STRAWS IN THE WIND: The undeserving poor / The bolt from the blue / Sarah Palin / Ladder-kickers / Peter Costello*


The undeserving poorThe debate on whether to give single pensioners an increase of $30 a week – now – is bringing out attitudes which, frankly, I hadn’t expected from Labor.From the beginning, Kevin Rudd has been very frosty towards the aged, appears to have his eyes elsewhere, and seems determined to give out $30 billion in tax cuts to people who aren’t exactly short of a bob. Brendan Nelson’s response to all that seemed quite normal… Instead of which our hack commentators put it all do…

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