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A punter’s guide to the next federal election
Whether governments fall or remain on the Treasury benches, the smart punter can cash in on individual seat betting in federal elections. That is …
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Scott Morrison surveys the rubble he’s inherited
A political schism once begun cannot be stopped. It develops a force of its own and moves in ways that cannot be controlled. The …
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ABC News 24: when too much non-news is never enough
While we contemplate the tragedy that has befallen the once great party of Billy McMahon, let us also consider what’s on Bill Shorten’s to …
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The NEG lottery winners and losers
It is said lotteries are a tax on people who are too stupid to understand probability. The chances of winning the $100 million Powerball …
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The global pandemic of clerical child sex abuse
A Pennsylvania grand jury has released its findings accusing 300 Catholic priests of sexually assaulting more than a thousand children over 70 years. The …
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Taking a leaf out of the extremist handbook
This week the question has been firmly put. Should there be more Nazis on television or less, or for the grammar pedants out there, …
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Surviving the plastic bag donnybrook
This week the nation has witnessed distressing images of forlorn supermarket shoppers breaking down and weeping at self-serve check-outs. Teary shoppers had forgotten or …
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Super Saturday by-elections look second rate
Voters in five electorates will trudge to the ballot boxes this weekend. The media has decided to run with the puerile Americanism of Super …
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Solidarity has its limits
There are never enough hours in the day. I could adopt some time management techniques, pick up a minute here, another there but in …
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The real Trump derangement syndrome
Trump derangement syndrome was said to be a disorder found among those who see consistent fault in the words and deeds of the 45th …