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Tag Archives: Barnaby Joyce
MUNGO MacCALLUM. Will Malcolm Turnbull seize the opportunity?
One Nation also copped a hiding, largely as a result of the Faustian bargain on preferences struck between Barnett and Pauline Hanson and her sinister adviser, James Ashby.
Posted in Media, Politics
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Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Malcolm Turnbull, Mungo MacCallum, One Nation, Pauline Hanson, Racial Discrimination Act, WA election
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HAL SWERISSEN and STEPHEN DUCKETT. Is a tax on sugary drinks “bonkers”?
The evidence is that currently there are significant harms and costs associated with the consumption of sugary drinks, both to those who are obese and the community more generally.
Posted in Economy, Health
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Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Grattan Institute, Hal Swerissen, health and sugar drinks, Stephen Duckett, tax on sugar drinks
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MUNGO MacCALLUM. the National Party is ‘feeling its oats’.
Mungo MacCallum writes that the National Party may not yet be out of control but it represents a far more frightening prospect to Turnbull and the Liberals than the cross-benchers ever will.
Posted in Politics
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Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Malcolm Turnbull, Mungo MacCallum, Murray Darling plan, National Party, One Nation, Orange By-election
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Jesuit students rebuke Tony Abbott and other old boys. John Menadue
For many years, I have been concerned that the Jesuits at St Ignatius College Sydney seem to be producing mainly conservative politicians and merchant bankers. I don’t think St Ignatius would have expected that. My confidence in the Jesuits at … Continue reading →
Posted in Politics, Refugees, Immigration, Religion and Faith
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Tagged asylum seekers, Barnaby Joyce, Bill Shorten, Christopher Pyne, Joe Hockey, St Ignatius College, Tony Abbott
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National Party fails farmers. John Menadue
Warren Truss and Barnaby Joyce have allowed the National Party to be dragged along at the heels of the Liberal Party on climate change and other issues. What was it that Tony Abbott said about climate change being ‘bullshit’? Australian … Continue reading →
Posted in Environment and climate, Politics
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Tagged Barnaby Joyce, climate change, farmers, National Party, Warren Truss
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