What about the debt now?
The Government’s leadership question has been decided for the time being. The result of the spill motion to declare the leadership positions vacant failed 39 […]
Politics
Who will build our submarines? The highest bidder, or the highest voter?
Just who is going to build our submarines? The Coalition entered the 2013 election committed to the Defence White Paper’s recommendation that 12 new submarines […]
Stability vs the salesman
If the board of a corporation appoint a CEO under whose direction the share price falls to record lows what should they do? Do they […]
Abbott’s future: lose-lose
No matter what the outcome of Tuesday’s leadership spill, Tony Abbott is a damaged man writes Jennifer Wilson. Prime Minister Tony Abbott, former Oxford boxing […]
You’re fired
When Tony Abbott says that the people voted for him to be Prime Minister it’s important to clarify. When Tony called a spill motion to […]
How to use women to get you out of the deep excrement other women got you into
Are voters are so gullible as to be swayed by Tony Abbott wheeling out his wife in his time of political need, while tucking away […]
Don’t laugh. This is serious.
With all the talk of a leadership spill deflecting attention from the job of governing the country at the moment, it is not surprising that […]
Are we guilty of Schadenfreude?
Reading the mainstream newspapers this week and listening to talkback radio has been like going back in time to 2013 when the Labor government was […]
Lean on me
“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members” – Ghandi When George Brandis, in one of […]
An Open Letter to Malcolm Turnbull
Dear Malcolm Turnbull, I hate to distract you from the clusterfluck that is your political party at the moment. But I can’t help but notice […]
First Cracks Appearing
Last night, we witnessed the first cracks in the wall of solidarity in the Liberal Party opening up. Western Australian liberal MP Dr Dennis Jensen […]
Joe Hockey is either a hypocrite or incompetent, or maybe both
Today’s interest rate cut have – as cuts do – no doubt been welcomed by Australians weighed down with a mortgage, but one prominent and […]
The Smell of Blood
It’s in the air right now. You can actually taste it. The knives are out. The phones are running hot. How many more clichés can […]
Abbott’s wobbly reboot
Today Tony Abbott addressed the National Press Club with what his colleagues were describing as a make or break speech. It was his chance to […]
The MSM asleep at the Wheel
Last week Mainstream Media (MSM) political commentators were united in their condemnation and their mockery of PM Tony Abbott following his bizarre announcement that HRH […]