Double talk from Nelson
May 21, 2008, 10:05am, 130 views, Leave a Comment
Campaigning in Gippsland today, Opposition leader Brendan Nelson talked up giving voters a choice between the Coalition parties.
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Paid maternity leave
May 21, 2008, 8:41am, 141 views, Leave a Comment
A strong push is under way for the Federal Government to increase paid maternity leave for new mothers.
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Rudd claims underdog status
May 21, 2008, 8:33am, 121 views, Leave a Comment
Kevin Rudd has staked a claim for underdog status in the Gippsland by-election.
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Turnbull denies leaking
May 19, 2008, 7:49pm, 106 views, Leave a Comment
The Federal Coalition is showing signs of dysfunction as Shadow Treasurer Malcolm Turnbull today denied leaking an email criticising the proposed five cents a litre cut in fuel excise. Read more
The demonising of John Howard
May 17, 2008, 9:57am, 176 views, Leave a Comment
I like this cartoon by Jon Kudelka, who gave me permission to use it here.
You could read it a couple of ways, which is an attribute of a good cartoon.
To me, it speaks of how John Howard was demonised: not by cartoonists, but by the media and sections of the community.
He was portrayed in some quarters as an untrustworthy, ugly, mean-spirited, rodent-tailed runt. Read more
The Age shows more bias
May 16, 2008, 5:14pm, 148 views, Leave a Comment
The Age’s online sub-editors have shown clear bias in their choice of language for describing an American court’s ruling on same-sex marriages. Read more
Lakes funding announced
May 15, 2008, 5:17pm, 126 views, Leave a Comment
The Australian reports the Federal Government has committed $5.3million towards improving water quality in the Gippsland Lakes ahead of next month’s by-election.
The measure is part of $2.2billion over five years contained in Labor’s Caring for Country initiative, which has replaced a range of Coalition programs.
Environment Minister Peter Garrett said Caring for Country would cut red tape and focus natural resource investment on national priorities.
“We want communities to put their energies into practical on-the-ground action, not filling out forms,” he said.
The Government says regional bodies will receive guaranteed funding of at least 60 per cent of the historical average to secure their operations under Caring for Country.
Comment: Sounds good to invest in projects, rather than bureaucracy. This should be well received in the electorate.
Regional development funding
May 15, 2008, 5:09pm, 124 views, Leave a Comment
A House of Representatives Standing Committee will conduct an inquiry into a new regional development funding program. Read more
Quokka story was a joke
May 15, 2008, 10:26am, 142 views, Leave a Comment
WA Liberal leader Troy Buswell has taken the extraordinary step of issuing a media release to welcome a blogger’s apology for starting the quokka rumor. Read more
Quokka breaks silence
May 14, 2008, 5:11pm, 341 views, Leave a Comment
OzComments was able to secure an exclusive interview with the quokka embroiled in Western Australia’s Liberal Party leadership crisis.
The quokka, known only as Matt, tells of her experiences with a Troy Buswell lookalike.
Matt: I was standing around looking cute, hoping for a bite to eat, and this big bloke in a suit came along.
Oz: What happened next? Read more
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