by PAUL COLLITS – BEFORE the recent South Australian election, John Howard opined that the former Liberal Senator and former Australian Conservatives leader, Cory Bernardi, “wouldn’t trouble the scorers” in that election. Howard is well known to be a cricket tragic, hence…
by PAUL COLLITS – TONY Abbott is an easy man to like. It was always surprising to me that he was often reviled, certainly during his time in Parliament. The last time I bumped into Tony Abbott was at one of those…
by PAUL COLLITS – ON THE twentieth anniversary of America’s neocon invasion of Iraq, I wonder if anyone has asked John Howard what he thinks of all of that now. Famously, Howard didn’t wish Australia to be a “70 or 80 per…
FORMER Prime Minister John Howard has described Labor’s efforts to implement an Indigenous Voice as suspicious, saying the Coalition appeared increasing hostile to the idea. Mr Howard said there were substantial arguments against the Voice and that it was unlikely to be…
NSW Liberal factions have ignored former PM John Howard’s plea for a return to “basic values” and voted for a Matt Kean-backed candidate as NSW State President. “Captain’s pick” Maria Kovacic won the NSW Liberal Party ballot 413 to 243 after a…
FORMER Prime Minister John Howard has provided a ringing endorsement of Philip Argy to take the NSW Liberal presidency, just days out from the controversial vote. With former Parramatta “captain’s pick” Maria Kovacic also running for the top job, Australia’s greatest living…
by PAUL COLLITS – SIR Robert Menzies spoke at length about the importance of faith in politics, something that many mainstream Australians would wholeheartedly endorse. The Liberal Party founder said “human nature is greatest when it combines dependence upon God with independence…
FEWER Australians wanted to buy products made in China, preferring locally made goods, according to new figures. The number of Australians more likely to buy products made in China fell to 21 per cent, down 9 percentage points, according to market research company Roy Morgan.
MEN in the Mirror, Sky News Australia’s excellent documentary by Chris Kenny on the awful similarities between those two prime ministerial disasters, Rudd and Turnbull, should be followed by one on the media’s role supporting their ascension and, in particular, the commentariat’s role in downing John Howard and Tony Abbott.
