Hanson-Young – tears and fears for refugees
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young is well known for her compassion towards refugees Link to related column published in The Age 19 December 2014 AGONY OF CHILDREN TREATED WORSE THAN ANIMALS…
Abbott frees gambling industry and trusts it to behave. No joke!
With apologies to Ned Kelly and Arthur Boyd Link to related column published in The Age 27 August 2013: ABBOTT FREES GAMBLING INDUSTRY FROM REFORM The Coalition will rely on…
The Adventures of THE CROSSBENCHERS – Final Episode
The curtain is to close on our super-hero key independents –THE CROSSBENCHERS Independent MP Tony Windsor has joined fellow crossbencher, independent Rob Oakeshott, in announcing he’s quitting politics at the…
Rupert Murdoch – destroyer of democracy – Australian style
Mr Murdoch, no fool whatever his other failings, realised very early on that – just like a large shareholding in a company leads to control of the company – 70%…
Penny Wong’s Q&A gay marriage watershed moment
In retrospect: Q&A 14 May 2012 – gay marriage watershed moment Joe Hockey verbatim: I must confess my views have changed since I’ve had children. I think in this life…
Julia Gillard’s ‘misogyny speech’ – that famous spray
Prime Minister Julia Gillard gives a spray of Misotein to Opposition Leader Tony (Louie) Abbott Gillard’s famous spray has become known as the ‘misogyny speech’. That was 9 October 2012…
George Pell: Child sex abuse row a media ‘beat up’
In retrospect: “Many Australians would just see Pell as an embarrassment, noting his quick dismissal of the row over child sex abuse as a media ‘beat up’.” ~ Ross Peake…
Menzies: I did but see her passing by
In retrospect: What he said and what she might have thought. It was at Parliament House where Prime Minister Robert Menzies, a devout royalist, was to quote the 17th century…
Faulkner – poor silly sad John
5 December 2012 Once upon a time, there was a silly Labor Senator called John Faulkner. He was silly because he believed in quaint old-fashioned notions like ‘political integrity’ and…