It’s Abbott versus Shorten, while Turnbull rests.
The Coalition’s predisposition for major cock-ups is now bordering on becoming legendary. The ABS $120 million survey is yet another example. There is no other […]
Articles by John Lord
The young vote: Who will capture it?
Around 2 years ago I conducted a workshop with a group of year 12 students at the Catholic college where I live. I wanted to […]
Social Democracy and Capitalism: A Critique
Written by Dr Tristan Ewins, published by John Lord. Capitalism and its benefits “Restoring ‘a traditional social democratic mixed economy’ is part of the solution […]
The Trump Report No 5: What else can you call him?
Wednesday 11 January 2017 As is my habit each morning I arise at 6 am, post my daily article and then turn my attention to […]
Happy 4th birthday
4,600 posts, 13 million hits, over 150,000 comments. In their raw nakedness these figures probably don’t mean a lot to the person reading them. To […]
Only the dead have seen the end of it, John
Those with long memories will recall that Sir Robert Menzies said that he had received, in the form of a letter, an official invitation from […]
Barnaby Joyce – a goose on the loose
Barnaby Joyce is truly a goose on the loose and the voters of New England should give considerable thought to replacing him with Tony Windsor. […]
Day to Day Politics: Am I as biased as they say?
Sunday May 8 2016 Greeting me first thing yesterday morning on Facebook was a comment by a friend on one of my posts: John, despite me […]
Day to Day Politics: When you’re caught lying, it’s better to fess up.
Saturday 7 April 1 The Treasurer Scott Morrison said that the figures on the cost of the Government’s tax reduction for business were not released […]
Day to Day Politics: Budget blues, bullshit, and blunders.
You would think that a Prime Minister and his Treasurer who are proposing to cut company tax to 25% over the next ten years would […]
Day to Day Politics: “What was the point of your three years in office?”
Thursday May 5 2016 1 Leigh Sales got it right when she asked the Treasurer; “What was the point of your three years in office?” On […]
Day to Day Politics: Budget talk or just propaganda?
Tuesday 3 May 2016 It is only three years ago that the then Opposition leader Tony Abbott, with the use of language more befitting a […]
Day to Day Politics: Just who is Malcolm Turnbull?
Sunday 1 May 2016 In December 2014 The Saturday Paper said this of Turnbull: “He has worked up a lovely public persona: as cultured as Keating but […]
Day to Day Politics: A Government in disarray.
Friday April 29 2016 – 66 1 On the eve of the 2016/17 Budget the Turnbull Government finds itself in disarray. Next Tuesday the Treasurer […]
Day to Day Politics: On the eve of the last election.
Saturday 23 April 2016 -72 Author’s note: On the eve of the last election I was forced to confront the reality that the party I […]