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.

Why Conroy, not Garrett, is the Rudd Government’s problem

WHETHER skiing with Seven media boss Kerry Stokes or golfing with Foxtel shareholder James Packer, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy is becoming quite the all-round sportsman.