We are at War
We are at war with multiple enemies, some of them far too close to home for comfort. Some of them are more tangible than others […]
Politics
A story with a moral, or when not to add water!
Listening to the endless chatter about coronavirus, COVID19, I was struck by the number of commentators who have been talking about the growth of the […]
Oh what a shame, who shall we blame!
Are the LNP preparing to throw chief Medical Officer under a bus? Saw Angus Taylor this morning on the ABC, and noticed how many times […]
Learning the hard way
Many of us have felt the anger, frustration and fear caused by our government’s inaction on climate change. Many more of us have felt the […]
And now the joke’s on Trump … and it’s a bad one!
In 2016 I wrote a piece for The AIMN, Only in America: Looking at Trump from ‘Down Under’ (which was also published by the popular […]
#BringThemHome
AIMN is a wonderful platform. Within reason they let us writers explore the boundaries of what can be. I’m about to be. On the personal […]
We need a COVID-19 Unity Cabinet now!
We all know, and can see on a growing daily basis, how thin and fragile the fabric of our society really is. COVID-19 is testing […]
Coincidence
I am not a great believer in coincidences. In fact, I had a medical saga last year which started with my losing my voice, coincidentally […]
Here’s a thought
With school holidays coming up, parents must already have in place plans about what they are going to do with their children. As it seems […]
Another two years!
“Another two years!” I hear you say. While I have been resting up the past week or so after eye surgery I have also been […]
You can’t discuss an idea with an ideologue
By 2353NM Recently I watched an episode of Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery where she ‘delivered’ Gillian Triggs back to her high school and university while discussing various elements of […]
Coronavirus will prove Morrison’s nemesis
By Sunday, novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 causing COVID-19, a respiratory illness and worse has infected 157,197 and killed at least 5,839 in 146 countries in just […]
Climate Vse Corona Virus
Existential threat and the generational divide. While the world as we know it collapses around us the politicians and pundits are in a tailspin. Words […]
The last year has highlighted how paltry our government is
Whether it is reef bleaching, mass fish kills, drought, the bushfires, the urgent need for emissions reduction, the need for fiscal stimulus, or the response […]
How the PM’s refusal to isolate puts everyone at risk
Yesterday, Friday March 13th, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton announced that he’d tested positive for the COVID-19 virus earlier in the day, and was in hospital in Brisbane. […]