Unemployment by COVID exploded
By John Haly Locking down the economy to save lives in a pandemic comes at the cost of unemployment, but how much, is the issue. […]
Politics
US Goes Full Fascist: Trump and The Floyd Protests
Disclaimer: As an historian, I do not throw around the word fascist lightly. It has a very precise meaning but is so often used to […]
When is a miracle the ultimate disaster?
When it results in a man who is bent on destroying all that we hold dear, becoming the one in charge of our fate. We […]
Is China a bully?
By Ad astra Is China a bully? If you stopped the average person in the street and asked this question, the answer would probably be […]
Let’s Burn the Whole Thing Down: Death, Protest and George Floyd
Mobs are unruly, headless things. The message is the action. The platform is often violence. But what is happening across the United States cannot simply […]
Letters from the Queen’s secretary on a touchy subject
To people of my vintage it seems like yesterday that these events in the history of Australia’s democracy took place. Those of us who lived […]
Change and difference
I would like to amend the statement “The only certainties in life are death and taxes” to read “The only certainties in life are change, […]
Known problems
Spokesmodel Christian Porter has been all over the airwaves announcing the government’s latest…ummm…announcement, which is that they want everyone else to sort out the “known […]
Lies, lies and more lies
On May 25 2020, the Secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet, (PM&C) Phil Gaetjens, the most senior public servant in government administration, made a written […]
What a “couldn’t care less” lot we are
What a laconic couldn’t care less lot we are. Even when we get agitated over something we rarely make a ripple on Bondi beach. The […]
Give us a break
By 2353NM A week or so ago, we discussed the union bashing disguised as concern for ‘essential workers’ from LNP MPs Andrew Laming and Peter Dutton. […]
The Hollow Man
We have a Prime Minister who has no idea how to lead. In campaigning for the last election – It feels like eons ago, but […]
A letter to Michael Sukkar from a Deakin constituent
Dear Michael I saw you on the 9 news last Saturday evening telling us the $60 billion overestimate, if used to help people excluded from […]
How deep does corruption in high places go?
There might be a ‘fine, fine line between pleasure and pain’ but there is most certainly a very fine line between self-interest and corruption – […]