Internally, the prevailing view was to not to rush to an election like Gillard and be stomped, but to spend some time defining himself and his new policy agenda. So he hesitated and spent the summer and the new year formulating an innovation agenda and dithering over big ideas for tax reform, including increasing the GST and giving the states income taxing powers. None of the tax ideas came to pass. In the end, there was a messy process involving a prorogued Parliament, a double dissolution election called on the back of a contentious budget and an arduous eight-week campaign. The government was reduced to a one-seat majority and Turnbull’s authority was forever diminished. The election was to be this Saturday Last year, Turnbull resisted any overtures to call an election before Christmas. He felt he should go as near to a full term as possible. First, he needed time and, second, he feared the public would punish him for going early. Turnbull, as we now know, had settled on March...
Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images Two of the biggest and most disgruntled stars in sports were given a new forum to discuss the situation with their current teams. Anthony Davis of the New Orleans Pelicans and Antonio Brown of the Pittsburgh Steelers joined LeBron James on Friday’s episode of The Shop , and they got into what they believe is an unfair representation of who they are. According to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, Brown got in an argument with quarterback Ben Roethlisberger during practice, which led to his benching in Week 17. Brown requested a trade from the Steelers on Feb. 12. The seven-time Pro Bowler tweeted a week later, after a meeting with Steelers president Art Rooney II, that both sides agreed to move on. “That’s the narrative they try to create once you doing your own thing,” Brown said regarding reports of drama in the Pittsburgh locker room. “It’s like, this guy’s a distraction. He’s this type of ...
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