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Comparisons aren't always validIn September 2018, soon after the overthrow of Malcolm Turnbull, Scott
Morrison gathered his Ministerial troops and set course for Albury on the
NSW/Victorian border. His objective was to pay homage to the founder of
the Liberal Party, Robert Menzies. Morrison’s ‘heartland’ speech, entitled ‘Until
the bell rings’ was presented under the auspices of the Menzies Research Centre. -
Dan Andrews stares down the lynch mobIf you detest Dan Andrews and want him gone, stop reading now. What
follows will not please you. As a citizen of Victoria I am incensed by the
continual attacks on our premier. It’s not surprising that the State Opposition
leader, the hapless Michael O’Brien, attacks Andrews in his usual censorious manner. -
Trust me, I’m a deregulated bankerThose that remember the dim dark distant days of the Global Financial Crisis,
or GFC, would be aware that a lot of the financial pain was caused due to a
number of financial institutions around the world who for a number of years
had been lending large amounts of money to those that couldn’t necessarily
afford the payments and relying on security that was in essence useless. -
So, how will you do it better?In the next 12 to 18 months there are a number of elections coming up across
Australia. Presumably, in amongst the cries of ‘you’re on mute’ in the socially distanced
meetings called by all the political parties to plan and strategise their marketing, they
are trying to work out how to convince you that their candidate is the shining light of
goodness and rationality in the competition and their opponents are the devil incarnate. -
Define heartlessAt the moment, some Premiers and Chief Ministers are being
described as heartless, without compassion, cruel and nasty. The
descriptions are being applied because of decisions made by the
individual Premiers and Chief Ministers or their delegates to contain,
to the best of their ability, the spread of COVID19 in their communities. -
I reject the premiseHave you ever noticed that if a number of politicians don’t
really want to answer a question, they ‘reject the premise’
or reject the characterisation’ rather than answer it?
Current Prime Minister Morrison is a past master of the ‘art’.
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