Are wind farms noisy?
Are wind farms noisy? Tony Abbott thinks they are. And if Tony Abbott thinks they’re noisy then I imagine that every right-winger in the country […]
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Tony Abbott – The Warring Galah from Warringah
If there is one thing about Tony Abbott he loves a good fight. He reminisces proudly of his boxing days and of his ‘sledging’ days […]
Klaxons blaring
Before the election Tony Abbott said “I have given a commitment that we won’t spend more than $100 million on any single infrastructure project without […]
Absolute crap
One thing that has become increasingly apparent about Tony Abbott is that he gears his words to his audience. If that meant explaining policies at […]
Australian Democracy at a Tipping Point
By Paul G. Dellit Well, we may well have reached the tipping point between genuine democracy in Australia and the beginnings of creeping fascism. You […]
The Agenda of Stigmatization is alive and well in Budget 2015
One of the main themes I have addressed over previous blog posts in regards to the 2014 Budget is the “Agenda of Stigmatization” by the Liberal […]
Et tu, Scott?
Considering how smug Scott Morrison is looking lately, it is somewhat ironic that it was Joe Hockey that gifted him his first government “snout in […]
Tony Abbott – a man of principle and conviction?
Tony Abbott’s timeline on paid parental leave 2002 In 2002, Tony Abbott’s hostility to paid parental leave reached a crescendo, when he declared to the […]
Politics, Excution Squads And Why How Things Are Framed Is Everything!
Grrr! Let’s get really, really angry at the Indonesians. They killed two of our citizens. How dare they! I mean, the death penalty is wrong, […]
Tony Abbott’s first significant act as Minister for Women
Tony Abbott’s first significant act as Minister for Women – let’s make everyone aware that we’re doing something about domestic violence! “Federal and state governments […]
The real stitch-up
Tony Abbott has been sneeringly yelling at anyone who will listen, if there are any of those left, that the government has no confidence in […]
Mining the data on child sex abuse
Is Tony Abbott trying to use an ill-informed myth about the link between metadata and child sex abuse in the hope that the Opposition, the […]
Good news kids, the inheritance is safe, and so are we
I wonder if the Coalition realise just how incongruous their rhetoric is with Tony selling the ‘death cult’ and ‘home-grown terrorist’ angle and trying to […]
Deconstructing a dog whistle
Tony Abbott’s government has taken some body-blows in recent weeks, and Abbott’s own leadership standing is suffering. Some say that this is due to a […]
Good Government Starts Today … Or Tomorrow, But We’re Definitely Committed To It!
There’s an old cartoon where the couple in a car are speeding down the highway while there’s hundreds of cars stuck in traffic in a […]