A Modern-Day Passion Play
Peter Slipper, the now stood-aside 27th Speaker of the House, has occupied our media’s attention…More
Tagged: australian politics
What's Wrong With Asking What's In It For Me?
The first few questions in last week’s Q and A with Julia Gillard went straight…More
Call In The Marines
A vast emptiness is present in Robertson Barracks and one wonders if everyone’s hiding from…More
Tell Big Business They're Dreaming
You’ve got to hand it to Australia’s business lobby: they know how spin a good…More
The Risk Of Cashing In On The Reef
Last Friday financial analysts across India opened their copy of the Financial Times and saw…More
A Tough Budget With Added Pork
How tough is tough enough? Treasurer Mike Baird’s announcement of a strategy to combat NSW’s…More
The Happy Clappers Who Run Queensland
Within Queensland’s Liberal National Party, they’re known as the Happy Clappers. They seem to wear…More
Newman Will Wreck The Reef
Watching the duelling press conferences between the Federal Environment Minister and the Queensland Premier last…More
Voters Want Real Labor Values
With the chills of winter shivering up and down the east coast, federal politics has…More
The Loneliest Man In The World
"Imagine if Elizabethan England had produced a good playwright"; "Imagine how enriched we would be…More