Satire

In June last year, I wrote a piece called “The Potential Labor Landslide”… Of course the downside to writing satire most of the time is that people tend not to notice that a lot of […]

There are moments that turn an election campaign… I mean, all of them. Every moment turns an election campaign because either something significant happens or it doesn’t. If it does then that’s significant but if […]

Imagine if job interviews were like election campaigns. “What skills do you bring to this job, Trevor?” “Well, Simon, the other applicant, is weak and lacks decisiveness and he…” “Yes, but your skills… what do […]

There have been times when the tactics of the Liberal Party in this election campaign have confused me. Apart from having Dutton do most of the talking, letting some of the other shadow ministers appear […]

There’s a certain hypocrisy about nearly all political leaders: We’ll see the happy family all up there for various events like campaign launches or victory parties, but then when someone asks a difficult question about […]

A few weeks ago, Labor were long odds to win and people were adjusting to the idea that the Liberals had come up with a potential answer to the question of: “How can any PM […]

While Dutton’s dream of Kirribilli harbour views is growing less likely than it was before the media started asking him difficult questions like: “Could you explain how that policy will actually work?” OR “So what […]

Thanks to Donald Trump’s tariffs, the share market took a tumble… And some of you probably suffered a hit to your superannuation accounts, but it’s good to keep these things in perspective. Gina Rinehart, for […]