At this rate every single Abbott government minister is going to get a lump of coal in their Santa stocking.
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Media Circus: shonks and salesmen masquerading as advisers edition
This is about putting the interests of the thousands of Australians, many elderly and of limited means, second to the banks and retail funds.
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Media Circus: NSW govt goes into one punch crackdown edition
Is any single one of Barry O’Farrell’s proposed new laws that are meant to curb alcohol-fueled violence evidence-based? Or is it all based on good old “common sense” knee-jerking?
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Media Circus: man who shouldn’t be in govt gets way too much attention edition
And the Abbott government is loving that everybody’s looking at Bernardi instead of keeping an eye on them. C’mon, we’re smarter than this, right?
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Media Circus: Shock! Horror! The ABC pays people!
@PrestonTowers lays out the latest GG attempt to stoke up animus against the ABC on AusOpinion.
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Media Circus: It is not illegal to seek asylum edition
Disgusting and shameful, but hardly unexpected from this government.
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Media Circus: Shorten is LOTO edition
Opposition leader Bill Shorten announces Tanya Plibersek as deputy leader, and Penny Wong as Leader of the senate for the Labor party.
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Media Circus: grovelling to the royals edition
Ugh. It’s been so appalling that it’s taken me days to process it sufficiently to write even these few sentences.
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Media Circus: Gleefully Gutting The NBN Edition
First the LNP confirms their downgrade of the NBN to FTTN rather than FTTP, now the entire board of the NBN is offering their resignations (jumping before they’re pushed)?
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Media Circus #spill edition
Parliamentary Labor Caucus will meet at 4:30PM to vote on all leadership positions.
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