Obama doesn’t heart Abbott
George W Bush was lucky – during his two terms in the White House he got to deal with one – and good one – Australian Prime Minister, John Howard. …
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Crisis of the 21st Century
In a long and often bloody and tumultuous history of the Roman Empire, there are few periods like what has become known among scholars as the Crisis of the Third …
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No Jews Allowed
Some tight policing of the borders by an alert member of parliament: The first Muslim MP in the NSW parliament has sparked a row overnight, refusing entry to a respected …
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Screwing the crew
If politics is, as some maintain, Hollywood for ugly people, then lots of ugly people are having lots and lots of sex. This is a disturbing thought, and perhaps you, …
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Ex-Senator Dastardly and Soon-to-be-Senator Sexy
Senator – Sino-tor? – Sam Dastyari today pulled the plug on his career and resigned to spend more time with his immediate family and his extended Chinese family. In some …
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Time to end the election day circus
A sausage sizzle and a vote is an old Australian tradition. But as a wise man once said, those who like democracy, just like sausages, shouldn’t know too much about …
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Why the Palaszczuk government deserves to be Pole-axed
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s Labor government in Queensland is not the worst in Australia – it’s not as offensively far-leftist like the Andrews government in Victoria or as dumb as the carbonophobic …
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Dual loyalties
The federal politics in Australia is fast degenerating into (another) farce, with more and more parliamentarians potentially holding dual citizenships, thus making them ineligible to sit in parliament (for the …
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Why I’m losing faith in Australian “Liberalism”, part 457
Two stories about the National Broadband Network in the media today. The one generating more outrage is the one singling out the most expensive connections (“The most expensive broadband connection in …
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The Best Wo/Man For The Job
It’s time to quit complaining about the supposedly terrible state of politics in Australia. If the perfect market is achieved through the most efficient utilisation of all resources, I have …
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Breaking news: CFMEU are still scumbags
What does one even say? Union head Ged Kearney has sensationally claimed it is a mining giant’s fault that CFMEU protesters are making threats, as it has emerged a young girl …
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Real marriage, sham debate
Never in the field of political conflict in Australia was so much time of so many monopolised by so few. Many will no doubt quibble with various aspects of the …
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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 since early May. You guys …
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