It can’t go on like this
In August 2015, with the Abbott government in disarray and a few weeks before Malcolm staged his coup, Laura Tingle wrote an article in the […]
Articles by Kaye Lee
Pauline says she is defending Australian values yet she offends pretty much every value I hold
It would be ridiculous to draw any sort of equivalence between Pauline Hanson and ISIS but there are some similarities. ISIS followers brandish a particular […]
One Nation can only dream about an approval rating like the ABC’s
There is nothing more excruciatingly embarrassing than watching One Nation give a press conference. Out came Pauline, flanked by Malcolm and Brian, to gleefully shove […]
The Coalition have had ten years to come up with a policy that works
Reflecting back on the Coalition’s six years in Opposition, it’s no wonder they are in such trouble now. Instead of developing policy, think about what […]
Malcolm and the Malcontents eight years on
In November 2009, Four Corners aired a program called Malcolm and the Malcontents. At the time, Malcolm Turnbull was leader of the Liberal party but […]
You can’t stop society evolving
As, one by one, my family and friends get rid of their land lines despite my protestations that I knew their numbers off by […]
Freedom of speech? You gotta be shitting me
In 2013 Tony Abbott described marriage equality as the “fashion of the moment”. Now he says it would lead to religious intolerance, the stifling of […]
“Strong leaders” don’t blame others when their plan doesn’t work
During the 2013 election campaign, Joe Hockey was asked “Should you win the election, at what stage will you own the economy and at what […]
Operational matters are now on the nightly news
When Scott Morrison was Minister for Immigration he very firmly stated that speaking about operational matters was a no-no. “That goes to operational matters that, […]
Record corporate profit has seen record low wage growth
The government is trying to sell us the line that, if businesses make more profit, wages will go up. This flies in the face of […]
The Productivity Commission’s scathing assessment of Barnaby’s boondoggles
If the idea of Peter Dutton becoming the warlord in charge of all things security and immigration worries you, reflect on this for a moment. […]
Coalition advice for the poor
Back in 2001, Four Corners did a program on the working poor called Going Backwards, where they quoted the statistic that 42 per cent of […]
Paying the power bill
While everyone reels from Turnbull’s captain’s pick to neuter the Dutton threat by handing him unprecedented power, this is one of many actions by Turnbull […]
One thing is for sure – you can’t accuse the Liberal Party of being a meritocracy
With the news today that Peter Dutton is to head a merged ASIO, AFP and Border Force super security department, it is worth looking back […]
The whistleblowers lost their jobs while the directors got off scott free
When arguing against the formation of a Federal ICAC, both major parties have used the reasonable proposition that there are already “multiple levels of integrity […]