The choice of Joyce
But look, oh look, the Gothic tree’s on firewith blown galahs, and fuming with wild wings.The hard inquiring wind strikes to the bone and whines division.- Judith Wright For New England
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Marriage Equality 1: Accepting our way of life
We search for leaders on our hands and knees- Richard Clapton Best years of our lives
Submission to the Senate Select Committee on the Future of Public Interest Journalism
The Senate established a select committee to investigate the future of public interest journalism. Its terms of reference are here.
Distressed assets, part 2
Following on from yesterday on Bernardi's political bottom-feeding:What becomes of the broken-heartedBernardi has some capacity to make inroads into the Coalition, particularly the Liberal Party, but only after the Turnbull government has gone. Nobody, not even George Christensen, wants to do to the extant government what Jack Beasley or Vince Gair did to Labor back in the day.
Distressed assets, Part 1
Despite its both-sidesism, John Warhurst's piece on Senators Rhiannon and Bernardi is worth reading. I wish political commentary from the press gallery was half this good.Warhurst makes some good points on Bernardi (and on Rhiannon too - balance!), and on Bernardi's wish for conservatism to become a movement that extends beyond parliament.
That old junkyard dog
I am not going anywhere.- Tony Abbott