Interest and Interest Rates
So – the RBA has once more reduced interest rates – and this should be of interest to several groups. The banks will undoubtedly follow […]
Politics
We’re living in dangerous times
By Brett Flower This week, the Australian government claimed it does not owe welfare recipients a duty of care over the RoboDebt scandal. Only weeks before, documents […]
I am proud to be a Socialist
By Kathryn Being a democratic socialist, there can be no doubt that Bernie Sanders would be the best thing (since sliced bread) for the USA […]
It Can’t Get Any Worse. Can it?
Are we there yet? Have we reached rock bottom? The L/NP coagulation’s purpose is, and always has been, to function as the primary mechanism for […]
The appalling behaviour of politicians must stop
I’m sure Josh Frydenberg thought he was being very funny as he ridiculed Jim Chalmers for suggesting we need a well-being budget. I’m sure he […]
The Viral Blame Game: Xenophobia, Attribution and Coronavirus
Moralising the way diseases and viruses are transferred is a very human, and particularly nasty trait. “We don’t need this kind of riff-raff on our […]
Where’s Uncle Arfur when you need him?
Here’s a quiz for you ! You are the prime minster and you want to stop Barnaby Joyce shouting in your ear about building coal-fired […]
COVID-19 brings a hard reckoning for Morrison and his government
Like a rat up a drainpipe, wildly excited by any crisis not of his own making, panic merchant Messiah Morrison is all over the news […]
Buyers remorse for the voters of Wentworth?
As our intelligence services warn us about the increasing risk posed by far right groups, the Liberals are doing a full court press to warn […]
Julian Assange, the Glass Cage and Heaven in a Rage: Day Four of Extradition Hearings
Thursday, February 27, Woolwich Crown Court. The first round of extradition hearings regarding Julian Assange’s case concluded a day early, to recommence on May 18th. […]
They just don’t get it
Watching the Senate inquiry into the sports rorts affair shows that the government has no understanding of what they have done wrong. Eric Abetz, whose […]
Julian Assange, Political Offences and Legal Restraints: Day Three of Extradition Hearings
Wednesday, February 26, Woolwich Crown Court. Today, the focus shifted to the protagonist himself and the nature of the US-UK Extradition Treaty of 2003, a […]
Julian Assange Against the Imperium: Day Two of Extradition Hearings
The second day of extradition hearings against Julian Assange and by virtue of that, WikiLeaks, saw Mark Summers QC deliver a formidable serve for the […]
The advice the government won’t listen to
In dealing with the coronavirus, Scotty From Marketing has all of a sudden decided that, not only must we do what the medical experts’ advise, […]