http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/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. 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Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/labors-mean-spirited-attack-on-our-most-vulnerable/ Tanya Plibersek has flagged the re-introduction of legislation to means test the private health insurance rebate. This is Labor’s third try. It has been defeated twice. Peter Slipper has voted twice against this legislation, presumably believing as does the rest of the Opposition, of which he was a part, that it is bad legislation for his constituents. Tony Windsor has voted against it twice and remained consistent but Rob Oakeshott only once.  On the last vote he caved into Labor. This was interesting because Mr Oakeshott in his seat of Lyne has more people over 50 years, as well as over 60 years, than any other seat in Australia. 57,220 of his constituents are over 50, of which 38,481 are over 60. He has once voted to protect them and vote down the miserable means test but what will he be offered/threatened/cajoled by Gillard this time? feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bronwyn Bishop) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/labors-mean-spirited-attack-on-our-most-vulnerable/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/labors-mean-spirited-attack-on-our-most-vulnerable/#item7581 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:40:14 +0000 Bronwyn Bishop | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/whatever-happened-to-theories-and-theorems/ Pythagoras and his theorem, which has withstood the test of time and is readily remembered as “The square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides” (a² + b²= c²). Scientific method has historically required a theory to be put forward and tested essentially by trying to knock it down. Even evolutionary theory is still called just that – The Theory of Evolution. How then did we arrive at what is now popularly referred to as “The Science” and as a corollary “The Science of Global Warming”. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bronwyn Bishop) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/whatever-happened-to-theories-and-theorems/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/whatever-happened-to-theories-and-theorems/#item4636 Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:45:51 +0000 Bronwyn Bishop | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/where-does-get-up-get-off/ Political donations seem to be a hot agenda item. The besieged NSW Labor machine suddenly comes up with a solution to starve the Coalition of funds for the forthcoming March 2011 election. NSW Labor, long the recipient of donations for decisions suddenly thinks only 3rd parties should be allowed to spend large amounts of money on election campaigns, but under their scheme unions as well as left wing fellow travellers such as Get Up are deemed to be 3rd parties. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bronwyn Bishop) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/where-does-get-up-get-off/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/where-does-get-up-get-off/#item4520 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:45:21 +0000 Bronwyn Bishop | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/weird-green-science-sells-the-people-up-the-river/ The green people consulted “the science” and demanded human sacrifice to the river to make it well. The writer of the Murray darling Commission draft report, that suddenly became a guide to the draft report (yet to be seen), declared that the legislation establishing the Commission required him to ignore the socio-economic effects of taking away irrigation entitlements and first concentrate on the wellbeing of the river – very green. Trouble is the Water Act establishing the Commission in fact did require the Commission to consider the impact on people, communities and livelihoods. Section 3 (c) of the Water Act clearly sets out that the objectives of the Act include economic and social considerations. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bronwyn Bishop) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/weird-green-science-sells-the-people-up-the-river/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/weird-green-science-sells-the-people-up-the-river/#item4329 Mon, 25 Oct 2010 18:29:59 +0000 Bronwyn Bishop | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-greens-dream-is-a-nightmare-for-the-rest-of-us/ Why do the Greens hate people? At every turn they want to reduce the quality of life for human beings or in the worst case authorise a doctor to help kill some via euthanasia. How can any political party charged by the constitution with the responsibility of governing for the peace, order and good government of the Australian people be taken seriously when the people always come second. And be under no illusions, the Greens are part of the cobbled together Labor government. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bronwyn Bishop) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-greens-dream-is-a-nightmare-for-the-rest-of-us/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-greens-dream-is-a-nightmare-for-the-rest-of-us/#item4220 Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:45:18 +0000 Bronwyn Bishop | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/spare-us-the-whingeing-julia/ Spare us the whingeing woman. Julia Gillard whinges that an Opposition member elected as an endorsed Coalition member won’t defect to the ALP to help her out. She’ll “honour parliamentary reform” she says but she won’t honour her election promise to the Australian people that “there will be no carbon tax under a government I lead”. “Be a realist – circumstances have changed” chanted Gillard on Sunday morning TV. How we might ask? feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bronwyn Bishop) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/spare-us-the-whingeing-julia/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/spare-us-the-whingeing-julia/#item4128 Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:50:40 +0000 Bronwyn Bishop | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/overpopulate-and-perish/ How can you have a debate on population without addressing the question of immigration?  Answer –you can’t. Only two things affect the size of our population – natural birthrate and immigration. Our birthrate had dropped to 1.7 births per female – below replacement level. The baby bonus introduced by Peter Costello did see the birthrate rise to now 1.9 births per female and common chat around schools is that the first of the baby bonus kids are now enrolling in school.  Some may argue that it was not the baby bonus that brought about the mini baby boom but the rise in the birthrate does correspond with the baby bonus and the cohort is known as the baby bonus kids. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bronwyn Bishop) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/overpopulate-and-perish/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/overpopulate-and-perish/#item3645 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:39:59 +0000 Bronwyn Bishop | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gillard-will-always-be-a-captive-of-the-hard-left/ Paul Howes chooses to damn John Howard with faint praise. In his most recent Sunday Telegraph article Mr Howes credits John Howard as having put in place the conservative wish-list of policy changes. He would no doubt like to do the same for the left wish-list. He writes “If you want to enact real change, you have to do it slowly. There is no point in making sweeping changes if you only get three years in which to do them”. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bronwyn Bishop) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gillard-will-always-be-a-captive-of-the-hard-left/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/gillard-will-always-be-a-captive-of-the-hard-left/#item3531 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 18:45:24 +0000 Bronwyn Bishop | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/politics-macbeth-style/ “Out, damned spot! out” moaned the sleepwalking Lady Macbeth after the murders committed to ensure that Kingship came to Macbeth. “What will these hands never be clean”. “Here’s the smell of blood still. All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand”. And yet the “spot” seemed to be worn as a badge of honour on Sunday morning TV with the newly anointed Prime Minister choosing Joan Kirner giant polka dot jacket to begin her reign. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bronwyn Bishop) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/politics-macbeth-style/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/politics-macbeth-style/#item3433 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:35:14 +0000 Bronwyn Bishop | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-mining-ads-are-all-spin-and-the-budget-shows-it/ Just when does spin become a lie? Answer – when the overwhelming objective is to deceive. Harsh? Certainly! True? Most definitely. Particularly when the advertisements to convey the lie is paid for by theft from the taxpayer ie advertisements to promote the Labour Party’s great big tax on mining, have avoided complying with the advertising guidelines but is none the less paid for by the taxpayer. Bargain at $38 million! feedback@thepunch.com.au (Bronwyn Bishop) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-mining-ads-are-all-spin-and-the-budget-shows-it/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-mining-ads-are-all-spin-and-the-budget-shows-it/#item3305 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:40:26 +0000 Bronwyn Bishop | Author bios | The Punch