Fear, Deception and Gravitas
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PEFO is the Bible, John Howard is the Messiah, and Labor are the Devil
On Monday night, when Leigh Sales pressed Scott Morrison about his claims of having delivered a surplus when we are actually still in deficit, the […]
How John Howard contributed to the aged care crisis
In 2000, when Bronwyn Bishop was the minister responsible for aged care, a horrific story came to light where residents of an aged care home […]
Stop your lies, Frydenberg, your environment and climate policy is a failure
Bobbing its blue-grey head and cackling, ecstatically, as it greets its mate, the Southern Black-throated Finch, (Poephila cincta cincta) whose rufous wings and cinnamon body […]
Do Debates Help?
Hands up how many of you have seen both so-called leaders’ debates? Not too many I will wager. It seems that the Liberal party got […]
The ‘economy’ is not working as it is ‘supposed’ to
The old rules of thumb about the economy do not seem to be working and I have a theory as to why. But let’s look […]
Moral Equivalence vs Political Correctness
By the time this essay is published the current election campaign reaches the ‘magical’ halfway point. The single quote marks around the word magical, denote […]
Who do you trust?
As they wander round in their high-vis vests, shearing sheep, drinking beer, kicking footballs, and joining in the factory production line, Coalition politicians keep asking […]
Deconstructing Pauline Hanson’s ACA Interview
After the latest political embarrassment to engulf her party, Senator Pauline Hanson went on A Current Affair for what Junkee media aptly called ‘a giant […]
Better economic managers, keeping us safe, lower taxes – a mantra with no basis in reality
Scott Morrison’s campaigning revolves around very little aside from photo shoots, attacking Bill Shorten, and making announcements about money in marginal seats. He tells us […]
No, They Won’t Learn
By Ad Astra I was motivated to write my last piece: ’Will they ever learn?’ after viewing the first Question Time of the recent sitting of […]
Amanda Vanstone dumps another turd on what passes as the journalistic landscape nowadays
For some reason, the very inept Amanda Vanstone is still appearing in the media. Perhaps she is offered up for comedy value because she is […]
The Coalition will have to do better than rely on bogus announceables, attacking Labor and lurid scare campaigns
“Scott Morrison had a choice between standing up for ripped off workers or sucking up to a tosser who ripped them off and he chose […]
Power at Any Price: The LNP’s Preference Deals
The LNP has made what the AAP calls an ‘in-principle preference deal’ with Clive Palmer and his United Australia Party [UAP] for the forthcoming election. […]
We don’t need a Royal Commission – we need consequences
Whilst everyone is talking about water and demanding more inquiries, they could just read the news and save us all a lot of time and […]