Attention people of New England – How you can save the farm and make a motza doing it
No, this is not a story about selling water. And it’s not about coal seam gas. It’s not about the inland rail. It’s not about […]
Politics
A Coalition of whatever and whoever it takes
In case you missed it, there was an announcement by the temporary, care-taker, acting prime minister today: People of Australia, it gives me great pleasure […]
Election campaigns have become ridiculous
Election campaigns have become ridiculous. The constant photo shoots, meet-and-greets, dribs and drabs of money doled out for this and that, are mind-numbingly pointless. Do […]
Three Years Later
In 2016, we published 36 Faceless men, comparing the ‘need’ for Australian political parties to have an absolute majority when forming a government versus the […]
The government of a democracy is accountable to the people
The government of a democracy is accountable to the people. Its decision-making process must be transparent because there are real and potentially severe consequences that […]
The Not-So-Happy Clapper: Scott Morrison
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has fired back against what he called ‘gutless…keyboard warriors in their mother’s basement’. Specifically, he is responding to some online likening […]
The masters of scare. It’s like watching the best of “Yes, Prime Minister”
Easter with interruptions for religious observation has certainly dampened the campaigning of both sides. However, Saturday certainly saw a revitalised Bill Shorten but it seemed […]
It’s not the economy, stupid, it’s climate change that matters most to the nation
“In climate change, there will never be enough figures to satisfy the climate sceptics. If you don’t believe in the science of climate change, no […]
Julian Assange as Neuroses
Julian Assange continues to ripple and roam as a cipher through the political and media scape of the world. Detained in Belmarsh maximum security prison, […]
Adding to Suffering: Typhoid Fever in Hillside Camp
By Shamindan Kanapathi A few weeks ago, I wrote of how the food ration that the men in Hillside camp receive has been reduced and […]
Shorten Sweet: Bill Tells Murdoch to Walk The Plank
Bill Shorten has blasted the Murdoch media’s coverage of him and his party. This shows a spine lacking in previous Labor leaders. When it came […]
“Is that supposed to be a selling point?”
When Scott Morrison looked the camera in the eye and told us that “If you vote Labor, you get Bill Shorten. If you vote Coalition, […]
Was ‘Mediscare’ really a lie?
An obviously still bitter Coalition, amplified by a compliant media, have decided to use Labor’s so-called ‘Mediscare’ campaign last election as a reason to call […]
Permissible Influences: Israel and the Australian Elections
So much hullabaloo; so much pent-up anger and, let’s face it, so much opportunity for the political classes of Australia. The theme since 2016 is […]
Election campaigns are unedifying spectacles nowadays
The spectacle of political parties jostling with each other for ascendancy is ugly. Promises of money are thrown around like confetti – a tax cut […]