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Show the morons they're a minority

Posted: 01 Sep 10 | THE first thing I want to do is offer a full public apology. |

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Hang on, a hung Parliament is OK

Posted: 25 Aug 10 | This election has been called a ``Greenslide''. But aside from The Greens, I think the real winner was that other candidate called Informal. |

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Direction unclear at the election crossroads

Posted: 18 Aug 10 | Ticking boxes will be particularly hard in Werriwa, a seat devoid of campaigning, passion or any real choice. |

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Stop telling us how we're going to vote

Posted: 11 Aug 10 | I WAS chatting to a candidate last week and he mentioned what he called The Ethnic Vote. |

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PMs present the great and the grate

Posted: 04 Aug 10 | ELECTIONS can be strange for journos; we see not only the official politician but also a glimpse behind the facade. |

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A bob each way is the safest route

Posted: 28 Jul 10 | I DUNNO what all the fuss was about re MasterChef and the federal leaders' debate on Sunday night. |

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Voting power just a case of geography

Posted: 27 Jul 10 | WHY do you reckon that Julia Gillard wants to ``move forward'' so much? |

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Relishing the red is the way ahead

Posted: 30 Jun 10 | GIVEN the brutal dumping of KRudd last week, I started to write this column about the rising power of Labor's ugly factional warlords. |

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Tough call when it is close to home

Posted: 24 Jun 10 | MY WIFE'S favourite line from the classic movie, The Big Chill is the one uttered by Kevin Kline: ``You know, I live here. This place means something to me. I'm dug in.'' |

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Maybe this is what needed to happen

Posted: 16 Jun 10 | Tahu's walkout, at face value, seems like yet another scandal but maybe it's not. |

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MP takes a walk on the mild side

Posted: 09 Jun 10 | The political nonsense Graham faced simply wasn't feeding him anymore. And his recent, rather shabby, treatment by the Premier's office probably didn't help. |

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Save the cash Kev, we still don't buy it

Posted: 02 Jun 10 | IN cartoon Africa, The Lion King rules the Pride Lands. In Australia, we're ruled by The Lyin' King and there's not a lot of pride involved. |

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Walking the tax line on big mine profits

Posted: 26 May 10 | IMAGINE digging a veggie patch in your backyard and discovering a gold seam. |

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Wise to be wary of virtual friends

Posted: 19 May 10 | FACEBOOK is giving a whole new meaning to the word friend unfortunately. |

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Guarding the thin edge of the wedge

Posted: 12 May 10 | Our hills and our trees are our saving grace but they need to be constantly guarded. |

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Sticking with style presents a challenge

Posted: 05 May 10 | HOW many of you sharp-eyed readers noticed in our recent coverage of Anzac Day that instead of local diggers, we reported on local Diggers with a capital ''d''? |

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Greatness of their stories will stand

Posted: 21 Apr 10 | LANCE-CORPORAL Roy Alva McGill in 1917 tried hard to close his mind to the foul mud, endless corpses and bombardments of Ypres which shred a man's soul from within. |

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Firm lines need to be drawn in hills

Posted: 14 Apr 10 | IS THIS whole Scenic Hills thing deja vu or ''deja poo''? You know, that feeling that we've stepped in this before. |

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May The Force be with us in this fight

Posted: 07 Apr 10 | IS George Lucas aware that our state government is ripping off his Star Wars film scripts? |

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Performances we can all be proud of

Posted: 31 Mar 10 | DUNNO about you, but I reckon last Friday night's game against the Eels was one of the best Wests Tigers' performances since 2005. |

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