Do you ever hear a government politician even admit that we have any problems?
The role of government should be to identify, prioritise, and deal with the challenges we face. But do you ever hear a government politician even […]
Politics
Distraction, Diversion And Dereliction: A Government With No Real-World Vision
By Loz Lawrey In any democratic parliament, they waste so much space and time, bloviating incessantly and indulging in constant tribal self-aggrandisement. Call them conservatives, […]
The Greens say that with the benefit of hindsight
Monday 2 December was the 10th Anniversary of Kevin Rudd’s Climate Change policy being voted down in the Senate. It was marked with speeches from […]
Lethal Visits: Volcano Tourism and the White Island Eruption
It might have come across as written by a killjoy, but geographer Amy Donovan’s observations on “volcano tourism” in Geo, published by the Royal Geographical […]
Labor, Coal and Climate Action
Industrial Revolution and Impacts Australia has relied on one main commodity for a very long time. Therefore, we are the leading exporter of coal in […]
The ultimate copout
By 2353NM You’ve probably heard Prime Minister Morrison offering ‘thoughts and prayers’ to those affected by the bushfires that continue to burn in parts of Australia, or […]
Paranoias of Interference: Russia, Reddit and the British Election
In some ways, it is a very British thing: fair play is expected; the reasonable person with all faculties intact, going about the business of […]
“No emerging crisis so big the government can’t find a way to look past it.”
A massive pall of smoke cloaks NSW and shrouds Canberra as the state burns in a catastrophic mega-fire already the size of greater Sydney. Too […]
What fate awaits PM Morrison?
There can be little doubt that Brother ScoMo believes that he will one day recoup his happy clapper tithes by literally ascending the gold pass […]
Ensuring there will be no integrity
I can’t even sit on my own verandah anymore. Surrounded by smoke, covered in ash, checking the RFS website regularly, ringing friends and family as […]
George Christensen and other secrets. What do you think?
We are all aware of the rorting of expenses by our politicians. Who can forget Bronwyn Bishop’s famous helicopter rides, or George Brandis and his […]
High-Fives in Parliament, or were they salutes?
Seeing Liberal Party goons in our parliament congratulating themselves and sharing high-fives following the repeal of the Medevac Laws was not only obscene but also […]
Special Religious Education: Propaganda?
The NSW Education Department (the Department) guidelines say that between thirty minutes and an hour per week must be set aside for ‘special religious instruction’ […]
The Cashless Debit Card is part of Authoritarian creep, which affects us all (part 1)
For those that don’t know much about the cashless debit cards (CDC), or income management, here is an article that I wrote with some history about income […]
Medevac repeal is cruel, heartless and inhumane
Media Release In a callous and vindictive political move the government has today torn down Medevac, with Senator Lambie finally voting with the government on […]