Speaking freely of the dead
The death of The Australian’s controversial cartoonist Bill Leak yesterday provoked a storm of polarised emotion on Twitter, as colleagues expressed their shock and sorrow, and […]
Politics
WA Voters: Disrupt the Disruption. Let’s Blow This Shit Up!
WA voters! Lend me your ears! Ask yourself this: “Do I want to be a disruptor? OR Do I want to disrupt the disruption?” You are […]
The slo mo train wreck that is Pauline Hanson’s One Nation
By petermcc Aussie politics has been pretty interesting of late, though I imagine some folk aren’t enjoying it as much as I am. That comes […]
They only got the job because they wear headscarves – Bolt’s bombastic bullshit
To Andrew Bolt What a condescending twat you are. You, who have no qualifications and no experience outside being a media whore, dare to criticise […]
Rules are for poor people
In 2012, the OECD Anti-Bribery working group released a report saying they had “serious concerns that overall enforcement of the foreign bribery offence to date […]
Understanding Orwell: His teachings for a time of extremes
George Orwell and his dystopian novel ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four‘ have been widely discussed recently amidst the furore around the White House’s stream of dishonesty, but the conversation […]
Stranded RTO Students under Stress
Students are stranded as the Registered Training Organisation (RTO) fail rate leaves us in a stressful limbo. Add Australian Careers Institute to the list, otherwise […]
Stuart Robert, Paul Marks and buying influence
No doubt emboldened by the resurgence of Arthur “I don’t recall” Sinodinis, Stuart Robert is apparently lobbying Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to return him to […]
The Turnbull Government: Doomed to Failure!
By Michael Griffin Malcolm Turnbull took a policy of ‘jobs and growth’ to the federal election in 2016. Since being elected, Turnbull has continued to […]
Coalition loses all credibility and legitimacy over penalty rate cuts
If there were an Olympic event for the side-step, handball or back-flip, the Coalition would win all three at once this week. Mugged by reality, […]
When you hand over private info, you are not informed of a caveat on confidentiality
Last time you were required to divulge private information to a government agency, did you do so in the belief that the agency would keep […]
Thirty pieces of silver
By Ad astra Disappointment, disillusionment, disgust, desperation, desolation, despondency, and above all simmering anger – these are the emotions so many Australians have had, and […]
An Open Letter to Indue on the Welfare Card Scheme
Indue Ltd C/- Stargroup Ltd (Formerly ICash Payment Systems, Formerly Reef Mining). PO Box 523 Toowong QLD 4066 Australia P: +61 7 3258 4222 F: +61 7 […]
The dirty truth behind Turnbull’s ‘clean coal’ con
You have to hand it to Clive Palmer. Whatever money he invested to get himself elected to parliament with sufficient power to abolish the carbon […]
“Belief” is not enough to justify legislation to reveal private data
On Thursday, in the midst of public outrage at Human Services Minister Alan Tudge’s doxxing of a Centrelink user, legislation allowing the Department of Veteran’s […]