11
Jul
2015
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
9
Jul
2015
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
28
Jun
2015
Labor at Precipice Edge
Islamic Terrorism Increases Further Reports yesterday of many deaths overseas from terrorist attacks in three places, including a beheading in France (see... Read More
26
Jun
2015
Shorten Apologises – ABC’s Blunder
Opposition Leader Shorten has fought back by apologising for lying to a 3AW interviewer about his decision to switch sides in the... Read More
23
Jun
2015
Reduce Powers of Unions
Except for The Age and (of course) the ABC, today’s media is replete with reports/analyses referring to the adverse use by unions... Read More
23
Jun
2015
Shorten Still in Serious Trouble
Although yesterday’s Cassidy interview with Shorten on ABC’s Insiders was recognised in The Australian as missing some key points (see “Shorten admits AWU... Read More
22
Jun
2015
Shorten Problems Worsens
Reports and comments in yesterday’s and today’s media (including the Fairfax Press) about questionable deals with businesses concluded by Shorten when at... Read More
19
Jun
2015
Short of Skills
There appears to be only one subject to talk about today viz the highly questionable record of Opposition Leader Shorten when he... Read More
12
Apr
2015
Obama, Australian Polling, Greens in Aus and India
Today’s Commentary is partly a catch-up after my Easter break but also highlights some developments, mostly worsening, confronting us. Is the US still... Read More
30
Mar
2015
GW, Temperatures & RET – Mar 30 2015
One or two aspects of the NSW election result are of some importance, as are developments on climate change policies. First, although... Read More