Albanese vs Shorten vs Rudd vs the World (Cage Match)
For those of you wondering how it’ll work if the membership vote for one candidate and the Caucus vote for the other, it’s really quite […]
Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes!
“Good morning, today in the studio we have the Minister for Hire Education, Mr Christopher Whyne. Mr Whine in August last year, you said that […]
An Open Letter to Greg Hunt
Dear Greg Hunt, It’s funny how sometimes we get to see the worst of people and the best of people all in the same day. […]
Operation Sovereign Borders. Doubly Disillusioned.
Over the past several years Tony Abbott has electioneered on two platforms: that climate change is crap and that asylum seekers arriving by boats are […]
Just a link to the new Climate Commission. Sorry, Council.
From kayelee1: UPDATE from the Climate Council: “In just 13 hours we’ve had over 5,000 people become founding members of the Climate Council. Together they’ve […]
What happened when asylum seekers were sent back to Indonesia: Tony Abbott’s own words
In mid-October 2009, 78 Tamil asylum seekers were intercepted en route to Australia and taken on board the Oceanic Viking. They were then taken to […]
Just remember – we’re not independent and we’re all idiots
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of taking a class called “Oral English” which was one hour a week and in it Year […]
Give Tony a chance! You’re kidding me!
I quite like the Sydney Morning Herald journalist with the acid wit, Mike Carlton. He’s one of the only journalists left in the country in […]
An Open Letter to Rupert Murdoch
Dear Rupert Murdoch, I am writing with good news. Not good news for you. Let me explain. You are probably in a pretty good mood […]
Defending my right to say what I did about Tony Abbott
I copped a bit of flak for referring to Tony Abbott as the ‘circus clown with the big ears’ in my previous post, and probably rightly […]
Being hypocritical is the new black
“Tony Abbott’s election victory give us the chance to push for the repeal of laws stifling our right to free speech, which came under such […]
The Elephant in the Room
Every now and then, I remember the story of the emperor’s new clothes, where it takes a child to point out what everyone should be […]
The Cassandra Effect, Abbott and Boiling a Frog. Dr Who?
I step out of the phone box. I look around. Picking up a paper, I see the date September 16th, 2009. Either the time travel […]
Introducing the Minister for Women’s Affairs
This is not a joke. Tony Abbott himself has taken primary responsibility for women’s issues. I’m lost for words so I’ll keep this post brief. […]
Tony Abbott: a man whose words mean nothing
From the moment Tony Abbott emerged as a possible leader of this country the mainstream media went silent on his inability to keep his word. […]