It ain’t over . . .
CONTRARY to common perception, the NSW government can move quickly, especially when it has radio host Alan Jones on its back.
Strewth
Just plain potty
THE welfare of former prime minister Kevin Rudd has been uppermost in Strewth’s tiny mind since he got the Machiavellian chop.
Drawers on show
REELING from the decision by six NSW Labor MPs to quit at the March election – not to mention the many scandals besetting her government – Premier Kristina Keneally needs more than a lucky break.
Man of principle
THE most remarkable man in China, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, could be among the few people in the world who doesn’t know he’s won.
Chika on a roll
FOR four long years, from 1998 and 2002, Kerry Chikarovski led the Liberal Party in NSW.
That’ll teach ya
WHEN she’s got her fangs into a subject, there aren’t many better Australian journalists than Shelley Gare.
Return to sender
NOT even Tony Abbott’s popularity with British Conservatives could help Liberal Party campaign adviser Lynton Crosby gain entry to Britain this week.
Delhi takes gold
THE opening of the Delhi Commonwealth Games has received good press across the world, though some Indian newspapers could hardly believe it went without a foul-up.
Humble Pies
ONLY 33 people were arrested in Melbourne on Saturday night and Sunday morning as Collingwood fans celebrated their well-earned AFL premiership.
Tony bye-bye?
NOT winning government this time was clearly dispiriting for Tony Abbott, but who’d have thought he was ready to hand in his commission as Opposition Leader?
Love hurts
IT barely feels like any time (possibly because it was only Tuesday) since Christopher Pyne put his heart on his sleeve and begged for Speaker Harry Jenkins’s affection.
Tory love fest
IT has been many a month since Tony Abbott took any advice from Strewth, but can we just say: go, Tony, go.
Speak queasy
AFTER weeks adrift in the new-paradigm-interregnum thingy, the universe resumed its proper shape yesterday at precisely the moment Harry Jenkins eased himself on to the Speaker’s throne.
Sex in the Senate
AS much fun as we had getting sex into parliament (Strewth, Saturday), we’ve been having more fun with the addition of facts.
Hotel Been There
DURING an onstage chat with Andrew Denton yesterday at a Sydney fundraiser for Lifeline, Julia Gillard talked about the hardships of travel during the campaign: the tens of thousands of kilometres by plane, the constant moving from hotel to hotel, and so on.
Gamesmanship
WE know Julia Gillard wants to be careful not to be seen to be rewarding Kevin Rudd’s political executioners too lavishly, but she may now be leaning a little far in the other direction.
Someone has to
INDEPENDENT MP Tony Windsor is sorry his mate Rob Oakeshott won’t be Speaker of the House of Representatives, while ruling himself out of the job that comes with a big pay packet and enough office space to hold a convention.
Blow me down
SOME people prefer to give International Talk Like a Pirate Day as wide a berth as possible.
Weed it and weep
PARDON us, but is that ABC News 24 we see trampling all over Strewth’s turf?
Pass the Emmo
AS much as we hate the idea of Craig Emerson being brought crashing back to earth, we accept it’s going to happen from time to time; yes, even to him.
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