My turn to wine
I have a brief statement: It has been brought to my attention that my evidence to the investigation into teacher corruption was incorrect. Yesterday I […]
You can’t make a silk purse out of a sow’s ear
As Tony Abbott once said, “politicians are gonna be judged on everything they say”, (May 2010), and goodness knows, Tony has said some rather controversial things […]
Abbott, “skills beyond his years”
Mark Kenny has been effusive in his praise of Tony Abbott, writing: Abbott in China shows skills beyond his years. My first response was a […]
He Wouldn’t Dare
No matter what Joe Hockey says, he wouldn’t dare upset today’s aged pensioners…would he? As much as he would like to, the consequences of such […]
The Superannuation saga
While a pained Joe Hockey tells us his “truth” about the mess Labor has supposedly left, and that the old age pension is no longer […]
Abbott hasn’t Broken Any Promises!
There’s a site that that’s tallying up a list of so-called Liberal “broken promises”. Rather unfairly, it lists Joe Hockey’s promise to have a […]
The power of congregations
It has long been my view that the potential and resources of the church are largely wasted on worship. There are few institutions with the […]
In the Clash of Ideologies, Language Wins the War
Jim Morrison famously and prophetically said, “Whoever controls the media, controls the minds”. This is certainly the case in Australia. In this guest post Loz […]
To be rich is indeed glorious…
And there we have it – a snapshot of our Prime Minister from his own lips: “TONY Abbott has described his visit to China as […]
General Alert
Despite diplomatic convention dictating otherwise, in a press conference in Seoul, Tony Abbott continued his bad habit of publicly criticising the previous government for several […]
Arthur Sinodinos – Perfect for Assistant Treasurer!
Ok, there have been a lot of unfair remarks made about Mr Sinodinos. I can’t remember any of them specifically but I have a vague […]
Abbott’s tyrannical silencing of 1,892,100 possibly critical political opinions
The recent directive from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet on the lack of freedom of speech public servants have as private citizens, includes […]
Why the bloody hell are you doing this?
To those who find the title offensive, I apologise. I got my inspiration from the former chief executive of Tourism Australia, Scott Morrison, who asked […]
A job application to Clive Palmer
Dear Mr Clive Palmer, May I call you Mr? It’s not Sir Clive yet is it? I’m sure it will be in the offing should […]
Dignity, Dorothy meets the Wizard
“There is dignity in work. Increasing the minimum wage constitutes a threat to the dignity of the unemployed.” Aaron Lane IPA Press Release. ”It’s about empowering […]