September 04, 2007 | Graham

Doing what’s right for Australia

There’s a small billboard at the Kelvin Grove fiveways with a Liberal logo on it and the words “Doing what’s right for Australia”. Couldn’t see an authorisation. Someone has to be setting the Liberals up, aren’t they?????? At least they don’t spell “right” with a capital “R”.

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September 03, 2007 | Graham

Media outlets to take responsibility for journalists’ drug habits

Following the “Joey” Johns scandal, and in an effort to be consistent, major media outlets have decided that they will now take responsibility for their employees’ drug habits.
Johns admitted to a history of abusing alcohol and illegal drugs. Not only was he criticised by the media, but so was […] Continue Reading…

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August 30, 2007 | Graham

Journalists’ reputations pulped

I’ve been vaguely following the Gunns’ pulp mill saga, biased against the project by the company’s ham-fisted public relations strategies. It’s hard to feel sympathetic for an organisation that bullies everyone the way that Gunns does.
This morning I decided to have a closer look at one point in the […] Continue Reading…

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August 24, 2007 | Graham

Wiki tampering an embarrassment for all

I was wondering what Wikipedia means by the term “anyone”. It is, after all, a site which advertises that it can be edited by “anyone”, but that term apparently does not extend to staff from the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. They apparently aren’t “anyone” because it appears […] Continue Reading…

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August 19, 2007 | Graham

Rudd stripped bare

This morning’s revelations that Kevin Rudd visited a strip club called Scores in New York will probably help his campaign for prime minister. That’s a reflection of people’s desire to change the government. It doesn’t matter what Rudd does, it will be interpreted in his favour – the teflon […] Continue Reading…

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August 16, 2007 | Graham

The Liberal Party Disciplinary Committee

Well, I’ve had my interview with the Liberal Party Disciplinary Committee, and it doesn’t improve my prognosis of the party’s health. I think I was more prepared for the meeting than they were, despite the fact that they didn’t serve me with the offending passages until about 24 hours […] Continue Reading…

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August 09, 2007 | Ronda Jambe

Green Energy heats up in the ACT

The ACT announced its long overdue climate change policy recently, and ACTEW AGL, the utility that provides gas, water and electricity to the territory’s 300,000 residents, has relaunched its Green Choice option.
Two ticks for the good news, since both of these are positive initiatives that can only help in […] Continue Reading…

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August 06, 2007 | Graham

Giving Australia the Fingerhut

Today’s revelations of internal Liberal Party polling drew this response from Kevin Rudd – “This is a poll-driven government and you see it across the board: the attacks on unions, the attacks on state premiers, the attacks one states; it’s all there in their political poll-driven analysis.
What’s worse than […] Continue Reading…

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August 02, 2007 | Graham

All politics is federal

Our surveys show that a substantial number of voters blame Howard for problems with the health system. That’s why he’s taking over a hospital in Tasmania, and offering to do the same in other spots around the country.
Labor has been trying to jam Howard by sheeting the blame for […] Continue Reading…

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August 02, 2007 | Graham

Forcing an early election

Kevin Rudd famously said that he was looking forward to “messing” with the Prime Minister’s mind. Recent comments suggest that he “knows” the Prime Minister’s mind. I heard him say it before, and he has repeated it again today – the election will be called in six weeks.
The Labor […] Continue Reading…

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