Know your place; we were born to rule (part 1)
“I would love to read your thoughts on the following concept,” said the message on Facebook. It continued: “Many politicians in many ways use religion. […]
Politics
Corporate Gangster: Adani’s Pursuit of Scientists
The Adani conglomerate should be best described as a bloated gangster, promising the earth even as it mines it. Like other corporate thugs of such […]
Morrison’s government fails major test of good faith.
“Art doesn’t imitate life, it imitates bad television”, quips Woody Allen. ScoMo & Co’s reality TV Prime Ministership show, local franchise of the global schlock-horror […]
Won’t Somebody Please Think of the Christians! Vile Shelton, Marriage Equality and Religious Freedom
Former leader of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) Lyle Shelton has come forth with yet more of the persecution narrative. This time, the issue is […]
Just answer the question!
By Ad astra This piece is short and snappy. I know that, like me, you fume when politicians steadfastly refuse to answer a question directly, […]
Who are the best managers of the economy: Labor or the Coalition?
The myth created by the Coalition as long back as I care to remember and perpetuated for many years since is nothing more or nothing […]
Hey, Scotty, the cracks are showing!
The LNP’s Ministry Of Propaganda trading as Newscorpse and a globular, yellow Trump doppelganger from Queensland are apparently two of the tools that a loving, […]
Scott Morrison’s leadership is a mirage
If Scott Morrison was leading the Coalition, he would have announced that a referendum on constitutional recognition will be held during this term. He seems […]
Juggling with the Authoritarians: Donald Trump’s Diplomatic Copy Book
Cue the shots, take the snaps: US President Donald Trump was back entertaining his fetish with firm handshakes proclaiming the making of history in the […]
The batshit crazy ramblings of Barnaby Joyce
Two days ago, the drunken adulterer who used to occasionally fill the role of leader of our country posted this on Facebook: Warning: The following […]
Australian Values are for migrants, not governments
Last year, Peter Dutton was making a lot of noise about “Australian values” as part of a push by him to make it harder for […]
Whither Labor?
When the hoary old phrase ‘fall on his sword’ is used to describe a resignation, in this case the end of the career of the […]
Out of Kilter: National Security and Press Freedoms in Australia
Australian society relishes secrecy and surveillance. Forget the laid-back, relaxed demeanour that remains the great fiction of a confected identity; like all such creations, the […]
What lazy bastards they are
In the six years this government has been in office its performance has been akin to taking a cold shower and then being handed a […]
Plots & prayers but no policy agenda bode ill for Coalition
What a week! Australia’s newly sworn in ScoMo-government wastes no time in destroying our progressive taxation system, one of the last vestiges of Aussie egalitarianism […]