Peter Spencer – The war on farmers 27/1/2006

Peter Spencer has recently made the news by staging a hunger strike to draw attention to his plight. He currently owns an unproductive 12,000 hectare property in Shannon’s Flat NSW and is fighting the government for the rights to clear his land of native vegetation. The war on farmers – On Line Opinion – 27/1/2006.  However [...]

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All kids must read the Bible, federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says

AdelaideNow… All kids must read the Bible, federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says. Well it didn’t take Abbott long to start offending Australians. 34% of Australians are non-christian yet this so-called “leader” of the Opposition expects that all Australian children should be Bible readers. It might surprise Mr Abbot to learn that this country has [...]

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Work Choices not dead yet, says Abbott | News.com.au

Work Choices not dead yet, says Abbott | News.com.au. Interesting comments today from Tony Abbott. He plans to resurrect at least parts of the former governments failed WorkChoices policies but will do so under another name. I’m sure that will do wonders for  his popularity. He goes on to give credit to Paul Keating for [...]

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Tony Abbott – What does he stand for?

What does Tony Abbott stand for? We now have our third Australian Liberal Party leader since the election at the end of 2007. Tony has come out with all guns blazing, ready to attack government  policy. On the other hand, he has also announced that his party has no policies of it’s own and is [...]

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