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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Simon Overland Quits as Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police
The news a few minutes ago that Simon Overland has resigned as Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police is welcome and, in the eyes of The Red And The Blue, overdue. The report tabled this morning by the Ombudsman into the … Continue reading
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Victoria Police, the Baillieu Government, and an Errant MP
The news that a state government backbencher (Bill Tilley, the Member for Benambra, centred on Wodonga) has considered — and, it seems tonight, rejected — resigning from the Liberal Party to sit as an Independent over the current problems inside … Continue reading
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Julia Gillard on 60 Minutes, and Beavis and Butt-head
Tonight I saw the most nauseating interview on 60 Minutes since…well, since the nauseating interview on 60 Minutes back in 2004 when Mark Latham and his family entreated the country to the most nauseatingly saccharine version of “normal” Australian family … Continue reading
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The End Of Pauline Hanson’s Career In Public Life? I’d Like To See That.
Well now…the news that Pauline Hanson’s snout was actually a fraudster pretty much says it all, really. The news that “Michael Rattner” — the supposed snitch who provided Hanson with “leaked” emails from NSW Electoral Commission officials — was actually … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian politics, Elections, New South Wales, Pauline Hanson, politics
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A Non-Political Post: Kim Duthie, the St Kilda Schoolgirl
There, I named her. KIM DUTHIE. The so-called “St Kilda Schoolgirl.” I don’t know why she’s being treated with kid gloves by some people in the media — most people knew who she was before Christmas when the stuff about … Continue reading
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Julia Gillard…What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Yes, I have been meaning to talk about the Prime Ministership of Julia Gillard for some weeks now; in the interim, there have been diversions: we all know what they are, and I have posted on many of these. Let’s … Continue reading
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A Quick Word On This Site
I’ve spoken to a few people who have been reading this blog, and received some criticism. Specifically, that I’m too lenient on the Liberal Party and too hard on the ALP. These criticisms have come from a number of sources … Continue reading
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Louise Asher Fell Asleep…
Big deal. I mean, really… After an 18 hour day in State Parliament, the deputy leader of the Liberal Party fell asleep in her office prior to a division being called. This sort of thing has happened for years; it … Continue reading
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Newspoll, Julia Gillard…and Malcolm Turnbull
Interesting new opinion poll published in The Australian on Tuesday; Newspoll showing a slight movement back to the ALP, but with the Coalition retaining an election-winning lead. The fortnightly cycles of Newspoll sampling are nothing new, but what is interesting … Continue reading
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