James Jeffrey | Author at The Australian

THE SKETCHLateness becomes an Abbott

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYTony Abbott yesterday made a fashionably late entry into question time.

STREWTHLost ditch effort

0:00 AMJames JeffreyA new iron curtain has descended across the Tasman now that Jacinda Ardern is NZ PM-elect.

The sketchSetting a Katter among pigeons

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYThose wishing for a bit of biffo in parliament, almost had their wishes granted by the Speaker yesterday.

STREWTHJust a journo

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYThe Treasurer may have other views, but our economics editor knows a thing or two.

STREWTHIn so many birds

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREY‘Fantastic senator’ Malcolm Roberts sends reporters scurrying to their dictionaries.

THE SKETCHVortex of colliding dead stars

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYThe waves created by the collision of dead stars brings us to the latest episode of the Turnbull/Abbott show.

strewthAbetz v sex

0:00 AMJames JeffreyThe Tasmanian senator gets hot and heavy over the ABC’s Snapchat guide to better sex.

STREWTHTop of the pups

0:00 AMJames JeffreyWhat do you give a president who has everything?

STREWTHSmile high club

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYGerard Henderson is tickled by a reference to the Prime Minister.

STREWTHStop the goats

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYTony Abbott welcomes climate change and offers a frank assessment of his own government.

Paws for thought

0:00 AMjames jeffreyA radio chat with Malcolm Turnbull yields one of the better uses of “on reflection” we’ve heard in a little while.

STREWTHLatham, Jones out to launch

0:00 AMJames JeffreyAlan Jones does a damned fine book launch, and did so again yesterday for Mark Latham’s latest tome, Outsiders.

Bearded love

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYWho better to serve as a poster-boy for Academic Singles?

STREWTHHe’s a believer

0:00 AMJames JeffreyMalcolm Roberts’s latest struggle with life’s vicissitudes found him in court being quizzed about his British citizenship.

STREWTHBut which ones are threatened?

0:00 AMJames JeffreyDespite cloud looming over dual citizen pollies, at least one of them visits the animals in Canberra for Threatened Species Day.

A few photons of sunshine

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYWhen the green light came from the High Court no one looked as pleased as Malcolm Turnbull.

ALP eyes record for Joyce attacks

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYHunted by Labor with a single-minded devotion, Barnaby Joyce had a varied question time yesterday.

Dark lord rises

0:00 AMJames JeffreyLabor MP Julian Hill has colourfully referred to a certain Coalition senator as ‘Eric the Dark Lord of Tassie’.

The SketchDutton in league of his own

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYAs the light gleams upon his dome, the Immigration Minister speaks with contempt of startling purity.

STREWTHBishop on board

0:00 AMJames JeffreyJulie Bishop is popular in East Timor.

THE SKETCHBill has singular devotion

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYFor a few minutes, a nutcase with nukes brought together a house usually divided.

StrewthThe Tony way?

0:00 AMJames JeffreyMalcolm Turnbull has had enough of attacks on Barnaby Joyce.

STREWTHPaws for thought

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYA ‘weird cat’ bites back …

STREWTHTo coin a phrase

0:00 AMJames JeffreyA pessimist is merely an optimist armed with the facts, so it isn’t looking good for Joyce and co.

STREWTHA new emperor

0:00 AMJames JeffreyA fresher contender has beaten Kevin Rudd to take the title of Wholly Roamin’ Emperor.

STREWTHNot to worry

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYThe Prime Minister took us rather far down the time tunnel yesterday.

STREWTHFuture tense

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYShuffling the pack in the house of postcards.

STREWTHPulp nonfiction

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYYesterday’s encounter between Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Pratt brings back memories.

STREWTHFlagging interest

0:00 AMJAMES JEFFREYThe High Court gets the nitty-gritty on Barnaby Joyce and Fiona Nash.

STREWTHUnder the waves

0:00 AMJames JeffreyNot only can Christopher Pyne talk under water, he can also tweet while aquatically located.