Australian notes
When the Australian editorialises (24/02/23) that, ‘No one who has followed [its] reporting over decades could remain untouched by the…
Dis-con notes
Labor’s Voice – going down together Appraising Peter Dutton’s performance here a fortnight ago (Return to the Fray, 7/01/23), I…
Dis-con notes
A broad church is needed to win government
Dis-Con notes
Watching results on Saturday night, my chief thought was less ‘Who’s going to win?’ than, rather, ‘Thank God that’s over.’…
Dis-Con notes
In the Australian recently ‘a senior Liberal front-bencher’ reportedly said that voters ‘want to return us to office, but they…
Dis-con notes
How often recently have you heard that ‘Ukraine has changed everything’? It has certainly changed my previously intended vote in…
Dis-con notes
ScoMo will lose, thanks to net zero Last week I focused on the media noise over AUKUS and nuclear-powered submarines.…
Dis-con notes
Two revolutionary ideas to keep our subs afloat In June 1989 Paul Keating memorably said, ‘I guarantee if you walk…
Australian notes
Special Drawing Rights: one step closer to world government Even among this journal’s well-informed readers, how many have heard of,…
Dis-con notes
Why no action on the ABC? What possible reason can any conservative have for voting for the Morrison government? Neil…
J’accuse
Falsehood and deception in the Ridd Affair
Dis-con notes
Reshuffle revisited On 5 July we learned that the Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Cormann, will leave parliament towards the…
Australian notes
Chinese aggression and the New Cold War Over recent weeks commentators both in Australia and abroad have drawn attention to…
Dis-con notes
Get a wriggle on, ScoMo Previous Dis-Con Notes (25/04/20 and 16/05/20) proposed eleven policy reforms for Prime Minister Morrison’s consideration.…
Dis-Con notes
Well done, Angus Six weeks ago I advised the prime minister to undertake a ministerial reshuffle. Three weeks ago I…
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Some policy reforms, Mr Morrison Three weeks ago I advised Scott Morrison to dump seven Liberal and LNP ‘Duds’ from…
Dis-con notes
Time for a re-shuffle, Mr Morrison Since its re-election the Morrison government has been beset by one ‘crisis’, real or…
Dis-con notes
Wrong way, go back My last Dis-Con Note (‘Watching and hoping, Mr Morrison’, 13/07/19) pointed out that, despite his ‘miracle’…
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Watching and hoping, Mr Morrison With our post-election parliament finally operative, what can we now expect from the new…
Dis-con notes
How to Vote, conservatively With only a week until the election, we Dis-Cons (disaffected conservatives) face a dilemma. A Labor…
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Next please, PM Last week’s editorial, ‘In praise of the PM’, rightly gave Prime Minister Scott Morrison ‘full marks ……
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The UN at work A recent Dis-Con Note, ‘ScoMo’s (recommended) manifesto’, mentioned two international meetings in December pursuing the United…
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ScoMo’s (recommended) manifesto Everyone seeking, like myself, to avoid a Labor government must wish Prime Minister Morrison well. However, in…
Dis-con notes
Does Morrison cut the mustard? The first quality Napoleon Bonaparte sought in his generals was that they were lucky. Scott…
Dear Paul
Three major articles by the Australian’s editor-at-large Paul Kelly, and Tony Abbott’s even more major Heritage Foundation speech in Washington,…
