http://www.thepunch.com.au/tags/bronwyn-bishop/ Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +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/truckie-sooks-vs-libyans-with-real-problems/ As the trucks thunder into Canberra, or try to, it appears they have been blocked somewhere short of Parliament House. It’s not yet clear why they were blocked, but Alan Jones has just called it “the most disgraceful thing that has ever been done to democracy” and “a total corruption of the democratic process”. Meanwhile, Bronwyn Bishop said “we have a government that is not legitimate”. With all due respect to Australia’s most popular broadcaster and one of our most senior politicians, those claims are way over the top. They simply don’t have the right to make them. But there are some people on the streets of Libya this morning who do. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/truckie-sooks-vs-libyans-with-real-problems/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/truckie-sooks-vs-libyans-with-real-problems/#item6546 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 There is nothing new in the mid summer sermons of Prime Minister Rudd as he meanders across the Australian continent. The fact that health expenses are rising faster than inflation is not a revelation it is simply a well known fact. Neither is it new that the population is ageing. This simply means that people are living longer and healthier lives and is a cause for celebration, not morbid prognostications. What is new is that Mr Rudd is blaming older Australians for the cost blowout. http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/blaming-the-elderly-is-a-tired-old-argument-kevin/ There is nothing new in the mid summer sermons of Prime Minister Rudd as he meanders across the Australian continent. The fact that health expenses are rising faster than inflation is not a revelation it is simply a well known fact. Neither is it new that the population is ageing. This simply means that people are living longer and healthier lives and is a cause for celebration, not morbid prognostications. What is new is that Mr Rudd is blaming older Australians for the cost blowout. penberthyd@newsltd.com.au (David Penberthy) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/blaming-the-elderly-is-a-tired-old-argument-kevin/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/blaming-the-elderly-is-a-tired-old-argument-kevin/#item2236 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 There is nothing new in the mid summer sermons of Prime Minister Rudd as he meanders across the Australian continent. The fact that health expenses are rising faster than inflation is not a revelation it is simply a well known fact. Neither is it new that the population is ageing. This simply means that people are living longer and healthier lives and is a cause for celebration, not morbid prognostications. What is new is that Mr Rudd is blaming older Australians for the cost blowout.