The hospital cure: more spin doctors

WHAT is wrong with our health-care system? Too few doctors and nurses? Not enough allied health-care professionals ? Not enough hospitals, hospital beds and operating theatres? Not enough equipment? Not enough money? Read more..

The people like Barnaby

Having been shown to be wrong on the public reaction to the election of Tony Abbott as leader and opposition to the ETS, the commentariat has decided that Barnaby Joyce as finance shadow is a barnacle on the Coalition. Read more..

Political nonsense

I had never been remotely interested in politics until late in 2009 when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd attempted to pass his Emissions Trading Scheme through the Senate. Read more..

$7 billion to UN?

This month Kevin Rudd flies to Copenhagen to help seal a United Nations deal to cut the world’s emissions - and to make Australia hand over part of its wealth. Read more..