Following the money this election campaign
In this week’s Off the Record, we follow the money in the federal election, new hands at the wheel at Bridgewater Mill and an intriguing new face on the board of the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust.
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ScoMo’s fair dinkum plan is failing miserably
Between spending millions in advertising and his condescending take on leadership, one thing is now clear. Either Morrison is intellectually barren or he truly believes Australians are pretty thick, writes Michael McGuire.
The election campaign is shaping to be one of the stupidest
“Morrison’s need to pretend he understands Australians and Australian culture is grating. The manufactured folksy language ‘G’day, Fair Dinkum, ScoMo.’’ The clinging on to characters he believes will demonstrate that he’s just an ordinary bloke. Mick Fanning. And now the racehorse Winx.”
US ambassador considers ‘return’ to Terowie
In this week’s Off the Record, the US ambassador is considering a ‘return’ to Terowie where Douglas MacArthur made his famous speech, big changes at Adelaide Casino, and shockingly, an academic at Flinders doesn’t like The Advertiser — and has forbidden students to read it.
Wait, Vanilla Ice? Here’s what the Treasurer really meant
Cut through the political slogans and fancy phrases — we’ve deciphered the code hidden in the Treasurer’s Budget speech to work out what he really meant.
Finally, Australia’s Lance Armstrong secret is out
It took a full decade for us to find out what price Australians paid to have now-disgraced cyclist Armstrong visit and compete in the Tour Down Under. And it certainly wasn’t worth it, writes Michael McGuire.
Lance makes SA’s moral compass spin
Michael McGuire asks if it mattered that former premier Mike Rann signed up disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong for the TDU? Find out his answer.
Revealed at last: How much we paid Lance Armstrong
After a decade of secrecy, the astonishing sum of money Mike Rann’s government paid Tour de France drug cheat Lance Armstrong to come to Adelaide is revealed by the Sunday Mail.
Brexit chaos should be a warning to our pollies
Australian politicians have been putting personal and vested interests ahead of what’s best for the nation for far too long. They only need to look at the mess Britain’s in to see how that ends, writes Michael McGuire.
Two men and one twist of fate saved SA scientist
Richard Hillis — South Australia’s current Scientist of the Year — always regarded himself as fit bloke. However, one morning he had a heart attack on his regular run — yet for all his horrid luck, what happened next saved his life.
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