When there’s a clash of faith, which ‘religious freedom’ takes priority?
Under the Morrison Government’s proposed Religious Freedom bills, what happens when there’s a clash of religious belief? Of all the religions and faiths subscribed to […]
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A manifesto for how to tell lies
The Government’s accidental emailing of their confidential talking points is nothing more than a manifesto of how to tell lies, to lie by omission, mislead […]
Is Donald Trump mad? (Revisited)
By Ad astra Around two years ago, The Political Sword published Is Donald Trump mad? In November of last year, it published Is Donald Trump crumbling? It could […]
Send a peace-keeping team where it’s needed most, ScoMo
“Em şîv in hûn jî paşîv in,” or, “if we are dinner you are supper,” Armenians warn Kurds before Turkish massacres – a recurrent motif in […]
Dutton The Dud strikes again
Peter Dutton has used his preferred diplomatic channel, 2GB, to mightily piss off our biggest trading partner by saying that the policies of the Communist […]
The Bill that Australia despised
Who had the better election campaign? It is said that hindsight is a wonderful thing. An extended period of time after an event gives one […]
Oh Oh, Houston! We have a problem!
The Liberal Party, to a man, have embraced the need for legislation to provide protections for religions and religious beliefs. I say ‘to a man’ […]
Labor are losing their nerve
When the Coalition under Malcolm Turnbull won 76 seats in the 2016 election, it was generally accepted that Turnbull had “blown it” and the knives […]
Cynical Enterprises: The Kurds Await Their Fate
Big powers, as with the greatest of gangsters, have always had a certain, indulgent luxury; their prerogative is to make promises they can choose to […]
Just how weird is Scott Morrison really?
There’s a lot about Scott ‘Poo Bear’ Morrison that can be explained away by the fact that he’s just another RWNJ with a RWNJ agenda. […]
Now is NOT the time to be a ‘quiet Australian’
There is a disturbing trend emerging in Australia where the government is increasingly trying to silence the people. They have painted unionists as lawless thugs […]
Do unto others
By 2353NM Who knows if the pages of Morrison’s Bible might be missing the pages that discuss ’do unto others as you wish them do […]
Patriots in a Red Dirt Land
It has been written elsewhere that Patriotism is but a short goose-step away from Fascism, and that Nationalism is but a short spurt of frenzied […]
Conservatives can’t keep up
Conservative ideology and policy making is informed by the past and constrained by current capability. It struggles with recognising the challenges of the future and […]
The President Did It: Donald Trump’s Phone Around
When the squalid, absurd and occasionally hilarious accounts are compiled by a sober mind, the Trump administration will stand out as much gargoyle with more […]