Barney Boy, will carry on as usual as a member of the unrepresentative swill, aka Country Party, aka National Party. What we have here is too little votes with too much power, pushing the interests of the last of Australia Squataucracy!
Should keep Malcolm busy as he runs around dousing all those grass fires Barney Boy will set every time he opens his mouth! That's not to say I don't agree with him on the rare occasion.

Hi FOXY...

My first question, have you or anybody else heard from POIROT recently ? I certainly hope she's not unwell, or something equally as nasty? I miss her well thought-out take on many issues, usually those with a political theme.

I completely agree with you on Barnaby JOYCE, he'll do a sterling job as deputy PM and for the bush. Warren TRUSS was a total gentleman, no doubt about that, but he didn't seem up to the usual 'cut 'n thrust' of federal politics. Where Barnaby will not back away from a decent blue, in fact he seems to thrive on it? I guess time will tell?

If memory serves me correctly, the Australian Wheat Board saga, turned into a criminal inquiry headed by the AFP? The outcome, I don't know but scandal's abounded as a result of that inquiry? Whether criminal prosecutions resulted from material deduced from the various investigations I really can't say, other than in a couple of instances the excrement really hit the fan?

Paul says, What we have here is too little votes with too much power, pushing the interests of the last of Australia.

Are you sure you are not actually describing the Greens old mate?

Dear O Sung Wu,

Poirot does make the occasional appearance on the
forum, I don't think she's ill. She stated some
time ago that she needed a break. She got tired of
being attacked personally instead of having her
arguments debated. It got too personal for her
and who can blame her. There's one notorious
poster who's absolutely vicious with attacking
women on this forum. I've thought about leaving
many times. However, the forum keeps my mind off
the pain since my accident.
It's a good distraction for me. Besides I'd miss
so many of you.

As well as giving some people something to do between PhDs.