BOB “Bridget” Carr has written the political comic of the year. His Diary Of A Foreign Minister will probably never sell as many copies as John Howard’s best-selling biography Lazarus Rising but it will certainly win the prize for historical revisionism, egotism and wackiness.
HARD, or not hard enough?
THE howling outrage over the soon-to-be introduced deficit tax will soon be drowned out if — as seems likely — mums and dads are forced to pay more for petrol after Tuesday’s Budget.
GREENS Senator Bob Brown announced last year that he might face a “$200,000 to $300,000” legal bill because of court action he’d taken against Forestry Tasmania.
AUSTRALIA’S former political leaders have a poor track record when it comes to autumnal careers.
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd had a short-lived and undistinguished career in the Australian diplomatic service and now we know why. He wasn’t very good at diplomacy and the prospect of working for a Queensland Labor premier, Wayne Goss, obviously seemed vastly more attractive.
WHEN it comes to trade and diplomacy, China plays with a two-headed penny and has done so for centuries.
IF PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is seriously concerned about the dignity of the political process, he should endorse Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull’s call for a judicial inquiry into Utegate.
The Greens have now enlisted a two-year-old child in their latest attempt to downgrade the parliamentary process.
FIRST, the great news — straight from Treasurer Eric Roozendaal: “Just two short years and NSW will be back in the black.” Now the bad news — no one believes him.
THE ABC covered Deputy PM Julia Gillard’s visit yesterday to a Sydney school with its usual jolly approach. With all of its stars firmly marching to Labor’s tune, why would anyone expect otherwise?
SAYETH the Bible: “Out of the mouths of babes and Steve Fielding hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.”
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd famously promised “all good things do come to an end”, as we are being reminded in the ABC’s advertisement for its Tuesday night Budget coverage.
AFTER years of complacency, Sydneysiders are finally fighting for their beaches.After a 12-year struggle, Northern Beaches residents have finally convinced NSW Planning Minister Kristina Keneally to refuse an application to subdivide the historic Currawong site within Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, on Pittwater’s western foreshore.
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