485:, had been in the hands of a conservative party without interruption since 1927, and in the hands of the Nationals for all but six years since 1944.) He added that he didn't think the Nationals didn't do "enough due diligence on me" prior to clearing him to stand for Port Macquarie. He also questioned the relevance of the Nationals in an electorate transformed by demographic change and the growth of tourism. Increasingly, he concluded that as long as he remained in the National party room, he would be "a square peg in a round hole." He believed that he had three options–spend a decade in the legislature as a "robotron" National member, quit politics, or run as an independent.
588:, to negotiate as a bloc. While holding different opinions on the issue of climate change, all three have highlighted broadband as a policy important to them. Oakeshott expressed his desire to establish stable government and raised concerns that a 76-seat government was "a by-election away from trouble" and, to avoid this, he proposed the formation of a government with ministers from both of the usually antagonistic major parties. If no stable government capable of governing for the full three-year term could be formed, he recommended that the government should call a new election.
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National Party on 9 March 2002. He subsequently retained the seat as an independent at the 2003 New South Wales State election, gaining 69.75% of the primary vote, compared to 14% for the National Party candidate. After preferences, he won 82
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Minister Julia Gillard survived the leadership spill and Oakeshott continued his support for the minority Labor government, although he again expressed support for Turnbull over Abbott shortly after the leadership spill was decided.
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Regional Australia, a portfolio created because of the agreement between himself, Tony Windsor and the ALP. Oakeshott later released a statement saying that he would accept nomination to be the
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Representatives with the support of government members and independents. The bill, seen as a compromise between the Government's desire to allow processing of asylum seekers in
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On 15 January 2019, Oakeshott announced his candidacy for the seat of
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announced that he would consider standing for the seat in
1998:"Oakeshott forsakes $ 100k pay rise by refusing ministry"
1972:"Rob Oakeshott's 17 minute speech that changed Australia"
1886:"Oakeshott raises prospect of a mix-and-match government"
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and other crossbenchers agreed to back the incumbent
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what you believe in regardless of the consequences."
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2106:Taylor, Phillip Coorey, Lenore (24 November 2011).
2628:Members of the Australian House of Representatives
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740:. He was unsuccessful in his bid to win the seat.
594:Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
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2148:Wilson, Lauren; Aikman, Amos (24 February 2012).
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1859:Coorey, Phillip (23 August 2010).
1792:Coorey, Phillip (22 August 2010).
1221:"Far from an outsider or innocent"
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1943:Davis, Mark (7 September 2010).
1619:"Vaile steps down from Politics"
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1186:Stephens, Tony (1 August 1994).
1120:MacLean, Sheena (20 July 1995).
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