http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/mark-parton/ Mark Parton is the most recognised voice on Canberra Radio.  After a decade hosting the breakfast shift at Mix 106.3 he’s now waking up Canberrans on the AM band on news and talk station 2CC.  Mark writes for Canberra’s City News and his own website.  He went within a whisker of winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly as an Independent in last years ACT election. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/yo-kev-wheres-my-free-swimming-pool/ So Kevin and Wayne have found themselves in another precarious position. The latest two polls show Kevin is about as popular as ugg boots in Darwin. The election is so close that even that sweaty, bike riding wing-nut Tony Abbott could win the thing. The Budget will be delivered tonight and the Treasurer has suggested that this will be a no frills budget with no election year spending to win votes, but hey, it’s already been the year of the political back flip and desperate times call for desperate measures. I’m sure that the Prime Minister and the Treasurer got together yesterday to thrash out what they could possibly come up with to stimulate the polling. Never mind stimulating the economy, it’s the voting that needs vigorous stimulation. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Mark Parton) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/yo-kev-wheres-my-free-swimming-pool/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/yo-kev-wheres-my-free-swimming-pool/#item3044 Mon, 10 May 2010 19:35:40 +0000 Mark Parton | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abbotts-ascendancy-a-win-for-all-people-with-big-ears/ What happened in the Liberal party room on Tuesday morning was above politics.  I’m hoping it was the start of a revolution, a signal that a large number of downtrodden, forgotten Australians are about to stand up and be heard.  I’m talking about wing-nuts.  Tony Abbott is a wing-nut.  So am I. Our ears are unique.  They come out of heads at a rather extreme angle.  If we’re not wearing budgie smugglers, our ears are the first thing that people look at when they look at us. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Mark Parton) Article, Lightweight http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abbotts-ascendancy-a-win-for-all-people-with-big-ears/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/abbotts-ascendancy-a-win-for-all-people-with-big-ears/#item1907 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:40:47 +0000 Mark Parton | Author bios | The Punch