
Phil Dickie
@phildickie
Journalist, author, artist and cyclist,
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http://www.melaleucamedia.com 23-03-2011 02:12:28
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PJ O'Rourke once quipped that "The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it." But conservative parties have unlikely allies in the project to discredit public service: neoliberal "centrist" parties, like Liberal Party. 1/


If Aus votes the referendum down, we’d go from being a country that had not got around to recognising its First Peoples in its inadequate Constitution to one that had consciously rejected doing so. To wit, active insult & global infamy. #Insiders Canberra Times ANU Australian Studies Institute





This morning, three Assistant Ministers have been sworn in to their portfolios by the Governor-General. Congratulations to Patrick Gorman MP, Andrew Leigh, and Anthony Chisholm. For more information, click here: pm.gov.au/media/ministry….





Time to burn our activewear and shapewear! I'll just add that Lorna Jane's response to Dan Ziffer threatening "any and all necessary legal action to protect its interests" is one for the ages in what *not* to do in response to today's publication of gender pay gap data.

