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Sod the Scots (and Australian reporting of Brexit)
Apparently the Scottish are taking their cues from Sir Oswald Mosley these days. Following the destruction of fascism in World…
Don’t take health care reform off the election agenda
Monetarism: tick. De-nationalisation of industry: tick. Europe: big new tick. The results of the Brexit referendum are more significant than…
Labor’s love-hate relationship
Despite the media’s classification of 2016 as a close run contest modern Labor is performing at an historically low level…
Del-Con Notes – D-Day
With the election only days away, it may be useful to re-state the modus operandi Del-Cons should bring to the…
Exit fairness in Brexit reporting
“Report and interpret honestly, striving for accuracy, fairness and disclosure of all essential facts,” the very first item in the…
Shorten surfs the Orlando wave
Surf’s up and Bill Shorten is taking off on a pink set he hopes will carry Labor back into government…
The Greens soft drinks tax: illiberal, ineffective, regressive
This Greens’ proposed soft drink tax is not only an affront to individual choice, it would do little to address…
The Greens flag in the final fortnight
“Dear friends,” the invitation email to the Greens campaign launch from Richard Di Natale began. “I don’t know about you,…
Green with envy
I’ve been dudded. This is what happens when you elect, then re-elect, a Greens MP. When your electorate goes from…
Wowsers in the West
“WA: The State of Excitement” the slogan on the number plates used to read. So risqué. But that was a…
Former Australian PM John Howard backs Brexit
Speaking at a private Liberal Party fundraiser in Sydney on Wednesday night, Australia’s second longest serving Prime Minister, John Howard,…
