Economy
Hypocrite? Moi? Peppa Pig …
Joe on YouTube, THEN. Joe relaxes with cigar, NOW.
Joe Hockey protesting university fee increases as a student, March 26, 1987
• Fairfax: Headed for the Abbottoir? ABC raises doubts about Peppa Pig, dramas
• Waleed Aly, Fairfax: Joe Hockey’s change of mind not proof of hypocrisy
• Leonard Colquhoun, in Comments: Congrats to Fairfax’s Waleed Aly, and to TT’s Mr Ed, for giving us access to this article. It is one of the most intelligent articles yet on the confected ‘outrage’ (We’re all ‘outraged now, often in reverse proportion to the trigger) about pre-election promises, and even more so for public people having the guts and / or the brains to change their minds over a three-decade timespan.