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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He’s got more to give
Christopher Pyne has been in the federal parliament since 1993, or my second year at university. I only vaguely remember the “GST election” of that year, since it was only …
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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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Looking at Australia from Europe
Sometimes you just don’t know what to blog about. But you can still blog about not knowing what to blog about, which seems like the digital age’s version of Epimenides’s …
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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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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 to all the IPA members …
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No conservatives, thanks; we’re liberals
Last night I went to sleep on the right. I must have tossed and turned a lot because when I woke up I was in the sensible centre: Prominent right-wing …
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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, the occasion actually was a …
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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 …
Read More Suicide by targets
About this time of the year eight years ago, as a much younger, sprightlier and less grey (by at least a few shades) Chrenk, I was starting to watch from …
Read More 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 twitch. The Turnbull/Morrison Budget for …
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