Category: World
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The rorting of NSW elections
How elections are rorted – NSW politician reveals all With voters going to the polls in Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia in the next 12 months, NSW in March 2019 and the likelihood of a snap Federal Election at any time, one’s thoughts naturally turn to the repeated crime of voter rorting. All the major…
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Oprah and the end of the American century
Oprah, The Rock, Beyonce and Marge Simpson, please join the White House race in 2020 When I somewhat rashly predicted two years ago that a Republican victory in the US presidential election would see the USA fall apart within five years and within 10 years if the Democrats won, I was laughed out of court. Who’s…
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Turnbull under threat from his own side
Malcolm Turnbull’s career being terminated by Liberals not Labor According to all the current political polls, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is on a hiding to nothing to be defeated at the next Federal Election. However, the biggest threat to his re-election is not Labor’s Opposition Leader Bill Shorten but two fellow Liberals. They are Tony “The Mad…
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Tribute to Francis Wyndham
Francis Wyndham 1924-2017 Above my writing desk at Tweed Heads on the New South Wales-Queensland border is a photograph of writer, editor and literary mentor Francis Wyndham who has died in London aged 93. The colour photo depicts Wyndham in front of a portrait of himself painted by the late Lucian Freud, another of Wyndham’s…
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Aussie billionaires reorganise their fortunes
Aussie billionaires James Packer, Rupert Murdoch and Frank Lowy reorganise their family fortunes Australian politicians and regulators queue up to make life easier for billionaire casino owner James Packer. They can’t do enough for the louche playboy and son of the late Kerry Packer. Take the gambling report commissioned by the NSW Coalition Government into…
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Global war fever grows
Global war fever grows – who should we attack first? Confused? I am. Citizens around the world are being told every day that they are surrounded by “enemies” and should prepare for war. The potential “enemies” cover every corner of the globe. Take your pick. Do you believe that war is overdue against North Korea, Iran, Russia,…
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Geoffrey Rush named and framed
The naming and framing of actor Geoffrey Rush The Sydney Theatre Company is responsible for naming and framing actor Geoffrey Rush as a sex predator. In doing so, it has behaved disgracefully and probably illegally. We don’t know what offences, if any, he is accused of and we don’t know the name of his accuser. Nor…
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Dual citizenship breaches known for decades
Canberra politicians have known about dual citizenship breaches for 30 years Federal Parliament and the main political parties, Labor, Liberal, National and Australian Democrats, have known about the disqualification facing MPs with dual nationality for 30 years. George V Turner, a barrister with pedantic knowledge of constitutional law, sounded the warning in individual letters to Prime…
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Euthanasia: NSW keeps it criminal
Euthanasia: Victoria’s MPs declare it lawful but NSW MPs keep it criminal Victoria is the most politically and culturally progressive State in Australia while NSW runs a poor third or fourth. Melbourne is a cultured city of booksellers, restaurants, galleries, parks, gardens, the MCG and coffee. Sydney is obsessed with wealth as social status, real estate prices,…
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The fast disappearing Prime Minister
Roll up, roll up and see the world’s fastest disappearing Prime Minister In Washington DC at the end of October, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told journalists: “I have never had more fun in my life.” Turnbull’s extraordinary remark bewildered his supporters as well as his opponents. I wonder whether he was still “having fun” this week…