Unless things pick up this will be a disastrous election for TV stations. In elections not only do they have to spend a lot more covering politics than normal, but this is generally at least partly offset by income from political advertising. I’ve been watching TV for the ad Tsunami, but it is either still […]

Joe Richards, while at school at Villanova College, Coorparoo, borrowed a priest’s regalia, and took himself up to Loretto College, offering to hear the girls’ confessions. I’m not sure how far he got, but I vaguely remembered the incident when reminded by Janine Walker before our ABC radio spot this morning. She also told me […]

Someone, I don’t remember who, said that Joh Bjelke-Petersen was behaving like a Victa Lawnmower just before the end because “they always speed up before they run out of gas”. So, if you don’t like the idea of a kamikaze swan, you can opt for the victa lawnmower. Because nothing other than malignant hyperactivity could […]

Could there be good reasons for rusted on Labor voters to change their vote to Liberal this election? And if there are, what does it say for the likely poll result, and the responses currently being garnered by pollsters? Former Queensland Council of Unions President Dave Harris is quoted in today’s Courier Mail which says: […]

I haven’t been overwhelmed with responses on public service overmanning, but I’ve had a couple I want to pass on. If you want to add to this, please either leave a comment below, or go to my survey by clicking here. Jane, who has experience of how short term contracts and the recruitment agencies interact […]

There is precedent for Campbell Newman contesting a seat he as a potential premier when he is not a sitting memebr according to historian, and former Queensland Attorney-General, Denver Beanland. Campbell Newman standing for Premier of Queensland as Leader of the Parliamentary Liberal National Party outside of parliament is not unique, as has been reported. […]