It’s not uncommon that careless government solutions to one problem open up a whole new can of worms, unleashing a set of predictable complications which often prove worse than the […]
Read MoreLabor hurting Labor
A mature Australian voting public tolerates parachuting of candidates into electorates when exceptional leaders are popular, inspire hope, prove preferable to competing local party members and bring leadership expertise to […]
Read MoreEasy does it
Recounting the divisiveness of politics and the avid insistence of self righteousness on all sides of the political chasm both here and in the US, David Penberthy is right to […]
Read MoreCampaign contortions
A $7.2bn program to rebuild Queensland’s Bruce Highway is long overdue and should be matched immediately by the Opposition parties (“Snapping at the press is no way to win elections”, […]
Read MoreMakes sense to choose a safe option
Some party politicians get elected out of the blue, after evolving through their apprenticeship in an anonymous electoral office, suddenly hitting their straps and are spectacular when their time has […]
Read MoreBlithering responses
Former Bankstown Labor MP and now One Nation’s MLC Tania Mihailuk echoed a sage warning before the last state election that the Minns team were simply not ready for government. […]
Read MoreBranch issue bad look
With self-loathing intrepidity, the entire NSW Liberal Party does enormous harm to itself as it refuses to resolve issues of alleged branch manipulation including reprehensible amendments to the minutes of […]
Read MoreAlbo’s made me change my mind
While Opposition leaders rarely set the agenda and are very much the plaything of the government of the day, the metamorphosis into Prime Minister can be done with eye-opening revelation […]
Read MoreBattlers seeking luck
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has repeatedly referred to the “top end of town”. If his net worth and his role as a national leader exclude him from this club, what […]
Read MoreSailing into rough seas very soon
Ebullient Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has boldly offered a smooth transition for Labor to the Lodge (“Labor’s got one foot in the door”, 25/2). Thanks, Bill. That will be the […]
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