Bronwyn Bishop

Bronwyn Bishop

Bronwyn Bishop is the Liberal member for the federal seat of Mackellar. She is a former president of the NSW division of the Liberal Party and has served as a minister and on several parliamentary committees. Prior to entering politics she was a solicitor and a company director.

Articles by Bronwyn Bishop

Labor’s mean-spirited attack on our most vulnerable

Labor’s mean-spirited attack on our most vulnerable

24 Jan 12 Tanya Plibersek has flagged the re-introduction of legislation to means test the private health insurance rebate. This is Labor’s third…... Read more

Whatever happened to theories and theorems?

Whatever happened to theories and theorems?

07 Dec 10 Pythagoras and his theorem, which has withstood the test of time and is readily remembered as “The square on the…... Read more

Where does Get Up! get off?

Where does Get Up! get off?

22 Nov 10 Political donations seem to be a hot agenda item. The besieged NSW Labor machine suddenly comes up with a solution…... Read more

Weird green science sells the people up the river

Weird green science sells the people up the river

26 Oct 10 The green people consulted “the science” and demanded human sacrifice to the river to make it well. The writer of…... Read more

A Greens dream is a nightmare for the rest of us

A Greens dream is a nightmare for the rest of us

12 Oct 10 Why do the Greens hate people? At every turn they want to reduce the quality of life for human beings…... Read more

Spare us the whingeing Julia

Spare us the whingeing Julia

28 Sep 10 Spare us the whingeing woman. Julia Gillard whinges that an Opposition member elected as an endorsed Coalition member won’t defect…... Read more

Overpopulate and perish

Overpopulate and perish

27 Jul 10 How can you have a debate on population without addressing the question of immigration?  Answer –you can’t. Only two things…... Read more

Gillard will always be a captive of the Hard Left

Gillard will always be a captive of the Hard Left

13 Jul 10 Paul Howes chooses to damn John Howard with faint praise. In his most recent Sunday Telegraph article Mr Howes credits…... Read more

Politics: Macbeth style

Politics: Macbeth style

30 Jun 10 “Out, damned spot! out” moaned the sleepwalking Lady Macbeth after the murders committed to ensure that Kingship came to Macbeth.…... Read more

The mining ads are all spin, and the Budget shows it

The mining ads are all spin, and the Budget shows it

15 Jun 10 Just when does spin become a lie? Answer – when the overwhelming objective is to deceive. Harsh? Certainly! True? Most…... Read more

Since when is an ALP crisis a national emergency?

Since when is an ALP crisis a national emergency?

01 Jun 10 Isn’t it amazing Mr Rudd has a get out clause to allow him to run an advertising campaign worth $38…... Read more

When a Budget is not really a budget

When a Budget is not really a budget

20 May 10 We might as well abandon the budget process as we have known it.  Traditionally the budget sets out what can…... Read more

Where’s a good whistleblower when you need one?

Where’s a good whistleblower when you need one?

05 May 10 Just as Midas, with his touch, turned everything to gold, Kevin with his, turns everything to dross. It doesn’t matter…... Read more

Rudd’s really after the GST

Rudd’s really after the GST

20 Apr 10 The trouble with Labor’s health plan is that it is not a plan. The fact is that Mr Rudd’s health…... Read more

Labor is lying about Abbott’s record on health

Labor is lying about Abbott’s record on health

23 Mar 10 Labor’s attempted bravura last week in thinking they could show up he Leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott, by calling…... Read more

We should have a debate on population and immigration

We should have a debate on population and immigration

10 Mar 10 Kevin Rudd likes to trumpet his wish to end the blame game. But in reality he rips it up, particularly…... Read more

Sunday morning slugfest

Sunday morning slugfest

23 Feb 10 Sunday morning television can be a riot of fun. First we had Ross Garnaut on Meet the Press confirming that…... Read more

Who’s the real economic freak show?

Who’s the real economic freak show?

09 Feb 10 The Rudd Government claims to be superior in economic management. How so? The real reason Australia did better than most…... Read more

Blaming the elderly is a tired old argument, Kevin

Blaming the elderly is a tired old argument, Kevin

26 Jan 10 There is nothing new in the mid summer sermons of Prime Minister Rudd as he meanders across the Australian continent.…... Read more

Garrett sings from wrong song sheet on Copenhagen

Garrett sings from wrong song sheet on Copenhagen

12 Jan 10 Whatever happened to the grand promoter of the great big ETS tax – Prime Minister Rudd?  Channel 9 said it…... Read more

The Emporer’s Copenhagen cloak: a fairy tale

The Emporer’s Copenhagen cloak: a fairy tale

29 Dec 09 Copenhagen certainly was the right place to hold the biggest cocktail party of the 21st century - otherwise known as…... Read more

What has Kevin Rudd done this year?

What has Kevin Rudd done this year?

15 Dec 09 Can you ever believe this man Rudd – the Labor man, elected to be Prime Minister of Australia. First he…... Read more

Bronnie Bishop: Malcolm, we want our party back now

Bronnie Bishop: Malcolm, we want our party back now

30 Nov 09 We gave Malcolm a lend of the Party, but the members want it back. This is the clear message I…... Read more

Australians who need compassion

Australians who need compassion

17 Nov 09 This is an emotional week. It started with the National Prayer Breakfast in the Great Hall of Parliament House where…... Read more

Words you won’t see in the mail on Kevin Rudd

Words you won’t see in the mail on Kevin Rudd

03 Nov 09 Is Labor aiming for a one party state? One party states always make a big deal about their constitutional guarantees…... Read more

Bill of rights is a dangerous lawyers’ picnic

Bill of rights is a dangerous lawyers’ picnic

20 Oct 09 We forget to consult history at our peril.  It is very relevant to the Rudd Government’s latest assault on the…... Read more

Seeking justice for a forgotten victim

Seeking justice for a forgotten victim

07 Oct 09 It’s not everyday, as Chairman of a Committee, you get an award like the one given to me in 2004…... Read more

Our potty-mouthed PM

Our potty-mouthed PM

22 Sep 09 So, “butter would not melt in his mouth”, Kevin apparently has a robust vocabulary when it comes to privately berating…... Read more

Is beauty now in the eye of the Body Mass Index?

Is beauty now in the eye of the Body Mass Index?

08 Sep 09 The Elites are back in town – that is those people who tell us endlessly that they know better than…... Read more

The family home is sacrosanct, but not to Labor

The family home is sacrosanct, but not to Labor

25 Aug 09 Last week we saw two new Labor tax ideas floated in the media. First, a “slug the rich tax” –…... Read more

On dual citizens, ETS hot air and the magic of the web

On dual citizens, ETS hot air and the magic of the web

12 Aug 09 We already have two classes of citizens in our country - those with shared loyalties having dual citizenships and those…... Read more

So when will you call the next election Kevin?

29 Jul 09 With lots of talk about Kevin Rudd wanting to have an election before the next budget what are the options?…... Read more

Fair suck of the water bottle

14 Jul 09 First the good burgers of Bundanoon at the Canberra end of the Southern Highlands seem to have caught the Canberra…... Read more

Move quickly to fix the problems with child custody

30 Jun 09 A serious, if unintended problem has emerged from the last changes the Parliament made to the Family Law Act. The…... Read more

Will the real Julia Gillard please stand up

16 Jun 09 So the ability for Union reps to get into state schools depends on them being invited in by the school…... Read more

Kev the builder’s silly stunts turn chamber into chaos

02 Jun 09 It’s supposed to be order in the House, but last week it was chaos in the House. Why, because an…... Read more

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From: Punch on: Open thread 09/02/2012

marley says:

I'm one of the older ones, so I've certainly seen a few changes in my time. When I started school I learned to write with a nib pen, dipped in an inkwell (no, I'm not kidding). My mother became a dab hand at getting inkstains out of my clothes. Flicking ink at one another in the classroom was an essential… [read more]

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Erick says:

Led Zeppelin are responsible for my all-time favourite mixed metaphor: "There you sit, sit and stare, like a book on a shelf rusting." (Misty Mountain Hop) I laugh every time I hear it. Hmmm, I believe I've decided what to play on the way to work today. [read more]

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