Adults in charge, or a dolt in charge?
Interviewer: Good afternoon, today we have a Liberal Party spokesperson, Noah Dear, because none of the Parliamentary party were prepared to be interviewed… Mr Dear: […]
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Gillian Triggs’ Apology to the Liberal Party
Ok, some in the Liberal Party have suggested that Gillian Trigg’s should apologise for some of her comments over the past few months. Of course, […]
Now Let’s Be Quite Clear, It’s Not That Houses Are Unaffordable, It’s Just That You’re Too Poor, Say Hockey!
“Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair? Me here at last on the ground, You in mid-air. Send in the clowns.” Steven Sondheim A week […]
Democracy Means That People Voted For Us, So We Can Do What We Like!
INTERVIEWER: Tonight, we’ll be talking to the Minister for Stopping Things, Mr Peter Dull-one, Good evening, Minister. DULL-ONE: Good evening. INTERVIEWER: You’ve recently been critical […]
A Conservative View… Or Something Like That!
Ok, we’ve lived for years with the confusing situation where our “Liberal Party” is very confusing for those in the USA who see calling one […]
Beam Me Up, Scotty or did the Government use an Allen Key when they built their policies?
“We want to send a very clear message that we want you in work when you are job-ready, that you don’t have the option of […]
Let The Market Decide, Unless We Want To Make The Decisions…
Ok, this could be a very long post, but I suspect that I’m just going to make it short because if I wrote down all […]
Misbehaving, My Ex-wife and Money
When I first started reading Richard H. Thaler’s “Misbehaving – The Making of Behavioural Economics”, I couldn’t help but think of my ex-wife. Now, I […]
Accusations of Bribery? Ridiculous, I Paid Plenty To Make Them Go Away…
Ok, this has nothing to do with anybody who may have been accused of bribery in the news, so the title is a little misleading. […]
Yeah, I’ve Run Out of Clever Titles, So Perhaps A Three Word Slogan’ll Do!
Ok, Noam Chomsky was right. As I pointed out once before, he said if you want to find out what’s going on, the business pages […]
Why The Left Have the Abbott Government All Wrong!
“Look, it’s a personal matter, it’s a private matter and I don’t propose to comment on something which is almost certainly coming before the courts, […]
How Would You Rate The Budget, Mr Person Who Is Being Interviewed So You Know More Than Us!
Interviewer – So how would you rate the Budget? Lorry Crouton – Well, as an economic document, I give it about two out of ten, […]
Who Needs A Society; All We Need Is A Workforce! Or Zed’s Dead, Baby, Zed’s Dead!
Ok, I’m going to ask you a simple question: You are sitting in Emergency. The hospital has decided to admit you as you are in […]
I’m Not An Armchair Critic, Joe Hockey, I’ve Never Once Said A Bad Word About My Armchair…
“The economic metaphor came to be applied to every aspect of modern life, especially the areas where it simply didn’t belong. In fields such as […]
Shouting Down Your Critics – Pyne, Lomborg And Why $4 Million Is Worth Every Cent!
Pyne accused the UWA academics of “shouting down” views with which they disagreed. “We are disappointed that the university has indicated it cannot effectively deliver […]