Advantage Albanese

It is the visuals that count for so much. How a person looks reflects the laconic, often reflexive nature of past Australia and the laid-back image of this country in past decades—all this adds significantly to or detracts from the visual appeal of key candidates to voters. For Anthony Albanese, that is a significant advantage in the prime ministership race.

Albanese and his own seat

This story about preference trading and its implications, including untrue statements and a bland, almost laconic ‘ response by the Prime Minister, is beyond my endurance. There are politics and morality, and this situation about his own seat and preference management disgusts me to the depths of my soul.

Peta Credlin the accurate presenter

Peta Credlin hits the nail right on the head with her take on what is happening on the political front—in this and past columns. How I wish she was the Coalition’s campaign manager for her innate ability to weed out rubbish, fallacious defences, and counter-claims. She brings a totally thorough and researched approach to her columns and her programs on Sky. As she points out with confirming evidence, this country is in one hell of a mess.

America under Trump

America, under Trump’s management, is getting worse. Trump’s influence on the world has quickly transitioned from what might have been positive to a litany of growing negatives. I am dismayed and disgusted at his stance on the Russian/Ukraine conflict. 

Curtains for the coalition

Too little, too late on the detail, Mr. Dutton. You held back on key policy areas for too long, and sadly, it’s still a week from May 3. The election might as well be called now, for it is done and dusted for the coalition. 

For the want of campign mamnagement … 

Sadly, I believe that the election is over, bar the shouting. Labor will romp it in, and I feel from watching and listening, with a majority government. If only Peta Credlin had been the Coalition campaign manager, the outcome would have been entirely different.

Welcome to country over and over and over again.

It seems like we can never have too much of a welcome to the country. I went to a function in the NT late last year with my Granddaughter, who was short-listed for a short story award.  We sat and endured a 15 – 20-minute welcome to the country offered by a person who said this was the fourth welcome to the country she had done for the day and said she loved doing welcomes to countries. I do not imagine they were offered without pecuniary emolument.  That night, everyone who stood up during the program had an acknowledgement/welcome to the country. I left feeling thoroughly saturated by this propensity. 

Welcome to country

I know and understand what welcome to country is all about – and along with that, the compulsory acknowledgements that fall from the lips of every presenter at conferences, meetings, sports venues and the rest. It means that people like me have to be in a permanently supplicatory position regarding those First into the Nation. Well, sorry, that does not cut it with me.