Watch the bull behind the sacred cow
Questioning taxpayer value for money is as worthy on Lot 14 as it is at Australia Post, writes Matthew Abraham.
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Marshall plays the cheapest Trump card
Steven Marshall is no Donald Trump but he’s showing the same shameless capacity to deny the truth, writes Matthew Abraham.
Brewery’s death a Christmas miracle for property fat cats
If West End follows the normal pattern it’s my guess the last jobs will be gone like the brewery and its lights, replaced by townhouses on a broken Port Road, writes Matthew Abraham.
Treasurer, it’s time to hand over the purse strings
It’s time for Rob Lucas to retire as treasurer, Matthew Abraham writes — as debt soars, and the “budget crisis” is in full swing, South Australia needs a treasurer with some skin the game.
When getting pricey implies something else
The price of education, specifically Labor Leader Peter Malinauskas’ education, was the subject of a reader’s letter this week. Matthew Abraham takes the time to discuss the difference between pricey — and costly.
When death and taxes aren’t so certain
In an election campaign, memories are the political equivalent of improvised explosive devices, prone to go off when least expected, wreaking random havoc — explaining why political parties keep them under lock and key, says Matthew Abraham.
A year on and feeling comfortably numb
Not much has changed in South Australian politics since the election, and a year on in the Marshall government, everything feels like the Pink Floyd song, Matthew Abraham writes.
Treachery & nepotism: The history of Sturt
The history of the federal electorate of Sturt is written in blood nearly as much as ink — but it could have been so different if a man named Sergio Ubaldi had triumphed 36 years ago this week, Matthew Abraham writes.
Spin machine is back to choke debate
It was, of course, a crazy idea — the concept a new government could resist the temptation of employing an army of spin doctors was never going to fly. But in the spirit of Fringe season, the Marshall Government is now hosting its own festival of spin.
Even at a pinch, desal still a bad idea to save the Murray
It’s taken us more than a century to wreck the Murray-Darling river system but we’ve finally done it — but will dusting off the $2 billion desalination plant to save turn our white elephant into a white knight? Probably not, writes Matt Abraham.
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