Brendan Nelson will not say "Sorry"

Just when the people of Australia had thought that Dr Brendan Nelson might have ushered in a new era of Liberal Party politics in Australia, he confirmed on national television tonight that he would not be prepared to say "Sorry" to the Stolen Generation.

Welcome to Australia's new Federal Opposition Leader:




Dr Brendan Menzies Howard Nelson!

Bruce Flegg abandons Dog and Goanna Rules for Marquess of Queensberry

This has been an extraordinary week in Australian politics.

Five political leaders have gone in the space of 4 days:


Prime Minister John Howard

Deputy Liberal Leader Peter Costello

Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile

Democrats Leader Lyn Allison, and

NT Chief Minister Clare Martin.

And that now leaves the hapless political witch doctor from Moggill, Bruce Flegg - masquerading as the Liberals' Queensland Leader - whose tenure is at absolute breaking point.

The State Liberals are locked 4-all with half supporting Dr Flegg and the other half backing Tim Nicholls, the Member for Clayfield who was elected to the Queensland Parliament only a year ago.

Dr Flegg must have been suffering from short-term memory loss when he accused Mr Nicholls of "treachery" over his leadership ambitions because it was the same Bruce Flegg who undermined his own leader Bob Quinn last year, ambushing him in a leadership bid and finally ousting him.

It's funny how Dr Flegg was happy to play by Dog and Goanna Rules in 2006 but now insists on playing by the Marquess of Queensberry Rules when the plotters are coming after him!

For heaven's sake, why doesn't he just give up.

If Bruce Flegg had any sense of history, he would do what the highly-respected Australian Liberal Prime Minister John Grey Gorton did on 10 March 1971 when confronted with a no confidence motion in the party room as part of a bid by the Foreign Affairs Minister Billy McMahon to seize the leadership.

The vote was locked 33-all. Gorton then declared that as he lacked majority support in the Liberal Party, he would exercise his casting vote against himself and immediately stepped down as Party Leader and Prime Minister.

Bruce Flegg no longer has the support of a majority of his own Parliamentary Members and, if he had any sense of decency, he would step aside graciously so that the Liberal Party can start to rebuild itself.

The way the Liberals are going, if they start now, they might be in a position to win the State election - in 2030!

Howard & Costello smile as their engine falls apart

The wheels are about ready to fall off.

The hoses are about ready to burst.

The engine's stuffed.

The horn is all honkered out.

The shiny, red gloss is quickly vanishing.

At least the two boys can still laugh all the way till Saturday night.