GLADYS BEREJIKLIAN’S DATING TIPS – I was expecting so much more when I came across this teaser on News.com.au (of course, I should have known […]
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IN CASE YOU MIGHT EMBARRASS YOUR EMPLOYER – In September 2005, I had a tough decision to make: should I accept a job offer to […]
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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 […]
Continue reading »SYDNEY – SUNNY YET DEPRESSED – Apologies for the lack of blogging this weekend. I have travelled south of the border for one of my […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 »WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE… – Andrew Bolt has got a tape recording of a speech delivered by the Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne at the annual […]
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 Greg Hunt, Alan Tudge and Michael Sukkar have withdrawn, but not apologised for, their comments about what they saw […]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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
Continue reading »THE MOST DEPRESSING WORDS YOU WILL READ THIS MORNING – come from “The Australian”‘s Paul Kelly, who for the past few decades has seen it […]
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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 »HATING ON TURNBULL – I’ve known Geoff Greene for over 15 years, I’ve worked with him on two campaigns while he was the Liberal Party […]
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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 […]
Continue reading »FAHRENHEIT 457 – The Australian Government’s decision to abolish the 457 visas for foreign workers in areas of skills shortages could be seen as a […]
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Ciobo for PM!
Via Andrew Bolt, some interesting movement in the odds for the next federal leader of the Liberal Party and the next Prime Minister: I’ve been […]
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