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Articles by Rossleigh

About Rossleigh
Rossleigh is a writer, director and teacher. As a writer, his plays include “The Charles Manson Variety Hour”, “Pastiche”, “Snap!”, “That’s Me In The Distance”, “48 Hours (without Eddie Murphy)”, and “A King of Infinite Space”. His acting credits include “Pinor Noir Noir” for “Short and Sweet” and carrying the coffin in “The Slap”. His ten minutes play, “Y” won the 2013 Crash Test Drama Final.

Anyone Want A Bet That Abbott Wins The Next Election?

November 28, 2014 Rossleigh 68

“It is an absolute principle of democracy that governments should not and must not say one thing before an election and do the opposite afterwards. […]

This Christmas Don’t Start Political Arguments, Finish Them With This Knockout Blow Against Anyone Trying To Justify Abbott

November 26, 2014 Rossleigh 31

Ok, as for the promise in the title, I’m saving that till the end. (All right, I know you can scroll down and look, but […]

Now, If I Say It, It must Be True, Because Liberals Never Lie.

November 25, 2014 Rossleigh 10

BARRIE CASSIDY: Sure, but do you accept climate change potentially is one of the biggest impediments to growth? JOE HOCKEY: No. No, I don’t. Absolutely […]

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Ten Interesting Questions That Somebody Should Have Asked Going Back 100 Years or So

November 22, 2014 Rossleigh 21

When the prostitute revealed that Craig Thompppson (yes, I know the “p”s are silent and absent except when he signs his credit card) was one […]

“You all misheard, Tony didn’t say no cuts to the ABC; he said no GRUBS to the ABC!”

November 20, 2014 Rossleigh 32

“Good evening, Mr Turncoat, and thank you for agreeing to this interview.” “Now let me just correct you here. It was my media adviser who […]

This Post Has Been Removed – You Are Not Authorised To Read It.

November 19, 2014 Rossleigh 13

Ah, I have an over-active imagination. Or so some claim. For example, right now I imagine that I’m in a coffee shop and that some […]

Tony Abbott Addresses The G20 But Forgets To Put Stamp On Envelope And So It Comes Back To Him!

November 15, 2014 Rossleigh 40

Today Mr Abbott had the opportunity to talk to the World’s Leaders. As he noted, some of the most powerful and influential people in the […]

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Abbott’s Consistency in the Coalition of Contradiction

November 13, 2014 Rossleigh 18

Let’s start with Andrew Bolt: More booing from the mob as Abbott leaves. There is a tendency among all collectives to not be satisfied with […]

Why Men Can Be Feminists But Bishops Can’t!

November 4, 2014 Rossleigh 39

Hey remember this from 2012? In an unprecedented intervention by a political spouse, the normally private Mrs Abbott used a newspaper interview, breakfast television and radio […]

Direct Action, Julia’s Questionable Behaviour and Why Journalists Shouldn’t Comment On Polls

November 3, 2014 Rossleigh 18

Ok, it’s all very well for me. I sit here and just blog when I feel like it. I don’t have deadlines, and my mortgage […]

The “Hysterical” Tanya Plibersek

October 27, 2014 Rossleigh 54

It’s always worth remembering the origins of the word “hysteria”. I actually can’t at the moment, but I do know that it stems from the […]

Gough Was An Unreasonable Man!

October 25, 2014 Rossleigh 36

As I like pointing out from time to time – particularly after I’m dismissed as a typical Labor supporter by those who seek to dismiss […]

Excellent Work, Mr Abbott, Now Let’s Apply The Same Logic To A Few Other Areas

October 23, 2014 Rossleigh 40

“Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen. As you may remember, the Government went to the last election with a policy of reducing accidental deaths in the […]

Moments – I’ve come over all poetic …

October 17, 2014 Rossleigh 16

Moments from Cinema: the end of Witness when Samuel pulls the bell, when Jerome blasts into outer space at the end of Gattaca, the bit […]

Salman Rushdie Is Still Alive!

October 15, 2014 Rossleigh 9

Ok, all you patriotic sons of Australia (And daughters, just to be inclusive, even though we know that you can’t be really that helpful) today […]

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