Nova Peris-Nobody: Gillard Stunt An Insult To Aborigines
In a characteristically cavalier gesture posing more problems than it solves, Julia Gillard today anointed former Olympic champion Nova Peris as an ALP senate candidate in the Northern Territory,...
View ArticleMaking A Big Mistake Bigger: Nova Peris Endorsed By ALP
Following last week’s announcement by Julia Gillard that former Olympian Nova Peris would run for the Senate for Labor in the Northern Territory, the deal has been sealed in the ALP backroom; the Prime...
View ArticleLatest “Coup” By Clive Palmer No Bargain Deal
AMID SUGGESTIONS of vote-buying and trying to “purchase” a government — which he not only denies, but says will issue defamation proceedings over — Clive Palmer’s latest bolt-on additions to his Palmer...
View ArticleTime To End The Annual Daylight Saving Farce
THE FARCICAL MISHMASH of four time zones for 24 million people resumes tomorrow; coming just hours after the AFL Grand Final and coinciding with the finale of the NRL season — marking, obliquely, a...
View ArticleNT Election: Mediocrity, Cynicism, Hypocrisy The Only Winners
THE LANDSLIDE recorded by the ALP at yesterday’s Northern Territory election should be a cause for despair for anyone interested in sound governance in Australia; on the one hand, a fractious...
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