I don’t understand this speech by John Howard
“If re-elected, I will put to the Australian people within 18 months a referendum to formally recognise indigenous Australians in our Constitution – their history as the first inhabitants of our country, their unique heritage of culture and languages, and their special […] Continue Reading…
October 12, 2007 | Graham
Trashing the dog whistle
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October 10, 2007 | Graham
Bad timing
As reported on Australian eDemocracy Special Minister of State Gary Nairn is calling for submissions on the idea of a Government Blog for Australia.
Full marks to the government for coming up with the idea, but their timing couldn’t be worse. Submissions have to be in by 1 December, one […] Continue Reading…
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October 09, 2007 | Graham
Brown-out for Costello supporters
One of the arguments for replacing John Howard with Peter Costello, even at this late stage, was the high standing in the polls of Tony Blair’s heir, Gordon Brown, immediately after he inherited the job. The lights have dimmed on that argument. Recent polling in the UK shows Gordon […] Continue Reading…
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October 09, 2007 | Graham
Howard fluffs three year anniversay question
Kev07 must be driving a bandwagon with very strong halogens on it. He’s certainly got the Howard bunny so caught in the headlights that it fluffs even the easiest of questions.
Today is the third anniversary of the last election, so Labor has predictably called on Howard to call the […] Continue Reading…
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October 08, 2007 | Graham
Howard’s Ryan debacle
Leaked Liberal Party research says that the once-blue-ribbon seat of Ryan in Brisbane is “ultra-marginal” as a result of John Howard’s decision to fund the $2.3 B Goodna by-pass, rather than widening the existing Ipswich Motorway, according to this morning’s Australian.
The research was most probably leaked by LP Headquarters […] Continue Reading…
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October 08, 2007 | Graham
How serious is this man about global warming?
That’s what the headlines should have been when it was revealed that Kevin Rudd and his wife have been looking for beachfront property to buy.
Although I don’t agree with ALP front-bencher Tony Burke that the politics of envy are dead in Australia. When Rudd drops in popularity, being a […] Continue Reading…
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October 03, 2007 | Graham
Steeling some Greenhouse cred
How do you get away with this? If ADMA isn’t interested, surely the ACCC should be. I’ve just seen a BlueScope steel ad on TV trumpeting their greenhouse credentials because steel can replace trees in building, so you’re saving the planet by using steel. No mention of the huge […] Continue Reading…
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October 03, 2007 | Graham
Rudd does Captain someone
Maybe Kev07’s going to decriminalise marijuana (not a bad idea to my mind)? Was it a strip club or a strip joint he was caught in? Perhaps there was something other than tobacco in the stogies that Col Allen coerced him into puffing? Is someone going to ask him […] Continue Reading…
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October 02, 2007 | Graham
Announcement rolls back Rudd’s hospital “reforms”
One of the earliest things that the Goss government did when it gained power in Queensland in 1989 was to abolish the hospital boards that up until then had helped to administer the state’s hospitals. It was part of their allegedly “economically rational” agenda, in which Rudd was an […] Continue Reading…
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September 29, 2007 | Ronda Jambe
Al who? or how I became a climate warrior
The girls at the hairdresser’s didn’t recognise his full page photo. So much for the power of the Women’s Weekly to inform that demographic. Nor were they impressed at the idea of spreading the word about climate change.
But I was impressed, mightily, with the other participants, even with myself […] Continue Reading…
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