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Silly old buggers

Silly old buggers


The phrase infamously used by Bob Hawke during an election campaign when approached by a pensioner in Whyalla [...]

Gillard’s credibility in tatters

Gillard’s credibility in tatters


Julia Gillard has only been Prime Minister for two weeks and already her credibility is shot to pieces. All three planks of her new leadership are riddled with termites. [...]

Andrew Bolt: But if Gillard says it, it’s good

Andrew Bolt: But if Gillard says it, it’s good


An excellent column by Andrew Bolt on the utter hyprocrisy of the left over Gillard’s offshore refugee processing: So gather round, children, and watch Mr Burnside [...]

Julia may be an atheist….

Julia may be an atheist….


But the devil is in the detail as far as her “new” policy on illegals: She said that even if all boat people were found to be refugees, they would still make up just 1.6 per cent of all migrants to Australia in a year. Daily Telegraph Gillard’s stance on illegals is a tacit admission [...]

Gillard can’t be trusted on border protection

Gillard can’t be trusted on border protection


Julia Gillard cannot be trusted on border protection, despite flagging a new “tougher” approach. By her own admission, Gillard was the architect of Labor’s failed policy which has seen more than 4,000 queue-jumpers arrive illegally since 2008. Back in the 2007 election, Gillard said this: “That’s actually the policy I wrote in 2002. I was [...]

No hard questions for Gillard on Lateline

No hard questions for Gillard on Lateline


There was a time when John Howard was Prime Minister that going on “Lateline” for an interview with Tony Jones was something of a concern for government ministers. These days, Rudd ministers must rub their hands together with glee [...]

Will the unions wheel out “Tracey” to take on Rudd over his workplace reforms?

Will the unions wheel out “Tracey” to take on Rudd over his workplace reforms?


“Tracey” was the character created by the unions as part of their hysterical scare campaign against the Howard government’s ‘work choices’ in the lead up to the 2007 federal election. Gillard and Rudd had promised that no worker would be worse off under the ALP’s [...]