Springtime for Abbott and Processing!
“Godwin’s Law A term that originated on Usenet, Godwin’s Law states that as an online argument grows longer and more heated, it becomes increasingly likely […]
John Howard
“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 […]
Who do you admire?
You can tell a lot about someone by whom they admire. It shows their priorities in life. An early influence was founder of the DLP […]
The Coalition and Financial Management … an Oxymoron
Poor Joe Hockey! One could be sucked in to feeling sorry for him … not! The Government’s election promise, the much touted public service staff […]
Today’s Reading is From The Book of Lawson: “No Climate Change!” Amen.
“Mr Howard said he was an “agnostic” on climate science and he preferred to rely on his instinct, which told him that predictions of doom […]
The Truth about Debt and Deficit
Why Joe Hockey will rue the Howard Government’s fiscal mis-management. Have you ever thought what would happen if everyone in Australia went to their bank […]
Is George Pell a problem for Abbott?
Now that the dust has settled and Tony Abbott is our Prime Minister, there is renewed interest in his relationship with the Archbishop of Sydney, […]
Writing the Narrative, or should that be “Righting the Narrative”?
“As a result, a story has emerged about Labor that goes like this. Faced with the transformation of its old supporter base, and having failed […]
Keep lying, Tony Abbott
The hypocrisy of the Abbott adulators is apparent in their fervour to go on and on about a single lie that wasn’t a lie whilst […]
What was Kevin Rudd thinking?
Opinion. There can only be one of two reasons behind Kevin Rudd’s decision to challenge for the ALP leadership. Some saw it as this: to […]
Black Swans and Narratives
We’re natural story making machines. We like to give our universe a sense of order and reason, so when something happens, we like to create […]
Tony Abbott: the ‘million dollar’ man
It has been widely reported that in the last 12 months Tony Abbott has claimed more than one million dollars in expenses. Nobody from the […]
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 […]
Keep your hands off the poor, Joe Hockey
In a speech to the Institute of Public Affairs yesterday, Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey warned that a Coalition government would implement drastic welfare cuts, finger-pointed […]
Howard’s golden age: a history lesson
“I’ll recreate Howard’s golden age.” Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he is “wholly and solely” dedicated to recreating the “golden age” of the last coalition […]