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Silly me, I thought Rudd was serious on defence

June 1, 2009 – 5:20 am

Last month, I was alarmed by the Rudd Government’s expressed intentions to arm us to the teeth at great expense in response to some supposed ‘China threat’. I wrote a stream of alarmed posts. Not only didn’t the Government’s position make much sense in strategic terms, but I just couldn’t see how we could afford [...]

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Rees brings back the spin

October 14, 2008 – 2:54 am

Rees boasted that he would stop the spin, but that was five weeks ago, now:
THE Premier, Nathan Rees, has seconded the nephew of the former police minister Paul Whelan, Jack Whelan, into his office on a $262,651 a year salary.
Having boasted about cutting back on spin, axing media advisers and getting rid of the highly [...]

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World financial meltdown more important than spin

October 12, 2008 – 10:18 am

This anecdote appeared on the front page of yesterday’s Australian:
Rudd, Wayne Swan, the heads of their respective departments, Terry Moran and Ken Henry, and five senior advisers are en route to Perth for the following morning’s COAG. The bulk of the 4 1/2-hour flight has been set aside to discuss whether the banks should be [...]

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