ASSORTED POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS

When Chief Minister Paul Henderson started making statements on TV about matters educational , this hack, horizontal in his recliner, asked why , immediately sensing a classroom change . When it was subsequently announced that Marion Scrymgour is stepping down and the CM will carry the schoolbag , political reporter types said there was no warning of the change. Phooey!***** Good to see Paul Keating back on Lateline .He still has the Big Picture attitude to economics , saying there has to be a radical international approach to money matters in which the old clubby system is discarded for a more inclusive one that accommodates countries such as China and India . .**** Peter Costello is notorious for his smirking, but in a rerun of the ABC’s Q and A he came across as the man with the instant , false laugh .**** Here is a Turnbull Tip : He will tire of leading the Coalition rabble with its cabals and depart the scene