Abbott’s Nice New Parliament
In a speech to the Western Australia Liberal Party last weekend Prime Minister Tony Abbott promised a “respectful” new parliament when it assembles for the […]
Christopher Pyne
What is the Minister for Women’s Affairs going to do for women in this country?
Since forming government we’ve heard a number of Coalition Ministers speak about, or take action on their portfolios. For example, Environment Minister Greg Hunt has […]
Culture wars, Pyne’s education
Education in Australia, emulating principles established in Mother England has always been class-based, and at times deliberately advanced as a method of social control; to […]
The Lying Christopher Pyne
Did anybody watch the 7:30 Report last night? If not, you wouldn’t have known that Christopher Pyne told a bold-faced lie about Julia Gillard and […]
Why Labor must not win the 2013 election
In a nutshell, we have a Government who have hoisted us to the top of the international economic tree; who have delivered policies that will […]
Six of the best
We are at that moment in the election cycle (and given that we have a Labor Government, much to the consternation of a compliant right-wing […]
Mr Abbott Stark Raving Naked in Collins Street!
Peter Costello, May 24th 2013: “Unless Tony Abbot gets caught stark raving naked in Collins Street, I think it’s over and even then he might […]
A Clarification – not a backdown on the PPL!
“Earlier this week, a Labor backbencher, Michelle Rowland, was denied a ‘pair’ in spite of having a sick child. We have in the studio, Mr […]
Going, Going … Gonski!
INTERVIEWER Tonight, we’ll be talking to the Opposition Education Spokesman, Mr Christopher Whine. Good evening, Mr Whine. MR WHINE Good evening. INTERVIEWER So, is the […]
Christopher Pyne gets it wrong again
Media release today from the Hon Peter Garrett MP (Minister for School Education; Minister for Early Childhood and Youth). Worth repeating. Christopher Pyne has shown […]
Oh please, shoot me now!
Anybody who watched – sorry, laboured through the ABC’s QandA shoot me now could not have helped to notice that, despite the multitude of tweets […]