Labor’s Scare Campaign . . .
“This morning, we’ll be talking to prominent Coalition supporter, Mr Con Server-Tiff. Good morning.” “Now, if I can just correct you, I’m not a Coalition […]
Carbon tax
Tax And The Bleeding Obvious!
Ok, most of the focus on discussions about the GST has been about how it’s a regressive tax and how it affects the poor more […]
Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it, you die. What is it?
As the snake oil salesman and his happy clapper gear up to sell us on their compensation for a higher GST, it is worth remembering […]
Forget the carbon tax – politicians are killing commercial airlines
According to the Telegraph, during the height of Choppergate, Warren Truss got a private charter flight from Port Macquarie to Sydney after a sod-turning ceremony […]
Abbott the Dragon Slayer: The art of making scary mountains out of molehills
Unless you’ve been on a desert island or in a coma, you’ve heard Tony Abbott boast over and over and over again that: “We’ve had […]
Still being lied to
So it seems that Bill Shorten will be taking a proposal for a 50% renewable target by 2030 to Labor’s national conference in Melbourne this […]
Premature congratulation
The Abbott government suffers from a bad case of premature congratulation. We have had a parade of Hockey, Cormann, Frydenberg, Abbott and others telling us […]
First speaker in the mature debate
Dear Mr Abbott, I welcome your call for a mature debate on taxation. I too deplored the “screaming match” that surrounded the introduction of carbon […]
Take up your cameras and fight the good fight.
From the beginning, the Abbott campaign has been waged in the media. Every move he makes is purely for the media. The ridiculous photos of […]
Short memory
I recently spent a day with my extended family, one of whom is a ‘senior government employee’ who has served ministers in several different portfolios […]
Why Clive Palmer may not be Abbott’s karma! A pattern emerges …
Anyone else wondering if there’s a pattern starting here? The Government proposes something. Clive creates BIG HEADLINES by suggesting that he’ll block it. There’s a bit […]
A question of balance
‘Where’s the balance?’ I raged as I listened to ABC Radio National this morning. In yet another example of a run-of-the-mill interview that you might […]
Unleash the hounds
I have often impressed on my children that it is easy to lie, cheat and steal (if I was an Abbott fan I could stop […]
Law & Order, Mars and Why Tony Abbott is Right To Put Science Under The Industry Portfolio.
“I have a great idea for reducing the crime rate!” “What is it?” “Well, when someone is caught breaking the law, rather than wasting a […]
Axing the taxes equates to self harm
I am trying to understand why we are repealing the carbon and mining taxes. “The carbon tax is a $7.6 billion dollar hit on the […]