Category: Federal
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Fine Cotton “patsy” John Gillespie named in Panama Papers … the Kerry Packer connection revealed … ATO should try something new – collecting taxes … dangers for Malcolm Turnbull in marathon campaign … Mystery man in Panama Papers When the Panama Papers scandal was serialised around the world in April, the media in Australia highlighted…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Sky TV presenter Peta Credlin rubbishes PM Turnbull … Dumb media fails election coverage test … Murdoch lawyer takes charge at ABC … How Musso was bankrolled by MI5 … Mandela arrested on CIA tip-off … Credlin factor infects election The Federal Election campaign has produced two “zingers”, both delivered by Peta Credlin, Tony Abbott’s…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
“Panama” Malcolm Turnbull flounders in first week of federal election campaign … Tony Abbott’s political ambitions on heat again … More howlers from George Christiansen, the most obnoxious MP in Canberra … Rupert Murdoch’s Terrorgraph backs “our Albo”… Why UK socialists should vote to remain in EU on June 23 Turnbull’s muddled start Rupert Murdoch’s…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Wall Street takeover: Donald Trump becomes the US Republican Party – Tony Abbott believes in life after death – How Clintons and Blairs evade tax – Why Russia is murdering ISIS in Syria The Donald swoops on GOP Donald Trump, a New York real estate developer and former casino owner, this week succeeded in taking…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Tony Abbott’s demented Liberal followers consider Doomsday strategy at election: don’t vote for Turnbull … Canberra is supporting Hong Kong independence while ending Norfolk Island’s … Geoffrey “Hypotheticals” Robertson to plead Bounty mutineers’ case at UN … NSW cops in anti-terror breakthrough: two teenage school kids arrested and jailed Lunar right-wing Liberals on self-destruct mission…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook
Canberra’s Leaking Season is prelude to a fresh Killing Season … Media bosses curb farewell parties for ex-staff … Why Egypt’s sale of Red Sea islands has ignited street protests … ASIC is a banks lapdog not a watchdog Cabinet leak hits Turnbull amidships On the day that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull released his timetable…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook – War between Turnbull Liberals and the Abbott Conservatives
The old political parties in Britain, the US and Australia are beginning to crack open. The British Labour Party, for example, has two wings – a pro-socialist left led by party leader Jeremy Corbyn and a Blairite wing of pro-capitalists. (“Should Labour Split?” New Statesman, Feb 2016) The British Conservatives are divided too, over the…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook – Turnbull commits hara-kiri
Malcolm Turnbull’s time runs out … London author savages Tony Blair … The Spectator attack on Assange backfires … Boris changes his tune on EU What is it with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and taxation policy? His GST plan collapsed under universal criticism, he fled from tinkering with the negative gearing rort and now he’s…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook – Tony Abbott’s mission to destroy Turnbull unfolds
A political “insider” in Canberra asked me last week: “What is Tony Abbott’s worst nightmare?” While I hesitated, he answered his own question: “The election of Malcolm Turnbull.” Think about it: Abbott is so consumed by hateful vengeance that he may prefer the election of Labor’s Bill Shorten to that of his nemesis, Malcolm Turnbull.…
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Alex Mitchell’s Weekly Notebook – ABC presenter Amanda Vanstone, the Liberal Party and the Mafia
I trust someone will phone ABC Radio presenter Amanda Vanstone, the former Howard government immigration minister, and ask why she granted known Mafia figure Frank Madafferi a permanent visa. Madafferi, a notorious Calabrian criminal, applied for permanent residence in July 1996 but his application was turned down by then immigration minister Philip Ruddock. When Vanstone…