Michael Danby
Defence Minister's blunder sends wrong signal
Monday, 16 June 2014 02:59
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Back home, a fascinating dispute arose between Defence Minister David Johnston and Labor Parliamentary Secretary Michael Danby over the nature of the ANZUS alliance. Johnston said ANZUS does not necessarily commit us to getting involved in a military conflict in Asia that the US might be embroiled in. Danby said this was wrong in fact and undermined ANZUS … Johnston would have been better advised not to offer any response to a hypothetical - Greg Sheridan, The Australian, 16/06/2014
Johnston is maturing as a solid defence minister and Danby is one of parliament’s best on foreign affairs and security.'
Bring Back Our Girls
Monday, 26 May 2014 09:00
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Boko Haram are not, as some people have said, just extremists; they are jihadist terrorists. They hate modernity. They want us to return to 6th-century medievalism. They want to enslave women entirely and force them back into the Dark Ages, where they are owned, dressed and controlled by men. Boko Haram has come to mean 'Western education is forbidden', as the member for Berowra said, in the Hausa language. They are fighting against secular education, as the Nigerian jihadists see it.
Coalition's short-sighted plans to sell Medibank Private
Wednesday, 23 April 2014 01:43
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In the four years since the Rudd government converted Medibank Private Limited (MPL) into a profit-making insurer, the Commonwealth has peeled off $1.366 billion in dividends and taxes.
Profits after tax for MPL have totaled $964 million, and the health fund’s net assets totaled $1.4 billion at the end of last financial year. MPL has earned the Commonwealth a 16-fold return on the $85 million investment they put into it.
Bob Carr - "Minister for Nothing"
Thursday, 17 April 2014 01:34
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Tony Abbott left the make-believe castle of knights and dames to do some serious work in the real world this week, and Bob Carr obligingly stepped in to the fantasy realm to provide the comic relief.
If Abbott indulged himself in a Downunder Downton Abbey of lords and ladies, Carr’s new diary reveals a Don Quixote figure, where the great struggles and heroic deeds take place in his imagination.
Danby Vs Carr on AM and Sky News
Wednesday, 16 April 2014 03:54
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The former foreign minister Bob Carr's book has angered Labor MP Michael Danby, who accuses him of disloyalty. Mr Danby also rejects Mr Carr's view that the pro Israeli lobby had too much power in Julia Gillard's office.
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