We are a reasonable country, but our patience has now run out.
Our Parliament is sovereign, and it should be able to make decisions that cannot be undone in our courts.
That’s what this emergency legislation delivers.
Fun fact: What do Alan Jones, Ben Roberts Smith, Bruce Lehrmann & McLachlan all have in common? All represented by the same law firm to defend them.
@JoshBBornstein I'd say both Gillard and Turnbull are better at framing the big picture narrative, though.
(Being fair, for Gillard that was maintaining continuity with Rudd's biblical megapromise style).
Albanese's Government seems to lack that mythcrafting skill.
TRAGEDY: Henry Kissinger Dead at 100 After Airport Security Accidentally Breaks the Dark & Loathsome Spell Anchoring His Soul to Its Decaying Mortal Flesh
Think I may finally have turned into the grognard I have always threatened to become, because that was genuinely woeful. A heartless, shoddily scripted mess rescued only by Tate and Tennant intermittently recapturing the old magic.
#DoctorWho
@RNBreakfast O'Neil: If it were up to me, all of these people would be in detention.
PK: Even the ones who haven't committed crimes?
O'Neil: Yes. because that's where they were before the High Court decision…
What a horrendous state of affairs.
This year’s talented winner of Behind the Lines, @FionaKatauskas at Old Parliament House with @barriecassidy, Min for the Arts Tony Burke and fellow cartoonists #MOAD