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Snippets from the Aussie Fin Review Magazine: According to highly placed Liberal insider: It is easier to see the Howard battlers voting for Howard and Carr than for Latham and for Carr.
Bob Carr says that he cut himself shaving in the morning listening to Allan Jones. So turn the bloody thing off. Helena Carr says he can not. That is power.

Snippets from the SMH magazine James Reyne Singer, actor, poet:
Politics: The higher that monkey climbs that tree, the more of his fat arse you will see.
Power: Madness in great ones must not unwatched go.

Between politicians and Hollywood, there are a lot of people trying to scare us. Is this the scariest summer ever?

Eye on Politics & Law Lords: Lowy's key man faces Orange Grove probe
Alex Mitchell, State Political Editor:
Mark Ryan, the former Keating adviser and now high-powered wheeler and dealer for Frank Lowy's Westfield empire, will front the Orange Grove parliamentary committee on Wednesday.
• The opposition leader of the early 90’s may Barely recognise the Premier of today [Bargains galore amid heartache; ICAC blunder shows the premier has lost it; Carr stands firm on commission]
• · Two rail workers who made corruption complaints to the ICAC have been shut out of their offices and forced to undergo psychological evaluation: Rail workers banned after rort reports; [Veteran Labor politician Pat Rogan has announced that he is stepping down as the president of ClubsNSW and blasted Premier Bob Carr, accusing him of "arrogance": Departing club boss hits Carr over tax]
• · · Able Seaman Laura Whittle, who helped rescue asylumn seekers from a sinking boat in 2001, gave a human angle to the Children Overboard controversy ... The man was wanting to get the child into the inflatable boat and to safety. The asylumn seeker who held a child over the water was simply begging for the child to be rescued! What Matters?: Refugee children are what matters to winner Haydon: When Human Advance does not mean Political Dance!; [When the annals of infamy are compiled, let a double-page spread be reserved for the transients of the SIEV IV, whose selfish refusal to throw their children overboard resulted in the humiliation of the prime minister: Refugee kids missing out on health care]
• · · · Are You Talking To Me? A bit rich: Despite the moral pronouncements of its politicians, Australia has become a selfish global citizen
• · · · · Max got very angry ... Devil takes the hindmost In 2000 Mike Scrafton, the whistleblower who has refloated the "children overboard" issue, helped his boss "roll" Max Moore-Wilton, who headed John Howard's department [Tax system needs surgery ]
• · · · · · · Watering the dry Island Australia can overcome the tyranny of water shortage - but it will need inspired leadership