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…
Dutton’s bizarre moment
It was the most startling moment of the election campaign so far, and there can be no chance of it being surpassed for the rest of the campaign. In the…
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…
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…
In the national interest
Peter Dutton must have felt smugly euphoric as 2024 drew to a close. After all, the Liberal leader had completed another successful year of his well-publicised racial vilification of minority…
… not very much at all really
He is the most powerful person in Australia. He is the symbolic ‘average viewer’ who influences television news content, which in turn affects polling, which in turn drives government policy,…
Window sill interview on the environment
The 2025 election is looming, and you have not delivered on key environmental promises from the last election. That’s right. In fact, we have gone backwards on climate. Labor has…
Dutton’s nuclear bombshell
Peter Dutton calls a media briefing. No video or audio allowed – only written notes: I am here to declare that my much-touted nuclear energy policy is a contrived load…
48.8% is the statistic for corrupt politicians
In a recent Australian National University (ANU) study into democracy in Australia, 48.8% of respondents agreed that politicians are corrupt. Certain unwise parliamentarians are attempting to debunk the figure, and…
Julia Gillard – trial by gender. Verdict – exile!
FLASHBACK THIS CARTOON, DRAWN AT THE END OF JULIA GILLARD’S TENURE AS PRIME MINISTER, WAS ON DISPLAY IN THE MUSEUM OF AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRACY AT THE OLD PARLIAMENT HOUSE IN CANBERRA.THE…