Weekly Dose of Common Sense
On Overnight Success
It often takes decades to be deemed an 'overnight success' and that maxim has been proven true once again.
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Christmas Message
There is a saying that “a week is a long time in politics”. You can only imagine how long a
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Emissions Trading
In politics, as in many areas of modern life, the detail can often be forgotten amongst the spin. Seldom do
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ISP Filtering
I might surprise you today. For someone who is a confirmed conservative and has an internet reputation as ‘the man
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Spend, Spend, Spend!
The Rudd Government has told Australians to ‘spend, spend, spend!’ Mr Rudd has even handed out $8.7 billion in
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Deficit Required?
The Prime Minister has finally uttered the dreaded word that Labor governments are all too familiar with. Deficit. More specifically
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National Service
In a recent essay on the future of the Liberal Party, I wrote: “National service in its many forms: time
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‘Australia’
It was interesting listening to the critics’ reviews of the new Baz Luhrmann film Australia this morning. Whilst the usual
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A Blow to the Left
The election of a centre-right government in New Zealand should be regarded as a blow to the leftist propaganda machines
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A Lesson Learned
The race that stops a nation has been run and won. And when the hype of the US Federal election
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Obama v McCain
This week will see the election of a new President of the United States of America. The most powerful office
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Parliamentary Prayers
The weekend’s call by Speaker Harry Jenkins (and supported by Senator Bob Brown, leader of the extreme and often
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'High Flyer' Taxes
An extraordinary suggestion from the Rudd Government this morning: The Australian newspaper and Sky News are reporting a proposal to