In a well-executed media stunt (labelled an ‘exclusive’ by the Daily Telegraph, LOL) the NSW Government has come up with an idea to try and carve out a future in the (mis)management of the state’s health system. Apart from being an ‘exclusive’, the stunt also has two other elements designed to give it media appeal: [...]
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Iemma hits the phones to replace Rees with Sartor
Publicly, former NSW premier Morris Iemma might be a happy house husband taking things easy in his post-politics life. But there is another Morris Iemma the one that is pestering Sydney journalists with his campaign to oust Nathan Rees and install former planning minister Frank Sartor. Iemma’s calls are so frequent and so purposeful that [...]
READ MOREPresident Rudd bans fun
Paul Syvret has a brilliantly funny piece in Brisbane’s Courier-Mail (let’s hope those fierce puritans John Della Bosca and Nicola Roxon still have a sense of humour: AUSTRALIA, 2014: President Rudd yesterday extended the Federal Government’s list of banned internet sites to include any material relating to takeaway food. “After constructive ongoing dialogue with a [...]
READ MOREJust a joke. Della Bosca damns booze as Rees opens a brewery
Premier Rees was alive to the irony: “This speech was written before the last week so it’s full of light-hearted puns around excessive amounts of alcohol,” Mr Rees said in his speech. “I’m having to scan as I go through.” Meanwhile, health ministers have agreed to look at tougher restrictions on alcohol advertising. The idea was [...]
READ MOREWhy I stopped giving blood
I am glad to see that this issue is starting to get some traction. I voiced my outrage about it a few weeks ago: Health Minister John Della Bosca has made a lame attempt to justify the ludicrous charging for blood decision. Really, you can only hope he doesn’t believe this nonsense. I’ve also written to the [...]
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