by Jim Ball | Mar 10, 2020 | Labor Party, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Liberal Party, Random Notes
POLITICAL LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED LIBERAL LABOUR DEMOCRAT REPUBLICAN In Australia the political parties used to line up along particular class lines. THEN Labor was for the worker and the unions, the Liberals for the businessman and the upper middle... by Jim Ball | Feb 24, 2020 | Blog, Co2, Labor Party, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Random Notes, Zero Net Emissions |
In light of Labor’s brazen, bold but at the same time courageous (in the Yes Minister, crazy brave sense) commitment to zero net Co2 emissions by 2050, why don’t the Libs have the courage to double down and match them with their own commitment to a series of nuclear... by Jim Ball | Sep 22, 2019 | Blog, Liberal Party, Liberal Party, Morrison Government, Random Notes |
Despite the Morrison government projecting an agreeable and congenial, hail fellow well met persona, it seems that we yet again have another of the same old, hand-wringing, vanilla and beige, milquetoast Liberal governments, transfixed like the proverbial rabbit in... by Jim Ball | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog, East Timor, Liberal Party, Liberal Party, Random Notes |
If you didn’t catch 4 Corners last night you can catch it in ABC Iview. It is a must watch if for no other reason than you can see and understand what goes on in Australia’s name by a totally corrupt political class. If youre not across it the backcgound to the full... by Jim Ball | Mar 19, 2019 | Blog, Conservatives, Liberal Party, Liberal Party, Politicians
You have to give credit where credits due. The left including Labor, GetUp, the unions and of course their media wing, the ABC and Fairfax, (9) and The Guardian play a brilliant ground game. They’ve got the strategy and tactics and the manpower on the street. They are... by Jim Ball | Jan 18, 2019 | Blog, Elites, Labor Party, Labor Party, Liberal Party, Liberal Party, Random Notes |
Reading Graeme Richardson’s column in the Oz, Things Grim for Most in the West in tandem with both the excellent Maurice Newman and Henry Ergas columns on the same op-ed page, it strikes me that what lifetime professional political players and lobbiests like Richo...