Family secrets and economic growth
Most families have secrets that have been kept behind closed doors for generations. It could be that your grandparents lived happily together for 50 years […]
Politics
The Liberal Party’s list of “key achievements”
For those of us who wonder what this government has actually achieved, the Liberal Party have provided a handy list of “key achievements”. They begin […]
Expect some Rubbery Figures in the Budget
It is perhaps a tad unwise to try and second guess the budget to be handed down next Tuesday, but some things need to be […]
LNP Traditions: Stay with the Market in Volatile Times Ahead
By Denis Bright This week’s State of the States Report from the CommSec Division of the Commonwealth Bank was well publicized in the mainstream media. […]
Nobel Nonsense: Nominating Donald Trump for the Peace Prize
It seems like rich nonsense, but should peace be attained on the Korean peninsula, with arrangements entrenched to ensure durability as opposed to unconvincing window […]
Irresistible Urges: Surveilling Australia’s Citizens
The authoritarian misfits in the Turnbull government have again rumbled and uttered suspicions long held: Australian residents and citizens are not to be trusted, and […]
The dishonesty of the company tax cut debate
If you are convinced of the validity of your argument then you should be truthful in prosecuting it. And that is not happening in the […]
We’re not allowed to call Tony Abbott destructive
When Tony Abbott addressed the Global Warming Policy Foundation in London in October last year, he pontificated that climate change was doing “more good than […]
Get ready! An early election is coming
Get ready! We are 4 months out from a federal election. It’s not the polling that has determined this will happen, it’s the roadblock ahead. […]
Morally unfit
By Ad astra It was James Comey, ex FBI director, who labeled Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, as “… morally unfit to […]
Without a US Ambassador: Australia Awaits
It was cheered and embraced with enthusiasm bordering on self-praise: Admiral Harry B. Harris, Jr. of the Pacific Fleet would be making his way to […]
The Coalition cha cha
Keeping up with what the Coalition is trying to do requires daily updates as they swing wildly from one direction to another. Forward backward cha […]
The Korean Promise: The Meeting in Panmunjom
It seems, and certainly feels like a distant number of months since a panel of experts noshed and chatted over how best to overcome the […]
Seldom has a government looked more ridiculous. More compromised. Incompetent. Less trustworthy.
If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever, wrote George Orwell, foreseeing, our Border Protection […]
The Classic Coalition Con
This episode of the Classic Coalition Con begins in 2011-12 when the RBA made a profit of $1.1 billion. Treasurer Wayne Swan decided to withdraw […]