What do you want to hear from Labor?
With an election some time in the next ten months, the end of this government is in sight. It has been an ugly ride that […]
Politics
The Middle Man: The Jurisprudence of Justice Anthony Kennedy
“At the heart of liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of […]
#LetsDoBetter campaign for Warringah launches
Media Release Last night at the Balgowlah RSL Club, Senator Kristina Keneally assisted candidate Dean Harris in officially launching the Labor campaign for Warringah at […]
The folly of trying to comprehend Trump
By Ad astra Journalists around the world seem hell-bent on trying to explain the behaviour of Donald Trump. They analyse his every move, seeking to […]
How to build a jigsaw puzzle
By Tony Andrews Governments can throw all the money in the world at our indigenous population, but without spending on outback infrastructure or allowing the […]
Convictions from the union Royal Commission – was it worth it?
In May, Craig Laundy, the Minister for Small and Family Business, the Workplace and Deregulation (what a title), stated that there had been nine criminal […]
Look out! Bill is right behind you.
Trump’s “surrender summit”, his love-in with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in Helsinki, Monday, almost upstages our long-running local political panto, “Look out, Bill’s behind you”, […]
Ecuador’s Agenda: Squeezing and Surrendering Assange
It is perhaps typical in a time where a star of the fleshy celluloid wonder Baywatch, heavy in bust and known for her sexual adventures, […]
Shaking Establishments: The Ocasio-Cortez Effect
Dana Milbank wrote it off as a victory of demographics, a minor, inconsequential point which left the “down-the-line liberal” Rep. Joe Crowley in its wake, […]
The Longman By-Election
Longman is a federal electorate in Brisbane’s north held since the 2016 election by Susan Lamb for Labor. Lamb was born in Mackay, Queensland of […]
Helsinki Theatrics: Trump meets Putin
The first official meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his counterpart Donald Trump was a fairly casual, unpeopled affair, absent bureaucrats and note takers. […]
Is the world swerving extreme right?
By Ad astra Are you as alarmed as I am when you see on our TV screens, or hear on the radio, or read in […]
Population Policy found in a filing cabinet in secondhand shop in Deakin !
What we do know about Australia’s population is that it will achieve 25million in August of this year, some twenty-four years ahead of government predictions […]
Who’s the real baby here, Mr Trump?
Who’s the real baby here? A monster orange balloon-effigy of Trump as an angry baby in a nappy, complete with blonde comb-over and blue mobile […]
Just because you are Aboriginal doesn’t make you right
Every time I hear Alice Springs councillor and political hopeful Jacinta Price speak, I cringe. Ms Price has announced her ambition to contest the NT […]