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Photo opportunity
Former Speccie columnist and would-be federal Treasurer Chris Bowen clearly is in need of a decent sub-editor to help him…
Distraught and distracted
The law is straightforward. If you denigrate or demean the work of a Royal Commission, or indeed a Royal Commissioner,…
Distraught and distracted
The law is straightforward. If you denigrate or demean the work of a Royal Commission, or indeed a Royal Commissioner,…
Protecting Leftist dogma
It’s hard to see what Dyson Heydon, Mark Latham and anal sex have in common, yet these are the three…
Protecting Leftist dogma
It’s hard to see what Dyson Heydon, Mark Latham and anal sex have in common, yet these are the three…
Clean-up required
A Dyson cleaner is a slick, state-of-the-art invention, looking like an escapee from the set of Alien with its transparent…
Clean-up required
A Dyson cleaner is a slick, state-of-the-art invention, looking like an escapee from the set of Alien with its transparent…
The martyrdom of Bronwyn
The destruction of Bronwyn Bishop’s career stands as a stain of shame on this parliament. The entire affair exposes the…
The martyrdom of Bronwyn
The destruction of Bronwyn Bishop’s career stands as a stain of shame on this parliament. The entire affair exposes the…
Travel humbug
Bob Hawke famously observed that if you can’t govern yourselves, you can’t govern the country. Allow us to update this…
Travel humbug
Bob Hawke famously observed that if you can’t govern yourselves, you can’t govern the country. Allow us to update this…
Same old, same old
If there’s one thing Labor always does better than the Liberals, it’s party conferences. Even in Government, Liberal snoozefests attract…
Don’t raise taxes, cut them
While the media’s attention is distracted by Madam Speaker’s and other politician’s curious choices in executive travel, this week is…
Don’t raise taxes, cut them
While the media’s attention is distracted by Madam Speaker’s and other politician’s curious choices in executive travel, this week is…
Shorten’s mensis horribilis
One problem of being Opposition leader is getting air time. They yearn for cut-through moments when the full focus of…
Shorten’s mensis horribilis
One problem of being Opposition leader is getting air time. They yearn for cut-through moments when the full focus of…
Greek disease
This week, Greeks voted to reject a tough debt deal imposed by the European Union and the German-dominated European Central…
Greek disease
This week, Greeks voted to reject a tough debt deal imposed by the European Union and the German-dominated European Central…
Gotcha in reverse
The ABC, through its glamour couple Sarah Ferguson and Tony Jones, did Tony Abbott two huge favours this past month.…
Gotcha in reverse
The ABC, through its glamour couple Sarah Ferguson and Tony Jones, did Tony Abbott two huge favours this past month.…
Constitutional smoking ceremony
The push for changing our Constitution to recognise explicitly the special status in Australia of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders…
Constitutional smoking ceremony
The push for changing our Constitution to recognise explicitly the special status in Australia of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders…
Changing seasons
February seems a long time ago. It’s not only the seasons that have changed, so too has the entire political…
Changing seasons
February seems a long time ago. It’s not only the seasons that have changed, so too has the entire political…
Get a job
‘I grew up… with an unemployed father. He didn’t riot. He got on his bike and he looked for work. And…
