Summary: This week The Focus Group becomes a little less unfocussed WA gets another sausage sizzle Tony Abbott accuses Clive Palmer of trying to buy an election AEC finds 75 pre-poll votes invalid - That’s a 1300 vote improvement since September Talking tax again Charging a fee to be declared bankrupt Tony Abbott temporarily un-sacks Martin Parkinson Almost outgoing Treasury Secretary says the GST must rise Joe Hockey’s pre-budget analysis is full of crap Unsurprising news, and places not important enough for Prime Ministers High Commissioner to the UK Lord Downer Christopher Pyne spends $95,000 on image consultants Governor General will go where Tony Abbott won’t Did Tony Abbott Pre or-Dame Quentin Bryce? International News The ICJ has banned Japanese “scientific” whaling - Yay The IPCC says they’ll all be dead soon anyway - Boo Oh God, Australia, Oh God. Australian Federal Police decline to assist with the investigation of Reza Barati’s murder No more taxpayer-funded advice for asylum seekers Asylum Seekers suing the government are being transferred from Villawood in NSW, to Curtin in WA Australian government hiding Indonesian war crimes in Indonesia Stop The Press Joe Hildebrand cops a serve over family violence comments The HUN gets cross when they can’t run whatever story they like Front page dummy spit Vic Police don’t want anyone talking about it
