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We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
Andrew Giles, Minister for Buck-Passing
We are used to the art of political spin whereby the flaws in a proposal or negative consequences of some ill-advised decision are minimized and the pluses, if any, are magnified. All sides do it, and, although we may roll our eyes, we generally put up with it.
But what happens when the stuff-up is monumental? We should be able to expect the politician responsible to cop it sweet. But not under our current Albanese government.
One of the tactics now regularly used by Albanese & Co in deflecting inconvenient questions about the actions of detainees prematurely released by his hapless Immigration and Home Affairs ministers, is to seek refuge from criticism in the fact that at least one of the released detainees is in the dock and facing criminal charges. “This is a matter which is before the court, so I can’t possibly comment”, they intone, smugly channelling Francis Urquhart, while totally glossing over the fact that the question goes not to the truth or otherwise of the…
We are encouraged to rely more and more on government officials to do for us what we could equally well do for ourselves—and, maybe more importantly, not to do what might help us solve our own problems.
Sep 08 2024
10 mins
If we imagine a metric called the Pinocchio Scale, which measures the number of lies told by a politician as a percentage of his or her overall public statements, our current prime minister (for want of a better description), Airbus Albo, has moved well into uncharted territory.
Sep 06 2024
5 mins
The Justice’s legal analysis is superficially plausible but, nevertheless, the judgment is woefully woke. This is because the law, even if it were argued that the Court correctly applied the law, is incompatible with the biological fact that there are two sexes.
Sep 01 2024
14 mins
