Random thoughts
When Malcolm Turnbull called for a vote on the Liberal leadership in 2009, Tony Abbott eventually won by one vote. One of Malcolm’s supporters was […]
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The Weird World Of Tony Abbott’s Australia
While Googling Tony Abbott – now there’s something I wouldn’t have imagined myself doing twenty five years ago – I came across an interesting quote […]
Sitting in Judgement of Abbott’s First Year
The first anniversary of an Abbott led government is almost upon us. What yardstick do we use to judge its performance? For me there is […]
The Miser’s Apprentice
I recently came across an article from 2009 called The Howard Impact which compares Australia’s performance against seventeen other advanced democracies including the United States, […]
Et fixa regimen Abbott praeteritum OR Let’s Examine The Respective Plans of The Parties.
Last week, while acting as goal umpire, I signalled a goal to our team. Although it came out of a pack, I had a clear […]
We Need to Talk About Tony!
When the people around me give their views on the Abbott Government, I have to admit that I’m definitely one of the undecided. While some people I […]
Is it DD Day?
From The Australian Greens comes this breaking news: The Australian Greens along with communities around Australia are celebrating the survival of the Clean Energy Finance […]
When your dad is not the PM
Frances Abbott, 24 year-old daughter of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, made news a couple of weeks ago when it emerged she’d been offered a $60,000 […]
Taking us back 50 years?
How far does Tony Abbott want to take us back? Ten years? Twenty years? Some people say 50 years. Warwick O’Neill suggests it might be […]
No ‘love’ in the Abbott Government’s ‘tough’
Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey have taken to describing their budgetary cruelty as an act of “tough love” for which we may […]
What a State demands, what a citizen gives, and what Abbott and Hockey simply don’t understand
“The State has a responsibility to its citizens,” writes Dr Strobe Driver in this guest article. But does the current government recognise this? All indications […]
With friends like Bolt and Jones, you don’t need enemas OR SNAFU
SNAFU – Situation Normal, All Fouled Up! (That’s the polite version anyway.) “…I just have to say to Mr. Bolt, he proclaims loudly that he […]
What a Circus!
Why is there a sense of foreboding whenever Tony Abbott travels overseas? Probably because one’s immediate reaction is, “Oh God, in what way will he […]
What makes a good politician?
I have heard Tony Abbott described as an astute politician, some even go so far as to say the best Opposition leader the country has […]