KARMA CARNAGE: Sol Lew’s $510 million tax sham scam backfires as he sues his own kids to recover the loot

Is there a man sleazier – or more bizarre – than retail billionaire Solomon Lew? Today, it is revealed that he’s suing his own kids and the parents of his grand-kids to recover hundreds of millions of dollars he gave them over a decade ago as a tax dodge. Can you feel the hilarity?

FOOL’S ERRAND: Greens senator photo-bombing on Julian Assange’s infamy

While most of the world has realised the true nature of the self-aggrandising, reckless and selfish Wikileaks activist Julian Assange, Greens party Senator Scott Ludlam is still sipping the Wikileaks Kool-Aid.

FAIRFAX BRIBED KIM JONG-IL: Journo admits plying North Korean tyrant with valuable Grange grog gifts to get interview

Fairfax waited til Christmas Eve to admit to bribing one of the world’s worst dictators Kim Jong-il with high-priced Australian wine in a desperate attempt to get an interview with the murderous, kleptocratic and bizarre tyrant.

Fairfax’s desperate whitewashing of their own sex predator continues

While Peter Roebuck will be remembered as an accused and previously criminally convicted exploitative sex predator, his former employer Fairfax is determined to white-wash his crimes with bon mots like these:

“social justice crusader, cricketer, captain, coach, mentor, commentator, writer, …

THIEF-IN-CHIEF: Putrid Putin professes poverty

Russian power-lord Vladimir Putin’s official pecuniary interest declaration reports a modest income and next-to-no assets. Unofficial and detailed estimates, dating back several years, suggest he has an illicit fortune of around $40 billion, all of it essentially stolen from the …

IS THIS WHAT LIBERALS VOTED FOR? Baillieu slashes budget while giving $10K to fringe artist only a mother could love

The slow-staring Baillieu government got some credit this month after appearing to make some tough decisions, announcing modest spending reductions. Today they announced they had a spare ten thousand dollars of taxpayers money available for an artist who has previously boasted of his mental disturbance, up to and including fantasies of the most exotic kind involving his mother. Liberals thinking they’d elected a government comprised of their own last year are occasionally left deeply puzzled by the output from 1 Treasury Place.

DECLINE OF THE FAIRFAX EMPIRE: The Age bones senior executive over sex harassment claims

The Age is in deep trouble. VEXNEWS can exclusively reveal that the ailing Melbourne newspaper ishas sacked one of its most senior ad sales executives in recent days over claims of sexual harassment.

Aboriginal fury as WA Minister helps mate Andrew Forrest avoid indigenous heritage laws

In Perth, it’s good to have friends……

BRAVEHEART: Star performer at ALP national conference immortalised

The witty and brave factotum to the First Parliamentary Secretary of Defence, Stephen Donnelly displayed a humour not normally evident among perpetually-grouchy, glum and plot-ridden Labor Victorian Taliban operatives, when he very ably impersonated Senator Doug Cameron at the ALP …

PLAYBOY’S PLAYCORP: Under Armour brand left smelly by bungling billionaire heir Stevie Lew

Solomon Lew’s disappointing son, Stevie, has got himself involved in yet another business catastrophe, requiring Daddy’s loot to bail him out, once again, retail insiders have revealed. At least the married gents have Fog of Greville Street, Prahran, to seek comfort in the loving embrace of the ladies there.