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August 28th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda
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TONY Abbott is about to get Arthur Sinodinos, John Howard’s former chief of staff and one of the Liberal Party’s best policy brains, as part of his team.
Mr Sinodinos yesterday confirmed he would seek preselection for the Senate vacancy left by the resignation of former minister Helen Coonan.
The party has made it clear that if he wants the Senate spot it will be his. Mr Abbott welcomed his nomination last night.
Mr Sinodinos would certainly get a ministry in a Coalition government. It is not clear whether Mr Abbott will elevate him to the frontbench in opposition but his skills will be valuable as the Coalition formulates its policies.
Mr Sinodinos, 54, who passed up a previous opportunity for a safe House seat, told The Saturday Age: ”I think it’s time to have a go.
”I’ve always been interested in public policy and politics. I feel I can make a contribution on the frontline rather than just in the backroom.”
He told the ABC last night he thought the Senate was ”a deliberative body and I think that my cast of mind is probably suited to the Senate”.
”I wouldn’t have minded either house but I think it’s a good time to try and go in and make a contribution and the opportunity came up.”
He recently became the NSW president of the party, a post he is likely to remain in for the time being. A Senate replacement is chosen by the party of the outgoing senator and automatically endorsed by the State Parliament.
Mr Sinodinos, who has a Treasury background, worked for Mr Howard in both opposition and government. He was the then prime minister’s chief of staff from 1997 to 2006. He left then to go to the private sector, and is now with the National Australia Bank, where he is adviser for business banking and private wealth.
Mr Howard said last night he was delighted Mr Sinodinos had decided to nominate. ”Naturally I hope he gets preselection,” he said.
Mr Sinodinos would make a ”terrific” senator, he said. ”He has a rare combination of high intelligence, intimate knowledge of the political system at the highest level, and a career of having made his own way because of his ability”. Mr Sinodinos would ”be his own man”, Mr Howard said.
Appearing with Peter Beattie on Lateline last night, Mr Sinodinos welcome the government’s appointment of the former Queensland premier as an envoy to help manufacturers get a look in as suppliers to big resource projects.
”’If there were a coalition government in the future it’d be good to keep him doing this sort of stuff because what we need to do is … develop a bit of an agenda around all these research-driven, innovation-driven industries.”
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