Border Force returns to cowboy culture of the bad old days
Media Release The Principal Solicitor of the National Justice Project, George Newhouse today was dismayed by media reports that two Australian citizens were mistakenly detained […]
Politics
The dubious dealings of James Packer – when money talks
The Times of Israel reported last week that James Packer is to be questioned by Israeli police as part of a corruption investigation into allegations […]
Abbott is determined to destroy Turnbull
“It’s not that easy being green …” sings Kermit, the sage of Sesame Street, a truth NSW Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon helps her party revisit […]
Climate wars all over again
By Ad astra Only a naive optimist could believe the contemporary rhetoric that the Finkel Review might bring the climate wars of the last decade […]
Presumption of innocence, or attacking victims and the legal system?
I’m somewhat baffled by the insistence of George Pell’s more vocal and public supporters that he is being unfairly treated. He has, they assert, been […]
Pro-Trump tabloids resemble state-owned Russian media
By VegasJessie The suspicious outcome of the 2016 election was almost a foregone conclusion to those who controlled the message. We never had a clue […]
Liberal Bludgers Should Engage in Job Creation
The Australian Liberal Party are the champions of welfare bashing. If we treat the Liberals like they treat the unemployed, will they do the right thing […]
The Government is betraying our right to work
If there is one single fact that proves the government’s “jobs and growth” mantra is a deliberate and misleading lie, it is this: Mass unemployment […]
The Coalition needs an Abbott-proof fence
By Ad astra If you were to ask Malcolm Turnbull to tell you honestly what was his most demanding and persistent political problem, Tony Abbott […]
In the Pell case, complainants have equal rights to justice.
Yesterday came the momentous news that Victoria Police have charged Cardinal George Pell with multiple allegations of the crime of sexual abuse of children, following […]
A Citizen’s Manifesto (or what needs to happen but our political process is broken and cannot deliver)
By Marcus Champ Given our ex-Prime Minister has released his “trumpian” manifesto “To get Australia Working Again”, I thought why not provide an alternative view […]
Who needs experts when we have Tony Abbott
If there is one thing Tony Abbott hates, it’s consensus. He would much rather have a fight than fix a problem, as shown by his […]
Nice is all very nice, but it doesn’t win elections
It is all very well to be nice and good, but the Labor Party is underselling itself if this is their only appeal to convince […]
A Pitchfork for Setka. A Soft Kitty for Hanson: A Tragic Tale
As the media chase CFMEU John Setka down the road with their pitchforks, they stop to slip a hero’s cape over Senator Hanson’s shoulders. Our […]
How long must we endure this pompous, self-righteous, entitled dinosaur?
Nothing annoys me more than people who have enjoyed the benefits of this great country seeking to deny them to others. Take Eric Abetz – […]