Trump misses an opportunity
By Peter MCC Yesterday we were treated to the painful video of Trump and Turnbull spruiking man love to the gathered reporters complete with “alternative […]
Politics
Dutton plays politics but he doesn’t have what it takes to play God
Back in 2004, a Senate Select Committee on Ministerial Discretion in Migration Matters made the following finding: In assessing the appropriateness of the ministerial discretion […]
100 days of President Trump
By Ad astra It feels much longer, doesn’t it? He seems to have been in our face for eons. Of course he has been. As […]
Weird scenes inside the Abbott mind
I didn’t think it was possible but Tony Abbott is getting worse. He is now claiming that a “cultural cowardice” at the heart of public […]
A Different Strike Story
Since I’m currently researching trade union narratives, you can imagine my ears pricked up when I heard the news today that Fairfax journalists were again […]
Managing Substance Abuse in Australia
Denis Bright continues the discussion on the challenges posed by substance abuse in Australia. Should the focus of responsible campaigns continue to be on law […]
Gonski 0.5
As the details of Malcolm Turnbull’s “new” announcement to “stop the arguments” about school funding emerge, it is worth revisiting how we got into this […]
Australia and North Korea: Time to grow up before we get burnt.
By Christopher Kennedy Caught in a strategic hub between China and Japan, North Korea has always been a place of conflict. If the Chinese or […]
Good debt, bad debt, and the stuff that is already paid for
Morrison’s “good debt, bad debt” spin has a twofold purpose. Firstly, it is an admission that the Coalition has abandoned its foolhardy promise to eliminate […]
“A man who doesn’t understand his job as Prime Minister.”
“He [Turnbull] is arrogant, he’s disrespectful. I don’t think he’s genuine and I think he has lost his way.” […]
Jared Kushner, Facebook and Hacking: Propaganda in 2017 and how we got here (2)
Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump’s husband, was very much behind her father’s presidential campaign. He focused on message tailoring, sentiment manipulation and machine learning or artificial […]
The face of wilful ignorance
By Ad astra To whom do you believe I’m referring? There are no prizes for the correct answer! I’m referring to someone who I believe […]
Good and Bad Debt from Dumb and Dumber
Finally something of interest came forth from the mouths of our good Prime Minister and Treasurer this week. They began talking about good and bad […]
Make up your bloody mind
For an organisation to run successfully, they must identify goals, prioritise them, examine alternative ways to achieve them, then decide on a co-ordinated approach to […]
Series: What is propaganda in 2017 and how did we get here? (1)
Recently I wrote about Cambridge Analytica (CA), I’ve discovered since then that there is a lot more to this story than just marketing tactics and […]