Author Archives: hobjobblesmum
There is a straight road between vilification and violence
From the now infamous menu and Howard Sattler’s treatment of Julia Gillard, to disturbing photos of Nigella Lawson being strangled by her husband in British tabloids. If it sounds like a long bow, a slippery slope, or a tenuous link, I’d suspect you have little, or no, experience of the clear and direct path between a […]
The NDIS and the mental health minefield
Our own Blunt Shovels has explained the design of the NDIS for Joe Hockey, who apparently didn’t understand it. There’s a lot of information around already if you’re prepared to dig for it. Ed Butler recently argued that the obsession with the budget and the nation’s finances more generally is not conducive to good policy […]
Choose your friends carefully
There are variations on the saying, but it goes something along the lines of, Choose your friends carefully, because you reveal your character by the company you keep. Similarly, If you lie down with dogs you will get up with fleas. Such sayings are part of the human compulsion to categorise and create schemas – […]
We can’t all be right
Think back to the lead up to the 2007 election. Remember how unhappy conservatives were? Remember Denis Shanahan’s agony over the polls? Remember Janet Albrechtson’s touching plea to John Howard to step aside in favour of the free market genius of Peter Costello? David Hicks came home, the intervention was launched, and George Bush came […]
The vibe of Abbott’s Australia
Prime Minister Tony Abbott. The Abbott Government. “And in news just to hand, today Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced that…” It’s a hideous prospect for anyone to the left of Gerard Henderson. Cory Bernardi could actually become the minister for something. But unless you’re a member of the Canberra bubble and can get an article […]


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