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  • Revisionism
    Revisionism is a general term that can be used with both positive
    and negative connotations for any scholarly practice dedicated to
    revising an established position. That is its benign meaning. Another
    is: “A movement in revolutionary Marxian socialism favouring an
    evolutionary rather than a revolutionary spirit”.
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  • Exodus
    It feels almost irreligious to use ‘exodus’ to portray the disappearance
    of so many key figures from Australia’s political scene. But it seems to fit.
    What outcome might we anticipate? Yeẓi’at Miẓrayim:  'Departure from Egypt'
    is the founding myth of the Israelites, recounted in the Book of Exodus.
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  • A pox on both your houses
    As the hostilities resume on Capital Hill, it is probably time to consider
    some of the ramifications of the May 2022 Federal Election. As discussed
    by Katherine Murphy in The Guardian, the Liberal Party rout in affluent
    suburban areas of Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth speaks volumes...
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  • Who is it that can’t manage money?
    How many times have you heard the Liberals mouth Labor
    can’t manage money? What though, is the Liberal record?
    Treasurer Jim Chalmers belled the cat when he said:
    “The economy was weaker in the March quarter than was forecast at election time."
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  • Morrison exits
    It’s almost surreal that this man, who has been in our face so often
    for what feels like endless years, has disappeared! His whereabouts
    seems to be a mystery. Does anyone know where he’s gone?
    Having gone, what has he left us with?
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  • Reality bites
    Every political commentator in the land has their own personal opinion, most
    hide it and at least present a facade of even-handed questioning of politicians
    from all sides of politics. A week and a bit before the election, Sky News Paul Murray
    didn’t. In what The Guardian called an expletive laden anti-Labor tirade Murray
    demonstrated his bias in technicolour during the off-camera ‘audience warm up’...
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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Aristotle

All issues are political; politics is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.

George Orwell

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

Winston Churchill

In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence.

Laurence J Peter in 'The Peter Principle'

I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us.

John Hewson