Prime Minister, Why haven’t you called Putin?
Tony Abbott you are weak. When interviewed by Fran Kelly on ‘Insiders’ this morning you were asked if you had called Vladimir Putin. You said […]
Black hole filler.
Three days ago, Joe Hockey made some rather nasty threats about further cuts. “Labor should now support their own budget measure, and if they do […]
Tony Abbott Changes Liberal Foreign Policy
“Let’s wait until we’ve got all the facts in before we come to hard and fast conclusions. But obviously it is the clear and settled […]
Climate change is irrelevant
In the argument for investment in renewable energy in Australia, the existence, or non-existence of climate change is irrelevant, writes Warwick O’Neill. Like most semi-intelligent […]
Laggards or Leaders
While Joe Hockey labels Australians as “lifters or leaners”, governments are similarly judged as “laggards or leaders”. In one fell swoop this government has taken […]
In the Dark Shadow of Conservative Rule
As a senior Australian and one who has witnessed a variety of social reforms over the past 60 years, today I feel profoundly sad. This […]
Why Clive Palmer may not be Abbott’s karma! A pattern emerges …
Anyone else wondering if there’s a pattern starting here? The Government proposes something. Clive creates BIG HEADLINES by suggesting that he’ll block it. There’s a bit […]
Conspiracy of silence
“Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down […]
The facts about ‘boat people’ – The government and media are lying
“The facts about ‘boat people’ – The government and media are lying” is a title that perfectly sums up the emphasis in this guest post […]
A question of balance
‘Where’s the balance?’ I raged as I listened to ABC Radio National this morning. In yet another example of a run-of-the-mill interview that you might […]
Why This Post Is Not About Ian Thorpe Even Though A Lamb Roast Might Still Cost $100!
“As some of you may have guessed, I’m a practising heterosexual. Yeah, I don’t know why that would be of interest to anyone either, but […]
The puppet masters
Before the time of Gough Whitlam, the public service were largely responsible for the formulation and co-ordination of policy and senior public servants made the […]
This Reprehensible Rabble
If anything was patently obvious from the events in Canberra last week, it is that Clive Palmer thinks he is running the country and the […]
Unleash the hounds
I have often impressed on my children that it is easy to lie, cheat and steal (if I was an Abbott fan I could stop […]
Basil was right – don’t mention the war! But Tony thinks he may have just gotten away with it!
Now I’ve read a bit this week about the “special friendship” of Tony Abbott and Shinzo Abe. And I was a bit surprised by the […]