Timor-Leste: Allies for Peace?
Denis Bright invites discussion on the future place of Timor-Leste in Australia’s international relations. Conventional strategic assessments in a succession of Australian Defence White Papers […]
Politics
The art of schmoozing
Last Friday, I by accident caught a show on Sky hosted by Christopher Pyne and Richard Marles. Apparently it is a weekly event where these […]
Taskforce integrity. Let’s start with politicians, shall we?
You may or may not be aware that in November 2015, the Turnbull government announced the formation of “Taskforce Integrity”, a unit set up specifically […]
Turnbull welcomes nice refugees who wait to be invited.
Just when you thought the Australian government’s treatment of refugees held on Manus Island and Nauru could not descend any deeper into the slough of […]
Porter’s Plan Misses the Point
It seems extraordinary that Social Services Minister Christian Porter would unveil a $96 million plan to outsource “new, novel and brave” ways to break the […]
Who is the culprit?
By Ad astra When you reflect on the dilapidated state of federal politics; when you question how on earth we have become encumbered with so […]
Good job Greg, ya grub
When Greg Hunt moved on from the Environment portfolio, he smugly told us his job was done. He had successfully destroyed carbon pricing and replaced […]
Malcolm’s empty slogan
The Turnbull government would have us believe that they have been successful in job creation – it’s their mantra – but a closer look at […]
Why our politicians suck
Our politicians have sold our country out from under the feet of the citizenry. We are no longer even the primary audience that our politicians […]
What is Modern Monetary Theory and will it help?
By Ken Wolff Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a macroeconomic theory for the current age in which governments have abandoned the gold standard and also […]
Michaelia should read her own reports
In October last year, Minister for Employment Michaelia Cash issued a media release about the China Free Trade Agreement. “The landmark China-Australia Free Trade Agreement […]
The Case for Overt Monetary Financing
During the election campaign we were nearly bored to death with the Coalition mantra “jobs and growth”. The slogan was nauseous in the extreme and […]
We say what we mean, we mean what we say, we do what we say we’d do in the way we say we’d do it.
A good reputation is something that is hard to build but very easy to destroy. It depends largely on trust and is influenced, not only […]
It’s all about me
By 2353NM At the risk of earning a Godwin Award in the first sentence, according to those who staffed his office, Hitler was a kind […]
If you have regular pathology tests, here is something you should know
A little back story may be appropriate. In February 2015 I looked at Medicare. It was noticeable that pathology services constituted a large percentage of […]