Tag Archives: Election 2007

A long time between drinks (in all senses of the phrase)

Well, you haven’t heard from us for a while. Just call it a wild 2007. It took a great deal of discipline to post not one article during the federal election campaign but WEE must say we did enjoy reading Pollbludger and Blogocracy and Possum Pollytics to keep up with the action. WEE think the [...]

Howard edges ever closer to megalomania

Okay, so now he’s going to interfere in local government mergers being implemented in Queensland. Whatever you think of these mergers, this action is surely a bizarre act of desperation. Howard hits states again – National – smh.com.au It might work, but WEE hope that the good burghers of Queensland will see through this act. [...]

A grubby affair worthy of our grubby leaders

Well, Haneef is back in India, Howard is back in Australia, and Abbott and Downer are backing Andrews. WEE have been a bit quiet of late but some things simply can’t be ignored. And the recent antics of the AFP and Coalition Government can’t go uncommented by WEE. From the start of this saga, WEE [...]

Umm, who’s got egg on their face?

Well the sentence in the David Hicks case has been brought down. This terrible, dangerous man, who was caught consorting with terrorists, hanging with Osama, and providing material support to terrorists will serve nine months in prison in Adelaide. Gosh, the case against him must have been compelling for this result. Hardly a case of [...]

Nelson ponders why there are low recruit numbers in the ADF

Brendan Nelson has agreed to an advertising blitz to lift recruitment for the Australian Defence Force: New ads encouraging people to enlist in the defence forces will hit television screen next month as part of a massive recruitment drive. Defence Minister Brendan Nelson says the government decided to increase the Australian Defence Force’s advertising budget [...]

Another four years

Well, NSW have voted and it’s another four years of the Labor Party running the state. If ever there was a winnable election for the Coalition, it should have been this one. WEE were struck, watching the election coverage last night, that it’s inexplicable in any logical world why the Liberal Party did not select [...]

Polls – Is this the end for Howard?

Some pretty stunning poll result for Labor and Kevin Rudd today in Newspoll published in The Australian. A number of Labor punters are getting very excited and predicting the demise of Howard. WEE are not so sure. He is a wily old ______. There is still a long way to go to the next election [...]