BEFORE the federal election, both “our” ABC and its ideologically-paired print partner, Fairfax Media, announced they would each launch independent fact checking units to sort out claims made by politicians.
IT is easy to criticise next weekend’s 2020 Vision Summit gabfest – one doesn’t have to be a cynic to do so.
OPPOSITION Leader Kevin Rudd, when not endorsing Coalition policies, has opted for a small target strategy.
The pathetic response of Labor and the major voices in the Australian environmental movement to the Government’s climate change initiatives gives the lie to the notion that environmentalists have the interests of the nation at heart.
EFFORTS by NSW trade union supremo John Robertson to gloss over the grossly offensive and sometimes outright criminal behaviour of union leaders are as ridiculous as the act of putting lipstick on the fabled pig.
DEPUTY Premier John Watkins provided dramatic proof of his ever-narrowing tunnel vision last month when he whined about the effects of the September meeting of Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation nations in Sydney.
Richard Wagner’s triumphant Ride Of The Valkyries had nothing on the glowing mood of leading Labor lights as they scrambled onto Qantas’s conveniently timed F562 on Thursday evening.
ACTU boss Greg Combet has made no bones about his ambition to return the trade union movement to what he considers to be its rightful place – running the country.
FEDERAL Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd has put a knife to the throat of big and small business with the ALP’s new industrial relations policy, but has ducked all responsibility for his position.
Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd’s promise to the Labor faithful to bring “fresh thinking” to Australian politics reeked of former NSW Opposition leader John Brogden’s 2003 slogan, “A fresh approach”.And (now, please don’t call me Yoda – Yoda’s just a source) his introduction, “My name is Kevin, I’m from Queensland and I’m here to help”.
THERE is something seriously wrong with a justice system that favours known criminals aged under 18 but goes heavy on upright citizens.
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