Random thoughts and observations
Isn’t it funny how when someone retires the tributes start flowing, just as if they had died! Deputy Prime Minister John (Nobody) Anderson resigned for the second time today and just about everyone has heaped praise on him. I believe in respect for the dead, but Anderson is still well and truly with us. His [...]
The Australian Labor Party is surely at a crossroads. Whether it can become relevant again at a national level remains to be seen. I’m probably not the only person nervous about the looming prospect of John Howard controlling the Senate. I would feel much safer with the balance of power in the hands of a [...]
I read today that South Australia’s only state National Party MP, Karlene Maywald, has been appointed a Minister in the Rann Labor Government, effectively ensuring a clear Labor majority in the Lower House. The state Liberals are whining and the federal Nationals are suffering palpitations. The SA Nationals have been suspended from the federal organisation [...]
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