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Articles by Rossleigh

About Rossleigh
Rossleigh is a writer, director and teacher. As a writer, his plays include “The Charles Manson Variety Hour”, “Pastiche”, “Snap!”, “That’s Me In The Distance”, “48 Hours (without Eddie Murphy)”, and “A King of Infinite Space”. His acting credits include “Pinor Noir Noir” for “Short and Sweet” and carrying the coffin in “The Slap”. His ten minutes play, “Y” won the 2013 Crash Test Drama Final.

Believe Me, I Know The Difference Between Satire And Reality!

December 30, 2014 Rossleigh 100

A number of people commented on yesterday’s This is How Tony Got Elected expressing the idea that the pictures were from a satiric site “Why […]

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This Is How Tony Abbott Got Elected!

December 29, 2014 Rossleigh 112

From time to time, certain people have expressed the view to me that they can’t work out how Tony Abbott was elected. Well, I recently […]

Rossleigh’s Predictions For 2015

December 28, 2014 Rossleigh 39

Now, I know that many of you will be aware of the fact that I predicted that I’d never be the sort of person who […]

A Short Christmas Story With No Reference To Abbott, Terrorism or Politics!

December 24, 2014 Rossleigh 15

“Name?” “Joseph.” “And the woman and kid are with you?” “Yes!” “Reason for crossing the border into Egypt?” “King Herod is killing all the recently […]

Beam Me Up, Scotty And While We’re At It Let’s Re-post Liberal Excuses Bingo

December 23, 2014 Rossleigh 17

A few months before the 2013 Election, I posted what (I hope) is the main image for this post. It was called Liberal Excuses Bingo, […]

When Scott Morrison applies his Immigration Model to Social Services

December 22, 2014 Rossleigh 158

Now there’s been a lot of angst about Scott Morrison’s appointment as Minister for Social Services. Probably coming from a few bleeding heart lefties who’ve […]

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Abbott Reshuffles Ministry, Rearranges Deck-chairs And Declares All Barnacles Gone And Ship Unsinkable!

December 21, 2014 Rossleigh 76

  A couple of weeks ago, Mr Abbott suggested that some of his colleagues had a problem with Peta Credlin because of her gender, and […]

Why Joe Hockey (and most others) haven’t adapted to economic change

December 20, 2014 Rossleigh 32

“Chapter 1: Economics: The Study of Choice.”   “Ultimately, Economics is the study of choice.” Economics Textbook.   How do people choose between a number […]

Faith, Dope and Hilarity!

December 18, 2014 Rossleigh 41

Yesterday, after reading the Letters section of “The Herald-Sun”, I was moved to post the following on Facebook. Mm, I saw a letter in the […]

Why I won’t ride with you

December 16, 2014 Rossleigh 66

If you look like a Muslim, even if you’re a Sikh or Buddhist or some other religion, I’ll be concerned that some dinky di Australian […]

Is Hockey Reading My Blog And Using It For His Speeches??

December 14, 2014 Rossleigh 42

When Joe Hockey announced that he was abandoning the 2018 date for returning the Budget to surplus, I suspected that yet again he’d blame the Labor […]

Henceforth, The Liberals Shall Be Called “The Sleeping Dogs” Party, Because They Believe We Should Just Let Them Lie!

December 13, 2014 Rossleigh 22

Ok, there’s no truth in the rumour that the Liberals are changing their name to the Sleeping Dogs Party, because people should get let them […]

If Only Julia Had Introduced A Carbon “Price Signal”, It Would Have All Been OK!

December 11, 2014 Rossleigh 41

TONY ABBOTT: “This is an important reform. It is important to have some modest price signals in the system.”   PETER DUTTON: “…we will make […]

Abbott, Shirtfront and Words of the Year!

December 10, 2014 Rossleigh 24

Apparently, thanks to Mr Abbott, “shirtfront” has just been named word of the year. This is in spite of the fact that the National Dictionary director […]

Christopher, Tony, Scott et Al – A Housemaster’s Diary!

December 9, 2014 Rossleigh 5

9am, Friday. Christopher announced that he was going on a hunger strike until those wretched children who’d voted against his proposal at the Boarders’ Council changed […]

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