Gillard must resign, the government must go, election now. No, it’s not just Andrew Bolt saying it today. Grattan: JULIA Gillard should consider falling on her sword for the good of the Labor Party, because she can no longer present an even slightly credible face at the election. Kenny: The current Parliament is not stable [...]
READ MOREFinkelstein Scares
So many of us have tried to warn you of the impending apocalyptic hellscape that following the recommendations of the Finkelstein media inquiry will inevitably create in Australia: “This all comes from Finkelstein,” said one former press gallery member, now working incognito in a Hume Highway fast-food franchise and smuggling out precious analysis of internal [...]
READ MOREOh Piers, you almost had me
I have to say that I found myself in a bit of shock reading Piers Akerman’s column last Saturday. Piers was highlighting some of the deficiencies in the policy in NSW mandating that regular unleaded petrol be replaced with ethanol blended fuel this year. In fact the article was so cogent, and even handed I [...]
READ MOREClassy as ever
Piers starts the year on the right foot: New Attorney-General Nicola Roxon, the rebadged former health minister, has embraced the politically correct path by promising new laws will be scrutinised to ensure they meet the United Nations standard for human rights Rebadged former health minister? I don’t recall Piers ever referring to Tony Abbott as [...]
READ MOREPiers’ hits and memories
Do you remember the time that almost every show on TV used to put together an episode that was almost nothing but flashbacks as a way to cheaply pad out the schedule? It was a bit like that reading Piers Akerman on the weekend as he prepares for the fourth anniversary of the ALP defeating [...]
READ MOREAsylum seeker deaths
I’m sure no-one is surprised by the reaction to the news of asylum seeker deaths yesterday. Bolt: The price of compassion: more boats, more deaths Piers: Labor’s refugee policies lure more to death Expect to see more arguments along the lines of “We must be terrible to asylum seekers for their own good” to be [...]
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I found this gem from Piers had popped up in my RSS reader: If only everything that he wrote was this lucid. Sadly there’s nothing more on the page it links to.
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Piers talks manners (UPDATE: as does the ABC, rudely)
Is there anyone better equipped to give advice on courtesy than Piers Akerman? Courtesy of curtsy lost on dork PM Monarchist or republican, courtesies should be observed. Fair enough. Our leaderette clearly hasn’t the ability to cope with even a scripted Queen greeting. Leaderette? Dork PM? Courtesies don’t extend to the Prime Minister’s office obviously. [...]
READ MOREWhy?
There’s a familiar refrain coming from commenters in the Murdoch press: ANY comparison with other Western nations demonstrates that Australia is the luckiest of countries – yet the Gillard Labor-Green-independent government seems hell-bent on destroying this legacy. Why Piers? Why would these people who have chosen to enter politics want to harm Australia? And Gillard’s [...]
READ MORE“it is .. why we are different to the Taliban”
There has been a lot of comment recently surrounding the three Australian soldiers who are to face a court martial over an incident in Afghanistan last year, indeed it seems to have become the cause de jour for some commentators of late. Piers Akerman has weighed in on three occassions, claiming that: the military and [...]
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