Bill Shorten's skin is so thick it puts a rhino's to shame
You'll be amazed that Bill Shorten can, without the slightest blush, tell us how mean and nasty the government is in collecting overpayments from existing and former Centrelink recipients.
Amanda Vanstone is a former Howard government minister, and regular columnist.
You'll be amazed that Bill Shorten can, without the slightest blush, tell us how mean and nasty the government is in collecting overpayments from existing and former Centrelink recipients.
Normally when the other side of politics makes a big boo-boo there's a touch of schadenfreude tingling around.
Dragging a party from certain devastating defeat to governing in your own right and with a more manageable Senate seems like an incredible achievement to me.
It's just nonsense to imagine that people voted for Labor candidates because the Liberals weren't right-wing enough. Government members need to recognise that to get anything done they need Xenophon.
If you're already tired of the election that's just bad luck. There's plenty more to come… four more weeks of it.
The greens can sip Chardonnay in their inner city electorates or on their rural investment properties indifferent to the consequences of their policies.
The key question on July 2 will be: Who has the best credentials to be our prime minister?
On this project, we should be wary of the Japanese.
Keep a close watch on the self interest of the crossbench senators.
Forget in-your-face politics, it’s policy that counts.
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