Why Joe Hockey (and most others) haven’t adapted to economic change
“Chapter 1: Economics: The Study of Choice.” “Ultimately, Economics is the study of choice.” Economics Textbook. How do people choose between a number […]
Harpy’s bizarre
In 2007, Federal Education Minister Julie Bishop accused Deputy Opposition Leader Julia Gillard of behaving like a “fashion model or TV star” rather than a […]
I won’t be carrying a gun, and I don’t want you to either
“What happened in that cafe would be most unlikely to have occurred in Florida, Texas, or Vermont, or Alaska in America, or perhaps even Switzerland […]
Faith, Dope and Hilarity!
Yesterday, after reading the Letters section of “The Herald-Sun”, I was moved to post the following on Facebook. Mm, I saw a letter in the […]
Merry Christmas, Gina and Rupert
If you go to Tony Abbott’s Facebook page, at time of writing, you will find six threads about the Martin Place siege and one about […]
Why I won’t ride with you
If you look like a Muslim, even if you’re a Sikh or Buddhist or some other religion, I’ll be concerned that some dinky di Australian […]
What else happened yesterday?
While we were all mesmerised by the tragic and horrific events unfolding in yesterday’s siege at the Lindt Cafe, Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance Minister […]
Australia’s bigot problem
My first thought on hearing the news of the hostage situation in Sydney’s Martin Place this morning was ‘those poor, terrified people and their anxious […]
Is Hockey Reading My Blog And Using It For His Speeches??
When Joe Hockey announced that he was abandoning the 2018 date for returning the Budget to surplus, I suspected that yet again he’d blame the Labor […]
2015, Abbott’s ‘Annus Horribilus’
If Labor had ‘lost its way’ under Kevin Rudd, as Julia Gillard stated in parliament the day she became prime minister, then what can we […]
The less they know the better
The Age of Entitlement may be over for pensioners, students, sick people and the unemployed, but it is alive and well for our fearless leader. […]
Henceforth, The Liberals Shall Be Called “The Sleeping Dogs” Party, Because They Believe We Should Just Let Them Lie!
Ok, there’s no truth in the rumour that the Liberals are changing their name to the Sleeping Dogs Party, because people should get let them […]
What’s wrong with the two party system?
I wrote recently about the mainstream media narrative of ‘yes the Liberal government has problems, but they’re no worse than the previous Labor government’- showing […]
That was then…this is now
In 2011 Joe Hockey said “No qualifications, all the excuses that Wayne Swan talks about – falling commodity prices, a high Australian dollar, nominal growth […]
Scott Morrison now seeks sole authority over citizenship decisions
The Department of Immigration and Border Protection, under the authority of Minister Scott Morrison, is in the process of seeking amendments to the Australian Citizenship […]