Turnbull government marks two years of inertia, paralysis and failure.
“It’s been two years of great achievement … But above all it’s two years since I became prime minister building on the outstanding work of […]
Articles by David Tyler
Turnbull no Pacific leader nor, alas, at home.
His Pacific Leaders’ blue shirt a size too tight Malcolm Bligh Turnbull winces at the camera like Gulliver awakening to find himself tied to the […]
Super Mal of Monaro about to crash and burn.
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird? It’s a plane? No it’s super-Mal soaring high above the Monaro Plains! Up, up and away! Faster […]
Whatever The High Court decides, Turnbull’s lost the nation already.
“If you look at the examples across Europe, socialism is a recipe for failure, is a recipe for mediocrity and for inferior outcomes. There is […]
Turnbull government loses plot in worst week of its life
“Is ‘e an Aussie, Lizzie, is ‘e? Is ‘e an Aussie, Lizzie, eh?”, a catchy 1930s hit, could be the theme song of the entire […]
Turnbull’s weak leadership revealed in junk-mail marriage-equality rip-off
Red Star flags and missile carriers are everywhere in this week’s best-directed mass military rally in Pyongyang Wednesday. North Korean soldiers in high-crowned hats like […]
Turnbull’s terror bust raises big questions over his government and his leadership.
Riotous splashes of daffodil – Petals on a wet, black bough, cheer a bleak Lakemba Street, in the flare of an OB TV van’s lighting, […]
Joyce, Canavan and Murray Darling scandal expose fatal flaws in Turnbull’s government.
Explosive revelations rock our sleepy island-continent this week as a plot to bring down a plane with an “improvised explosive device” is thwarted in Sydney in yet […]
Turnbull assumes Menzies’ mantle in epic failure of judgement
“The Queen has embodied selfless public service, dignity, wisdom, leadership for and more magnificently than anyone alive today, there is not doubt.” In a florid […]
G20 No Ode to Joy
Ode to joy, the final movement of Beethoven’s ninth symphony, buoys the spirits of G20 leaders as they gather with groupies, minders and hangers-on, Friday, […]
Abbott is determined to destroy Turnbull
“It’s not that easy being green …” sings Kermit, the sage of Sesame Street, a truth NSW Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon helps her party revisit […]
Corks pop over Gonski 2.0 con but Turnbull government has nothing to celebrate.
Corks pop and peals of laughter ring out over the disco beat of a ghetto-blaster cranking out a Donna Summer number from Liberal offices deep […]
Turnbull government in crisis as ministers face contempt charges and Abbott stages a revolt over Finkel.
A life-threatening political and constitutional crisis is brewing for the Turnbull government this week as three Ministers of the Crown face contempt proceedings in Victoria’s […]
Theresa May sends message to a Turnbull government of slogans, secrets and lies.
Stunned by what the press insists is a “shock” election result in Britain where, inexplicably, hollow slogans, austerity economics and Sir Lynton Crosby’s fear tactics […]
Trump’s Paris exit spells real trouble for Turnbull.
Summertime and the livin’ is easy. A Marine Corps jazz quartet plays Gershwin, amidst the perfumed, delicate blooms and lush lawn trimmed with crab-apple trees, […]