Turnbull’s New Year gang-bash plumbs new depths.
” … people are scared to go out to Melbourne restaurants of a night-time because they are followed home by these gangs …” People worry […]
Politics
Is Australia a morally backward society?
By Outsider On 16 October 2017 Australia was elected, uncontestedly, to the United Nations Human Rights Council. The General Assembly elects the members which occupy […]
Peter Dutton defies the Peter principle
When John Howard turned almost certain defeat into victory at the 2001 election by exploiting fears about refugees and national security, he set us on […]
GetUp! vs the IPA: The sequel?
By Kyran O’Dwyer It’s hard to know if this belongs in the category of ‘satire’ or ‘news’. Does modern Australian politics require a new category? […]
Parallel Worlds: Trump, Nuclear Buttons and Korean Diplomacy
It has been said that what is required in dealing with the Trump administration is less an army of diplomats than keen and attentive psychiatrists. […]
Religious Protections Enquiry – What will you learn if submissions are kept secret?
We’re going to have a public enquiry headed up by Philip Ruddock into religious freedoms and religious protections. Submissions are called for from all sectors […]
Hypocrisy shall be his epitaph
By Loz Lawrey As Australia suffers the stewardship of a man apparently devoid of vision, inspiration and the self-confidence and character to truly lead, the […]
Gangs, Race and Melbourne
Two’s a company; three’s a crowd. More? This issue is preoccupying political and policing figures in the city considered by the Economist Intelligence Unit the […]
Becoming a republic, the Turnbull way
By Outsider “I am a highly transactional businessman like you” Turnbull to Trump, 28 January 2017. Prime Minister Turnbull is reported in The Guardian Australia […]
Private schools not accountable for how they spend government funds
The following is an excerpt from a report by Save Our Schools titled “Govt. Failure to Ensure Private School Systems Distribute Funding According to Need […]
The beer-swilling bullying buffoon who is running/ruining our nation
When Warren Truss was approaching retirement, there was a significant push in the National Party for “anyone but Barnaby” to take up the reins of […]
Why an Election in 2018 is more than likely
Notwithstanding the issue of foreign citizenship facing both the Liberal and Labor parties, which could trigger an election in 2018, there is another more pressing […]
Turnbull’s end
About the same time as Malcolm Turnbull’s Coalition won the last general election, Nick Earls wrote an article in The Guardian discussing how various […]
If the shirt fits
His hot pink, red and blue striped Dolce & Gabbana shirt, a steal at a mere $850, is tailor-made for the occasion. Top-shelf apostolic poverty. […]
Capitalism: can we give it back?
By Loz Lawrey Human beings are self-aware. We can dream. We can imagine. We can visualise. We can turn thought into action. Great Apes that […]