Shackled by Ideology
By Ad astra Can the body politic ever be freed from entrenched beliefs? How many of you despair of our politicians? How many of you […]
Politics
How Craig Kelly cons the punters
Member for Hughes and chairman of the Coalition backbench environment and energy committee, Craig Kelly, seems to split his time between appearing on Sky After […]
The Demtel Man
Those who remember free to air television in the 80s and 90s will remember the advertising for ‘as seen on TV’ products marketed by a […]
Morrison’s Bell
By Barddylbach So I’m thinking about kids on Nauru, global warming, the recent by-election and our idiot politicians who dish out cruelty like Smarties, smirk and […]
Saying sorry is easy but only action can give it meaning
After three National Apologies to children and their families – Kevin Rudd’s for the stolen generation, Julia Gillard’s for forced adoptions, and Scott Morrison’s for […]
What Goes Around, Comes Around
In 2013, after Kevin Rudd had been reinstalled as prime minister, he bowed, quite disgracefully, to Coalition pressure and reopened both Manus Island and Nauru […]
Scott’s one-man show
During Scott Morrison’s brief tenure as managing director of Tourism Australia, he waged a running battle with the board whose members complained that he did […]
Well done, Tony – now you’ve destroyed the Coalition
By Ad astra He’s been this way for years. Like a kid playing a violent video game such as Call Of Duty, he has aimed […]
The Saudi Arabian Model: Blueprints for Murder and Purchasing Arms
It reads like a swaying narrative of retreat. A man’s body is subjected to a gruesome anatomical fate, his parts separated by a specially appointed […]
Claimed emissions reduction from land use are very doubtful and must be verified
Finally, the majority of people and businesses have decided they want action on climate change. Coalition ministers keep assuring us that we will meet our […]
I thought we were supposed to leave the world a better place
Forgetting the noise and arguments, the marketing and campaigning – a government’s job (and the job of us all) is to make the world a […]
Ditching Nuclear Treaties: Trump Withdraws from the INF
President Donald J. Trump has made it his signature move to repudiate the signatures of others, and the latest, promised evacuation from the old US-Soviet […]
Implications of Wentworth: Can Progressive Liberalism Triumph Across Australia?
By Denis Bright As the days pass since the Wentworth by-election, a new level of resistance has emerged in the federal LNP on the best […]
Oh dear – our new PM is not up to the job
By Ad astra We know Scott Morrison has held several portfolios, immigration and treasurer the most important. The electorate might have hoped that these experiences […]
Wentworth Blues: Another Nail in the Scomo Coffin
A sign of desperation before the firing squad is jitteriness and the desperate sense that history needs revision. You were not the one responsible for […]