Drifting in the polls and facing a fractious crew, the Captain launches his 15 week voyage in search of political authority.
(The Canberra Times, 19 March 2016)
Tag Archives: Morrison
Deflating expectations
Polling research by Essential finds public perceptions adjusting to the reality of Malcolm Turnbull PM, “a leader that opens up debates then closes them down; who calls for a contest of ideas then slams his opponents with scare campaigns when they engage; who lacks the will to take on his own party on the issues that had previously defined him”.
(The Canberra Times, 17 March 2016)
Squirrel!
The Opposition Government has 28 questions for the Government Opposition on its proposed “gumby” tax policy changes to negative gearing.
(The Canberra Times, 14 March 2016)
Clean up in aisle 12
The head of the Prime Minister’s Department, Martin Parkinson, has been put in charge of the tax package cleanup
(Public Sector Informant, March 2016)
No unicorns
The Treasurer says Labor is selling the public “a unicorn” with it’s negative gearing savings (costed by the Parliamentary Budget Office and modeled at the ANU). I was happy to hang up Joe’s ears when he left, but after Mr Morrison’s performance at the National Press Club, the unicorn comment was a gift too hard to pass up.
(The Canberra Times, 19 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
The Treasurer’s approach to the revenue problem
(The Canberra Times, 18 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
On yer bikes
Labor rolls out a little more tax policy, this time announcing restrictions on negative gearing.
(The Canberra Times, 16 February 2016 | cartoon gallery)
New website
The first Scratch! Media website was built last century in Notepad (‘Teach Yourself HTML4 in 24 Hours!’). It’s probably time to update it.
Please bear with me while I kick it into shape between daily deadlines. This cartoon outfit is not unlike the government’s tax reform one:
(The Canberra Times, 9 February 2016)
The old site can be found here. And you can find all my recent cartoons in my Canberra Times gallery.