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…