Finding the root of the problem
The mainstream media (MSM) will only ever print or do whatever advantages them the most. But when what you are looking for is often buried […]
Politics
Timor-Leste and Australia: A Loveless Affair at Twenty
Cringe worthy, a touch molesting in sentiment: this was the celebratory occasion of the gathering of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison with his East Timorese […]
Dutton: The Lone Voice of Cruelty…
I am going to make this short. Australia wants the Biloela Family to stay! While Peter Dutton clearly believes that white au pairs for his […]
Democracy via three-word slogans
By Ad astra Another title might have been Democracy according to Hayne, as it was The Honourable Justice Kenneth Madison Hayne AC, QC, Royal Commissioner in […]
Unhinged before the Fall: Boris Johnson, Parliament and Brexit
The Brexit no deal prospect is engendering an element of lunacy fast seeping into every pore of the British political establishment. As with all steeped […]
Young Fogies: Generational change in the LNP
Perhaps there’s cause for some optimism when a newer generation of Tories is ready to take over the reins. The current crop of self-serving, fossilised […]
Being conned with bullshit
Until such time as the Prime Minister of Australia puts aside his belief in a literal truth of the Bible and listens to the same […]
Uncovering the ruthless heart of the Liberal Party
By Ad Astra Dedicated observers of the political scene in Australia owe much to Niki Savva. Although she has been a political correspondent for News […]
Pell appeal verdict unleashes a perfect storm for our Tory ruling class
Head bowed, a manacled cardinal is led hobbling out of court into a prison van, a shocking image calculated to rock our nation’s Tories to […]
Morrison doesn’t want to talk about his anniversary – with good reason
As the media falls over itself lauding Scott Morrison for lasting a year without being rolled, we are approaching the six-year anniversary of a Coalition […]
The Unwanted Guests
By 2353NM We’ve all seen the movie or read the book that has, as a part of the plot, a group of relatives who are […]
“Weak as piss”
Just to underline how puerile politics has become, Federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan has called engineering firm Aurecon “weak as piss” and a “bunch of […]
Bring Back The Labor Herald
Until 2016, Australian Labor had an online blog site The Labor Herald. There is a case to bring back the Labor Herald.
The Bobble-headed Boofhead
Ever since the welcome and suitably humiliating demise of the egregious ecclesiastic from Manly, Friar Fuck’d, I’ve been pondering who’d be the most suitably iconic […]
Be wary of a Trump-Morrison alliance
By Ad astra Have you noticed the growing bond between President Trump and PM Morrison? Morrison has always been fulsome in his praise of Trump: “He says […]