Fair suck of the sav, Tony
When you get all of your advice from the business sector of the community, it is hardly surprising that profit becomes your foremost goal and […]
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Shipping Oars
Tony Abbott’s brief sojourn in Davos left most of us cringing and somewhat bemused as to the purpose of his journey. He met with some […]
A different drummer
In the lead-up to the 2013 election, I don’t know how many times I cringed at the thought of Tony Abbott as President of the […]
The Davos Experience
On day two of what Tony Abbott refers to as “the Davos experience”, he had what he described as “an excellent meeting with some of […]
Who do you believe? The people we trust, or those lying foreigners?
We’re told on one hand that the navy “got lost” and strayed into Indonesian waters, but a few days later, we have their “professionalism” praised […]
Short Term Tony
“You can always amend a big plan, but you can never expand a little one. I don’t believe in little plans. I believe in plans […]
“One-term Tony”: It’s a sure bet
An editorial opinion: Bill Shorten finally emerged from wherever he had been hiding and smacked us with the downright obvious: Tony Abbott is a potential […]
THE CLIMATE OF DENIAL: Why real climate action will NEVER come from big business or government.
By Letitia McQuade If a quick study of our industrial age can teach us anything, it is that big business and governments are either not […]
Tony’s tame expert
In 2009, Tony Abbott attacked as ”climate change alarmists” those scientists who worked on the peak UN scientific advisory body, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate […]
Why Tony Abbott doesn’t understand
It’s not hard to imagine the scene. Tony Abbott’s team are working on the press conference where they will make an announcement about the measly […]
Has anybody seen Tony’s envoy?
”I am as happy as a pig in shit – you can quote me on that – doing what I’m doing at the moment.” – […]
No excuses! Except that we have really, really good ones.
When Tony Abbott promised a “no excuses, no surprises government”, I must say I only half believed him. What I mean by that, is that […]
Tony Abbott’s problem with the truth
People lie for a number of reasons: sometimes it is accidental that through the person’s own ignorance, statements are made which gives the appearance of […]
Message Control
I think we all agree that Labor shot itself in the foot by using the media to broadcast their internal squabbles. Conceding that, far greater […]