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Massacre: Syrian Diplomats Kicked Out Of Australia
In the wake of the disgusting massacre of at least 110 people in Syria, most of them women and children, it is pleasing to see Foreign minister Bob Carr move quickly to expel Syrian diplomats from Australia; this type of … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian politics, Bob Carr, China, Damascus, Francoise Hollande, politics, Russia, Syria, UK, United kingdom, United Nations, William Hague, World Politics
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Labor’s Mixed Bag: A Slight Rise, A Slight Fall, And A Plot Growing Thicker To Boot
Tonight’s opinion polls are out, and the picture is less than clear; Newspoll finds the ALP gaining, whilst Essential shows the opposite. And behind the scenes, a deal may have been hammered out to toss Julia Gillard overboard irrespective. After … Continue reading
The Mutterers Mutter: Labor Party Leadership Brawl, Round 2
“People don’t like her; they don’t trust her; they don’t believe anything she has to say; and they certainly don’t support her.” These were my comments on Julia Gillard, after the first ALP leadership brawl in February. It now seems the … Continue reading
Fee-Free ATMs For Aborigines: Wayne Swan Gets It Wrong Yet Again
He’s done it again…Wayne Swan has provided more evidence, were any required, of how out of touch he is with community values; 76 ATMs in remote aboriginal communities will — from December — no longer charge transaction fees. The rest … Continue reading
67-33 To LNP: Queensland Galaxy Poll Another Portent Of Labor’s Looming Extermination
Just when things couldn’t get much worse for the Labor Party, a new Galaxy poll in Queensland has that state’s LNP government leading the ALP by a 67-33 margin after preferences. This isn’t just any state poll. This is a … Continue reading
“Please Leave Me Alone:” Craig Thomson Just Doesn’t Get It
Hot on the heels of his reprehensible speech to Parliament this week — which may bring more self-inflicted trouble than anything — Craig Thomson played the misery card again today, begging the opposition and media commentators to leave him alone. … Continue reading
Stalemate: Thomson Saga Rolls On…But To Where?
It’s like being in the eye of a storm; Craig Thomson fired his bullets in Parliament on Monday, and despite a lot of rough, tough talk — and the requisite Question Time ruckus — there doesn’t seem to be a … Continue reading
Self-Indulgent, Self-Destructive Rant: Thomson Speech An Abject Waste Of Time
Somewhat anti-climactically, today’s speech by Craig Thomson to federal Parliament changed nothing, resolved nothing, and certainly failed to clear his name. Yet there will be consequences; for this speech could be construed as one of the greatest abuses of Parliament … Continue reading
Dobell Disgrace: Circus Heads To The House Of Representatives
Disgraced Labor MP Craig Thomson will today address the House of Representatives with what he says is a full account that will establish his innocence in the HSU scandal; whilst I am open to being convinced, anything he says should … Continue reading
Russia Flags Prospect Of Nuclear War If Iran Attacked
For years, Iran has sent out conflicting messages as to why it wants nuclear technology; for years, the West has debated what to do about it. Now, with a “red line” about to be crossed and the US signalling they … Continue reading
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Tagged Dimitry Medvedev, Iran, Israel, Nuclear War, Nuclear Weapons, politics, Russia, USA, Vladmir Putin, World Politics, World War 3, World War III
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