Blind ideology and political cowardice hamstring the government
The Coalition’s inability to address taxation reform is as exasperating as Dutton’s refusal to address the plight of those incarcerated on Manus and Nauru. The […]
Politics
Picking on poor Peter Dutton
Peter Dutton is upset about the allegations that there is anything wrong with Australia’s offshore gulags. “I’ve spent much of my professional career investigating sexual […]
Ship of fools
There are many reasons for the current woes facing the government but, considering their habit of rewarding incompetence, it is hardly surprising. Joe Hockey’s budget […]
The election in numbers 2: minor parties and independents
By Ken Wolff A number of commentators made the point after the election that almost a quarter of voters did not vote for the major […]
Complicit in corruption
In June, in an interview with A Current Affair, Nauru’s Justice Minister David Adeang claimed that Nauru has “much lower” rates of sexual assaults, murder […]
An LNP Refugee Backflip, is it even possible?
In light of the so-called “Nauru files” questions are naturally being asked. However the questions being asked by decent minded people of conscious are decidedly […]
No we are not “better than this”. We are worse.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton seems to be of the opinion that because people fleeing their home countries pay “people smugglers” for passage to Australia, it […]
Conservatives are a product of Direct Instruction
It’s not surprising that conservatives are fans of Direct Instruction. It’s their whole life. Many of them are religious. They do not/cannot question the belief […]
The Death of the Nation State
By Christian Marx Neoliberalism has seen the gradual erosion of the nation state, and in its place Transnational Corporations have infiltrated Federal governments worldwide. The […]
Census Fail: Failure of Liberal Ideology
We don’t yet know what caused the online census to crash. Either the site was attacked by hackers, or it couldn’t cope with the level […]
Why are Abbott’s conservatives destroying our PM?
By Ad astra To those of you who dispute the assertion embedded in the title, let me provide you with supporting evidence. First some questions […]
Will Abbott be suspended?
In February this year, three Liberal Party members including two former MPs were suspended for six months from the party for appearing on a 7.30 […]
In praise of our ABC
By Loz Lawrey ABC radio grew my mind. I mean it. Each working day, throughout my career in the building industry, I listened exclusively to […]
Speaking of hate speech and feeling safe walking down the street….
The recent election has had serious consequences in taking this country backwards in many ways, not least of which is the bolstering of the numbers […]
So they want to change 18c
Returned Senator David Leyonhjelm and new One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts both want rid of section 18c of the Racial Discrimination Act. Section 18c makes […]