George Cheihk could be the all-time heavyweight of political donors, both state and federal. I’ve been contacted to point out that I’ve under-stated George Cheihk’s contributions to the Liberal and Labor Parties. (See my earlier posts here and here.)
It seems that the total Mr Cheihk gave to both sides […] Continue Reading…
November 02, 2005 | Graham
Cheihkier than I thought
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October 30, 2005 | Graham
Christianity in the political workplace
We seem to be simultaneously in a time of strident secularity and one where it is unprecedently fashionable for politicians to declare their Christianity, and Christians to want to interfere in politics, as Christians. Industrial relations policy is the arena where most of the action is at the moment.
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October 28, 2005 | Ronda Jambe
Junkies are the scum of the earth (2)
The good news is he’s been arrested again. The better news is this cycle hasn’t sent me into quite the same spiral as before. This time, I didn’t get sick. There were a few weeks of chasing around after him, meeting him to get him food, buy him groceries, […] Continue Reading…
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October 27, 2005 | Graham
The Cheihk of him
A little while ago I drew attention to the prevalence of developer donations to both sides of politics. Maybe we are about to find out much more about it.
The biggest donor to the Liberal Party is George Cheihk who passed across around $250,000, giving him almost first mortgagee status. […] Continue Reading…
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October 24, 2005 | Graham
Sin – a nice little earner
Some people think Premier Peter Beattie has lost it. Based on some of the things he has been saying lately, they could be right. For example, he blamed Queenslanders’ unhealthy lifestyles for the hospital crisis. Apparently eating muesli and walking every morning means you’ll never be sick. Hmmm. Insult […] Continue Reading…
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October 20, 2005 | Graham
Join the tax revolt for better fuel policy
Sometimes I wonder why I vote Liberal, then I remember, the other guys have even less to recommend them.
Take fuel policy. Resources Minister Ian Macfarlane is supposed to have good free market credentials, so why is he pushing for tax concessions for oil exploration at a time when the […] Continue Reading…
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October 19, 2005 | Graham
New Zealand is different
Appointing Winston Peters as Foreign Minister would be the equivalent of a Kim Beazley making Pauline Hanson, Foreign Affairs Minister, in order to run a tenuous minority government. The only difference is that Peters is Maori while Hanson isn’t Aboriginal.
Couldn’t have happened here, could it? Well, it could in […] Continue Reading…
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October 18, 2005 | Jeff Wall
A lack of civility is undermining the political process
Watching the dignitaries arrive at the 80th birthday celebrations for Baroness Thatcher in London last week it struck me that such an array of guests simply could not be assembled for a retired and respected political leader in Australia.
Among the guests was John Major, who deposed Margaret Thatcher as […] Continue Reading…
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October 16, 2005 | Graham
Not enough sunshine in greenhouse debate
I’ve been mulling over this quote from John Quigggin in last Thursday’s Fin Review:
“But for anyone who takes mainstream economics seriously, the idea that a physical resource like oil or coal is essential to prosperity must be regarded as fallacious. Economic theory teaches, and economic history has repeatedly shown, […] Continue Reading…
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October 14, 2005 | Jeff Wall
Work choices advertising – stop it please!!!!!
One of the joys of early morning radio is that there are few advertisements, so you can imagine my consternation when I tuned into 4KQ at 4.30 this morning and was greeted with yet another taxpayer funded ‘Work Choices’ advertisement.
Part of my work requires me to listen to radio […] Continue Reading…
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