Indoctrination blinds and binds us
In my role as an executor for a deceased estate, I was recently asked to swear on the bible (I took the option to ‘affirm’ […]
Politics
Police? Political? Nevah!
If the police want the public to believe that they are not a political tool, they should stop acting like one. In 2012, the OECD […]
Golan Heights – Questions on Australia’s role still unanswered
By Hungry Charley Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s recent statement on a new role for Australian peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, where they would join an […]
Election 2019 in Canada: A Change Agenda Protected by Minority Government?
By Denis Bright Canadians voted to continue a reformist agenda with a minority Liberal Government that can still draw upon future negotiated support from both […]
Brand Trudeau Wins a Second Term
“Brand Trudeau is: ‘Welcome to the new politics, just like the old politics.’” (Shachi Kurl, Angus Reid Institute, The Guardian, Aug 22, 2019). Few politicians […]
The enemies of free speech
By Kathryn The unspeakable, blatant ultra-right-wing bias of the Murdoch press in favour of the LNP is the huge elephant in the room here! Why […]
Government Funding and the Free Press
By Jay Smith In the domain of politics and state government, the relationship between media and the state needs to be constantly examined. Journalists in […]
Protest tactics matter
Those that demonstrated around the world for ‘Extinction Rebellion’ recently have certainly been making headlines. Pity it is for the wrong reasons. On an intellectual […]
Surplus to requirements, ScoMo?
Applause, stamping, hoots and catcalls resound up and down our wide brown land as another big week in Oz-politics lives down to expectations, as John […]
The Coalition money shuffle
One of Joe Hockey’s first acts as Treasurer in 2013 was to gift the RBA $8.8 billion. The main reason for this was to make […]
An Open Letter to Stuart Robert
The Hon Stuart Robert MP Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Minister for Government Services Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 Dear Mr Robert, My […]
Can the Federal LNP deliver its Flatter Taxation Scales in a Slowing Economy?
By Denis Bright Just four months out from the federal election, current indicators do suggest that the federal LNP is fumbling the future of the […]
Instead of excluding homosexuals, the church should exclude homophobes
Glenn Davies, the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney and Synod president, has told homosexual people that they should abandon the church. “My own view is that […]
The Antichrist is a potato
By Grumpy Geezer Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there! He wasn’t there again today, Oh how I wish he’d go […]
Tim Wilson – modern liberal or con man?
When George Brandis created a very high-paying job as a human rights commissioner to gift to Tim Wilson without any selection process, it raised many […]