Tag: alp

• Why Mark Latham Can’t Get It Right On Domestic Violence

  Perhaps it really was a quiet news week. Apart, that is, from the Budget, Johnny Depp’s dogs, double-dipping mothers and the Rohingya refugee crisis. But perhaps with domestic violence in some of the news, Mark Latham decided to single dip and write another opinion column. And he’s done it again. Or to use the academic…

  Andrew Whalan

  May 18, 2015

  Opinions

  alp, attila the hun, boo, domestic violence, Family Violence, johnny depp, Mark Latham, paul keating, peter walsh, pistol, Politics, rohingya, struggle street, tim watts

• The Self Doubt of Greg Hunt

  Hidden among the reaction to the first Australian Government Direct Action emissions abatement auctions is an interesting and revealing response from the relevant minister Greg Hunt. To recap, the Direct Action scheme has spent 25% of the funds allocated to abate carbon. For that spend, it will  theoretically abate 15% of the required 5% emissions reduction.…

  Andrew Whalan

  April 30, 2015

  Opinions

  alp, Carbon tax, Climate change, Direct Action, Emissions trading scheme, Environment, global warming, Greg Hunt, LNP, Politics

• Vale Gough Whitlam

  Having heard the sad news of Gough Whitlam, it reminded me of this. Many years ago I was asked to scrutineer (check the validity of votes cast as they were counted by the electoral officers) for a friend running for office. Luckily as the son of two political parents, I learnt scrutineering at my mother’s…

  Andrew Whalan

  October 21, 2014

  Personal

  alp, Government, Politics, whitlam