Scomonomics: The Economic Genius of Doing Nothing
The trouble with economics is that nobody really understands all of it because like the cosmos it’s too infinite, so we break it down into […]
Articles by Rossleigh
Scott Morrison: Ask The Audience? No, He Chose To Phone A Friend.
There’s been a bit of media attention about Scott Morrison phoning the NSW Police Commissioner, Mick Fuller. Let’s escape the Canberra bubble for a moment […]
The Finite Game Of Scomo And Albo… Oh, And Nato (which is obviously Richard Di Natale!)
There’s a book called « Finite And Infinite Games » which was written some time ago. Over the next few years, it’ll become more famous […]
“How Good Is The Cricket And Firefighters?”
Well, now that Warner has his century and we’ve passed Pakistan with the loss of only one wicket, we can safely say that all those […]
Children’s Letters To ScoMo
A few weeks ago, Scott Morrison sent a tweet about a letter from a prep student asking if holidays could be abolished. Some people were […]
How Good Is The Quiet Scott Morrison?
Just lately I’ve noticed that we haven’t heard anything from our PM. His twitter account hasn’t been touched for a couple of days and there’s […]
How Many National Party MPs Does It Take To Change A Lightbulb?
Q: How many National Party MPs does it take to change a lightbulb? A: How can we be sure that the lightbulb needs changing because […]
Thoughts And Prayers Have Been Sent So Let’s Not Get Political!
You know the way it goes: SIEV X sinks and hundreds of people drown, but we shouldn’t get political about it because it would be […]
“How Good Is Putting Everyone On The Indue Card To Stop Secondary Boycotts?”
One of the things that’s always intrigued me is the way in which things can be framed so that people completely miss what’s going on. […]
«How Good Is Listening To The Quiet Shareholders?»
Earlier today the newspapers had the gift of prophecy. Various media outlets informed us: “Apocalyptic in tone. It brooks no compromise. It’s all or nothing. […]
And It Really Does Send You Blind Or My Conversion On The Road To Damascus…
Ok, for all those heathens reading this, Saul used to persecute Christians… Now, in spite of my support for marriage equality, I’ve never gone out […]
Scott Morrison And His Strange Relationship With Children (No, Not About The National Party)
“To a hammer, everything is a nail.” MY wife hit her head yesterday and she decided that she wanted to go to an emergency department […]
Journalists Need To Remember That Nobody Is Above The Law!
Interviewer – This week the Prime Minister told Parliament that while he supported freedom of the press, nobody was above the law. To clarify what […]
Sometimes Even Censorship Doesn’t Help…
Most of you probably saw Monday’s papers which contained words interrupted by large blocks of ink suggesting that the inbetween bits had been redacted. Of […]
What The Liberals Did Next And Wasn’t It Just The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread?
Ok, I thought I might be imagining it, but I’ll show you the tweets to see if you notice what I noticed. I don’t actually […]