Burning Continents, Secret Travels and Scott Morrison
The bush fire situation in Australia is now deemed catastrophic. And it started early, with a relentless ferocity that has seen thousands of volunteers stretched […]
Politics
Scott Morrison – These People Need Kindness More than YOU
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has truly united the country. Every single person with a beating heart and a working brain in Australia is united […]
The Right as Political Hydra: New Strategy Needed
How do those of us on the left (and both rightwingers wedded to reality – jk) fight the right? How do you have a constructive […]
You have a #Right to Know, but only when the media says so. Media and the Morrison holiday.
For the last few days there has been unrelenting speculation on social media concerning Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s whereabouts. Yesterday evening journalist Samantha Maiden published this piece in The […]
Scomo of the Hash #Smoko
A little Australian Ditty about a Bloke who ran from the Fires.
That’s another Fine Mess you’ve gotten us into, Spud!
Following the repeal of the Medevac Laws, a number of asylum seekers are caught up in an exquisite political conundrum which nobody in the Morrison […]
Boris Johnson’s Britain
Britain is looking drenched at the moment; colours blue and yellow seem to be streaking through the country. The Scottish Nationalists have re-asserted control lost […]
Why are wages low? Because it is government policy
As Frydenberg and Cormann front the cameras to talk about Labor (will they ever realise they are in their third term in office?), everybody keeps […]
Where is Scott Morrison and why is it a secret?
We awoke this morning to another day in which Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s whereabouts are unknown to the public, with his staff declining to enlighten […]
Houston, we have a problem
By 2353NM This blog site traditionally has a look back at what we commented on in the past year as our last article come December. […]
A couple of quick take-outs from MYEFO
Josh Frydenberg keeps telling us that, now that the budget is back in surplus, he will be able to pay down Labor’s debt. This will […]
Morrison’s credibility as leader goes up in a cloud of smoke.
I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down and still somehow It’s cloud’s illusions I recall I really don’t know clouds […]
Australian workers are ‘standing on the outside looking in’ as the wealthy share the pie
Monday’s MYEFO will apparently include yet another downgrade to forecast wage growth. According to the September Wage Price Index, private sector wages rose by 2.2% […]
Tis not the season to be jolly
As one day merges with the next and the year moves rapidly toward its own sunset, I cannot in all truth say that it is […]
710 corporations paid $0 tax on almost half a trillion revenue
GetUp! Media Release One third of the largest corporations in Australia paid $0 tax in 2017-18, stunning new data released by the Australian Tax Office […]