AFA: Homosexual marriage cost LNP Griffith
The Australian Family Association has issued a press release stating that the LNP’s Dr Bill Glasson lost the Griffith by-election due to his support for homosexual marriage. It certainly has merit and I have republished it in full below. There can be no doubt that Dr Glasson’s decision to adopt the same radical social policies as his Labor competitors reduced his appeal among conservative voters. Even in an urban seat like...
Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull & the Griffith by-election
Tony Abbott, more than any other person in this wide, bronzed land, will be hoping that the rather dull affair known as the Griffith by-election will follow the script of Australian political history this Saturday. The script is that governments never win by-elections, especially when the seat is held by the opposition. Okay, it’s not exactly never. It’s happened once federally and that was way back in 1920. Tony Abbott will be...