I quite like Judge Judy. All in all she’s pretty funny, seems to have a pretty good grasp on common sense and has managed to garner a very lucrative living out of fake litigation worth not very much money at all. That said, I think it’s important to remember (and I’m not sure that everyone…

With the six-monthly release of our federal politician’s expenses claims comes the ritual hunting down of the most profligate spenders. The last great hunt claimed the scalp of Browyn “Chopper” Bishop, this time around the unnecessarily sibilant Sussan Ley, Steve Ciobo and Philip Dutton have had their name splashed around the headlines. Although politicians often…