Sunday, March 28, 2004



Suddenly, the metaphors are singing, and the rebukes have a vividness they lacked in the past. There's only one possible explanation: Osama bin Laden has slipped into Australia and is now working as a freelance speech writer... The Labor candidate, I remember from one one roneoed sheet, is full of falsehood and lies, and must be swept from the chambers like a covetous raven... More than a few choice words from the top: Seems there's a new speechwriter in town

Independent's Day: Clover Moore is off to Town Hall
A landslide of "people power" has installed independent MP Clover Moore as Sydney Lord Mayor and given her team control of the new super council.
· Moore Democracy In the Crude World of Naked Politics
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