A Tinpot Dictator?
When Scott John Morrison takes his Sunday fly-drive to leafy Yarralumla to visit His Excellency, David Hurley, AO, a former NSW Governor and his “captain’s […]
Christopher Pyne
Abbott Supporters Still Pyning Away!
Well, thank god those days of dysfunctional government are over and the adults are back in charge. No, really, they’ve told us many, many times […]
Turnbull’s Innovation – a rebranding of the same old pocketful of promises
Malcolm Turnbull’s ‘Innovation! Package‘, turns out to be another boost to small business and nothing to do with innovation at all. It is another conjuring […]
Why Tony Abbott Isn’t Darth Vader … Although Christopher Pyne May Be R2-D2!
Another Star Wars movie. Little did I know when I saw that first one way back in the seventies that I was watching something that […]
Money Is No Object!
Paul Sheahan wrote something rather interesting today… Well, that’s incorrect. He wrote something that caught my eye. And I’m trying to work out whether the […]
The high achievers of the Abbott Government who should keep their Ministries!
Below is a short list of Ministers – the high achievers – who should keep their positions after the reshuffle. Minister for Women. OK, let’s […]
Haven’t they sacked Pyne yet?
Just to reinforce that we have not had any change of thinking with a new leader, Christopher Pyne rolled out his “new curriculum”, endorsed by […]
Christopher Pyne’s Greatest Hits of 2015: Winner of the People’s Choice Snoutie
It’s official. The people have spoken. Christopher Pyne has won the inaugural People’s Choice Snoutie. Voting for the People’s Choice Snoutie Award kicked off last weekend, […]
The Pynes have never seen the fireworks . . . Right this wrong!
In defending a $5000 cost for Christopher Pyne and three of his family members to fly to Sydney from Adelaide over the Christmas/New Year period, a […]
Alchemy, phonics and the future of our children
As alchemist Abbott tries to turn coal into gold and professor Pyne pushes phonics, our children’s future is being placed in jeopardy. A recent report […]
I have a bad feeling . . .
Whilst we have all been distracted by Choppergate and passionately discussing Adam Goodes and marriage equality, I have a sinking feeling we have been sold […]
NAPLAN, Domestic Violence, Corruption And Good Old Uncle Otto!
Ideas are a bit like being caught it in a river; it’s easy to be swept along without stopping to actually think about whether or […]
My Thoughts on the Week That Was
Saturday June 27 1 Do you ever wonder what happened to the debt crisis? That time when Abbott and Hockey used every negative description they […]
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
When Tony Abbott chose his Ministers one can only wonder at his motivation. The Minister for Immigration morphed into Border Security, tasked with stopping those […]
Good Government Starts Today … Or Tomorrow, But We’re Definitely Committed To It!
There’s an old cartoon where the couple in a car are speeding down the highway while there’s hundreds of cars stuck in traffic in a […]