Friday, 25 July 2008
Marieke Hardy is a screenwriter, blogger, radio host and gadabout. She occasionally makes Jennifer Byrne’s life a misery on the ABC’s First Tuesday Book Club.
22/11/2007 12:00:00 AM 7
I don’t see what everyone’s getting so upset about. For the past eight thousand weeks all we’ve heard are whiny complaints regarding the negative angles political opponents have been resorting to on the campaign trail, writes Marieke Hardy.
21/11/2007 12:00:00 AM 0
So what if Andrew Robb decided to rely solely on internet search engines to back up his argument about Labor candidates being ineligible to run in Saturday’s election? Marieke Hardy ponders if bringing down your enemies via Google really works.
31/10/2007 12:00:00 AM 0
If Peter Costello is going to make it through the next few weeks unscathed, he'd better keep an eye out. The poor bastard's got a target painted on his back, and stooges nation-wide will be taking no prisoners, writes Marieke Hardy.
26/10/2007 12:00:00 AM 1
It’s been a week of random abuse from older Australians, writes Marieke Hardy.
19/10/2007 12:00:00 AM 0
Each new "I believe it is you who is incorrect, good sir" commercial resembles one of those Matryoshka dolls where unscrewing the head from one reveals another inside, and another, and another, all the way down until you’re left with a bleatingly pathetic pair of politicians bitch-slapping each other, writes Marieke Hardy.
18/10/2007 12:00:00 AM 0
Sunday afternoon I was buffing my nails and predicting tedious mud slinging and a few turgid weeks of men in the awkward suit/hardhat combination standing around talking about infrastructure and economic management. Come mid-week and I'm gobsmacked, writes Marieke Hardy.
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