Intransigence
By Ad Astra The title for this piece came from an enlightening interview in the ABC’s One Plus One series. David Marr was the subject and […]
Politics
British Labour’s Fractious Jaunt: The Politics of the Independent Group
They could not hold on. A small – and in the scheme of things negligible group – split from the British Labour mothership last month […]
They lie to each other so why on earth would we trust them to tell us the truth?
The thing that struck me most about Julie Bishop’s latest homage to herself was the revelation that 17 of her colleagues lied to her. No-one […]
No, ScoMo, you can’t have Snowy 2.0 and coal-fired power too.
“What we are talking about here is reliable, renewable, energy,” gurgles a pumped PM, Tuesday. He stands in the same spot as Turnbull, before ScoMo […]
This government makes no sense
It doesn’t really matter what policy area you look at, there is no coherent plan as ProMo bounces around like a demented Santa offering sweeteners […]
Walkout in Hanoi: The Second Trump-Kim Summit
“Sometimes you have to walk and this was one of those times.” That was US President Donald Trump’s remark about something he has been doing […]
Labor releases a raft of policies to protect the environment of NSW
Media Release Labor has unveiled a raft of targeted environmental policies that will protect and enhance the state’s natural environment and repair the damage caused […]
It’s anything but normal governance from a bunch of incompetents
It must be said that this cohort of Liberal and National Party parliamentarians is the most leaderless, unethically rancid, and corrupt group the country has […]
Nothing underlines white privilege more than the government’s reaction to child sex abuse
Nothing underlines white privilege more than the government’s reaction to child sex abuse. When allegations of paedophilia rings and child sex abuse in Aboriginal communities […]
This is Scott
By 2353NM Scott tells us he is rather important and considering he is Prime Minister of Australia, he is probably correct to a large extent. […]
Forget gender and ethnicity, our parliament isn’t even representative of our vote
In the last federal House of Representatives election, the Coalition collectively got 42.04% of the first preference vote, Labor got 34.73% and the Greens got […]
Coalition unveils its emissions reduction strategy – increase the population
Anyone who has followed the toxic climate change debate over the last decade must be questioning their sanity after the Coalition’s media blitz announcing their […]
The face of arrogance
By Ad astra Although he’s been PM only since August of last year, it feels as if he’s been in the top job for much […]
Watchdogs asleep in their kennels
Political journalists pride themselves on being watchdogs who prevent abuse of power. Watchdogs are supposed to bark when they smell something suspicious. So how do […]
Coalition women must stop enabling their misogynistic sexist male colleagues
Back in 2014, a confident Julie Bishop, buoyed by a substantive win at the 2013 election, took to the lectern at the National Press Club […]