Notes from the Defence White Paper
(The Canberra Times, 26 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
Category Archives: Australian politics
Launch of the Defence White Paper
At a rough cost of $1 trillion dollars over the next two decades, the government prepares to send a vehicle into space.
(The Canberra Times, 25 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
Safe Schools
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)
Senate Electoral Reform Bill
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)
Flight of the Valkeries
The preselection battle in the Federal seat of Mackellar heats up.
(The Canberra Times, 20 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
No unicorns
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 Treasurer’s approach to the revenue problem
(The Canberra Times, 18 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
Road trip
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)
On yer bikes
Labor rolls out a little more tax policy, this time announcing restrictions on negative gearing.
(The Canberra Times, 16 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)