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Isobel Redmond and Karlene MaywaldSouth Australian Liberal leader Isobel Redmond’s open hostility toward Nationals MP Karlene Maywald has surprised me. Redmond was reported in The Australian saying: “For the last term of the government, she’s been a member of the Labor government. I think it’s disingenuous to then try to…
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I received a letter from the Electoral Commission of South Australia on Friday, reminding me that voting on March 20 is compulsory and letting me know where to vote. According to the commission’s website, the letter is meant to be sent from Monday, March 15 to all electors. A total…
March 13 2010, 11:13pm | Comments »
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Abbott and paid maternity leave
Tony Abbott’s colleagues must be wondering what on earth they have been done by replacing one erratic unilateralist leader with another. There is certainly no escape hatch between now and the election. Abbott’s $2.75 billion “big new tax” on large companies to fund six months of fully paid maternity leave…
March 9 2010, 5:40pm | Comments »
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Senate fails South Australian workers
The threat to jobs and industry in the South East of South Australia caused by dumped Asian tissue products highlights the inadequacy of our bicameral federal system. The Senate was established as a “state’s house” with equal numbers of Senators from each of the six colonies that formed the Commonwealth…
March 9 2010, 4:25pm | Comments »
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The future of several thousand Australian jobs could be at risk if the Federal Government continues with its free trade policy. Many of those jobs are in the South East of South Australia where Kimberly-Clark Australia (KCA) manufactures tissues and toilet paper at Millicent, near Mount Gambier. KCA is a…
March 8 2010, 5:52pm | Comments »
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Lara Bingle and the right to privacy
Model Lara Bingle is suing footballer Brendan Fervola over his alleged distribution of a revealing photograph. The snap shows Bingle in the shower, clearly unhappy about having her picture taken. It’s been confirmed the pair shared a brief relationship three years ago when Bingle was 19 and while Fevola was…
March 2 2010, 3:39am | Comments »
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Barnaby Joyce is like a wild dog who should either be restrained or let loose to roam free. Being shadow finance minister is potentially too restrictive for him and the Coalition. He should not have said Australia may default on its sovereign debt, but in The Australian today he clearly…
February 25 2010, 2:20am | Comments »
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Yes Minister meets Alice in Wonderland
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry when I read the piece by Myles Peterson headlined as above on the Fairfax National Times website. Peterson describes his brief time in the “public service rabbit hole” writing ministerial speeches for the Health Department. There were whoops of joy in the…
February 22 2010, 2:43am | Comments »
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I’m shocked that political parties can mail out postal vote application forms. The envelope Juliet received during the week looked like an official Electoral Commission document (pictured above). When I saw it I asked why had she applied for a postal vote? She hadn’t. Inside was a letter from Mount…
February 13 2010, 3:40am | Comments »
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