And I thought Tony Abbott could lie!
A. In my view Tony Abbott still wears the crown of the greatest liar ever to have soiled the plush red carpets of the House […]
Articles by John Lord
Scott Morrison: Prime Minister of Australia and other bullshit
With conservative governments one only needs to leave one’s fingers off the keyboards for a day or two and the gloom of their governance seems […]
Withdrawing into an inner darkness … that is depression
Call it a product of modernity if you will, but it is not. Give it whatever name you desire. It has, to my way of […]
Only the dumb get dumber
In June of 2007 at the height of one of the Victoria’s most crippling droughts, when Melbourne’s water storage levels had dropped to 28.4% – […]
Our self-righteous ‘know all’ Prime Minister
When the Prime Minister made his first official speech in Albury after becoming leader of the Liberal Party, he spoke passionately about the principles of […]
A society of our own creation
Facebook makes you dive into humanity, hear things you do not want to hear, and defend what you have to say. It is for those […]
Finding the root of the problem
The mainstream media (MSM) will only ever print or do whatever advantages them the most. But when what you are looking for is often buried […]
Being conned with bullshit
Until such time as the Prime Minister of Australia puts aside his belief in a literal truth of the Bible and listens to the same […]
Great Australian political policy stuff-ups (part 2): The Menzies years
When one talks about Sir Robert Menzies one is expected to show reverence for a Prime Minister who is admired as the father of Liberalism. […]
Great Australian political policy stuff-ups (part 1)
We have always thought of ourselves as the lucky country: Young and full of enthusiasm for what the future holds. Chock-full of pride for what […]
The weight of so much baggage
Australians in their somewhat laconic fashion voted to give arguably the worst government in its history another term in office. Little did they know that […]
Mass murder: The prose of a president past
This was the Barack Obama the world had come to know over his two terms as President of the United States. In a statement delivered […]
And the dead are many
Have you ever experienced the desperation of being injured, trapped in a motor vehicle after being in an accident? The dread that wraps itself around […]
If it was good enough for Abbott then it’s good enough for me
1] As a former leader of the National Party and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has, according to established practice, every right to speak on issues […]
Here’s to your health, if you can afford it, that is
1 I listened with much interest to a speech by the National President of the Australian Medical Association Dr. Tony Bartone at the National Press […]