Opiate of the masses
There has been a lot of angst in left-wing circles since the election of Tony Abbott and his Coalition into government. Blogs, Twitter and Facebook […]
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. […]
Tony’s women
Jacqueline Maley writes: Prime Minister-elect, we’ve been through this! We’ve talked about it time and time again and we thought it was resolved. After you […]
An Abbott and two Bishops walk into a Party
“I think it would be folly to expect that women will ever dominate or even approach equal representation in a large number of areas simply […]
Why I don’t write Satire
Ok, the other day someone asked me why I don’t seem to write as much satire anymore. There’s too much competition, I explained. But I […]
The job losses Tony Abbott didn’t want to tell you about
Tony Abbott’s pledge to cull 12,000 jobs from the Public Service went down well with the electorate. From the time John Howard took over as […]
Australia is Nobody’s Business
From today, I declare that Australia is under new management and that Australia is once again open for new business,” Tony Abbott “All models are wrong; […]
What does Abbott stand for?
What exactly does an Abbott government stand for? After reading Julia Gillard’s insightful and useful appraisal of what’s come before and what might come after […]