Branch stacking isn’t just the domain of Labor
The allegations of branch stacking by the Labor Minister Adem Somyurek by 60 Minutes on Sunday night were very quickly settled by 9am Monday. The […]
Politics
People trusted Holden
By 2353NM In the 1970s and 1980s the slogan was ‘People trust Holden’; and they did. General Motors Holden had spent a lot of time […]
Heads they win, Tails you lose!
It’s not easy being a politician. Every day there are challenges that the average punter doesn’t have to face. Just take the dilemma that Stuart […]
What was Old is New Again: Twenty-First Century Iconoclasm
Prologue: Historical Background In the period from roughly 641AD to the so-called Triumph of Orthodoxy in 843, the Byzantine Empire, based in modern Istanbul, went […]
Will Smirko jump the shark?
Will it be the 100,000th U.S. death from corona virus, their 44 million unemployed, the jackbooted response to the BLM protests following George Floyd’s murder […]
Has COVID-19 finally put a nail in the neo-liberal coffin?
By Dr John Töns Has COVID-19 finally put the nail in the neo-liberal coffin? Morrison is rather self-congratulatory as to how well Australia has handled […]
How real is history?
Even witnesses to an accident have a different perception of what happened, and the more they try to remember what they actually saw and heard, […]
Battles over Education: Australia, China and Unsafe Universities
Entering a university should be, to some degree, unsafe. Away from the gazing eyes of parents, institutional structures for the child, the entrant faces, or […]
Women must not be ignored
Have you ever felt you are being ignored by everybody – or, even worse, treated like a doormat? If so, then you are probably female! […]
A dilemma of monumental proportion
For many, the decision to attend a #BlackLivesMatter rally would have been a no-brainer. For others it would have been a struggle, but could one […]
The governments of Australia condemned for incompetence
I am sure I am not alone in having a high opinion of Alan Kohler, who regularly reports on business and finance issues. Hopefully many […]
Listen to the experts
By Ad astra Are you as impressed as I am with Australia’s response to COVID-19? It is regarded as perhaps the most competent reaction, amongst […]
Trump talks of God, but acts of evil
Brandishing a Bible in his right hand the President of the United States of America stood in front of the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church […]
Seeking the Post-Corona Sunshine: Time for More Momentum on Sustainable Environments and Social Justice
By Denis Bright Nationwide support for Black Lives Matter demonstrates our capacity to over-ride cautions from political elites during the current public health crisis if […]
The time has come
With apologies to Lewis Carroll aka Charles Lutwidge Dodgson: “The time has come,” the PM said, “To talk of many things: Of jobs—and pay—and work […]