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Richard Farmer

Crikey political commentator

Miss Piggy did not pull any punches with her judgment on Fox News at a London press conference this week.

The Muppets attack Fox News

Miss Piggy did not pull any punches with her judgment on Fox News at a London press conference this week.

Richard Farmer's chunky bits

Sack the sorcerers along with the apprentice. That the Prime Minister’s senior staff waited so long to tell Julia Gillard what the duty press secretary Tony Hodges had done before the incident at the Lobby restaurant beggars belief.  Senior press secretary Sean Kelly and Communications Director John McTernan left their boss vulnerable to saying something […]

I rather admire Tony Abbott for not being one of those ultra cautious politicians.

A plain talking politician

I rather admire Tony Abbott for not being one of those ultra cautious politicians.

The Reserve Bank has been reading things right when it comes to inflation.

Oz inflation safely in the range

The Reserve Bank has been reading things right when it comes to inflation.

Powerful people feel taller than they are. That's the finding of the latest research from Washington University.

The short and the tall of power

Powerful people feel taller than they are. That's the finding of the latest research from Washington University.

Since the 2008–09 financial crisis, total debt has actually grown across the world’s ten largest mature economies is the finding of a study by the McKinsey Global Institute.

Australia an exception in the debt stakes

Since the 2008–09 financial crisis, total debt has actually grown across the world’s ten largest mature economies is the finding of a study by the McKinsey Global Institute.

NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) released overnight its analysis of world temperatures for 2011 including an attempt to explain an apparent slowdown in the rate of global warming.

A slow down in global warming?

NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) released overnight its analysis of world temperatures for 2011 including an attempt to explain an apparent slowdown in the rate of global warming.

Experience tells me to go with the trend figures rather than the alternative original or seasonally adjusted versions of the employment figures.

Go with the trend but that's still not good

Experience tells me to go with the trend figures rather than the alternative original or seasonally adjusted versions of the employment figures.

This morning's media reports are far from clear about what Julia Gillard is planning to do about curbs on poker machines.

Gillard's pokie hokey-pokey

This morning's media reports are far from clear about what Julia Gillard is planning to do about curbs on poker machines.

From the end of this month there will be new forms to fill in if you want to avoid the risk of someone else legally grabbing your horse.

Who put the fun police in charge of racing?

From the end of this month there will be new forms to fill in if you want to avoid the risk of someone else legally grabbing your horse.