Some good old fashioned “wasting taxpayer dollars!” outrage at the Oz, the Victorian Liberal Party goes into early election mode, Obama’s brother writes a book, and why green is the new religion.
Articles by Richard Farmer 
Political snippets: Another one from that Liberal playbook
Political snippets: El Nino looking more and more likely
Time to start taking the idea of another El Nino seriously, some good advice from Peter Costello, and Argentina’s President lays the boot into the coutry’s media with free soccer games.
Political snippets: A firm favourite at 2.30pm
The Crikey Interest Rate Indicator is still predicting a 0.25% rise today, today’s Newspoll looks a bit suss, and Chechnya’s race horse-owning President Ramzan Kadyrov takes aim.
Breakfast Media Wrap: Some tabloid bank bashing and broadsheet leadership speculation
The pick of Monday morning’s media
Breakfast Media Wrap: Political love birds, a busted Coalition and a paranoid Premier
The pick of Sunday morning’s media
Breakfast Media Wrap: PM gets called a bit grubby as stand-off on the high seas continues
The pick of Saturday morning’s media
Political snippets: The Barossa’s approach to a crushing problem
The beleaguered Australian wine industry gets some relief with the news that the crush during this year’s vintage was 5% less than in 2008, a cautionary tale from Paul Krugman, and why we’re still not “closing the gap”.
Breakfast Media Wrap: Ugandan argument over gays – hang them or jail them?
The pick of the morning’s media
Political snippets: Voters get older while participants get younger
As voters in Western democracies get get older, the participants seem to be getting younger, Asterix turns 50, why there’s no reason for inflation panic, and more from Richard Farmer.
Breakfast Media Wrap: Australia to be a polluter’s paradise
The pick of Sunday morning’s media
Breakfast Media Wrap: Some right wing views on television – the BBC and Fox News versions
The pick of the morning’s media
Political snippets: Rudd office invasion! Dramatic picture!
Dramatic images from the invasion of Kevin Rudd’s office (by bogong moths), was Wilson Tuckey right? and some temperate modelling from the British Met Office.
Breakfast Media Wrap: Former PM Howard features in a real political football story
The pick of the morning’s,media
Political snippets: A gloomy outlook in Copenhagen
Gloomy news for the immediate future of racing clubs as well as the environment.
Breakfast Media Wrap: Lessons on courtship from a female red back spider
The pick of the morning’s media
Political snippets: Gay or straight, all families enjoy a day at the park
Happy families on both sides of the same-sex-marriage debate enjoy the great outdoors, Obama is more popular overseas than he is at home, and why Wayne Swan is furiously rubbing his lamp (get your mind out of the gutter!).
Breakfast Media Wrap: Sri Lankan boat people reach Canada and the reception sounds familiar
The pick of the morning’s media
Political snippets: Libs need to stop playing by the Government’s rules
Richard Farmer reckons the Libs should start talking hospitals and health, public servants and politicians can learn from Graham Richardson, and India might commit to reduce its greenhouse emissions.
Breakfast Media Wrap: The political talk goes on over boat people and emissions trading
The pick of the morning’s media
Breakfast Media Wrap: Plenty of talking to come about emissions trading before a decision
The pick of the morning’s media
Breakfast Media Wrap: Curbing the drinking habits of a nation on the Sunday agenda
The pick of Sunday morning’s media









