Living in a marginal seat can be hell
I live in the marginal seat of Robertson, misrepresented by the wholly inadequate Lucy Wicks. Lucy was a Tony Abbott captain’s pick, parachuted into the […]
Politics
The phoney war has started. Expect a savage campaign to follow.
The phoney war has started. Josh Frydenberg’s budget speech, Tuesday, is a fraud. It’s more a campaign launch than a real budget. Yet when Barrie […]
Gladys to make NSW great! (or “bugger the koala, give me a martini”)
By David C. Paull After her calls to “make New South Wales great”, it was a very telling move by the newly elected Premier […]
Oink Oink !
Pork-barrelling is a metaphor for vote buying in particular electorates to secure votes, normally for the incumbent politician. It involves appropriating public funds – that’s […]
If the government really cared about suicide prevention, they would look at what causes it
Much has been made of the government’s budget commitment towards tackling mental health needs and suicide prevention. Whilst the election influx of funding will no […]
On the cusp
On June 16, 1858 Abraham Lincoln spoke these prophetic words to his peers assembled at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield: “a house divided against […]
Trending Issues: Address in Reply-Appealing to National Consensus
By Denis Bright In the traditions of outstanding Address in Reply Speeches from the Labor Party since the days of Andrew Fisher in 1909, […]
Voters should heed the warnings given by Liberal women
Yesterday, Jane Prentice joined a growing list of Liberal women calling out their own side. “Impatient ambition, treachery and lies are now, more than ever, […]
A budget that gives and gives and gives and gives but has no interest in the things that matter
Pre budget: Tuesday 2 April What a farce it is to present a budget a few days out from the announcement of a general election. […]
‘Centrism’ and The Overton Window
The media often presents politics as a horse race, with the left and the right competing. However, said media, with the exception of the ABC, […]
Trending Issues: The Plan to Get Re-Elected Over a Budget for the Future
Beyond the Short-Term Cheers of Budget Night In the wake of the mining and housing boom, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg faces the headwinds in the global […]
A surplus is not what we need
Putting aside all the pork barreling and the mea culpas of the Josh Frydenberg 2019 extravaganza, what is really scary about this Fiscal Statement (aka […]
It’s only words, and words are all I have
The Coalition have delivered a budget full of promises that they hope will win them re-election but, until those promises actually eventuate, they’re only words. […]
Whatever the cost of Labor’s policy, the Coalition’s inaction on climate change will cost infinitely more
As the Liberal’s break into the predictable hysteria about Labor’s climate change policy, demanding to know how much it will cost the economy, Rio Tinto […]
