Far-right; C Polling Worsens; PC Draft Report; US-Iran Deal
What is Far-right? In the Weekend Australian Associate Ed John Lyons wrote what seemed to be an attack on groups which have... Read More
Islamic Penetration; Global Warming; Productivity Cn Report
In my 27 July Commentary I drew attention to the “discovery” that Islamic extremists have been preaching in religious programs at NSW government schools and to the announcement by Premier Baird of an audit and a suite of measures across 2,200 schools. I suggested that such preaching might well be occurring in other states too.
What a Lot of Talk About …
We seem to have been experiencing a lot of talk about domestic issues which are scarcely of the top order. Number one is the expenses incurred by Speaker Bishop, who as I have previously suggested acted irresponsibly. Her failure to acknowledge this and to apologise straight away, and Abbott’s failure to ensure that happened and to announce a review of the expenses provisions (it appears that Labor’s front bench has “over-spent” too), has put the Coalition in damage control and will likely lead to a further decline in polling...
Shorten in Further Serious Difficulties
With the leakage of a “discussion paper” on climate change policy, apparently drafted by Labor’s Shadow Environment Minister Butler, Shorten’s credibility is... Read More
Shorten -More Critiques, incl of Abbott’s Responses
Further developments in the Shorten saga appear in the written media but the ABC seems to have “overlooked” them. The main developments... Read More
Shorten’s Reactions
Shorten has reacted to the criticism of his performance at the RC by stating that he looked forward to debating workplace laws... Read More
More Assessments Of Shorten’s RC Performance; Opportunities for Abbott
Assessments of Shorten’s performance at the Royal Commission continue and, in response to a request from AFR, mine is published there today... Read More
Shorten -Pub Test Fails
The Missing Pub Shorten’s second day at the Royal Commission concluded with agreement today from the media that the “pub test” failed.... Read More
Shorten at RC; Newspoll bad for Shorten & Abbott; Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Declares G Warming a “Non-Problem”
Shorten at Royal Commission Media commentary on the first day of Shorten’s appearance at the Royal Commission does not imply corrupt or... Read More
Abbott’s Performance, Border Controls Lift, ABC Digs Bigger Hole, Abbott On Terrorism,Climate Policy, Gt Barrier Reef OK
While the state by state Newspoll for the June quarter (published on Tuesday) showed an improvement in the Coalition’s and Abbott’s polling... Read More