It takes a certain type of woman to join the Liberal Party
Browsing through yesterday’s news, it struck me that it takes a certain type of woman to join the Liberal Party. First, we had the story […]
Politics
Capitalism is doomed to collapse unless it learns to share
In preparation for the election, the Coalition have reverted to their safe space of “class warfare” and “the politics of envy” where they try to […]
Australia, we need to have an urgent chat about surveillance technology and the race for marginal votes
We live in a time where often it’s only a handful of seats that can win an election, instead of election campaigns focusing on ideas […]
The capitalism beast beneath the bed
One of my daughter’s favourite bedtime stories is The Beast Beneath the Bed. The little boy in the book is scared of the beast beneath […]
Plunder Down Under: The Rot in Australia’s Financial Services
It has all the elements of a crudely crafted if effective tale: banks and other financial services, founded, proud of their standing in society; financial […]
Small government, like communism, might sound like a good idea but they are lambs for slaughter on the altar of greed
Deregulation, self-regulation, red tape, green tape, nanny state, small government, privatisation, asset recycling, compliance costs, free market, one-stop shop – these are some of the […]
Let’s be Honest: We Needed a Royal Commission
The murky depths of greed and incompetence within the financial services sector embracing banks, insurance companies, intermediaries and so-called financial planners and retirement and investment […]
Let’s be a little bit real
On Sunday, Financial Services Minister Kelly O’Dwyer finished her now infamous interview on Insiders with the indignant admonition “Let’s be a little bit real.” Yes, […]
Resetting the ethical compass
In 1982, a small number of people died in the US state of Illinois as a result of ingesting poison that had been illegally added […]
The Hypocrisy is Mind-Blowing
It’s hard to recall the last time we saw Barrie Cassidy take a blowtorch to a government minister on Insiders, but that’s what happened this […]
Clamouring against Russia: The Cyber Attack Platform
In a time when such revelations as those of Edward Snowden pass a person’s lips with ease and awareness, political clamouring for action and measures […]
The world is about to end!
By Anthony Andrews The world is about to end! Not really, it’s just that, like on the TV news or at the box office, real […]
Tony Shepherd is well paid to tell the government what it wants to hear
Tony Shepherd has been paid $55,000 for 17 day’s work producing a report which recommended that the rules governing the Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund be […]
Greg Hunt’s for Free Speech
Thursday 19 April 2018 The first headline that attracted my attention yesterday was “Greg Hunt interview goes off rails over ‘free speech’ and gay conversion […]
Liberal Energy – The “too hard” party
By 1PETERMCC How poor is the understanding of our energy market by the Coalition government? Check these data. When Tony Abbott became PM he slashed the […]