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Perks Rort: Forget The Politics, And Just Fix It | The Red And The Blue
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The Red And The Blue. Politics Australia And The World. August 9, 2015. Perks Rort: Forget The Politics, And Just Fix It. Indeed, the distinction Labor types make in seeking to crucify Bishop and salvage Burke is nothing more than the difference between complete bullshit and absolute bullshit. Whichever way you cut it, it’s all shit. Only the buckets it’s served up in are different. It is no more acceptable to the tax-paying public for Tony Burke to have spent thousands of dollars taking his family to Ay...
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Bishop-gate: Sack The Speaker And Seize The Initiative | The Red And The Blue
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The Red And The Blue. Politics Australia And The World. August 1, 2015. Bishop-gate: Sack The Speaker And Seize The Initiative. Now that the (justified) outrage over Bronwyn Bishop’s $5,227 helicopter flight — at public expense — to travel what would otherwise have been a one-hour road trip for a fraction of the price is well into its third week, there are two points I want to make at the outset this morning. Is today carrying a story. But this isn’t going to go away; a fair case can be made that t...
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“Mercy?” Moronic Video A Final Insult In Name Of Chan, Sukumaran | The Red And The Blue
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The Red And The Blue. Politics Australia And The World. April 28, 2015. 8221; Moronic Video A Final Insult In Name Of Chan, Sukumaran. In fact, it’s very sad; and whilst I have neither sympathy. For Chan and Sukumaran nor a problem with the punishment they will shortly receive, they have families and law-abiding friends who no more deserve the grief and notoriety and disrepute the pair have brought them than those families who lost loved ones to the insidious scourge of narcotic drugs deserved the terrib...
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Libs: Late In The Day, The Mutterers’ Muttering Is Pointless | The Red And The Blue
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The Red And The Blue. Politics Australia And The World. August 8, 2015. Libs: Late In The Day, The Mutterers’ Muttering Is Pointless. It’s a matter of record that for many years — since well before I ever thought to start publishing this column — I have been a resolute supporter of Tony Abbott’s, and when he first became Liberal leader almost six years ago, mine was the only voice among my close associates who held that Abbott had the potential to make an excellent Prime Minister. But it’s hard to ...
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Racist Garbage: Frankly, Adam Goodes Can Go To Hell | The Red And The Blue
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The Red And The Blue. Politics Australia And The World. August 2, 2015. Racist Garbage: Frankly, Adam Goodes Can Go To Hell. It’s become a modern retort against these people that one of the things they do is to start a hashtag — a tool for grouping like-minded comment and output on social media site Twitter — and the most recent misguided, factually incorrect, politically motivated example of it was the cretinous #IStandForMercy. Most players who go to other clubs, in AFL fan culture, get booed. Just...
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09 | August | 2015 | The Red And The Blue
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The Red And The Blue. Politics Australia And The World. Daily Archives: August 9, 2015. August 9, 2015. Perks Rort: Forget The Politics, And Just Fix It. Indeed, the distinction Labor types make in seeking to crucify Bishop and salvage Burke is nothing more than the difference between complete bullshit and absolute bullshit. Whichever way you cut it, it’s all shit. Only the buckets it’s served up in are different. It is no more acceptable to the tax-paying public for Tony Burke to have spent thousands of...
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Malcolm Turnbull Is No Solution As Prime Minister | The Red And The Blue
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The Red And The Blue. Politics Australia And The World. February 3, 2015. Malcolm Turnbull Is No Solution As Prime Minister. I remain supportive of Prime Minister Tony Abbott, as I have been through his Prime Ministership, his tenure as leader of the opposition, and as an MP and minister prior to his ascension to the Liberal leadership in December 2009. But the denial of reality is required if we are to ignore the fact that the government has performed poorly, and that Abbott himself now faces the. 8212;...
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Possible Abbott Reshuffle, And A Not-At-All Idle Threat | The Red And The Blue
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The Red And The Blue. Politics Australia And The World. July 3, 2015. Possible Abbott Reshuffle, And A Not-At-All Idle Threat. I want to talk this morning about a bit of chatter I have been hearing around the place for a little while, and which has now found its way into the mainstream press through an article. In today’s edition of the. That was badly botched late last year, a reshuffle should be regarded as good news indeed. And less than six months ago, with the state election debacle in Queensland th...
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The Red And The Blue. Politics Australia And The World. August 30, 2016. Newspoll: Turnbull Slide Resumes After Election “Win”. Regular readers of this column will be well aware of the fact that prior to the election eight weeks ago, I was emphatic that the Coalition would be better off in opposition than re-elected to government with virtually no authority whatsoever in a photo finish. Everywhere you look, there are signs this rather bleak assessment is shaping up to be absolutely correct. In other word...
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The Liberal Party Must Allow MPs A Free Vote On Gay Marriage | The Red And The Blue
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The Red And The Blue. Politics Australia And The World. July 5, 2015. The Liberal Party Must Allow MPs A Free Vote On Gay Marriage. I DON’T SUPPORT gay marriage, but the issue will arise repeatedly if improperly considered by Parliament; with some in the ALP trying to bind MPs to a “yes” vote and the. Readers know I have no truck with the push to legislate gay marriage, for reasons we have discussed. At an academic piece that gleefully and almost spontaneously appeared in the reputable. Whether you like ...