A sleazy new low for Abbott
Remember back in March, when Opposition Leader Tony Abbott wanted to address an anti-‘carbon tax’ rally on the Parliament House lawns? That was so important, apparently, that he felt it necessary to...
View ArticleThe carbon price debate: a little light relief
The debate on the government’s Clean Energy Bills package (the so-called ‘carbon tax’) is in full swing. We’re two and a half hours into what’s promised to be a 35 hour debate – and we can already...
View ArticleCarbon price a certainty, but the campaign rolls on
Well, it’s happened. Despite a frantic, near-hysterical campaign of fear mixed liberally with lies … Despite hundreds of thousands – possibly millions – of dollars spent on saturation advertising …...
View ArticleGracious in defeat on carbon pricing? Hardly.
The government’s package of carbon price related bills has finally passed both Houses of Parliament. Despite months of scare campaigning from the Opposition, hundreds of column inches given over in...
View ArticleParty of no policy?
Now, you could be forgiven for thinking we’re in the middle of an election campaign. Between lobby groups buying up television advertising, drop-in visits from the Leader of the Opposition to every...
View ArticleThe CIA, the Greens, and the time-travelling carbon tax
Sometimes, Australian politics is a gift that just keeps on giving. By now, there’s probably not a person with access to any form of media that hasn’t heard about the Great CIA-Greens Conspiracy,...
View ArticleTony Abbott, secret Socialist
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott – sometimes he’s the gift that keeps on giving. Today, he was out making the rounds of the businesses and calling media conferences in order to warn us all about the...
View ArticleIt’s the end of the world as we know it
Day 2 under the cruel yoke of the ‘carbon tax’. It’s true. It’s all true. How blind we were not to see it! This toxic tax is destroying us all. I’m reporting to you from my bunker in Townsville, where...
View ArticleAbbott kicks off: second verse, same as the first
Yesterday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard assured us that – despite announcing the election date seven months early – the campaign had not actually begun. Today, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott fell right...
View ArticleQ&A with Joe Miles, Pirate Party of Australia
With less than 48 hours to go before the polls open – and that may be a cause for relief or depression, depending on your political point of view – let’s step back from the major parties and take an...
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