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Tony Abbott, Twitter, Women of Calibre and Click Bait

May 8, 2013 in Current Affairs, Human Rights, News, Politics

So yesterday I was noodling about the house, exhausted and exhilarated after surviving Satan’s own three ring circus of a weekend, when Twitter whooped out the Code Pink Alert. The Twisterhood (Twitter Sisterhood. You like it? I just made it up!) were Outraged! Again! World-Renowned Misogynist, Tony Abbott, announced a Paid Parental Leave scheme that would entitle new mothers earning $150,000 pa or less to six months maternity leave at full pay, plus super entitlements. He said, and I quote: “We do not educate women to higher degree level to deny them a career. If we want women of that [...]

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Tony Abbott: My Five Stages Of Grief

April 8, 2013 in Current Affairs, Humour, Politics

OK – let’s face it. Barring something unexpected, it’s almost certain that Tony Abbott will become the next Prime Minister of Australia. Some of you might be pleased with this, and I’m happy for you, but I can’t share your joy. I don’t always vote Labor, but I’ve never voted Liberal and nothing about Tony Abbott or the policies of the Coalition makes me want to change this. So, where does that leave me? I’m guessing you’ve all heard of the five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance. Well, I’m feeling that way about Tony Abbott. Denial It will be OK. Gillard [...]

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Prime Minister Turnbull: Is It Just A Fantasy?

November 6, 2012 in Current Affairs, News, Politics

In May 2011 I first published a post about  Malcolm Turnbull on my old blog. I ran a slightly updated version of that post on KiKi & Tea when T and I were using some old blog posts to add some content to our site before we went live. In that post I outlined my reasons why I think Malcolm Turnbull should quit the Libs and run as an independent. I wrote the piece when Tony Abbott’s term as opposition leader seemed to be at its strongest, and it looked like the idea of a Malcolm Turnbull Prime Ministership was a thing of the [...]

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Sexism in Australian Politics: Mike Tyson says NO

October 15, 2012 in Celebrity, Current Affairs, Entertainment, News, People, Politics, Sexuality, Society

After what has been an extraordinary couple of weeks with our country’s leaders slinging mud at every opportunity, I knew it would feature heavily in The Sunday Telegraph that I purchased this morning. I knew there would be feature articles and opinion pieces about Julia Gillard accusing Tony Abbott of misogyny and sexist behavior. Hey, her impassioned 15-minute speech went viral and saw women all over the world fist pumping for this female leader who dared to speak out against sexism in politics with such vitriol. What I didn’t expect was that the paper would interview Mike Tyson, who is [...]

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Updated: Is Julia Gillard The Muhammad Ali Of Australian Politics?

October 10, 2012 in Current Affairs, News, Politics

In all the hullabaloo around the resignation of Peter Slipper as Speaker of Federal Parliament yesterday, you may have missed the story around Julia Gillard’s blistering attack on Tony Abbott. Strangely, it seems to have been getting more press overseas than in Australia. Here’s the video: If I was still in any doubt that Julia Gillard has been biding her time and waiting for the right moment to go on the attack, well yesterday’s performance has reinforced my opinion that Julia Gillard really is “The Muhammad Ali Of Australian Politics”. We’d love to hear what you think about her speech. Is she [...]

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Why Everyone Is Wrong About Craig Thomson

May 25, 2012 in Current Affairs, Politics

I suppose like many people, I’ve been watching this whole “Craig Thomson Saga” from the sidelines with a mixture of humour, frustration and indifference, usually all at the same time. The more it goes on, the more I think that everyone is in the wrong. Why Craig Thomson is wrong: Well, that’s pretty obvious. The evidence against him seems to be damning. Yes, I know – he’s yet to be charged with anything – but in normal circumstances he would have resigned by now. Not necessarily because of an “admission of guilt”, but at least to take the enormous pressure off himself. But these aren’t [...]

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We All Need To Live In Marginal Seats

March 26, 2012 in Humour, Politics

So, the Queensland election has resulted in a landslide win for the LNP. Anna Bligh and Labor have not just been kicked out, but slaughtered. Many seats that were once considered safe Labor seats, or at least marginal, are now safe LNP seats. Some people may think this is a good thing. I don’t, but maybe not for the reasons you might think. It’s not the result of the election that worries me. It’s that it was so one-sided that’s the problem. I think it would have been better if the election had been much closer than that. In fact, [...]

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