Is George Pell a problem for Abbott?
Now that the dust has settled and Tony Abbott is our Prime Minister, there is renewed interest in his relationship with the Archbishop of Sydney, […]
The Greens support is dropping – just shows that climate change isn’t real
Ok, I’ve read a number of times about The Greens losing votes in the Federal Election. Then after Saturday’s Miranda By-Election in NSW where the […]
Hockey To Lift Debt Ceiling by 33%, and the Hypocrisy Level to an All-time High
If you search really hard, you’ll find some reporting of this: “The Federal Government’s debt ceiling could be raised to $400 billion in a bid […]
Just a short post, beginning with FFS! Very exasperated, very loud!
FFS! Just read this on http://www.news.com.au/ It’s about Abbott’s meeting with Prince Charles. Maybe a Republic will be soon on the agenda. “While the lunch-table conversation […]
If not now, when?
If it is the wrong time to talk about climate change while New South Wales is experiencing devastating October fires, then when is the right […]
Suddenly, I just stopped being a left wing moron and learned to love Tony (but in a totally acceptable blokey way)!
It hit me today. I was listening to the ABC whine on in their lefty way, while reading the positivity of Liberal’s “Real Solutions” and […]
Google, Winners and Losers
Google time! Pretty much everyone is familiar with Google’s idea of giving their employees a day a week to work on their own projects. (If […]
Charities are on Abbott’s hit list
Tony Abbott ran a campaign specifically targeting government waste and reckless spending. The mainstream media was quick to applaud, especially when from the sparse amount […]
Let’s get rid of this “toxic tax” and help poor struggling families…
“The Prime Minister said cabinet had today signed off on the legislation to rescind the carbon price, which would ideally occur at the end of […]
Double Dissolution Now! Well, no, that’s actually not possible…
At the end of an article on the Governor General’s offer to resign, a journalist wrote that there better not be a Double Dissolution before […]
Climate change questions and answers
Anyone who has read Andrew Bolt, The Australian, or listened to any shock jocks such as Alan Jones recently would have been overwhelmed with the […]
A new word for hypocrite
I’ve seen quite a few articles written recently about the outrage of Tony Abbott’s expense scandal. Van Badham made a good point about weddings, and […]
Marriage equality, a matter of conscience
The impetus for marriage equality has been gaining ground for quite some years. Perhaps it’s the pragmatism of most Aussies, or the sense of justice […]
Clive Palmer and his Party, or And Then There Were Four
The first thing that everyone needs to remember is that individuals, not parties, are elected into our Parliament. We have evolved some conventions – such […]
What beat up?
Andrew Bolt is not happy. Not only is social media attacking his pin-up boy, the newly elected Prime Minister (over a dozen justifiable issues) but […]