Team Dutton duds women; snubs gender equality, bipartisanship and democracy
Actions speak louder than words if not nearly as often, while inactions can speak louder than both. The Liberals are paying lip service to a […]
Peta Credlin
Australia’s Orban Sycophants
Australians welcoming the defeat of our nascent religious right in the May election need to pay attention to the echoes of the American right-wing strategies […]
Surplus to requirements, ScoMo?
Applause, stamping, hoots and catcalls resound up and down our wide brown land as another big week in Oz-politics lives down to expectations, as John […]
Turnbull, Credlin And “Interesting Times”…
“May You Live In Interesting Times” = Chinese Curse. “As they craft their new economic narrative, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison must […]
Credlin: It’s not me, it’s them
There’s a point in just about any desirable human characteristic when it can tip over into pathology, and self-confidence is no exception. Former Prime Minister […]
Should Julie Bishop be afraid?
Rumour has it that Kevin Andrews will not contest the next election and Peta Credlin will be gifted the safe seat of Menzies, and there […]
Australians for Honest Politics set for a revival?
As reported by John Kelly in September, there has been an ongoing investigation into Tony Abbott’s eligibility to enter Parliament as dual citizenship precludes you […]
Lawmakers or lawbreakers?
The Readers Digest list of the 50 most trusted professions in Australia ranks lawyers at 39 and politicians at 49 just scraping in in front […]
Short memory
I recently spent a day with my extended family, one of whom is a ‘senior government employee’ who has served ministers in several different portfolios […]
Dear Peta Credlin
July 31st, 2014 Dear Peta Credlin, Yes, I understand the dilemma. Telling Tony not to say anything unless he hears it in the headpiece has […]
The puppet masters
Before the time of Gough Whitlam, the public service were largely responsible for the formulation and co-ordination of policy and senior public servants made the […]
The Ministry for Misinformation and Wealth Protection
The AIMN has obtained a copy of a draft proposal circulating the Coalition party machine. In an attempt to better use available resources, state and […]