Whatever The High Court decides, Turnbull’s lost the nation already.
“If you look at the examples across Europe, socialism is a recipe for failure, is a recipe for mediocrity and for inferior outcomes. There is […]
Politics
Loving the Bollard: Turnbull’s Anti-Terror Tool Kit
It has been a week of bollards. And defence barriers. And hedges and vegetation. No, not the radio garden hour, or the herbaceous borders special […]
Where’s your daddy from?
In winter 2017, the latest fashion in Australian Federal politics seems to be having dual citizenship. At the time of writing, there are six members […]
Lying about Citizenship: Australian Politicians before the High Court
It was nothing short of fabulous. Before the public, the political lie is deemed an imperative, instinctively cultured to repel anything that might appear, let […]
The rule of law “is not a smorgasbord to be picked at will”
When newly elected secretary of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Sally McManus, defended the right of unions to take unlawful industrial action, there was […]
Marriage Equality Campaign Battlegrounds
The marriage equality ‘yes’ and ‘no’ camps are establishing their campaign narratives. If the ‘yes’ campaign is to win, it’s important that they understand what […]
The Rise of the Killer Robot
“As companies building the technologies in artificial intelligence and robotics that may be repurposed to develop autonomous weapons, we feel especially responsible in raising this […]
The Long, Long Story: “Principled Realism”, Trump and Afghanistan
The story continues with dispiriting relentlessness. The remark by Samuel Beckett in The Unnamable comes to mind: “I can’t go on. I’ll go on.” With […]
My generation are a bunch of hypocrites when it comes to political correctness
According to a recent survey commissioned by Australian Seniors Insurance Agency, 86 per cent of people over 50 believed “having to be politically correct all […]
Target Finding for the Empire: The NSA and the Pine Gap Facility
“The tasking we get at Pine Gap is look for this particular signal coming out of this particular location. If you find it, report it, […]
It can’t go on like this
In August 2015, with the Abbott government in disarray and a few weeks before Malcolm staged his coup, Laura Tingle wrote an article in the […]
Should Parliament be Prorogued?
There was a suggestion on ABCs Insiders yesterday Sunday that, due to the present chaotic state of government brought about primarily by Section 44 of […]
Turnbull government loses plot in worst week of its life
“Is ‘e an Aussie, Lizzie, is ‘e? Is ‘e an Aussie, Lizzie, eh?”, a catchy 1930s hit, could be the theme song of the entire […]
Are algorithms ruling your world?
By Ad astra A year or two ago, how many would have known what the word algorithm meant? Now it is a word in common […]
Pauline says she is defending Australian values yet she offends pretty much every value I hold
It would be ridiculous to draw any sort of equivalence between Pauline Hanson and ISIS but there are some similarities. ISIS followers brandish a particular […]