Submarine contract: are we out of our depth?
Remember how, back in April 2016 then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull breathlessly announced that all 12 of Australia’s next fleet of submarines would be built […]
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You don’t build trust by telling lies
In an address to the National Press Club in November 2015, the ever-cocky Greg Hunt informed us that Australia had already met its 2020 target […]
Passing the buck
On the release of the interim report from the banking Royal Commission, Josh Frydenberg has hit the airwaves to slam ASIC. He must think we […]
When will we see the end of Tony Abbott?
By Ad astra How many of you out there, like me, long for the day when the most destructive, the most venomous federal politician in […]
Oh what a surprise – the Coalition picks for the ABC board don’t know what they are doing
It was inevitable that there would be problems at the ABC when the Coalition chose to ignore advice from the independent nominations panel about board […]
ABC Integrity or Political Interference
By Stephen Fitz When asked the question, Malcolm Turnbull opposed a federal corruption watchdog. Out of the same mouth came opposition to the banking royal […]
For a man who says he wants a united Australia, Morrison has a funny way of showing it
In response to calls to change the date of Australia Day, the man who purports to want to bring us all together has suggested we […]
Morrison’s Legacy
So Australia is going to have another Royal Commission, this time into Aged Care. It really doesn’t matter if the announcement was a pre-emptive response […]
Women have never had it so good according to ProMo
Emulating his hero, Donald Trump, Scott Morrison has taken to Twitter to tell we women we have never had it so good. “Under Labor, the […]
Morrison hopelessly conflicted and compromised
It’s been a big week for helmsman ScoMo, who urges a scurvy crew to make the Coalition boat go faster, according to Laura Tingle. Playing […]
What’s their policy this week?
While Tony Abbott spent his short tenure undoing everything Julia Gillard had achieved, Scott Morrison seems intent on undoing everything his own government has worked […]
Why was Quaedvlieg really sacked?
On 15 March 2018, the head of the Australian Border Force, Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg was sacked. It was a curious case. Quaedvlieg had allegedly changed […]
The United Nations junket – at your expense
Every year, Australia sends two federal politicians for a three-month secondment to observe and work with the established Australian Mission to the United Nations but, […]
Politics from the Pulpit
Scott Morrison is Australia’s first Pentecostal prime minister. He is a member of the Horizon Church in Sutherland, which is part of the Australian Christian […]
Scott Morrison is completely out of touch
Many of us were disenchanted with Malcolm Turnbull, but Scott Morrison is completely wrong about why. The majority of the population agreed with Turnbull’s previous statements […]