The Opposition Government has 28 questions for the Government Opposition on its proposed “gumby” tax policy changes to negative gearing.
(The Canberra Times, 14 March 2016)
Category Archives: Australian politics
The Safe Schools program
(The Canberra Times, 12 March 2016)
Tony makes a comeback
Tony Windsor has decided to recontest the Federal seat of New England, now held by the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the National Party. The issue of coal mining on prime agricultural land is likely to be central to the outcome.
(The Canberra Times, 10 March 2016)
Gearing up to go negative
‘Oh Lord, give me the strength to change the tone of modern politics… but not just yet’
(The Canberra Times, 9 March 2016)
How about never, is never good for you?
It was originally proposed by the Right as a delaying tactic, so it’s no surprise that the timing of any plebiscite on same-sex marriage is the subject of more division within the government.
(The Canberra Times, 8 March 2016)
Clean up in aisle 12
The head of the Prime Minister’s Department, Martin Parkinson, has been put in charge of the tax package cleanup
(Public Sector Informant, March 2016)
Dispatches from the Abbott insurgency
(The Canberra Times, 5 March 2016)
Pole sitting
Forget all that fancy digital wizardry, Australians lead the world in good old-fashioned stunt infrastructure.
(The Canberra Times, 1 March 2016 | cartoon gallery)
Tickets to ride
Who needs a microparty when you can get smuggled into the Senate on a major party ticket?
(The Canberra Times, 25 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
(The Canberra Times, 11 September 2013)