Having gone around two literary houses recently, those of Victor Hugo and Jules Verne, I was struck by the contrasting way in which their massive fame impacted on their family life.
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David Marr reveals a man with few friends in the Labor caucus, and “a man with an angry heart”. “A politician with rage at his core”.
“Valerie, a Labor supporter, phoned in to chew the fat with [ABC radio announcer] Jon Faine about the heartache Labor is giving true believers like her and her friends at the moment.”
Simon Benson’s is the first book which captures the disillusionment which followed the glory days of Kevin 07 - and the chicanery of The Lodge's present tenant.
Bearing and caring for our own children, choosing friends on intuition, and having a special affection for our own country cannot be equated with hating others.
A summary of the case against the RSPT. The arguments can be divided into those against the idea, against the design and against the tactics used for its introduction.
This week historian Gregory Melleuish was on ABC radio’s Counterpoint discussing history teaching in schools and his recent Quadrant article “The Dubious Future of History”.
There are Pink Bats, Fabricating the Education Revolution, the Green Car Fund and others. The government is channelling Groucho Marx who said “I have learned from my mistakes. Now I can repeat them perfectly.”
What is missing so far from this debate are the constitutional implications of the proposal. If this tax becomes a reality the States will have been dealt such a blow that they might as well shut down their parliaments.
The Kimberley tidal idea and a national HVDC electricity grid is something Tony Abbott should examine seriously. This could be the sort of “nation building” concept that our Dear Leader is constantly babbling on about but seems incapable of conceptualising.
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