That's outrageous" the feigned emotive cry that echoes around the chamber. "Shame" is another quintessential superlative. I have never seen a...

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  WELL, let's be straight on this one: 27 per cent is on the verge of minor-party status. Any lower and you are close to being able to name all ...

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  Maybe I am getting the flu and that is why I am grumpy otherwise it is the complete loss of attention to the major issue of our time, and sorr...

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Valedictory speeches are like writing then delivering your own eulogy. With the Senate changing to the Greens in the next fortnight the eulogy metapho...

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    When you are travelling, and I have just got back from India and Malaysia, you always question if there are actual differences in cult...

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  Mankind has been on a quest to drag itself up from dark streets, disease and servitude. Pretty much all of mankind is now squared away on the ...

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    The pictures of the mistreatment of live stock in Indonesia have stirred an almost unanimous disgust in Australia, but I do not doubt ...

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  Well, you have just shivered through one of the coldest autumns on record. Where is that cursed button to warm things up a little around here?...

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  For all those budding double agents now is your time. Budget Estimates is on and the heads of all the public service departments are making th...

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  LET me put my cards on the table. Women can wear what they like to the beach so long as they're wearing something. I enjoy having a beer wit...

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