Watch this space in 2017 – Redux
By 2353NM Normally around this time of the year over at The Political Sword we write an article that discusses some of the themes and […]
Politics
What the hell is this juvenile fool doing in our Parliament?
It is appropriate that David Leyonhjelm got into parliament on the donkey vote because he has certainly turned out to be a total ass. In […]
The Fate of the Pine Gap Pilgrims
It barely registered a murmur across the Australian press, though it caused the traditional ripples over the protester fraternity. Christian activists, collectively known as the […]
The LNP’s Banking Royal Commission: Enhancing Market Ideology?
Do the Terms of Reference in the LNP’s Banking Royal Commission challenge the growth of market ideology in federal LNP politics? Denis Bright reports. The […]
If we are to save the planet we need our journalism to get better
In 1989, Prime Minister Bob Hawke described a “growing consensus amongst scientists” showing there was a strong chance that major climate change was on its […]
Milo in Australia: Yiannopoulous, Free Speech and Violence
To what limit protest? Naturally, this was exactly what colourful agitator and former senior editor for Breitbart News Milo Yiannopolous wanted: outrage, insensible anger, and […]
Our leaders are loyal to the citizenry? Don’t make me laugh!
The biggest kerfuffle in Aussie politics is all about the technicalities regarding ‘dual citizenship’. Our founding fathers were well aware that if an individual was […]
Another wasted year
The end of the year is almost upon us and before we know it we will be celebrating the coming of 2018. In political terms […]
Keep the proletariat poor, in debt and scared – it’s the capitalist way
When Tony Abbott, contrary to his 2013 election promise that there would be “no adverse changes to superannuation”, chose to delay/abandon the scheduled increase in […]
Turnbull government reaches peak bullshit in surreal week.
“Yes we have no bananas. We have no bananas today.” (Frank Silver, Irving Cohn from, Make it Snappy 1922.) “For every person who voted for […]
Holding Uber Accountable: Litigating over Data Hacks
It sent patrons and users into fits of puzzled anger. It numbed a good many more who had placed mistaken faith in its operations. Rapacious, […]
A tale of two regions
The Queensland state election was held on 25 November 2017. Due to a number of factors, the results as they came in on Saturday night […]
Is Julie Bishop leadership material?
The media, prompted by the Nationals, far right conservatives and Kevin Rudd, have decided that Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership must end. But who might replace him? […]
Investigating the Banks: A Royal Commission in Australia
On Collins Street, Melbourne lies a monument that acts as a gloriously loud remark about how banks are treated in Australia. The ANZ Gothic Bank, […]
Theatre, Death and the ICTY: The Suicide of Slobodan Praljak
Theatre, hysterics, denunciations. No tight, orderly and sterile space could ever entirely contain those dark characters with lengthy butcher’s bills and blood soaked attributes. Screams […]