IPA and the shortsightedness of Australian business
Having avoided my mailbox yesterday, this morning I picked up the latest issue of “Institute of Public Affairs Review”. Attached to it was a letter […]
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It’s not easy being Green
Did you hear the one about Senator Richard Di Natali approaching the Deep Thought super-computer and asking what’s the answer to the ultimate question of […]
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It’s not about constitutional recognition
I remain to be convinced about the need or the wisdom of enshrining any one race or ethnicity or specific group of people in a […]
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The end of Liberal Party
This morning in Brisbane, Tony Abbott launched his campaign for the return to Prime Ministership and to win the election against Bill Shorten’s Labor. Well, […]
Continue reading »PAPER BEATS ROCK AND SCISSORS – Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit makes a case for the return to paper: I’ve been talking about the importance of […]
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The Anti-Australian Ambassador
When our government officially sends Australian abroad to represent and “sell” our country abroad, would it be nice if the Australians we send actually liked […]
Continue reading »AAAAAND THEY FOLD – Sort of. Greg Hunt, Alan Tudge and Michael Sukkar have withdrawn, but not apologised for, their comments about what they saw […]
Continue reading »OUR CONTEMPTIBLE JUDGES – What a ridiculous situation. Three members of parliament, all federal ministers, have made statements expressing their strong opinions about two senior […]
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Thank you for the half a trillion debt
Great news everyone: On Tuesday, gross Commonwealth debt reached more than $499 billion, after growing by more than $2 billion since Friday and $9 billion […]
Continue reading »64 TIMES FASTER THAN THE NBN – Although the metrics that define the global standard for the 5G network are yet to be set, it […]
Continue reading »ENOUGH OF THIS S*** – I don’t think I’m the only one to think that enough is enough. We have now had months after months […]
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How unaffordable was my valley (or how green was my smashed avo)
I feel for the Gen Y and the Millennials, I really do. I know that I often mock them for all their bad traits and […]
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Malcolm in the Middle
Federal Budgets generally give the government of the day a poll bounce, even if only a momentary one. Some fall flat and register barely a […]
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Surplus, somewhere over the rainbow
As St Augustine has once prayed, “God, give me chastity, but not yet.” And so it is with budget surplus, the Godot of Australian federal […]
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Nothing budget about the Budget
Language constantly evolves to match the evolving society. Words get old and become obsolete, new words come in to enrich our vocabulary. We are witnessing […]
Continue reading »NO THANKS, KEVIN – In case you’ve forgotten – and who wouldn’t want to? – we’ve now had ten years of unending nightmare: #Flashback. Ten years […]
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Peta PM? Oh please
“The most intriguing news of the weekend was the report that Peta Credlin is being touted as a possible future Liberal Party MP. Why stop […]
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What are the Australian values?
On everyone’s favourite Buzzfeed impersonator, News.com.au, Malcolm Farr has a go at the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for his stumbling answer to the question during […]
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No longer Turkish Delight
President Erdogan sometime ago (in)famously (and approvingly) compared the constitutional “reforms” he desired to those of Hitler’s circa 1933-4. Thanks to a small majority of […]
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Canberra – don’t mend it, end it
Once in a while, regular like a clockwork, a well-meaning proposal pops up to decentralise public service by shifting the Canberra bureaucrats to the regions, […]
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