PM's cabinet splits as Roxon, Evans quit

[nero_bolt]

Rome is burning and Labor is imploding and more will come and its all under Gillards leadership.

JULIA GILLARD has been forced into an emergency Cabinet reshuffle following the shock resignations last night of Attorney-General Nicola Roxon and Higher Education Minister Chris Evans.

Ms Roxon is set to announce today she will quit Cabinet but remain in Parliament until the election.

Senior government sources confirmed the resignations which come only only days after the Prime Minister announced an election for September 14.

Ms Gillard will face caucus on Monday before Parliament resumes the following day with the government in chaos.

Last night frantic calls were being made among senior MPs as word leaked out about the resignations, with renewed talk about the stability of Ms Gillard's leadership. Ms Roxon's decision comes only days after she rolled back controversial anti-discrimination legislation banning conduct that offends, insults or intimidates.

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/prime-minister-julia-gillards-campaign-in-disarray-as-minister-for-higher-education-chris-evans-resigns/story-e6freuy9-1226567059223

Abandon ship! Now Roxon tipped to quit, too

It’s starting to look like a stampede for the gates:

JULIA Gillard has been forced to reshuffle her ministry after veteran Chris Evans’ decision to quit and with Attorney-General Nicola Roxon expected to announce today her retirement from politics at the next el...

One senior Labor MP told The Weekend Australian late last night that “Rome is burning"…

[Former Attorney-General Robert] McClelland, a Kevin Rudd supporter, said this week he would not contest his seat at the election.

Roxon has demonstrated this past year how inadequate she is for high office. Her vitriolic attacks on the alleged personal shortcomings of Tony Abbott made her seem shrill, but far worse were her clumsy, deceptive and inappropriately partisan handling of the James Ashby case and her outrageous attempt to introduce wide-ranging new laws to restrict debate on politics, race, religion and even “social origin” that might give “offence” and “insult”.

She has been an almost completely negative factor for the Government - the Minister for Hectoring and Censoring - and her departure will disappoint very few. Sadly, her mooted replacement, Mark Dreyfus, promises little better. 

http://blogs.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/andrewbolt/index.php/dailytelegraph/comments/abandon_ship_now_roxon_tipped_to_quit_too/

How many more rats will desert this sinking and stinking ship... 

[donnashuggy]

She's not an actress.

[just_me_karen]

That's not quite right, cat... I saw her on abc24 visibly upset when a local was showing her through their home. Besides that, I distinctly remember you complaining when she was upset several months ago,... Now you want her to be upset?

[poddster]

News headlines

Government not in chaos - Gillard

Really????

[not_an_eloi]

Ministry locked in for election, says Gillard

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she does not expect to make more changes to her frontbench team before the next election.

Ms Gillard says that barring any unforseen circumstances her new team is the one that will be in place at the election.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-02/gillard-does-not-expect-ministry-to-change/4497732

ahhh, how's the serenity   B-)

B-)

[azureline**]

There is some really funny stuff on the net if you look....

http://townsvillemagpie.blogspot.com.au/2012/10/a-tale-of-two-editors-with-not-so.html

[vampire-teddy]

what about the 7 LNP members retiring this year is the LNP in crisis also.  

[lakeland27]

 i wonder how long ghosts like  ruddock will haunt the corridors for . i thought ruddock was actually dead until he spoke up during the refugee debate

[just_me_karen]

I wonder why the faceless men in the liberal party have left that goon Abbott at the helm, when they have another qualified leader in turnbull who would help them to romp in. Perhaps Abbott's claims that he'll be taking his current cabinet to the election didn't include himself 😄 I would love to see him rolled right off our tv screens :^O

When it happens, I hope the Lib people who specialise in leaking things to the media also leak this. It'd be so much more fun to see it live lol

[azureline**]

what about the 7 LNP members retiring this year is the LNP in crisis also.  

who are they? worth a thread of their own? 🙂

Feb 1st

Former foreign minister Alexander Downer says he has "no plans at all" to enter South Australian Parliament following the sudden resignation of Opposition Leader Isobel Redmond.

Ms Redmond announced she had stepped down earlier today following months of speculation Mr Downer was interested in the job.

The Liberals will hold a ballot on Monday morning to elect a new leader, with deputy Steven Marshall becoming acting leader until then.

Mr Downer has previously said he has no intention to make a bid for the position but has repeatedly refused to rule it out entirely.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-01-31/redmond-resigns/4492922

[not_an_eloi]

s.a. liberal party politics don't appear to be too stable 

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/opinion/mcguire-the-fall-and-fall-of-isobel-redmond/story-e6freai...

ANOTHER one bites the dust as the state's first female Liberal leader calls it quits, writes MICHAEL McGUIRE

PERHAPS, in the end, the unlikeliest of Liberal leaders came to the likeliest of all Liberal ends. She was cut down by her own party. Isobel Redmond resigned yesterday - citing "ongoing leadership speculation and disunity" as her primary reason for stepping down from the job she has held since July 2009.