Well readhead: the politics-free zone

Fiona says:

04:23pm | 27/08/10

Bless you Leigh Sales for providing the perfect Friday afternoon fodder. I am however feeling slightly self-conscious about my chip eating habits.

thatcherschild says:

07:13pm | 27/08/10

@Weeny, I know Im not the only one who reads posts like yours and cant believe the drivel some people write, with no back up.
Lets see, pink batts, the purpose of which were to assist in employment/stimulus areas,and to help householders be energy wise.
To the idiots blaming the govt, did you see one govt member up in a loft doing the installing?
No, it was a small number of dodgy businesses who jumped on the bandwagon, sullied the insulation industry and directly caused workers deaths, I believe these are being dealt with by the courts.
So really the only failing of the govt was to do with regulations, but of course, the Bush/Howard era of deregulation is rarely mentioned.
BER, lets see, a 97+% of recipients made no compaints, and again, the rorting was directly down to the companies engaged to build.
As for ‘the waste”, well it went somewhere, maybe the pub and the pokies, who knows, but it went somewhere and kept the economy afloat.
I know in the small regional town I live in if it wasnt for BER our local builders and suppliers would have gone out of business along with other ventures, plus we got a fab school/community hall which benefits the whole town.
I agree the mining tax wasnt handled well initially, but I think the sight of protesting mining billionaires was beyond farce.
ETS, well we all know who fouled that up, just a shame the right-wing xtian science deniers got their knife into Malcolm - take a look at the UK, they dealt with it all years ago, totally bi-partisan, but then the UK doesnt pander to religious groups.
Please provide a link to back up your claim that billions has been wasted, including a breakdown of where it all went, if possible.

Rob r Charteris says:

07:34pm | 27/08/10

I thought rAbbott’s reference to Australia’s mentoring of Iraqi soldiers in Afghanistan on Skynews a few days ago was a “What the?” moment.

Against the Man says:

09:59pm | 27/08/10

Lets get interesting, remember all the ads supporting the ALP from the nursing association?

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/sa-nurses-to-take-industrial-action-20100827-13vam.html

In NSW nurses struggle to get permanent jobs when there is a shortage.

Unions don’t always represent their members. The ALP has tried to project itself as a representative of the average hard working Aussie, but the truth is far from the reality…........

Ewen Mee says:

07:31am | 28/08/10

We have been well hung for over a week now, and guess what nothing has changed, so perhaps we don,t really need a federal government at all, abandon canberra,all power to the states and local councils, think of the savings,freed air time, smaller newspapers,no big hats,no more scrutiny of hairdos and bathers. Imagine the serenity,of course a few journos would lose their jobs,but it is small price to pay really.

Oz Ocker says:

12:36pm | 28/08/10

RE Mark Latham as a journo. Some years back British MP John Profumo was caught in a call girl scandal. The aforesaid call girls were described in the media as “models”. The head of the Models Association released a press statement saying her members regarded the call girls as “journalists.” Et Tu, Mark?

acotrel says:

07:31am | 29/08/10

So Howard suspended the Racial Discrimination Act when he wanted to use the aborigines as election fodder? - NICE ONE !!!!!!!

Tess says:

10:23pm | 29/08/10

I’m not sure whether the article about terminal illness or the hungover owls made more tears come out of my eyes.  Just for very different reasons.

Once again a brilliant selection of articles.

Ellyanna says:

09:16am | 17/10/11

Well mcaadaima nuts, how about that.