Scotty: a hollow man hollowing out our democracy
“There are many “rules”, and none of them support making grant decisions based upon the location of recipients in targeted and marginal seats for party-political […]
Politics
Fiddling while Australia burns
Sometime in the future when Australia is finally taking real and meaningful action on climate change by reducing emissions across the board (and hopefully we […]
The “sound economic management” of the Coalition has increased net debt by 250%
The monthly account figures for December have been released and they put a lie to the Coalition’s claims of “sound economic management” – at least […]
Thank you for your application, Barnaby but you are not what we need right now
So Barnaby will put his hand up to be leader … if called on of course. Have we so quickly forgotten why he resigned? It […]
You cannot be a leader and a bare-faced liar at the same time
It was marketed as his first key note address for the year. Any good marketing person, given that he really had things of great importance […]
Yes, Prime Minister: Government by Satire
The Morrison Government is in a unique state that combines chaos and suspended animation. The Prime Minister himself is, as David Speers pointed out, stuck […]
Pentecostalism – The decline, infiltration and fall of Australian Democracy
By Steve Davies Pentecostalism – The decline, infiltration and fall of Australian Democracy There is a strong sentiment that there’s something not right with the […]
Anne Ruston – what a shocker
You may not have heard of the woman that some describe as Australia’s answer to Margaret Thatcher. But she is busy trying to remedy that. […]
What hope have we got when the rorters make the rules?
Bridget McKenzie’s blatant misuse of public money for political purposes should surprise no-one. We have been enabling this behaviour for a long time. That the […]
Trump, Pikes and Politics: Media Misses The Mark
The media has made much in the last day or two about the allegation that Trump warned Republican Senators, who serve as the jury in […]
Who’s he ‘meeting’ and what’s he ‘beating’?
I don’t know who ScottyFromMarketing is meeting or what he is beating but it sure as hell isn’t our Kyoto target of a 5% emissions […]
Bridget, the buck is moving. Take a shot!
By David Ayliffe I have some questions for Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and for the Secretary of Prime Minister and Cabinet who is currently investigating […]
Bridget, please turn the lights out as you leave and return the key to the ministerial loo!
Finally, it seems that the long-suffering quiet Australians who were forced to stand by and hold their tongues as Bridget McKenzie and her political advisers […]
The Dunning-Kruger Party: Modern Tories
It used to be said that conservatism was essentially selfishness manifested as a political ideology. This ideology took the form of the quip ‘for me […]