Trump, Bolton and the Syrian Confusion
It’s a messy, though typical picture. US President Donald Trump wants to pull out forces in Syria. When announced in December, jaws drooped and sharp intakes […]
Politics
Rather than public office, Mark Latham should seek help
After being dropped by virtually every media outlet in the country, Mark Latham is aiming to return to what he (thinks he) knows best – […]
The staggering cost of small government
The Coalition came to power in 2013 promising to cut wasteful spending and one of their first steps was to immediately start sacking public servants […]
Cry me a river; the Murray-Darling is being destroyed by greed and ignorance
A stench of putrefaction wafts over a troubled nation, this week, all the way from the tiny, dusty, outback settlement of Menindee, in far west […]
Is it really taxpayers’ money?
A short and simple tutorial… “It’s taxpayers’ money,” is an all too familiar cry, from media reporters when they try to expose spending waste, welfare […]
Walled Off Options: Donald Trump, Mexico and the Democrats
New year occasions, given the pleasant fiction it entails, are times to change. Resolutions are made by that delightful species Homo sapiens, hope packaged for […]
In a nut shell
By Stephen Fitzgerald You may have read the AIMN articles Creating conflict, Our best future and Feeding the monster. There is a thread that ties […]
PaTH to Misery
By John Haly Internships ideally are supposed to equip young people with valuable skills for the development of modern work in the economy of the […]
Here’s our money, now let them go
It’s 2019 and Western Australia is still locking up people for not paying fines. Of course this abhorrent policy barely affects the rich, or the […]
“Peter Dutton is a Potato” – an analysis
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton MP is well known for throwing out subjective opinion as fact. His flippant assertions are plastered across mainstream news, regardless […]
Women are the forgotten people of the modern Liberal Party
Often, when good women call out or are subject to bad behaviour, the reprisals, backlash and commentary portrays them as the bad ones – the […]
The hounds are off the leash and it is your fault, Scott
In 2011, when Scott Morrison urged the shadow cabinet to capitalise on the electorate’s growing concerns about “Muslim immigration”, “Muslims in Australia” and the “inability” […]
Are we there yet?
When Scott Morrison took over as Treasurer, he took waffle to a whole new level. “It’s like going off on that summer holiday,” he told […]
Prakash citizenship saga suits Dutton’s racist agenda
When Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton MP announced that the government had revoked the citizenship of Australian-born terrorist Neil Prakash, he was no doubt sure […]