The Coalition tax plan – protection for the greedy at the expense of the needy
Taxation reform will be a key issue in the next election but it is already obvious that the Coalition, rather than trying to use evidence […]
Politics
Shutting Down in Trumpland
It is a political idiosyncrasy that most political systems avoid: the state, as if suffering a stroke, operating at only partial capacity, incapable of paying […]
Redefining Your Limited View of Racism and White Supremacy
As we look at the news coming out of America (or the tweets from the President) we are aggrieved that the country is more than ever […]
A pat on the head for Mundine and Price
The preselection of Warren Mundine and Jacinta Price is a reward for their advocacy of “old white fella” policies. They have chosen the comfort and […]
Eyeing the Whitehouse: the Democratic Field
Not so much hunting season as declaratory season in US politics. The US presidential candidates from the Democratic side are making promises spiced with forced […]
ScoMo, where’s your trousers? A week of epic failure.
Some think, that the Rationall Spirits flye out of Animals, (or that Animall we call Man) like a swarm of Bees, when they like not […]
Ostracism (or “Hinch is no Aristeides and a vote is no ostracon”)
I have two daughters, a grand daughter and two grand sons. I have many other relatives, neighbours and friends. Close friends and friends separated by […]
Schooling Senator Hinch
In the early hours of Wednesday morning, January 17 2019, the body of 21-year-old Palestinian student Aiia Maasarwe was found next to a Bundoora shopping centre in Melbourne. […]
Spy Theories and the White House: Donald Trump as Russian Agent
The level of absurdity in US politics has now reached such vertigo inducing levels as to render all manner of things permissible. Contact with the […]
Give it up, Scott – they know you are lying
Protected by a self-serving media, ProMo has pushed the line that Australia will meet its emissions reduction targets “in a canter”, something his own government’s […]
No-Confidence Survivor: Theresa May and Brexit
Theresa May’s prime ministership remains one of torment, drawn out, and weakened daily. But does it really matter? If it is true to claim that […]
How embarrassing
The rest of the world knows how stupid and venal our politicians are and, unlike most of us, they aren’t afraid to tell them. In […]
Australia, we can do better
There are so many of us that think January 26th is a dreadful choice for a national celebration of nationhood, one wonders why a change […]
Political Wrecking Ball for Hire : Tried and Tested works every time !
Over the Christmas break, at a time when the last thing anybody wants to be thinking about is Peter Dutton, he came out with a […]
The Prime Minister for Double Standards
Why do Coalition PMs keep conferring titles on themselves that they patently do not live up to? Abbott was the Prime Minister for Women, Indigenous […]