Getting The Facts Straight On Abbott
Last week I dusted off the spiderwebs on an old story I had written about…More
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Abbott Threatened Me Too
After work one evening in the late 1970s I went for a quick drink with…More
A Grubby Trail Of Plastic Money
It began with a tip-off to a Fairfax investigative journalist. It may end with the…More
Combet's Calculated Risk On Carbon
Well that didn’t last long. Only yesterday we were remarking that Labor had enjoyed a…More
Night Of The Living WorkChoices
So, John Howard gave a speech. You’d be forgiven for wondering why the media is…More
How Will We Pay For It All?
"Disability plan could top $10 billion". So ran the Australian Financial Review’s headline on Saturday.…More
Power Shocks Gillard Back To Life
In case you didn’t realise it, Julia Gillard cares about your electricity bill. "Power bills…More
Abbott's Free And Easy Speech
Not much has been interfering with Tony Abbott’s freedom of speech lately. The Opposition Leader…More
Swan Is On The Money
Forget Bruce Springsteen. Forget Treasurer Wayne Swan’s bizarre excursion into pop musicology. Forget Swan’s mediocre…More
What A Pack Of Whingers
"Once upon a time in Westphalia," Voltaire begins his satirical novel Candide, "there lived a…More