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Ten reasons I won’t be prime minister any time soon
1. I have an aversion to kissing anyone against my will. This hiccough in my personality started in childhood, I believe, when rocking up to family outings and getting the, “Go on, give your uncle and auntie a kiss, there you go,” and my head would end up anointed with dollops of coral lipstick and [...]
The grateful whinger
I was skimming the news this morning and read that our Prime Minister wants 2.7 million house ceilings insulated to boost the economy. The scheme will cost billions of dollars to reduce each household’s electricity bill by about $200 a year (crap, I forgot to bookmark the story and it’s gone).
I don’t object to the [...]
A saucer of milk for the parliamentarian, please
Today’s column in The Age by Michelle Grattan on politicians’ performance scorecards had a pearler of information I missed earlier in the week:
‘WHEN Julie Bishop made a cat’s claw gesture at Julia Gillard in Parliament this week, the shadow treasurer was giving one insight into why she’s struggling politically. Bishop explained subsequently: “It is just [...]
4, 3, 2, 1 and goodbye
I’ve had this postcard displayed in the personal space of the desks I’ve occupied for the past five years. At the time, the world was run by the fearsome foursome and I was mired in a murky fug that change would never come.
I can’t speak too much on my beloved politics because I’m employed by the [...]
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