The precious thoughts of rusticated politicians ... Newspapers lap up the wisdom of junked pollies ... Henderson and Marr ... Birthday party for celebrated journalist turns into a wake ... Australian High Commission's cultural sensitivity program for PNG highlands ... Rupert cheated at Oxford ... Giovanni's last stand ... New York or bust
Tag: Politics
The Dreyfus Affair
The Collaery case comes full circle - unclean hands from Liberal and Labor ... Bookshelves Brandis, national security guru, books himself a slot as a newspaper columnist ... Gussy prefers to protect rural property prices rather than the planet
Genghis & Co
Dutton's frontbench - a basket of deplorables ... Regressive Opposition climateers ... Any questions for Pretty Boy Taylor? ... Sussan Ley can't count ... Puffery from Nine fish wraps for Sloppy Joe Hockey ... Blundering hack forces Smellograph grovel ... Jubilee Queen, the hard-headed lobbyist . . . 500 Words or thereabouts is taking a winter break, returning the week of July 4
Dutton dressed as lamb
Dutton - not the brightest lump of coal on the slag heap ... Fake moderates pick their moments ... Brother Scott's "preservation age" ... The Liberal gift for Labor's win in WA ... Lachlan Murdoch's strategy for new revenue as old media withers ... Culture wars for the uncultured
Frontline dispatches
A nation riven between optimism and pessimism ... Christian Lobby helps Modern Liberals by campaigning against them ... Sharma's battleground tricks and treachery ... Crossbenchers in NSW give the minority government a reformist leg-up ... Thereabouts with Bertrand Russell
Scotty’s watchdog
Morrison's camel ... New brooms at ICAC ... Plan to thwart public hearings backfires ... Hiding in the bushes ... Jarndyce v Jarndyce rolls on ... Media lobbying to derail the Roberts-Smith story ... Below the line for unelectable Liberal ... New book examines Malcolm Turnbull's ego ... Bookshelves Brandis gets off the bandwagon