Joyce and other self indulgences!
Sunday 25 February 2018 And so it came to pass as these things so inevitably do that Barnaby Joyce will tomorrow step down as Deputy […]
Politics
Arming Educators: Trump, Gun Violence and Schools
It had been in the works. Instead of engaging in the traditional revulsion associated with a mass shooting, or even digesting the grief of outraged […]
Who gives a stuff about what I think. Others have views, too.
Saturday 24 February 2018 Yesterday the keys on my keyboard were craving the familiar attention of my fingers wanting to write of daily happenings in […]
God, Politics and Billy Graham
Evangelising is an ugly thing. It assumes indisputable truths, and limits the field of inquiry. Its very assertiveness lies in unquestioning rather than probing, a […]
Just a flesh wound
It was only meant to be a flesh wound, it wasn’t meant to end Barnaby’s career. That was his fault. This is the basic message […]
It’s a matter of trust. But would you?
There was a time in Australian politics when ministerial conduct was important. So significant was trust that Ministers could lose their portfolio for the simplest […]
Higher wages and lower cost-of-living do not follow from increasing company profits
The New Daily reported that Emma Alberici has succeeded in getting the ABC to repost her ‘analysis’ of the Turnbull government’s tax cut plans with […]
Civil Rights in a Straight Jacket
Open Letter: Opposition to The Electoral Legislation Amendment (Electoral Funding and Disclosure Reform) Bill 2017 Dear Susan Templeman and the ALP, As a constituent in […]
Saving Barnaby
Thursday 22 February 2018 On Wednesday 2 August 2017 I wrote what follows as a result of Barnaby Joyce’s inappropriate drunken outburst in a Shepparton hotel. […]
Turnbull needs to be less taxing
Wednesday 21 February 2018 “The ABC Removed A Story Criticising Government Policy After The PM Wrote A Cranky Letter,” said the headline on Junkee.com. Since […]
Does Barnaby Joyce actually deliver for regional Australia?
The line being very strongly pushed by the Nationals is that Barnaby Joyce “delivers for regional and rural Australia like nobody else.” But is it […]
The Caring Profession: Peacekeeping, Blue Helmets and Sexual Abuse
It’s the sort of thing to turn many an otherwise calm stomach, but the revelations that UN peace keeping staff have been involved in sexual […]
Turnbull’s metamorphosis
By Ad astra Once upon a time there was a boy christened Malcolm Bligh Turnbull. Bligh is a name the family uses in honour of […]
Democracy in free fall, thanks to Turnbull.
Monday 19 February 2018 The events last week involving Barnaby Joyce have no doubt left the nation aghast at the ongoing destruction of our democracy. […]
“One way or another, Barnaby’s cactus.” Malcolm might be too.
Barnaby bunny blinks in the spotlight centre stage in our national political show, this week, as our Deputy PM shrewdly plays the victim in his […]