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Murdoch media: Where the Truth Goes to Die
Image by cnbc.com Until recently I was in the habit of attending a writer’s forum every Monday. The group was made up of poets, short story writers, journalists, auto biographers and would be...
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Bigots or the disabled?
There could be no starker signal of this government’s intentions than the appointment of Tim Wilson as the Human Rights Commissioner for ‘Freedom’ at the expense of disability commissioner Graeme...
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Giving Abbott a Serve
Since bringing down the budget a consensus has developed that even includes right wing journalists, with all agreeing that Tony Abbott has been an abject disaster as Prime Minister. In little under a...
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Some Sacrifices Are Good, While Others Just Primitive!
“Asked about his threat on Wednesday to look for other savings measures that by-passed the senate, Mr Hockey said the government was working hard to get what it laid on the table through the...
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Ah, Hissy Chrissy and Andrew Bolt – the gifts that keep on giving…
So Christopher Pyne says that uni students should get some perspective because they’re only being asked to contribute fifty percent of the cost of their education. I suspect that he’d be widely laughed...
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Put Andrew Bolt in the headline and everyone will read it
On Facebook every day I post “My Thought for the Day” and every now and then I put the question: “What word best describes you?” My personal word is ‘observation’ because it covers a multitude of...
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The New SRC with the Groan-ups in Charge!
Ha, ha, We won and now we’re the new Student Representative Council. Yes, congratulations. You know why we won? Because we’re awesome and we’re more mature than you. You’re just babies and you were...
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Andrew Bolt one man out in critiquing Abbott’s first year
As is usual when a Government celebrates the first birthday of its first term a media frenzy of judgement scrambles to make comment its performance. I have done so myself. What follows here is a random...
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Be Alert, Be VERY, VERY Alert! The Person Next You May Have An iPhone.
William Roper: So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law! Sir Thomas More: Yes! What would you do? Cut a great road through the law to get after the Devil? William Roper: Yes, I’d cut down every...
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A Week is a Long Time in Politics
If ever a week in politics supported a headline it was the week that Gough Whitlam died. In the main the death of this undeniably charismatic, but gifted man was met with sadness by both supporter and...
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Abbott’s Consistency in The Coalition of Contradiction
Let’s start with Andrew Bolt: More booing from the mob as Abbott leaves. There is a tendency among all collectives to not be satisfied with love. They also need to hate. Thus do trash boo at funerals....
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The Gospel According to Bolt
The Abbott Government must now change or die. Following on from the grilling Alan Jones gave Tony Abbott on his talkback program. Andrew Bolt decided on Tuesday to weigh into the discussion about the...
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If you’re racist, don’t read it
Author’s note: This is a re-post with a new title. On Facebook every day I post “My Thought for the Day” and every now and then I put the question: “What word best describes you?” My personal word is...
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The year that was
MY TOP 30 POLITICAL THOUGHTS FOR 2014 Author’s note: On Facebook, I post on a daily basis continuous political commentary. Here is a selection. Please vote for one of the following or nominate your...
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The Insidious Invasion of the IPA into Australian Politics
. . . or Public Apathy and 75 Ideas to Make You Shudder. The Institute of Public Affairs is a free market right-wing think tank that is funded by some of Australia’s major companies and is closely...
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Free Speech or Licenced Hate?
Author’s Note: This is a repost of a piece I wrote around some time ago. I am re posting in light of the terrorist attack in France. I would first like to recommend you read two other points of view on...
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“The Rise and Fall of Australia”
Book Review by John Lord Nick Bryant Is a BBC correspondent and author who often appears on Q&A and The Drum. I made the dreadful mistake of reading some reviews of this book (that conflicted with...
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A Month in Politics: January 2015
It is said a week is a long time in politics. A month may be an eternity and with twenty-four seven politics we are apt to forget what happened even the day before. On Facebook I daily post a “Thought...
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The Right think we are Governed by the Left but we elected the Right
Tony Abbott became Prime Minister of Australia on September 7 2013. His leadership, and indeed his government has been so dreadful that less than half way through his three year term, a spill motion...
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7 Reasons To Like A Malcolm Turnbull Government
How quickly the nation has moved on. From Abbott-hate on Monday to Turnbull-love on Tuesday, we adjust fast to new Prime Ministers in this country. The consensus on social media is that while the...
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