Maxine McKew
Maxine McKew MP is the Parliamentary Secretary for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government and the Member for Bennelong. Before entering politics, Maxine covered national and international affairs extensively for ABC TV, on prestigious programs such as Lateline and The 7.30 Report. These days she divides her time between working on the Rudd Government’s record investment in community infrastructure and and her busy electorate work in Sydney’s inner north-west.
On weekends and non-sitting weeks Maxine is often out and about talking to locals around Ryde, Gladesville and Epping where she lives with her partner Bob and Louis the dog.
Articles by Maxine McKew
A sweet deal for small business
My first offering to The Punch for 2010 – and it’s a puff piece! Gena Karpf makes great, sweet puffy…... Read more
Climate challenge missed by Coalition howlers
Momentum is a fundamental concept in both physics and politics. It’s a concept climate change skeptics like Barnaby Joyce just…... Read more
Bennelong, where jobs prove the stimulus is working
What a huge news week it was last week. Sabi the dog came home. Tiger Woods fever gripped the country,…... Read more
High school now bears no resemblance to 50 years ago
Here’s a Punch quiz. What do Foxtel’s Kim Williams, RMIT Vice Chancellor Margaret Gardiner and Victorian Opera supremo Richard Gill…... Read more
She shoots, she scores: then quits while she’s ahead
Australian politicians have something of a mixed record when it comes to sport. While a number have been talented sportsmen…... Read more
Trying to stick non-designer labels on the government
There’s a school of political thought that goes something along the lines of, if you say something loud enough and…... Read more
The gender pay agenda: time women got on board
People keep asking me does gender matter in politics? If this week’s news about the gender pay gap in managerial…... Read more
Drop the dead celebrity, I’ve got a good news story
I’ll be out door-knocking in Bennelong this weekend, talking to real people and listening to their stories. Nothing beats it…... Read more
Memo to the Liberals: It’s about jobs, stupid
It’s two weeks since I Punched in for the first time. Since then I’ve been thinking about jobs, jobs, jobs.…... Read more
Finding love and salvation amid poverty and despair
Here’s my guilty admission. I sat through Samson and Delilah and I wanted it to end. The violence, the petrol-sniffing,…... Read more
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Would you kill for a job?
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Friday Dilemma: child cruelty or harmless fun?
Parenting. It’s the new oneupmanship. Ah, how quaint the days now seem when parents could raise…
Hipsters with hip replacements
Someone once told me that when people reach a certain age they begin dressing in the manner they did…
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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]From: I’d rather have a piece of toast than listen to crap lyrics
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]Gentle jabs to the ribs
No wuckin forries. These nuckin futs are tuckin fops
Well, puck me with a fitchfork. The F-word is apparently an acceptable part of Australian speech. That’s… Read more
