Time to fix this unholy mess
With the change of government in Victoria and a promise by Premier Daniel Andrews to make Victoria the education state, is it possible that this […]
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In front of six flags
While the spill motion two weeks ago was a point of interest across all demographics of Australian life, it has now morphed into something far […]
The Dark Side of Low Interest Rates
Today’s mortgage rates are cheaper than anything in living memory. Home buyers are taking out loans five to seven times their salaries to purchase properties […]
Should the Senate Block Supply?
Was this week’s performance in and out of parliament what PM Tony Abbott meant when he told us “good government starts today”? How did it […]
Hockey on the Ropes
Have you noticed that Joe Hockey has been doing the rounds of radio, television and print lately, moaning and groaning about his problems with the […]
Has privatisation passed its use-by date?
On Q&A last Monday, RBA board member Heather Ridout expressed her disappointment at the decision by the voters of Queensland to reject the Newman government’s […]
What about the debt now?
The Government’s leadership question has been decided for the time being. The result of the spill motion to declare the leadership positions vacant failed 39 […]
Don’t laugh. This is serious.
With all the talk of a leadership spill deflecting attention from the job of governing the country at the moment, it is not surprising that […]
Are we guilty of Schadenfreude?
Reading the mainstream newspapers this week and listening to talkback radio has been like going back in time to 2013 when the Labor government was […]
First Cracks Appearing
Last night, we witnessed the first cracks in the wall of solidarity in the Liberal Party opening up. Western Australian liberal MP Dr Dennis Jensen […]
The Smell of Blood
It’s in the air right now. You can actually taste it. The knives are out. The phones are running hot. How many more clichés can […]
The MSM asleep at the Wheel
Last week Mainstream Media (MSM) political commentators were united in their condemnation and their mockery of PM Tony Abbott following his bizarre announcement that HRH […]
Could anything be more contradictory?
Assistant Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg has just returned from the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos with some pearls of wisdom that have come from a […]
The Equality of Citizenship.
During the period between WW2 and the 1970s most western governments established employment as a right of citizenship. They declared that a properly regulated redistribution […]
The New Cop on the Beat
Andrew Street and Matthew Knott’s highly entertaining and informative articles in the Sydney Morning Herald on Thursday 22nd January, give us some insight as to […]