Slaying in Minneapolis: Justine Damond, Shooting Cultures and Race
By Dr Binoy Kampmark It plays out as a horror story of law enforcement. A distress call to the Minneapolis police about activity taking place […]
Politics
John McCain: Cancer as Combatant
By Dr Binoy Kampmark Mortality can either make you bookish, or drive you into the arms of the spiritual. But in a more distinct sense, […]
House Music: The Rise of Ministerial Advisers
The rise of Ministerial Advisers is examined by Dr Yee-Fui Ng. Peta Credlin, Kevin Rudd and Children Overboard are interesting inclusions.
A big moment for Labor (and again journos misunderstand)
Shorten used a speech on Friday to set Labor’s economic agenda for the next Labor government. This agenda states clearly that inequality is hurting the […]
Paying the power bill
While everyone reels from Turnbull’s captain’s pick to neuter the Dutton threat by handing him unprecedented power, this is one of many actions by Turnbull […]
From Spicy to the Mooch: A Farewell to Sean Spicer
By Dr Binoy Kampmark What will entertainers do in his absence? White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer was more than grist to the mill of […]
Threatening Mergers: The Turnbull Home Affairs Plan
By Dr Binoy Kampmark “Among the many objects which a wise and free people find it necessary to direct their attention, that of providing for […]
Post-Coal Theming and Preventative Unemployment
The Anti-Adani protest has generated divisive anti-worker rhetoric. Preventative unemployment should be a key focus towards a post-coal world. This article discusses the importance of […]
Uhlmann’s Trump Problem
By Dr Binoy Kampmark It’s all well and good to huff at the current President of the United States, who has managed to get under […]
One thing is for sure – you can’t accuse the Liberal Party of being a meritocracy
With the news today that Peter Dutton is to head a merged ASIO, AFP and Border Force super security department, it is worth looking back […]
Militarising Civilian Life: Australia, Policing and Terrorism
It is far from unusual in recent times: a spate of terrorist activity, followed by police seemingly agog, then the call for cavalry, usually in […]
An Open Letter to Andrew Bragg
Dear Andrew I am responding to your thoughtful opinion piece in The Guardian which aims to justify the Liberal Party’s creation of The Fair Go […]
More power to you
By 2353NM Rather than writing another article this week about the great Abbott versus Turnbull war on ideology, causing your and my excitement level to […]
Suffer in Ya Jocks! Turnbull Scoffs at Disaster Funding
A natural disaster has hit Rockhampton every two years since 2008. When a Prime Minister thinks natural disasters are not a national issue, he needs to […]
Turnbull assumes Menzies’ mantle in epic failure of judgement
“The Queen has embodied selfless public service, dignity, wisdom, leadership for and more magnificently than anyone alive today, there is not doubt.” In a florid […]