Education Minister Christopher Pyne today announced that he will be splitting his higher education reform proposals into 64 separate pieces of legislation in order to allow the Senate to deal with the proposed changes regularly. It follows his latest… Read More ›
Politics
Abbott Wants A Balanced Budget in Five Years And Also A Unicorn
The Prime Minister Tony Abbott has today told colleagues of his desire to balance the budget within five years and also that he wants a unicorn for Christmas. The bizarre request came at a cabinet meeting in which the Prime Minister opened proceedings… Read More ›
Greens Dismayed Labor Set To Support Labor Policy
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has expressed “deep surprise and disappointment” over the decision of Opposition leader Bill Shorten to support a mandatory data retention scheme the kind of which was proposed by the Gillard Labor government in 2012. In a… Read More ›
Health Experts Slam Pete Evans’ Prime Ministers’ Cookbook
Another Pete Evans cookbook has been removed from the shelves amid fears the “easily-led” Prime Minister was under its influence when he ate a raw onion in Tasmania on Friday. The controversial cookbook is the third Pete Evans tome to… Read More ›
Clive Palmer Puts PUP In Lockdown
The remaining members of Clive Palmer’s Palmer United Party (PUP) are in lockdown this afternoon as the embattled leader attempts to stem the flood of members abandoning the party in the wake of Glenn Lazarus’s shock resignation. The remaining members… Read More ›
Clive Palmer Reeling After Losing Another Dinosaur, Vows To Hold Wang Tight
Mining magnate, politician and amateur Mr Toad impersonator Clive Palmer has been dealt a second traumatic blow in as many weeks with the news that he has lost another dinosaur. Last week Mr Palmer’s beloved dinosaur statue Jeff was… Read More ›