy Leader of the Opposition Julie
Bishop up for a Breakfast lecture and tour throughout the northern
area of the electorate. While ordinarily such appearances are just
an opportunity to beat the ideological drum and promote the electoral
prospects of local members, the Deputy Leader came out with all guns
blazing and released new information on Coalition policy as well.
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| Senator John Williams (Nationals Senator for NSW) and The Hon Julie Bishop (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) |
Now those of you who
follow my content regularly would know that while I hate politics, I
absolutely adore policy as if it were a finely aged red wine. While
politics is a nitty-gritty, ideological knife-party that we've got to
deal with whether we like it or not, policy dictates what a party
thinks, what their goals are and how they think they are going to be
able to achieve it. Consequently it's a more clear-cut field to
examine and report on, if you've got a broad understanding of
history, science and economics.
(More after the jump, plus audio)
