#AusPol ~ Q1 2020
We all know what happened in December. Bushfires and smoke. The PM, startled by the intrusion of Australia at his Hawaiian resort, stumbled in front of the media bus and copped a glancing blow from
Read moreWe all know what happened in December. Bushfires and smoke. The PM, startled by the intrusion of Australia at his Hawaiian resort, stumbled in front of the media bus and copped a glancing blow from
Read moreOnce, exasperated news hounds might shake their heads and marvel at how life imitates art. It was stranger than fiction, they exclaimed. Nowadays it’s just “You can’t make this shit up.” And though headlines grow
Read moreVoters in the Victorian federal electorate of Batman were a little nonplussed at the huge number of Greens supporters roaming the streets on March 17 election day. Throsby can’t be sure if punters knew how
Read moreAdvice to pundits – novice and well-seasoned: let a scandal play out a while before opining in a space more enduring than a tweet. We suspected that #BeetrootGate might whither and die on the vine,
Read moreYet each seems sillier than the last. That’s odd. You would think we’d be getting more used to silly. Maybe we are and, to borrow a saying and twist it: “Don’t argue with Silly. It’ll
Read moreIn the Great Southern Land we have an anticipatory aphorism: “She’ll be right, mate.” Deployed phonetically as “sheeyellbi roight moite,” it’s designed to comfort wunnannuther with some future bliss. Although it hasn’t been seen in
Read moreThe international reader – should the northern hemisphere lapse into inexplicable torpor and attention drift towards Britain’s remaining colony, Terra Australis – might need a helping hand with the goings on around this place. Well,
Read moreAnother exciting week in Australian federal politics. The 47th such, this year. Exciting for government opponents – like lion fans at the Roman Coliseum. Exciting for government supporters – like passengers in a bus careening
Read more“I’m a good man in a crisis” declared the leader of Australia’s most crisis-ridden government in decades. “I blend in” tweeted a wag. Throsby is tickled pink to be covering Australian Politics at such an
Read moreBroken news E.B. White’s Newsbreaks in The New Yorker magazine were curated media gaffes. In April this year The Times “posthumorously” provided White his best: Correction: An earlier version of this article misidentified the number
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