A plea to Labor – don’t abandon us
The surprise of the nation at the re-election of the Coalition government is understandable – not because of what polls and bookmakers and media said, […]
Politics
Cults of Impeachment: The Mueller Report, Trump and Wedging the Democrats
It is a giddy intoxicant, and making all who partake fall over in puddling nonsense. The Mueller Report is not turning out to be the […]
Not without controversy: dunderheads disguised as ministers (part 1)
Monday 3 June 2019 I was watching the Governor General swearing in the new cabinet ministers and it occurred to me, given the rather frivolous […]
ScoMo and co take us one week closer to fascism
“During this campaign we looked like a government in waiting. They looked like an opposition. It is time that the fourth estate held the government […]
Bridget McKenzie revealed the Adani jobs lie and no-one noticed
Nationals deputy leader Bridget McKenzie made an amazing admission in an interview on Sky but nobody (except The Australia Institute) seemed to notice. “[Adani will] […]
Religious Freedom: A Deep Dive
This ought to prove non-controversial: a piece on so-called religious freedom in 2019. Some caveats before we proceed. First, I will endeavour to keep this […]
I’m not feeling stimulated. Are you?
Much of what happens in, and to, our economy is beyond the control of our government. Technology causes disruption in the labour market. Wars, be […]
Feline Metathesiophobia
Congratulations, Australia! You cowering clowder of fraidy cats have capitulated in the face of a blatant fear campaign and negative, deceitful sloganeering from Smirker and […]
Lies in Politics: Boris Johnson, the Law and the European Union
An enduring memory of the 2016 Brexit campaign, so marked by the foppish-haired blusterer, Boris Johnson, was the claim that the European Union was hungrily […]
Dismantling Australia’s Decency
By Loz Lawrey In 2014, some six months after the Abbott Coalition government came to power, a wave of community outrage found expression in the […]
The Tag Line
The recent election was an exercise in marketing and not much else. Morrison promoted himself and ‘good economic management’ rather than the Coalition while flitting […]
Quiet Australians?
On Monday night, the ABC aired a Q&A episode titled First Australians and Quiet Australians. There were seven questions asked, two of which were about […]
You can’t have a mandate for a lie
Energy (and emissions reduction) Minister Angus Taylor has categorically stated that there will be no more discussion about emissions reduction. We are stuck with the […]
ScoMo is no Messiah nor is his new cabinet blessed with talent
Hallelujah! Sound the trump. All hail the “Messiah from the shire”, blasts Rupert’s Daily Bugle; The Australian, a claque whose long and frenzied coalition applause […]
The end of Theresa May
The vultures of the British conservative party have gathered, and the individual who seemed to thrive in failure, to gain momentum in defeat, has finally […]