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Silly Statements, Not Smart

bonzablogger wrote 2 weeks ago:   Australian Politics;  I’ll make this short and sweet. But it’s two silly statements I … more →

Tags: Australian politics, Politics, Silly Statements, Industrial relations, John Howard P.M., Treasurer

"The By-election Double-Header"4 comments

Alex Schlotzer wrote 1 month ago: Voting. Credit: Ian Britton (FreeFoto.com) The Australian Electoral Commission has announced the by- … more →

Tags: Campaigns, Elections, Rants & Raves, Accountability, AEC, australian electoral commission, ballot box, Bradfield., Brendan Nelson

The Road Ahead: After the 2010 Defeat

mothyspace wrote 1 month ago: Though preempting the result of next years election, I believe I can say without much fear of contra … more →

Tags: Big Gubment v.s. Small Gubment, climate change, Economics, John Howard, Liberal Party, malcolm turnbull, Politics, Tony Abbott

Costello to take up role as Howard’s leg rest

thebloodyoath wrote 1 month ago: Peter Costello, the man who was almost prime minister but never really had the nuts to do the job, h … more →

Tags: News, malcolm turnbull, John Howard

Costello was awesome: Howard

thebloodyoath wrote 1 month ago: Peter Costello was more likely to swallow the moon than become PM. John Howard has praised Peter Cos … more →

Tags: News, John Howard

The urban pansy's guide to Australian politicians

Righteous Schimmelbusch wrote 2 months ago: The envelope please gimp………… Crikey.com recently ran a politicial form guide … more →

Tags: sex, Politics, Philosophy, Culture, malcolm turnbull, crikey.com, Julie Bishop, Joe Hockey, Tony Abbott

Does gender matter in politics anymore?

mkimber wrote 2 months ago: In a recent speech, Maxine McKew (http://apo.org.au/research/political-power-does-gender-matter-anym … more →

Tags: Government, Anna Bligh, leadership, Maxine McKew, Women in Politics

ExChanging the Record

steviescorner wrote 3 months ago: MTL noticed in Godwin Grech’s public statement concerning the Ozcar scandal that Australia’s now mos … more →

Tags: political language, John Howard, Godwin Grech, John Kerr, record of exchange, Ian McLachlan

Turbull's dissatisfaction soars as Adult Playschool returns from Winter break

knowfirst wrote 3 months ago: Adult Playschool, jokingly referred to as Federal Parliament by those with no brains, returns this w … more →

Tags: Politics, A-Pac, abc, Alexander Downer, Australian Labor Party, Dr Brendan Nelson, dr john hewson, federal parliament, Godwin Grech

Liberal Leadership: An Oxymoron

POH wrote 3 months ago: Federal Liberal Party leadership is normally not worthy of KC scrutiny, with more important issues t … more →

Tags: Editorial, Politics, ABC Australian Story, Federal Liberal Party, Joe Hockey, leadership, malcolm turnbull, Tony Abbott, Utegate

Genesis. A new Beginning.19 comments

reb wrote 4 months ago: In the beginning, there was Phil Collins. A rather mediocre drummer who played in a band called Gene … more →

Tags: Australian politics, John Howard, Genesis, Phil Collins

Liberal Rules OK?

derekbarry wrote 4 months ago: For the last few days SBS has been heavily promoting Liberal Rule: The Politics that Changed Austral … more →

Tags: Australian politics, Documentaries, John Howard, Liberal Party, SBS

Misunderstood: Future Fund's Governance

Ashby Monk wrote 5 months ago: Ashby Monk Alex Dunnin flagged up an interesting Future Fund governance story in the Financial Stand … more →

Tags: governance, sovereign wealth fund, Sovereign Wealth Funds, swf, Future Fund, Alex Dunnin

Tragic Turnbull and Cunning Costello1 comment

Alex Schlotzer wrote 5 months ago: The Liberal Party continues to find itself stymied by the Costello merry-go-round until the other da … more →

Tags: Elections, Rants & Raves, Thoughts, Australia, ballot box, By-election, democracy, Federal Government, Liberal Party of Australia

Fly away Peter62 comments

Iain Hall wrote 5 months ago: Peter Costello Unlike some of my fellow conservatives I have never held a torch for Peter Costello. … more →

Tags: Australian politics, Law, obituary, Federal Politics

Peter Costello bows out1 comment

redaccordian wrote 5 months ago: Peter Costello is not contesting the next election and is no renominating for preselection for Higgi … more →

Tags: 1, ALP, Kevin Rudd, Liberal Party, malcolm turnbull, election, Higgins, turnball

Life on three continents: Of Ahmadinejad, Peter Costello and Omar Bongo

derekbarry wrote 5 months ago: I was determined to write about Gabon today. After all, the West African nation has installed a fema … more →

Tags: Australian politics, iraq, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Gabon, Muamar Gaddafy, omar bongo

Peter 'Smirkmaster' Costello quits politics

chuckbert wrote 5 months ago: It appears he took Mr T’s advice, and got some nuts. We will be blessed with our last smirk be … more →

Tags: Politics, Australia, Government, Wayne Swan, News

Costello quits (again)8 comments

Ray Dixon wrote 5 months ago: "Yous don't know how good I coodabeen if only yous had given me the job." And in other … more →

Tags: Politics, unfulfilled


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