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 […]
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Labor, Schrodinger’s Cat And The Amazing Disappearing Man…
It’s quite interesting to examine the contradictions as politicians face the coming election. Take Labor. We’re told that Labor are captive of the unions, that […]
Election 2019 in Canada: A Change Agenda Protected by Minority Government?
By Denis Bright Canadians voted to continue a reformist agenda with a minority Liberal Government that can still draw upon future negotiated support from both […]
Can the Federal LNP deliver its Flatter Taxation Scales in a Slowing Economy?
By Denis Bright Just four months out from the federal election, current indicators do suggest that the federal LNP is fumbling the future of the […]
The election: hope versus fear
Abbott is gearing up for an election. First he wants to ensure he will be the leader who takes the Liberal National Coalition to an election, […]
“1984” is dated, but “2084” is here for the reading … (apologies to George Orwell)
“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. Winston Smith, his chin nuzzled into his breast in an effort […]
Tony Abbott doesn’t want another election
Speaking on Adelaide radio yesterday Tony Abbott said that the last thing voters want is another election. Given the shocking polls, the shocking budget, and […]
Breaking News – the Abbott Government has kept an election promise
There seemed to be some confusion about Abbott’s promise to spend his first week as PM in an Indigenous community. Some people were arguing that […]
“Anger Is An Energy” but as it’s renewable, I think the Liberals will ignore it!
“They put a hot wire to my head Cos of the things I did and said And made these feelings go away Model citizen in […]
“Why don’t you people just accept that the Coalition won the election and stop complaining?”
Our economy is in a mess. And we’ve just had the worst Government in the history of Australia. We know this because we’ve been told […]
Just remember – we’re not independent and we’re all idiots
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of taking a class called “Oral English” which was one hour a week and in it Year […]
The Cassandra Effect, Abbott and Boiling a Frog. Dr Who?
I step out of the phone box. I look around. Picking up a paper, I see the date September 16th, 2009. Either the time travel […]
Whose fault is it?
I once observed that it’d benefit a lot of organizations if someone was paid to take the blame when things go wrong. “We’ve overestimated/underestimated/overspent/missed the […]
Usually, they wait till you’ve signed the contract before revealing the fine print!
Who else received a Contract from Tony Abbott? Just wondering, because I misplaced mine and I’ve been searching for it on the internet, and I […]
Let’s All Buy Fairfax Shares and Stop publishing Amanda Vanstone
I always try to consider the possibility that I may be wrong. In 1975, I was one of the few students to say that Malcolm […]