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Elsewhere – Greg Jericho on the laziest story of all, the leadership speculation story

Greg Jericho over at The Drum on leadership speculation: Come closer, I’ve got the inside word. “Senior Labor sources” are talking about Simon Crean as the next leader. No wait sorry, it’s “some MPs” who are thinking Kevin Rudd. No that’s wrong, heck it’s now “senior party figures” (yes, that sounds both suitably imprecise and [...]

Scott Morrison: defending your taxpayer dollars from dead refugee children and their national bank-breaking funerals

I don’t think we need to add much to these two excellent takedowns of Liberal frontbencher Scott Morrison’s “screw those refugees and their infant children’s funerals” splurge of today: Jonathan Green: Notes from parallel universes Greg Jericho: Morrison goes for the gutter; Abbott is gutless; Hockey steps up I’ve been trying to avoid jumping to [...]

The Grog’s Gamut outing: In whose interest?

Even if you haven’t read his blog, if you followed the media coverage of the election campaign there’s a pretty good chance you know about Grog’s Gamut. He’s the pseudonymous blogger whose pointed critique of the lack of policy questions from the press pack drew a lot of attention and sparked a debate, with journos [...]