Politics
LOWER THAN A SNAKE’S BELLY: Leftist author’s sexed-up hit-list
Antony Loewenstein is up to his old tricks.
CHOKER: Evan Thornley’s delightful self-immolation continues to burn out of control
Evan Thornley has fled to the south of France to escape the stench from the scandal he’s left behind here. Did he misuse his role in government for personal profit? Has he disclosed everything as required by law? Will the company stand by their scandal-plagued prospective Australian CEO? We’ve never had so much fun with our clothes on as we ponder the smouldering ruin of crooked Evan Thornley’s political self-destruction.
BEWARE GIMMICKS: Thornley’s electric car move might backfire
Just in time for Evan Thornley’s arrival in the space, consumer enthusiasm for hybrid/all-electric vehicles is “evaporating” due to collapsing oil prices and the global financial crisis. Toyota Prius sales in the US are down by nearly 50 per cent. At $140…
ACTION MEN: Peter and John taking on our fires
Sunday Herald Sun’s Peter Rolfe and Victorian Premier John Brumby are men of action.
ROGUE: Thornley is going to a "Better Place"
Evan Thornley continues to make news in Victorian politics for all the wrong reasons. Today’s latest installment in the Thornley drama: he’s officially resigned, wants massive taxpayer hand-outs to be given to his new company, the name of which he mentioned cryptically to his Labor colleagues when resigning and also has plans to help one of his mates to take up his Parliamentary vacancy.
2008 REDUX: Christian Lyons praises and pays out on the year’s heroes and zeroes
Christian Lyons shares his assessment of the year’s heroes and zeroes.
IT KEEPS GETTING WEIRDER: Thornley’s father undermines cover story and says son “is not a humble man”
Evan Thornley’s Dad has joined in those criticising the disgraced former Parliament Secretary. He says Evan “is not a humble man” and has publicly questioned his son’s cover story that he has left to pursue opportunities outside politics.
FILTHY RICH: Ombudsman called in over Thornley sleaze and abuse of power
Only a full-scale Ombudsman’s inquiry can be certain of assuring the Victorian people they haven’t been taken for a ride by the corrupt business practices of Labor MP Evan Thornley.
DODGY JUDGE: Lenny Roberts-Smith fights accountability
Many Western Australians are worried about the propriety of the head of the state’s Corruption and Crime Commission, Lenny Roberts-Smith. The dodgy judge’s recent antics include waging a very personal vendetta against the head of the Parliamentary watchdog over the…
REALLY OFFENSIVE: The left’s offensive against Israel
Why is truth the first casualty of the left-wing’s war on Israel.
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