Victoria Rollison's Blog, page 22

An Open Letter to the Mainstream Media

Dear Mainstream Media, I know we haven’t exactly got along in the past, but I’m just writing to let you know the status of our relationship is now in an emergency zone. I’m no longer just pissed off. I’ve reached the point of contempt. It’s not like I didn’t already know you were a broken-record […]

Labor Bashing

It’s surely not just me who has noticed the mainstream media losing their shit this week. It’s like the very sight of Kevin Rudd is crack cocaine – sending journalists into a frenzied, chest beating fit of prediction and smear. It’s not like we can’t explain why this happens. We can. It’s because Kevin Rudd […]

Haters want to hate

It’s clear Australian voters aren’t rational, but do they have to be so blatantly mindless as well? When I say voters, I’m currently referring in this context to the people recently polled by ReachTEL and whose responses contributed to this headline on News.com: “Voters trust Opposition Leader Tony Abbott most to deliver NDIS, poll reveals” […]

Tainted Journalism

Yes, I’m writing on this topic again. On the same topic that I wrote about last week in response to Mr Denmore and the same topic that my mother, Kay Rollison, has written so eloquently about today. There’s more to be said and no doubt I will keep saying more because this topic is important. […]

“in among it with everyone else”

I know it’s a bit unorthodox to post on a Sunday night. I usually pipe up at the start of a weekend. This post actually started it’s life as a very long comment on Mr Denmore’s excellent blog post which also went up tonight: The God Complex. But when I went to submit the comment, [...]

An Open Letter to Bernie Brookes

Dear Bernie I’m sure you can guess why I’m writing you this letter. You’ve no doubt had many similar complaints this week surrounding your comments about the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the effect this policy will have on Myer consumer spending. So here’s another one to add to the pile. Even if you don’t [...]

Spinach or shit?

A friend recently sent me a classic Tweet: ‘Voting for Tony Abbott because you don’t like Julia Gillard is like eating shit because you hate spinach’. Fine, some people don’t like Gillard (spinach). They don’t like her voice. They don’t like her hair. They don’t like her glasses. They don’t like her boyfriend. They don’t [...]

An Open Letter to the Economy

Dear Economy I have cause to write this week because I wanted to remind you that I am still here. And I am still angry. I know there’s been a bit of talk since the passing of Margaret Thatcher about her famous line denying my existence. History has shown time and time again how wrong [...]

stupid lefty whore

This is a guest post by my sister Cat. Yes, there are now three bloggers in the Rollison family. As this is my first ever post, I’ll briefly introduce myself. My name is Cat Williams, but on twitter I am known as Catherine Rollison which is my maiden name. I am 31 years old and [...]

Who is rich if not them?

This week, Labor backbencher and head Gillard white-anter, Joel Fitzgibbon, tore open again the tired debate about what constitutes a ‘wealthy’ Australian. Why this is even a debate is beyond me. The main reason the topic is discussed is because the government is currently making budgetary decisions about who should be the beneficiaries of a [...]