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@kzfm100 the speech on Tony Abbott's website "A REALIST'S APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE" dated July 27th 2009 repudiates your comment.

correction to the last comment: the mining companies and shareholders

the first truly third way political party was the Labor party in Australia. When it got into government in the early 1980's it did the market liberalisation that happened under both Reagan and Thatcher in the USA and UK, except because they were interested in both right and left solutions, they w...

Can you blame them for laughing. That's some of the funniest football I've ever seen

Say what you will about Bligh in August, her response to the flood catastrophe has been A++++++++

I was shocked Redmond didn't concede until the following Wednesday. It was clear on the night that the ALP had gotten over the line by at least one seat. Bruce Hawker's call that the ALP had won after an hour and a half of the count was dead accurate. Extremely embarrassing that the Liberals coul...

Anyone from the Liberal Party who mentions or tries to make political capital out of the SA ALP and the fake Family First how to vote cards in March 2010 (and they've done it a lot since the last state election) should be directed to this video.

The only way this could have been funnier is if David Lloyd was in the commentary box!

Too be fair to Greig, she is gorgeous!

If Howard had any pride, he would run himself out of public life in 1983. Let us get the record straight. Apart from that inward looking, moribund economy he left—the principal charge against him—in terms of the recession he presided over, 4.1 per cent of GDP was lost. In 1990-91 it was 1.8 per c...

Regardless of what your view is, there is a certain etiquette that should be displayed on election night. Kroger and Joyce crossed the line. If you watch the ABC or Channel 7's coverage, you didn't see Nick Minchin and Steve Smith or others engage in this sort of juvenile point scoring. A little ...

Korea and Japan: North Korean threat and they've hosted it before

USA: Staged it before. Nothing special

Qatar: Never Qualified. Too hot!

Australia: Sydney 2000, Can qualify on their own merit (as can New Zealand) etc.

If you've ever seen an episode of Hollowmen, that's Costello personified. I'm sure he was saying to himself "Cascade is a form of beer" the whole day.

those two balls were dismissed from his presence with utter contempt for the ability of the bowlers.

One of the most entertaining players in the history of the game.

@balancedaustralia and as for Paul Keating, I suggest you read some history books (The March of Patriots and The Longest Decade for starters)! He won the unwinnable 1993 election and implemented some extremely important policies during his 4 years in office such as compulsory Superannuation and T...

Wow he really punched him! LOL

"You're all muppets!"

The all too famous Julia Gillard waddle. She's like a duck in a lot of ways. LOL

Julia Gillard and Wayne Swan need to watch this clip and clips like it very carefully! This is how you do Question Time!

Was the military commission a fair system?

I didn't hear an answer to this question.

Some of the criticism he refers to is Miranda Devine who isn't exactly independent of John Howard. For an unbiased account of the David Hicks affair, I'd strongly recommend Leigh Sales's book Detainee 002.

@Ken0009100 I agree. Howard was clearly the best choice for the leadership at that time as he was one of the battlers that had been alienated. Costello never had the hold Howard had on that demographic. If the leadership change occurred in 03/04, I think even Latham could have beaten Costello. Se...

Although I'm not a fan of Murdoch, He's right on this issue. Australia went from a productivity rate of 2.5% in 1995/1996 to a productivity rate of under 1.0% in 2006/2007 thanks to John Howard and Peter Costello throwing tax cuts and middle class welfare at the electorate in the name of relaxati...

I'm glad he didn't jump on the Costello bandwagon, but I think his critique is still a little bit modest. He didn't mention the unnecessary rises in inflation through investments in tax cuts and middle class welfare which lead to 10 consecutive interest rate rises and his inability to solve our p...

"You wouldn't trust this mob with a jam jar full of 5 cent bits"

The systemic $10.6 Billion hole in Coalition's election costings has proven Keating correct (as usual)

Here Here!

I haven't heard an Australian politician talk at this level of economic detail since Paul Keating.

My opinion for what it's worth: had Putland bowled the 2nd and 20th overs, we might have won against an excellent team. That being said, it was an excellent comeback after the powerplay.

Congratulations on an excellent tournament and I'm sure some of the domestic teams will be worried about f...