by Graeme Orr May 28, 2013 Australia has a lax campaign finance regime by western world standards. At national level there are no limits on donations and no limits on expenditure. Instead, we have a 30 year old system where the parties are fed public money – currently around $2.50 per vote – in return for […]
Beware Turnbull’s Triple NBN Tax – your hidden out-of-pocket expenses
May 16, 2013
By Steve Jenkin May 16, 2013 Source: http://stevej-on-it.blogspot.com.au/ The Coalition has been very silent on one of its biggest and most invasive change to the NBN: Every DSL-NBN subscriber is going to be saddled with three unavoidable out-of-pocket expenses. All in-house cabling changes have to be done by a registered cabler, it’s NOT DIY. You may go on e-Bay and buy […]
What’s it all about, the Coalition no show for disability, no to MP to care for sick baby?
May 16, 2013
By Noely Neate May 16, 2013 If you missed it, see last night’s awe inspiring rant by Mr Richard Chirgwin about the Coalition not bothering to turn up for the introduction of the DisabilityCare Bill. I had hoped that our media would report this lack of respect this morning, but no. Did you know that Mr […]
The Opposition #NDIS no show. A rant from the heart by @R_Chirgwin
May 13, 2013
Storify by The Geek Wed, May 16 2013 People’s obligation in the first instance is to be in this Parliament. — Warren Entsch: The House of Representatives as PM @juliagillard introduces legislation to cover some of the costs of DisabilityCare twitter.com/mearesy/status… — andrew meares (@mearesy) May 15, 2013 R_Chirgwin@R_Chirgwin The LNP’s absence in Parliament in the […]
MSM outrage-shaming: What’s it all about?
May 9, 2013
By Alison Parkes May 8, 2013 This piece is written in response to these three articles which have appeared within the past couple of weeks 1) Hooked on outrage in the Twitter wars by Jacqueline Maley, 20 April Fairfax 2) The left takes a turn for the ugly as power slips through Labor’s grasp by Chris Johnson, […]
Is the world ready for PM Tony ‘what he meant to say’ Abbott?
May 8, 2013
By Noely Neate May 8, 2013 I was not going to go here, because all manner of Feminists, accredited and self-proclaimed, have had a say. Some I agree with, some I think are getting hung up on exactly what many of us on Twitter are always complaining about, that is, focussing on a ‘gotcha’ instead of […]
Time to get NBN active, GenY
May 6, 2013
By Steve Jenkin Source: http://stevej-on-it.blogspot.com.au/ May 6, 2013 Josh Taylor of ZDnet conducted a 45-minute “Communications Debate” between Conroy and Turnbull today. He did a splendid job with a couple of unruly protagonists not out of place in a kindergarden. My praise and plaudits to Josh: well done, for conceiving and carrying out this head-to-head. The most reported part […]
The MSM’s NDIS: Make the frame, change the frame, WTFs the frame?
May 4, 2013
By Tony ‘The Geek’ Yegles May 4 2013 I was fascinated by the media’s framing of the NDIS debate this week. Within 48 hours it moved from reporting a naked tax grab by the Prime Minister, to a worthy initiative when Mr Abbott put the national interest ahead of his political interest. Update below May 15 […]
Punter @YaThinkN’s contrarian take on Clive Palmer’s latest gig
April 27, 2013
by Noely Neat April 26, 2013 Editor’s note: Noely lives on the Sunshine Coast, safe Liberal country, where Peter Slipper and Mal Bough may fight for Fisher, and Clive Palmer may take on the successor to Alex Somylay in Fairfax. Us Queenslanders know how shake up federal politics big time, and I’d love blow-by-blow accounts […]
