The Australian 8 April 2011

I know it’s easy to say that secretly videoing sex so your mates can get their jollies is wrong from the comfort of a cushy chair at a drawing board, and that’s because it clearly is wrong.

Basic respect for other human beings (and yes, women are human beings too) is, when you think about it, more rather than less important when your job is handling large terrifying weapons. Good on the Defence Minister for having the ticker to point it out in no uncertain terms. Seems like the sort of bloke you’d want to have next to you in the trenches.

Page 1, The Australian, 31 March 2011

In a move that might at least cheer up cheer up refugees a bit, Tony has decided to turn his attention to beating up on welfare recipients for a bit of variety.

This pretty much involves getting unemployed people into the fruit-picking game, which can indeed be lucrative and fun. Hey, I’m Tasmanian and picked my share of apples in the days before I became a cartooning millionaire. Lots of fresh air and all the fruit you can eat.

It’s not like Tony doesn’t have a point either, welfare should be for people who really need it, but to stretch the fruit analogy possibly a bit too far, while the low hanging fruit is easier to get at, there’s some juicier stuff higher up the income tree that could use a bit of tough love as well if he was inclined to get off his arse and find a ladder.