If they do not condemn you, neither do I - posted by Graham

The Courier Mail has yet to get the Christmas spirit. Yesterday it announced that Robert Keith Boughen had retired after 40 years as organist at St John's Anglican Cathedral Brisbane (no link available). But instead of celebrating his considerable achievements... More

Christmas Doggerel - posted by Ronda Jambe

My doggie died at Christmas Someone kicked him in the head I thought it was concussion Turns out he was dead. A nasty neighbor did it While walking down the street Our doggie was out wandering And knocked her off... More

Ron Walker's wrong, but so is Xstrata - posted by Graham

Former Liberal Party bagman Ron Walker wants the Federal Government to buy WMC's Olympic Dam "in the national interest". WMC is under a takeover offer from Swiss company Xstrata. This is the same company that recently took over MIM, and... More

Howard's parachute for Springborg - posted by Graham

Still waiting to see whether Lawrence Springborg is prepared to discuss alternative futures to marrying his estranged Liberal Party "sweetheart", but in the meantime her oldest living relic - John Howard - has bought into the fray again. In an... More

Blog Virgin’s Christmas Offering - posted by Ronda Jambe

Hallelejah! This year my gift to myself is blissful – a nearly complete shunning of the holiday spirit and practice. A few calls interstate and overseas to distant friends, one card to my mum, and plans for a quiet day... More

Bradfield source with your pork sir? - posted by Graham

According to The Courier Mail two days ago, the Queensland National Party is compiling a wish list of infrastructure projects on which to spend the $30 billion predicted from the sale of Telstra. From the news item it looks like... More

Los trios amigos - posted by Graham

While I'm waiting for Lawrence Springborg to post a reply I thought I might run some Queensland gossip. Latest and hottest rumour in the Queensland Liberal Party is that Senator Santo Santoro and Councillors Caltabiano and Nicholls are heading to... More

Woolie thinking on wool - posted by Graham

What's the problem with the wool industry? Two competing theories have run in the papers over the last two days. An opinion piece (subscribers only, so no link) in yesterday's Fin Review by the former communications manager of the Australian... More

The way forward based on the research - posted by Graham

Lawrence, welcome to our blog. I think we may well be making some sort of history here. It's rare for political leaders to consent to any form of one on one debate. I'm sure it's never been done north of... More

Response to On-Line Opinion - posted by Lawrence Springborg

On Tuesday morning, Brisbane ABC Radio listeners awoke to claims that Graham Young would be on the morning program with ‘leaked’ research showing that Lawrence Springborg’s plan for One United Conservative Party would be a failure in the electorate. Graham... More

Lawrence, Lawrence! - posted by Graham

Some more gratuitous advice to Lawrence Springborg - if you are going to accuse others of dishonesty be "squeaky clean" yourself. Lawrence Springborg keeps insinuating that I have done something dishonest in my reporting of his research; and that I... More

The whole truth - posted by Graham

Lawrence Springborg questioned my integrity on radio this morning. I also received an interesting email from Sean Parnell a Courier Mail journalist who wrote a significantly different story based on the same research. I've issued an invitation to Springborg to... More

Pineapple party fruit salad - internal research - posted by Graham

Springborg's Pineapple Party amalgamation concept ought to be fruit salad, according to leaked internal research. The report is by Toby Ralph, a top level Liberal Party operative who has been associated with every federal Liberal campaign since 1996 and was... More