The Senate Is “Feral” And Tony Abbott Sure Can Use Words Good!
Feral adjective (especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication. I was going to pick on Tony for […]
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Liberals’ Ludicrous Logic
The Intergenerational Report was released today. It was late. Which, I understand, is illegal. But this is a government that seems to believe that, well, […]
Multiple Ministers Scoring ‘Own Goals’
Over the past week or so we have witnessed examples of possibly the most mistake prone bunch of ministerial amateurs we have seen in the […]
Hockey plays chicken with the back bench
Did Hockey really just “threaten” a Double Dissolution? Dare we hope? You can literally hear the collective gasp of anticipation rippling out over social media. […]
The Budget: All cruelty springs from weakness
It can’t be denied any longer, conservatives really do believe they have no responsibility to the vulnerable, and it is perfectly acceptable to the […]
When Is A Magic Pudding Not a Promise? When A Silver Bullet Mixes Your Metaphors.
Recently elected, Secretary of Moyhdiddy Turf Club, Mr Hoe Jockey, has released the report from the Independent review that he had commissioned from his father-in-law, […]
Personal Responsibility OR A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats, but As You’re NOT a Boat, You’d better Learn to Swim!
What is the Liberals’ obsession with boats? We need to stop them, buy them, tow them, give them away, and, now in Joe Hockey’s economic […]
Words Matter – But Don’t Call Rupert Murdoch Un-Australian
“Paid parental leave is a workplace entitlement, it’s not a welfare entitlement, and that’s why it should be paid at people’s wages in the same way […]
“The Beadles” – a sensational new group featuring Joe Bumble, Tony Fagan, Scott Sykes and Malcolm the “Artful Dodger”
“Around the time of Oliver’s ninth birthday, Mr. Bumble, the parish beadle, removes Oliver from the baby farm and puts him to work picking oakum at […]
“We will decide what rights you have, and the circumstances under which you have them.”
Treasurer Joe Hockey has bluntly warned Australians that the days of governments saving businesses and jobs had passed, telling them, ”the age of entitlement is […]
What’s In A Name? That Which We Call Work For The Dole May Be Another Way To Say “Work Is Freedom”!
“Arbeit macht frei“ Now let’s just say that I’m asked what to do about unemployment by a Labor government. “Well,” I suggest, “why not create […]
Five Have an Economy to Save (apologies to Enid Blyton)
“The nicest word in the English language,” said Dick, “is holidays.” “Don’t be silly,” said Uncle Joe, “they’re bad for productivity.” “Well,” said Dick, “by […]
Who Said It? The Joker, or the Freedom Commissioner, Tim Wilson.
Ok, here’s today’s quiz. Who said the following, The Joker in “The Dark Knight” or Tim Wilson, Australia’s new Freedom Commissioner: “Haters are going to […]
The Labor Party Should Be Charged For The Cost of Printing Abbott’s First 100 Days Booklet!
Labor wastes money! We know this. Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey and company have been banging on about Labor wasting money for years. And today, Joe […]
Amanda Vanstone, “Illegals” and the stampede of elephants
A few weeks ago, I talked about The Elephant in The Room in relation to the lack of women in Abbott’s Cabinet. The idea of the […]