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About Rossleigh
Rossleigh is a writer, director and education futurist. As a writer, his plays include “The Charles Manson Variety Hour”, “Pastiche”, “Snap!”, “That’s Me In The Distance”, “48 Hours (without Eddie Murphy)”, and “A King of Infinite Space”. His acting credits include “Pinor Noir Noir” for “Short and Sweet” and carrying the coffin in “The Slap”. His ten minute play, “Y” won the 2013 Crash Test Drama Final.
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Politics

Interest Rates, Tattslotto, Next Year’s Cup Winner And Premiership Predictions…

10 December 2025 Rossleigh 0
Not everything I write is satire… Sometimes I describe exactly what’s going on and other times I write satire… Of course, it’s not easy to tell the difference. I get that. And when it comes […]
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Politics

Advance OR I Just Want My Country Back!!

8 December 2025 Rossleigh 4
Every now and then I see some list or other where the person laments what things were like when they were growing up. You know the sort of thing: Only white people were allowed in […]
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Politics

Barnaby’s Party Gets Wild And A Tale Of Indian Cobras!

30 November 2025 Rossleigh 2
For the past few weeks, people in the Coalition have been trying to persuade Barnaby Joyce that they don’t want to lose him and that he’s really, really appreciated and there’s no need to be […]
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Politics

The Liberals Have A Plan, Pauline Wears A Burqa And I’m Stuck In A Time Loop…

25 November 2025 Rossleigh 5
Unfortunately, I’ve thrown out all the old brochures that have arrived in my letterbox over the years, but I’m pretty sure that from the time Abbott released “Real Solutions For Imaginary Problems” or whatever that […]
News interview discussing climate policy changes.
Politics

Breaking: The Liberal Party Changes Leaders

16 November 2025 Rossleigh 10
David Javelin: Good morning and welcome to Inciters. Today we’ll be looking at the change in Liberal policy on net zero. Many people are having trouble understanding exactly what their new policy is, including a […]
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Politics

Liberals Caught In Nationals’ Net!!

11 November 2025 Rossleigh 12
“I’ll have my energy policy done by tomorrow, sir. There’s no need to give me a detention.” “Look, you promised to have it done by 2014 and I’m still yet to see any more than […]
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Politics

The Coalition Should Dump Net Zero!

2 November 2025 Rossleigh 11
Really I don’t see any point in the Coalition maintaining any support for net zero. I mean they could hardly go into any future election arguing that they have a “commitment” to net zero. That’d […]
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Politics

“We Need To Talk About Kevin!” “Who??”

23 October 2025 Rossleigh 1
One of the interesting things about the human brain is its capacity to find a unique view of the world in spite of all evidence to the contrary… Of course when I say “unique” that […]
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Politics

Did Dan Andrews Kill JFK?

20 October 2025 Rossleigh 4
Well, the answer is: “Of course not!” because he wasn’t even born then! However, recently I’ve noticed some theories that rely just as heavily on the need for a Time Machine in order to make […]
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Politics

How Many Politicians Does It Take To Turn Back Time?

10 October 2025 Rossleigh 3
Recently I saw a delightful little video of Pauline Hanson complaining about the paper bag she bought at WOOLIESORCOLES breaking and how she was SICKOFIT… Those familiar with Pauline will know that she’s frequently SICKOFIT […]
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Politics

Putting The Riot Back Into Patriot…

1 October 2025 Rossleigh 0
Now when I say “riot” I’m using it in the sense of lots of laughs rather than the ones that are taking place in the United States… Although there’s certainly things that could give you […]
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Politics

Libspill OR Let’s Not Be Hastie!

27 September 2025 Rossleigh 16
About a year ago I wrote a piece where I suggested that the Labor Party were morphing into a conservative force, that the Greens were possibly going to turn into the major opposition and the […]
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Politics

Why Does Tony Abbott Like St Kilda?

21 September 2025 Rossleigh 3
Ok, I thought I’d start off with a joke. No, not the one about what’s the difference between Pauline and Jacinta? Answer: Pauline was suspended from the Liberal Party for having the same policy ideas […]
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Politics

Prove Me Wrong: Gravity Doesn’t Exist!

13 September 2025 Rossleigh 6
Now before I discuss the terrible tragedy that happened in Utah, which in case you hadn’t heard the Utah governor, is that the suspected assassin of Charlie Kirk turned out to be from Utah and […]
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Politics

It’s Ok, I Voted For A Dictatorship!

8 September 2025 Rossleigh 3
The trouble with democracy is that sometimes the wrong people win. I know this because I’ve heard many people – both left and right – complain about an election result and some even go as […]

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