A House ungovernable

Nov 24 2011 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

“To claim that the Member for Scullin was hankering to return to the backbench … is to practice on our credulity.”

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in Politics
Tagged Anthony Albanese, Harry Jenkins, Julia Gillard, Peter Slipper, Speaker

Frontline feminism

Nov 21 2011 Posted by
Lyle Dunne

A postscript to the recent debate about women in the front line.

By Lyle Dunne

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Posted in Culture, Defence, Feminism
Tagged Helen Mirren, The Debt, Women in combat, Women's rights

The European Project is dead

Nov 16 2011 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

“Europe’s supranational oligarchy of politicians and bureaucrats really wants the same thing that has fascinated Europe since 1789 and The Revolution …”

By Gary Scarrabelotti

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Posted in Economics, EU, History, International Relations, Politics
Tagged Bailout, Empire, euro, Europe, European Union, Greece, Jose Manuel Barroso, Nicolas Sarkozy, Reich, Single currency, Sovereignty

Chinese TV host says régime nearly bankrupt

Nov 16 2011 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

Every province of China is another Greece

By Matthew Robertson | Epoch Times | November 13, 2011; Last Updated: November 16, 2011

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Posted in Business, China, Economics, Manufacturing, Must Reads
Tagged debt, Frank Xie, GDP, Inflation, Larry Lang, Purchasing Managers Index, Tax

Stop funding Pakistan while it pays to kill Diggers

Nov 10 2011 Posted by
Gary Scarrabelotti

“We are now one of the biggest suppliers of military training to Pakistan. Yet elements of the Pakistani military and intelligence agencies are intimately assisting the people who are killing our soldiers in Afghanistan.”

By Greg Sheridan, Foreign Editor | The Australian | November 10, 2011

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Posted in Afghanistan, Defence, International Relations, Must Reads, Pakistan
Tagged ANA, COIN, Haqqani network, Taliban