Des Houghton
The Courier-Mail
Australia
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Past articles by Des:
John Bjelke-Petersen says family would welcome state funeral for Lady Flo
THE son of Florence Bjelke-Petersen said today his family would welcome a state funeral in honour of his mother. → Read More
Opinion: Meat and Livestock Australia spring lamb advertisement ridicules spiritual leaders
I DONT see the funny side to the latest Meat and Livestock Australia spring lamb advertisement which ridicules spiritual leaders. → Read More
Des Houghton blog: Why is Queensland’s CCC running dead?
THE Crime and Corruption Commission tells me it is investigating serious wrongdoing at Jacana House, a State Government home at Bracken Ridge for acquired-brain-injury sufferers. → Read More
Queensland has greatest reserves of coal and gas, yet suffer high electricity prices
WHY are we punishing ourselves like this We have some of the greatest reserves of coal and gas on earth yet we have some of the highest electricity prices. → Read More
Des Houghton blog: Facebook and Twitter is making us illiterate
BRITISH Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson says children will be illiterate within 20 years thanks to Twitter and Facebook. → Read More
Des Houghton blog: The death of good manners
GOOD manners, it seems, are dead and buried. → Read More
Opinion: A bad smell lingers over donation of union funds to GetUp! while Bill Shorten leader of AWU
A BAD smell lingers over a large donation of union funds to GetUp when Bill Shorten was leader of the Australian Workers Union. → Read More
Des Houghton blog: We’ll keep paying for Labor’s mistakes
A CHAIN of disasters that began in the Kevin Rudd era will haunt taxpayers for decades. → Read More
Des Houghton opinion: Blundering Bill Shorten does it again
BLUNDERING Bill Shorten has again raised the spectre of socking it to the rich to pay for the nations ballooning welfare bill. → Read More
Des Houghton blog: Jackie Trad rubs Annastacia Palaszczuk’s nose in it
ANNASTACIA Palaszczuks authority has been diminished yet again. She looked like the Incredibly Shrinking Premier today. → Read More
Des Houghton blog: Trump is finished
THE Trump presidency is effectively over. → Read More
Welfare drug tests: GetUp! campaign against Budget proposal to drug test those on welfare is seriously taking the piss
DRUG testing of welfare cheats who don’t bother to turn up to job interviews is a sensible move that may even save their lives. → Read More
Des Houghton blog: In praise of difficult women
DURING the Conservative Party leadership campaign in Britain last year, Theresa May was derided by fellow Tory, Ken Clarke, as a “bloody difficult woman”. → Read More
Good chardonnay Australia 2017
MASTER of Wine Andrew Calliard knows a thing or two about chardonnay. Hes on the tasting panel at Dan Murphys and has swirled and sniffed a thousand of them. → Read More
Des Houghton blog: Sex, lies and politics — French style
THE extraordinary life of handsome French presidential frontrunner reminds me of one of those erotic, subtitled movies on SBS. → Read More
Des Houghton blog: Terror in London
LONDON survived the blitz. → Read More
Des Houghton Blog: Shut your trap Tony Abbott
QUICK quiz: Who is the biggest threat to Malcolm Turnbull right now? Would it be Tony Abbott, the man from which he stole the crown, or Opposition leader Bill Shorten? → Read More
Des Houghton blog: Labor stupidly ignoring coal warning signs
INEVITABLY, alternative energy sources such as solar power will replace coal. But until that time arrives we have to exploit the wonderful coal resources beneath our feet. → Read More
Des Houghton Blog: We’re a nation of welfare bludgers
I REGRET to say it, but we really are a nation of welfare bludgers. → Read More
Des Houghton blog: Cory Bernardi a traitor’s gift to Labor
I HAVE some sympathy with Cory Bernardi’s disdain for the current leadership team in Canberra. But not much. → Read More