Asking Peter Dutton …
A couple of days ago I received this message from a Facebook friend: “Hi John, Part of the bloated Dutton budget is spent on this […]
Articles by John Lord
The baggage they have lugged from one year to the next means 2020 will be a hard slog (part 2)
We are in many ways an incomplete democracy struggling along, so overburdened with the luggage consecutive conservative leaders have packed into bags so small that […]
The baggage they have lugged from one year to the next means 2020 will be a hard slog (part 1)
It is of course usually impossible to predict just how a government is likely to perform one year to the next. However, this government given […]
Does love have a place in politics? It should have.
For those on the left it has been a depressing year; losing an election that was there for the taking. A disaster no one expected. […]
Tis not the season to be jolly
As one day merges with the next and the year moves rapidly toward its own sunset, I cannot in all truth say that it is […]
The Greens say that with the benefit of hindsight
Monday 2 December was the 10th Anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s Climate Change policy being voted down in the Senate. It was marked with speeches from […]
George Christensen and other secrets. What do you think?
We are all aware of the rorting of expenses by our politicians. Who can forget Bronwyn Bishop’s famous helicopter rides, or George Brandis and his […]
What have Newstart, the pension and aged care got to do with the environment?
When cutting up Australia’s economic cake all sorts of demands are placed on it. So much so that this financial year our government couldn’t find […]
I have nothing but contempt for Scott Morrison
I write today with heavy spirit and considerable anger about men and women for whom I have only contempt. I am failing to digest any […]
Politically illiterate, or just plain dumb
My ‘To read’ file and the additional information I gather from week to week seems to grow enormously and I have trouble keeping up with […]
Aged care not in their DNA: A damning report the government cannot ignore
It is not as though we haven’t been forewarned about the urgent need to attend to the crisis in aged care. Numerous reports, over many […]
Albanese’s thinking is futurist and way in front of his opponent
It began not five minutes after he was elected leader of the Australian Labor Party or as soon as those of a robust mindset realised […]
There is nothing worse than that sinking feeling you get when you have lost it
Note: If the title and the first part of this article looks eerily similar to yesterday’s article … it is because they are! A technical […]
A manifesto for how to tell lies
The Government’s accidental emailing of their confidential talking points is nothing more than a manifesto of how to tell lies, to lie by omission, mislead […]
The Bill that Australia despised
Who had the better election campaign? It is said that hindsight is a wonderful thing. An extended period of time after an event gives one […]