Warren Truss
Warren Truss is the National Party member for the seat of Wide Bay in Queensland, and has been the the Leader of the National Party since 2007. During the life of the Howard Government he served at various times as Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Minister for Transport and Regional Services, and Minister for Trade.
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Qld Labor inherits corruption mantle from Nats’ dark past
The other day, I was asked on ABC television about the conviction of Gordon Nuttall, a former Queensland Labor state…... Read more
The secret ingredient in Labor’s pork-barrelling
Anthony Albanese has become one frustrated little bunny. The Coalition opposed Rudd Labor’s wild cash splash which will leave Australians…... Read more
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The humourless hysteria of the holier-than-thou
In I Spit On Your Grave, a young woman is gang raped in a remote woodland. She is beaten and tortured…
Cash mobs aren’t so flash
For a moment in the mid-naughties, they were the coolest of all cool social media-fuelled meme-thingos.…
If we wanted reality, we’d turn off the television
“Some day, far into the future, this here machine will become a powerful medium with the potential…
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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
