The Racist Agenda Was Made to Destroy The Working Class
The fear of ‘the others’ permeates everything lately. Social media, politicians, commentators and the mainstream media are enabling a culture of stigma and ‘othering’. Fear of […]
Politics
School science sacrificed to scripture: creationism trumps science in more private schools
High-profile physicist, Lawrence Krauss, has signed a Canberra petition to ban public funding for schools that promote creationism, reports Brian Morris. (Petition here). Education and […]
Enough is enough, Malcolm
Dear Malcolm, It’s been a while since I’ve written an Open Letter. Please don’t think this is due to any apathy on my part; it’s […]
Social Democracy and Capitalism: A Critique
Written by Dr Tristan Ewins, published by John Lord. Capitalism and its benefits “Restoring ‘a traditional social democratic mixed economy’ is part of the solution […]
One could be forgiven for thinking this is just another shameful dog-whistling lie
Spud Duddy is demanding that the ABC and Fairfax apologise to him for doubting his version of events leading up to shots being fired on Manus […]
Astounding stupidity! Turnbull Liberals award contracts for the anti-gambling Welfare Card to gambling interests!
By Michael Griffin The Turnbull Government claims, on the Department of Human Services website, that the cashless welfare card programme is: an effective tool for […]
Turnbull’s reinvention of the 457 visa scheme does little to aid Australia
By John Haly “We are bringing the 457 visa class to an end”, announced Mr Turnbull after Easter, “…We will replace it with two new […]
Turnbull dogwhistles bigots while Trump bluffs and blusters
Mr Turnbull identified Australian values as freedom, equality of men and women, the rule of law, democracy and “a fair go”, and claimed these were […]
The report card
By 2353NM Former minister and Liberal Party director Andrew Robb recently completed an investigation into the poor performance of the Liberal Party in the 2016 […]
Who’s running this show?
When asked about the conditions of the written agreement between the Liberals and Nationals to form a Coalition government after last year’s election, Barnaby Joyce […]
The world is bat poo crazy
The world is bat poo crazy. Barnaby Joyce is our Deputy Prime Minister, Pauline Hanson is dictating policy, and Spud Duddy is being touted as […]
Putin and Exxon win trillions to destroy the planet
By LeftOfCentre U.S. Secretary of State, Rex (RExxon) Tillerson forged a massive venture with Russian-owned oil company and Putin’s gravy train, Rosneft in 2012. But […]
Discrimination for being a white male – seriously?
Australia has recently been subject to a debate over proposed changes to Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. The changes were seen by conservatives […]
Warning Scripture replaced by new type of Theism
“Morality cannot be derived from myths,” writes Hugh Harris as he illustrates the problems with promoting unverifiable beliefs. But what do we replace them with? Placating […]
Barnaby’s thought bubble is blatant pork-barrelling
Yesterday, regional development minister Fiona Nash told the Press Club about the Nationals grand scheme to move the public service to the bush. Their decentralisation […]