The Prime Minister has caved to the Right and ordered a review of the Safe Schools Program.
The conservatives had been pushing Abbott on this for some time. That they succeeded under Turnbull seems to say everything about the weakness of his leadership.
(The Canberra Times, 24 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
The government is showing some zeal for changing the system used for electing Senators, after their failure to manage the current Senate crossbench.
(The Canberra Times, 23 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
The Royal Agricultural Show is on in Canberra this weekend, which is a timely reminder of how the existing above-the-line voting system for the Senate seems to work:
(The Canberra Times, 20 August 2013)
The preselection battle in the Federal seat of Mackellar heats up.
(The Canberra Times, 20 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
The Treasurer says Labor is selling the public “a unicorn” with it’s negative gearing savings (costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office and modeled at the ANU). I was happy to hang up Joe’s ears when he left, but after Mr Morrison’s performance at the National Press Club, the unicorn comment was a gift too hard to pass up.
(The Canberra Times, 19 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
(The Canberra Times, 18 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
Malcolm tried to avoid Thelma and Lousie comparisons by, er, mentioning Thelma and Louise, but there are countless ways to pitch a buddy road film starring him and Barnaby.
(The Canberra Times, 17 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
Labor rolls out a little more tax policy, this time announcing restrictions on negative gearing.
(The Canberra Times, 16 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
Revisiting the good times under Warren’s leadership of the National Party. This one from 2008.
The Sanders insurgency continues in the US presidential primaries. There isn’t a direct Australian translation.
(The Canberra Times, 13 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
