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With apologies to Banjo Paterson. There was movement through the nation, for the word had passed around That the voters there had finally had their say, And had voted independent – who were mostly Canberra bound – The Libs thought hard about where blame might lay. All the so-called “hard...

Ha! Beat me to it lol

Wow, I just realised that Rex Patrick has lost his Senate seat for SA. What on earth were the people of SA thinking? They are usually politically very astute.

In the same way that I was forgiving of Swan's debt during and after the GFC, I am also forgiving of Frydenberg for most of the debt incurred after the beginning of the pandemic (although jobkeeper should have been better targeted and regulated). What I can't forgive is the almost doubling of...

Earl, I think you have fallen for the biggest con job in Australian politics that has been pulled in years. Yes, historically the coalition has been a competent economic manager. In the last 20 years or more though, on virtually every economic metric Labor has outdone them. Debt as a % of GDP -...

I'm not so sure that the teal seats will flip that easily - particularly if Dutton gets the leadership. Once a seat goes independent it often stays that way for some time. Calare used to be a strong National seat until Peter Andren became their independent. After his death it reverted. When...

Off the top of my head I can't think of a single seat that Howard campaigned in that resulted in a Liberal win. How they thought it was advantageous to showcase an ex-Prime Minister who not only lost his last election but also his own seat astounds me.

And just for completeness - https://www.marketforces.org.au/campaigns/ffs/#:~:text=Market%20Forces%20estimates%20that%20tax,renewable%20energy%20sector%20in%202020.

Hugh, you show me yours and I'll show you mine. https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/australian-fossil-fuel-subsidies-hit-10-3-billion-in-2020-21/

By the government's own figures and projections, renewable energy will supply more than 50% of Australia's main energy grid by 2025 and 69% by 2030. I'd say its time is well and truly now. Why you have singled out Penny Wong (who will be the foreign affairs minister if elected) is anyone's guess.

Thanks Pascoe's - very good piece. Among many, the one I liked was - "Morrison’s apparent inability to grasp the distinction between a personal belief system and an operative constitutional arrangement may simply be ignorance. To the best of my knowledge, no one has ever praised the current...

John Hewson doesn't miss Morrison or the Liberal party in this piece. https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/topic/2022/05/14/we-are-the-mud/165245040013885#mtr

Thanks Earl, even though it is pretty much stating the obvious it brings it together nicely.

Yes, heaps of jobs available if you are OK with a 30 minute commute on good, country roads. I did qualify my comment by referring to tradies but there are also plenty of jobs for unskilled workers. For an extra $100k you could dispense with the commute as well. I agree with you that it is...

Not really sure but I guess if someone bought it they'd run a bulldozer through it and put on a couple of town houses. Could be $1.2M? BTW, on re-reading my comments I can see how it might come over as big noting. It's not meant to be. We bought a place for us to live in and later a place for...

Paid $113k then and still own it. Moved to NE Vic and rented it out. Went into a business that went bust that cost a bit to finalise - now i’m like the classic baby boomer. Three houses, no kids and a bit of a social conscience. So what are we going to do with our estate? Bugger the money...

interesting. We bought our first home in 1991 -in our early thirties. A modest 2 bedroom weatherboard

Stryker I agree but what has changed (policy wise) in the last 50 years that has caused that? People then on the average wage with one breadwinner could buy a home. McMansions?

Helen Haines in Indi. In the Senate I almost wish I lived in SA. Rex Patrick when he was first elected as a senator? I thought he would be a nobody. Seems I was wrong - he has more balls and insight than any other Senator I can think of - other than Penny Wong who would have been a great prime...

I read Peter Hartcher's piece in the SMH today regarding AUKUS and thought it was one of the best pieces of journalism I had read in a long time. I think I've emailed a journalist to praise or condemn their writing, maybe twice in 10 years. I sent him an email congratulating him on the piece...