Let the games begin
Neil Prakash was born in Australia, he is an Australian citizen, he is not the citizen of another country and whatever legal advice Peter Dutton […]
Politics
This is why I vote Labor
The first time that I published this post was in 2012 on the old Cafe Whispers blog, and republished it on The AIMN prior to […]
Brexit Armageddon
London, New Year’s Eve 2018. It is a very English middle-class trait: the world will end if the price of a certain lifestyle goes up. […]
Embracing 2019: Re-Igniting a Progressive American Revolution?
By Denis Bright The re-democratisation of the US is reflected in improved voter turn-outs at the mid-term elections on 6 November 2018. The Blue Wave […]
Labor begins the New Year with the same old excuses
When the Gillard government proposed removing John Howard’s grandfathering of the Parenting Payment, moving parents onto Newstart when their youngest child turned six if they […]
Liberal bullying culture is all the way to the top, ScoMo.
The year can’t end quickly enough for the series of cunning stunts masquerading as a Morrison government. Topping its epic series of diversions, […]
Grab some popcorn – things are about to get interesting
2019 is almost upon us and Scott Morrison must be sweating bullets. Not only will he have to hit the road running to contest an […]
The Hand that Won’t Sign the Paper: Adani’s Stalling Project
It should be a sign for this Indian giant, a company that has done much to illustrate the ethical and moral bankruptcy in Australia’s political […]
A message to Australia’s children – might Matt Canavan be lying?
When thousands of school children took to the streets to protest against the Adani coal mine and the government’s inaction on climate change, they were […]
Cooking Books and Limiting Responsibility: The Goldman Sachs Playbook
Managing a bank will always be a more lucrative criminal enterprise than raiding one but this Brechtian styled analysis only goes so far. A closer […]
What the world needs now …
For all its bumps and twists, despite always facing new challenges, the world and its travellers are a wondrous thing. A Merry Christmas and thank […]
Rays of Winter Sunshine in Damascus, Syria
By Denis Bright The Christmas Spirit has returned to Damascus, Syria after years of internal conflicts. Even the Voice of America (VOA) acknowledges the positive […]
“We’re into big ideas; they’re in New Idea”.
“It’s fun to shoot some people,” Defence Secretary Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis notoriously remarked in 2005. “Actually it’s quite fun to fight them, you […]
The Reformation of the Broad Church
The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would […]
Leaving Syria: President Trump’s Withdrawal
“The President announced an apparently impulsive decision that shook the world, showed little sign of nuanced consideration, confounded top advisers and by the end of […]