Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 1st Edition
And so we have a coalition trying to form a government. Not the Coalition led by Tony Abbott and his Liberals and Nationals but a loose coalition between Labor and The Greens.The Greens see it as a sort of Scandinavian-type government with Australia, I guess, the new Sweden. In fairness, the deal gives Julia Gillard the semblance of the ‘stable and effective Government’ she is touting to the Three Amigos. 
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 2nd Edition
There was a headline in The Australian that really caught my eye this morning. It read: Rioters demand to be sent home. My initial response: On ya bike, sunshine. The story says, more than 100 Indonesians started rioting on Sunday at the immigration detention centre in Darwin.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 1st Edition
Prime Minister Gillard appeared (again) at the National Press Club today, made another election speech, and in the Q and A that followed some of her answers sounded decidedly Ruddish in their length and convolution. Channel Nine’s Jane Azzopadi asked a seemingly tabloid question about ‘How do you feel?’ and got savaged by critics on Twitter for her efforts.
Monday, August 30, 2010
There is a bit of historical footage from the first days of the Canberra crisis which has come back to me again and again in recent days.Especially as the horse trading goes on and on and the Three Amigos keep pontificating and the other bit players, like the angry ant and Tony Crook, vie for their moment in the sun. The TV cameras recorded the first meeting between the independents and Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan.
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 2nd Edition
In the famous old Abbott and Costello skit it was a case of ‘Who’s on first, What’s on second and I Don’t Know’s on third’.The same could apply to the shenanigans in Canberra at the moment. The current status seems to be that Labor has plunged from 86 seats to 72 and the Libs have 73 (or 72—if you don’t count a Western Australian National as being their camp).
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 1st Edition
Okay. Let’s look at Part Two of the Ben Cousins doco. Did it redeem itself in viewers’ eyes? Was the glamour world of drugs which they thought coloured the first episode get replaced by some real message about the dangers of drug abuse? Channel Seven tried to dress it up as a community service with the panel of experts.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Is it starting to dawn on you: Who the hell are these guys? The Three Amigos? The triumvirate, exercising political muscle beyond their wildest dreams, to decide not only who will run the Government for the next three years but what sort of government they will run? Their wish list, the Seven deadly sins, insists that whomever gets/wins/cajoles/buys their vote must guarantee his or her government will run a full three years until August 2013. And Gillard and Abbott have agreed with obscene haste. |
