We’ll soon see just how much of a hypocrite Malcolm Turnbull really is
There is overflowing evidence that Malcolm Turnbull is an out and out hypocrite. Since smooching his way to the prime ministership we have watched him […]
Politics
End These Childish Antics Now!
Much has been said about the divisive nature of a plebiscite to decide the question of same-sex marriage. Much has been said about the simplicity […]
Social Market Solutions: Simplify and Integrate Policy Messages
Denis Bright invites discussion of the importance of linking complex policy issues to the practical concerns of people in a more stridently market economy. The […]
An Open Letter to Malcolm Turnbull about Misuse of the Word ‘Free’
Dear Malcolm Turnbull On the day you took the job of Prime Minister of Australia, you laid your flag in the ideological-dirt by proclaiming your […]
The profound nastiness of the Turnbull government
It was inevitable that any opposition by the ALP or Greens to Abbott’s reeking legacy, the proposed plebiscite on marriage equality, would provide the Turnbull […]
The Taxed Nots. Who are they and what should we do with them?
When the Government chooses not to participate in active job creation, the expectation on people seeking employment to engage in active participation welfare programs, is […]
Oh God! Another Train Wreck
Scott Morrison might be trying to scare us with his latest warnings of a $1 trillion gross debt within a decade, or he might be […]
Morrison’s ethics and the Taxed-Nots
Treasurer Scott Morrison and I have very different understandings of what comprises a “Taxed-Not,” a term it was yesterday alleged on Twitter he plagiarised from […]
The meaning of life
By Ad astra As you sit on your comfortable chair after a satisfying meal with a glass of your favourite drink in hand and view […]
We won so you have to do what we say
It hasn’t taken long for the co-operative negotiation strategy to be discarded in favour of the “we won so you have to do what we […]
Social Market Solutions: The Future of the Queensland Nickel Site
Denis Bright invites discussion about the future of the Queensland Nickel site at Yabulu, just north of Townsville in North Queensland. As the icon of […]
A once and future Senate
By Ken Wolff We now know that the Senate elected at the July election comprises 30 Coalition members, 26 from the ALP, 9 Greens, 4 […]
Will you Lean on me or are you an indi-bloody-vidual?
The recent election highlighted to me something as a nation we are not talking about. It is also something that our leaders on the left […]
Dutton’s message: torture works
Yesterday I had a Twitter conversation about Kathryn Bigelow’s movie, Zero Dark Thirty, which was shown on SBS last night. Many angry critics have described the […]
They don’t care about us
I read John Lord’s article, ‘What your own say about you’ (17th August) the other day while suffering a slight case of jetlag, and replete […]