Peter Dutton in polling doldrums
The boy stood on the burning deckHis name was Peter Dutton Twas in a sea of Liberal blueThat things were going quite askewTo be PM was his desireNot to be…
Plibersek feels the heat on Greens deal
Original post 3 December 2024Updated 13 April 2025 Prasinophobia is an intense and irrational fear of the colour green. One notable sufferer of this phobia is Anthony Albanese, whose symptoms…
Trump: Why it’s called Wall Street
Mr Trump, while your sanity is being seriously questioned, your trade war with China is sending Wall Street into a frenzy of confusion and chaos. Markets are crashing. I disagree.…
Trump’s plan to raise his IQ
Donald Trump has exempted the confection Smarties from his 10% tariff on Australian exports to the US. The president has ordered a container load for his personal consumption. Explaining the…
Albo stumbles on account of stumble
A lot has been made of my alleged “fall off a stage” yesterday, which has been described as a “spectacular plunge”. It beats me how a stumble from a 30-centimetre-high…
The (Jacinta) Allan key question
At a childcare centre in Melbourne, Penny Wong was desperately wanting to morph herself into Jacinta Allan, to save her beloved Anthony from the torture of unconvincingly defending the Victorian…
Peter Dutton pretends to be nice guy
A message for my voter base: In this election campaign, pay no attention to me pretending to be an all-round regular nice guy. That’s what politicians are supposed to do…