Chairman Dan flunks corona class. Again
You’ll recall our little reality check from a fortnight ago after Newspoll found 62 per cent of Victorian voters believe…
No doubt the ABC will blame the lack of coverage on funding cuts
Big, big, big. It would be hard to get a more lurid tale than The Times article, republished in The…
Did Chairman Dan just blink?
Daniel Andrews has always been firm: the average new daily coronavirus case count — Victoria-wide — needs to drop below…
Danandrewstan’s new health minister is off to a flying start
Lessons have been learnt — or, as the modern bureaucrat might ask — learnings have been made? Not quite. The…
No news, but the ABC is still serving up the soft and gooey guff
The ABC ended its 7.45 am main morning radio news broadcasts this week, a punishment for the public for not…
BREAKING: How the SpecOz is smashing Daniel Andrews indefinite detention plans
If you’re in Victoria and can hear a cracking sound, it’s because The Spectator Australia has dealt some mighty blows to…
More great jobs news from Victoria
There’s yet more evidence out today from the Bureau of Statistics that instead of #IstandwithDan, the hashtag should read #IstandinaqueueatCentrelinkthankstoDan.…
A Newspoll tick, but Daniel Andrews is still bottom of the class
There’s been much buzz this morning around the Newspoll in The Australian which shows 62 per cent of Victorian voters…
Extinction Rebellion’s brave new protest
Courageous, inspiring, fatuous, completely bloody ridiculous… From the Extinction Rebellion national newsletter, out this morning: The newsletter also declares “We…
The Greens: billboards are evil, please give us money for billboards
The Greens: billboards are evil. Shane Rattenbury MLA, Speaker of the Canberra City Council (AKA Legislative Assembly), Twitter, yesterday: The Greens:…
If Daniel Andrews has even lost the ABC… Wow
The findings of the ABC’s “independent” editorial complaints investigation unit are usually viewed with the same mix of bemusement and…
Unemployment? Nice one, Dan
Read it and weep. If #YouStandWithDan, there’s a good chance you’re standing in a queue at Centrelink (more likely it’s…
Their ABC, their salaries – and your right to know
It’s been a big 24 hours or so for British media watchers with the release of the BBC’s annual report…
Is this man a COVID criminal?
The Melbourne Age has a cute little piece of “keep calm and carry on” COVID semi-whimsy today: Every weekday, about…
All rise for the National Anthem of Danandrewstan (or else)
Big black suits In their jackboots Are coming down the aisles. Big black suits In their jackboots Are spinning off…
The bonfire of the inanities
Read it and weep. The Australian Bureau of Statistics Weekly Payroll Jobs and Wages in Australia, Week ending 22 August…
The Canberra cannons fire at Deadweight Dan
Scott Morrison, Greg Hunt and Josh Frydenberg make an unlikely tag team wrestling squad, but it looks as if they’re…
Chairman Dan decrees…
Don’t sit down to that Father’s Day lunch yet. Don’t spoil it. Digest these stomach-churning platitudes from Chairman Dan first.…
Recession 2020: you ain’t seen nothin’ yet
It’s official. We’re in recession, after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. Matters couldn’t be clearer. As the official release…
The Greens admit: we’re washed up
Knifed Greens leader Richard Di Natale makes his valedictory speech in the Senate this week so, naturally, the party that…
Go have a long lunch, Emma, and put away the phone
It’s awful losing your job. Bloody awful. Full stop. Most of us have been there one time or another. We…
Hello. I’m a smiling bureaucrat. Would you like to be patronised? Let me patronise you…
Hello. Are you an idiot? Would you like me to treat you like an idiot? Are you under 10? Would…
In which the Mad F–king Witches jump the shark…
Up the sisterhood? Solidarity forever? Beyond question, at the appropriate juncture, in due course, in the fullness of time? Up…
We’ve only just begun…
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay! Fresh off the email from the Australian Bureau of Statistics: Labour Force, Australia, July 2020.…
Kohler QC and Modern Monetary Theory
Ah. Now we get it. Alan Kohler isn’t pushing Modern Monetary Theory — despite all appearances to the contrary. No,…
