Month: April 2015
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Alex Mitchell’s WEEKLY NOTEBOOK – ANZAC spirit tainted by Abbott and greed
Politicians, the media, the RSL and the military lobby have kicked an own goal. Incredibly, they have managed to tarnish the Anzac legend and turn off a large number of Australians. How did they do it? By crassly politicising the event and grossly commercialising it. The Abbott Government invested some $200 million in the 100th…
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Alex Mitchell’s WEEKLY NOTEBOOK – Mad Monk remains toxic with electors
Two polls published this week came to conflicting conclusions. One said Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his scabrous federal government were clawing their way back while the other said Abbott remained unpopular and Labor would easily win an election if held now. The first conclusion to draw is that the polls are rubbish. Their modelling…
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Alex Mitchell’s WEEKLY NOTEBOOK – Abbott starts multi wars to save his skin
Under Prime Minister Tony Abbott we now have three wars in progress – a war on “the ISIS death cult”, a war on domestic violence and a war on ice. The wars are being fought on international and domestic fronts and they embrace three of the great evils of our time. If they were driven…
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Alex Mitchell’s WEEKLY NOTEBOOK – Why “star” MPs can be unpredictable disaster
NSW Opposition Leader Luke Foley is rarely photographed without Jodi McKay at his side. She is the ex-TV host who has just won the seat of Strathfield after being parachuted into Sydney’s inner-west by Foley himself. Ms McKay is channelling the role which Cheryl Kernot once played for federal Opposition Leader Kim Beazley. He would…