Monday 23 May 2016 1 “This is my legacy, this is Malcolm Turnbull’s legacy, this is our legacy, and that’s why it’s so important that we re-elect a Coalition government on July 2.” (Tony Abbott). A legacy as I understand it is a gift by will, of money or personal property, something handed down or received…
Source: Day to Day Politics: Abbott still living in dreamland. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Day to Day Politics: The average punter wouldn’t know. Friday 13 May So much happens ‘day to day’ in an election campaign. How much of it gets through to the average punter? How much permeates their minds and leaves such an indelible impression that it affects the way they vote? Take this week, for example.…
Source: Day to Day Politics: The average punter wouldn’t know. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Friday 6 May 2016 You would think that a Prime Minister and his Treasurer who are proposing to cut company tax to 25% over the next ten years would have some idea of what the cost to the taxpayer might be. But no. When the PM was asked in an interview with David Speers on…
Wednesday 13 April. 1 Labor proposes a Royal Commission into the financial sector. Particularly the banks. The establishment and those of a conservative ilk cry foul. ASIC, a major regulatory body say they continuously investigate crime and have adequate powers. Repeat, powers. In fact our financial institutions are overseen by four regulatory bodies. The harshest…
Saturday April 9 2016 1 The Crickey BludgerTrack analysis of combined polling this week has it 50.8-49.2 to the Coalition. After a few weeks where it appeared the trend to Labor had tapered off, the BludgerTrack poll aggregate records a solid nudge to Labor this week on the back a Newspoll result crediting it with…
Tuesday 29 March. 1 After a short break it’s a bit difficult to know where to start, Oh well, let’s start with Bolt. After 5 years of poor ratings with ‘The Bolt Report’ on 10 it seems he is looking to the sky with a nightly program. Ten apparently refused to continue funding his ratings…
‘Sometimes, just sometimes ones own problems can be resolved by helping others with theirs’
Tuesday 22 March 2016 1 How ironic of Malcolm Turnbull to choose one of Tony Abbott’s pet pieces of legislation to seek a DD election. The irony here of course is that the ABCC legislation is largely based on the Abbott’s shock and awe strategy of creating fear about Labor’s links to Unions. With Unions…
Source: Day to Day Politics: Turnbull’s diversionary tactics. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Friday March 18 2016 When I wrote my piece titled ‘Only in America: Looking at Trump from Down Under’ I must confess that secretly in the labyrinth of my being I thought the American people were too intelligent to succumb to Donald Trump’s populist outbursts. Stupidly I, like many others, assumed that over time his…
Source: Day to Day Politics: I have been Trumped. – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Wednesday 2 March 2016 1 Cardinal Pell in giving evidence to the Royal Commission into the abuse of children uttered two of the most debauched sentences ever spoken by an Australian cleric. “I didn’t know whether it was common knowledge or whether it wasn’t,” he said. “It’s a sad story and it wasn’t of much…
Source: Day to Day Politics: The Evil Priest – » The Australian Independent Media Network
Saturday 27 February 2016 Never in the history of this nation have corporations, rich individuals, and the Government that supports them, been so openly brazen. The Australian Tax system is absolutely riddled with rorts for corporations and the privileged. The Abbott/Turnbull Government has shown an insensitivity to the common good that goes beyond any thoughtful…
Friday 26 February 2016 1 Its only fair, regardless of one’s political ideology to give credit where credit’s due. The Abbott/Turnbull government has done something truly remarkable. At the last election it accused the Labor party of being the worst financial managers in the country’s history. The budget was in crisis. Something had to be…
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