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Gus Leonisky's blogdriving under the influence of tinkerbell, gemini cricket and pinocchio...
To mangle Shakespeare, nothing in Joe Hockey's treasurership became him like no longer being it. The usual purloining of the quote concludes "like the leaving it", but Hockey's farewell speech was largely rubbish, confirming that he had never been up to the job. When the usual platitudes subside as the politicians and gallery wish a fellow warrior well after long years in a brutal occupation, the speech should be seen as one of the weaker attempts at self-aggrandisement, re-writing history, buck-passing and, finally, apparent disloyalty to Tony Abbott after years of being too loyal. What a mess.
wind turbines are resonating far more in the skulls of right-wing nuts and LNP constituents...
Ms Goward went further on Monday, telling Fairfax Media turbines' blades created pressure waves that "resonate in the skulls" of people living as far away as five kilometres. "I don't think we know enough about the impacts," she said. "It is something we should be prioritising."
mr 68 per cent... australian politics explained...The Greens’ vote has also taken a hit, according to the poll – down from 16% two months ago to 14%.
abyan's nightmare...Malcolm Turnbull is persecuting a rape victim who he won’t let us talk to us or her lawyers. Can he survive this politically? Bob Ellis doubts it.
pyne can't get away from his old tricks...
Government: it's good prostitution. the public: it's rape. You get nothing but a bad future...
the green dictator...
Greens’ leader Richard di Natale charting rightward course
gold plating the illusion and having a party... but not every dude is happy...
snakes and flexibility...
Malcolm Turnbull's hip phrases like "flexible seven-day economy" might appeal to venture capitalists, but when they feed into a policy mindset that supports an attack on penalty rates it's suddenly not so endearing, writes Tim Dunlop.
puzzling out the rubik’s cube of the middle east ...
the same again, served reheated with stale bread and salmonella, at bargain price...
legacy flush...Former prime minister Tony Abbott has given further hints he may be considering staying on in the Federal Parliament and suggested the public will better appreciate his legacy with the passage of time. Mr Abbott, who was ousted as prime minister in a leadership coup last month, also confirmed his relationship with Bronwyn Bishop had deteriorated, as a result of her being dumped as speaker over her grandiose use of entitlements.
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