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We’ve swapped nope for hope but has anything else changed?

September 20, 2015 Kaye Lee 39

With less than a year to the next election (probably), it is hard to see what Malcolm Turnbull can do to turn the Titanic around. […]

Haven’t they sacked Pyne yet?

September 19, 2015 Kaye Lee 44

Just to reinforce that we have not had any change of thinking with a new leader, Christopher Pyne rolled out his “new curriculum”, endorsed by […]

Time to invest in the real entrepreneurs: Our scientists

September 18, 2015 Kaye Lee 37

The government and their business backers are constantly telling us that we must support and promote entrepreneurs. Both our Prime Minister and his deputy have […]

I Love You, Malcolm OR Kiss Me Quickly, Before We’re Found Out!

September 18, 2015 Rossleigh 4

“In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes” Andy Warhol That’s the thing about politics. It’s the art of persuasion. The art of convincing people that […]

The relief of being relieved of a liar

September 18, 2015 Dr Jennifer Wilson 21

(This is an update of a piece I posted in November 2014). Wednesday September 16 2015. ABC News: We asked how you felt about Malcolm […]

I’m not sure that I’m really suited to the democratic process

September 18, 2015 Kaye Lee 15

In 1971, Malcom Turnbull was in fourth form at Sydney Grammar. Writing for the school newsletter, he said the Liberal Party was full of “men […]

Political Realities, Leadership Change and why Democracy won

September 17, 2015 John Lord 15

There are those on the left who desperately wanted Tony Abbott to be Prime Minister at the next election. They rightly saw his unpopularity as […]

Dirty deals?

September 17, 2015 Kaye Lee 18

Whilst everyone basks in the relief of not having to listen to Tony Abbott anymore, it is not yet time to stand down. Malcolm Turnbull […]

How I fell off the Chair

September 17, 2015 38

Greg Sheridan’s eulogy of the Abbott Prime Ministerial era in The Australian yesterday, says a lot about his loyalty to a close friend, but little […]

Back to climate change is crap

September 17, 2015 Kaye Lee 27

In case you were wondering, Australia still loves coal. Or so it would appear from an astonishing outburst from Senator Ian Macdonald yesterday. “The children […]

I love Tony Abbott

September 16, 2015 Dr Victoria Fielding 25

As I watched Abbott, my nemesis, get torn down by his own side I was literally clapping. I slept better than I had in a […]

Behind every man . . .

September 16, 2015 Dr Jennifer Wilson 29

According to Paul Sheehan, the Abbott coup wasn’t entirely about the ex-PM. It was about his Chief of Staff, Peta Credlin. The allegedly widely-loathed and […]