Piers Akerman
Not-so-great Scott needs to be reined in
When push comes to shovel
Maxine McKew’s link to John Watkins spells danger
FOR the past 10 months, the Deputy Premier of NSW, John Watkins, has devoted himself to mentoring former ABC star Maxine McKew, Labor’s candidate for Bennelong.The state member for Ryde has taken on the role of Minister for Maxine in addition to his Transport and Finance portfolios.The ALP must be hoping he has greater success in this new role than he has had with his former and current ministries.
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The hair apparent or just a pretender?
Martyrs on holiday – a nice cruise in the Med
SPARE me the pathetic preaching of the pro-Palestinian “peace activists” and their Western propagandists. It is now obvious that the goal of a number of those stupid enough to attempt to breach the Israeli blockade was martyrdom not the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Spending your cash to fight Rudd’s fight
Labor’s crack-up is taxing patience
THE whole logical basis of the Rudd Government’s latest Budget is utterly destroyed by the competing claims that it makes about the effects of taxation.
Rudd raiding our super to pay bills
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd and Treasurer Wayne Swan have seriously miscalculated the level of support they can count upon for their new attempt to seize a massive chunk of mining industry profits.
Retirees big losers in Rudd’s mine plan
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd and Treasurer Wayne Swan have outdone Pauline Hanson with their attacks on “foreigners” since they introduced their big new tax on mining companies last Sunday.
PM’s political ticker has ground to a halt
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is a political coward, lacking in political ticker who has demonstrated a failure of leadership – says Kevin Rudd.
PM worms out of tough questions
GIVEN the media focus on the federal Opposition, it would be easy for a foreign observer Googling Australian politics to believe Tony Abbott was Prime Minister, not Kevin Rudd.
Lip gloss versus reality in NSW
Behind NSW Premier Kristina Keneally’s lip gloss, there lurks a formidable politician.
The Great Debate was anything but
THE great health debate was anything but given the mismatch of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition leader Tony Abbott.
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