Nothing is free? Depends who you are.
“[The budget] will do for people what they cannot do for themselves, but no more. Nothing is free. Someone always pays.” A common refrain from […]
The Lodge
Wherever I lay my hat that’s my home
In 1996 John Howard became the first Prime Minister to make Kirribilli House in Sydney his prime residence. Over the next 12 years, this decision […]
An Abbott in the Lodge: “NEVER” (Part four)
But what if Tony Abbott is often touted as being the most effective opposition leader this country has ever had. What criteria people use to […]
An Abbott in the Lodge – “NEVER”
By John Lord and Michael Taylor Part One David Marr’s recent quarterly essay “Political Animal” (now a book) gives an engrossing, even gripping insight into […]
Tony Abbott in The Lodge: it’s still ‘never’
The polls suggest that Tony Abbott is close to getting his little grubby hands on the keys to The Lodge. The keys, then, will be […]
Tony Abbott in the Lodge: Never
David Marr’s quarterly essay “Political Animal” gives an engrossing, even gripping insight into the persona of the leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott. I made […]