How very disappointing Malcolm
In his 2005 tax policy paper, Malcolm Turnbull described negative gearing and the CGT discount as a “sheltering tax haven” that is “skewing national investment […]
Politics
Morrison misreads the state of the Economy
The latest national accounts figures for the December quarter, as boring as they may be to some, caused the Treasurer, Scott Morrison to be upbeat […]
Safe Schools, Unsafe Politicians
By Ad astra Now we see it, the Christian-Right Liberal reactionaries digging their cruel claws into PM Turnbull over the ‘Safe Schools’ program, one specifically […]
My house isn’t an asset. It’s my home.
There’s been a lot of noise over the past few weeks about how changes to negative gearing could lower housing prices. According to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: […]
Turnbull, the Puppet P.M.
After observing Malcolm Turnbull for the past five months, nothing could be clearer to the shrewd onlooker. If his accession to the leadership was to […]
Surviving a Trump Presidency: The essential Guide to being ‘Trump-ready’
They said it would never happen. From comedians to serious commentators, Donald Trump may have been leading in the polls – but when it came down […]
For purposes of procreation
If you listen to Lyle Shelton from the Australian Christian Lobby, you might get the idea that Christianity teaches that the only legitimate purpose for […]
Pell at the RC: I don’t remember if I remembered…
I just spent the morning watching Cardinal George Pell give evidence to the Royal Commission into Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, from Rome, via video link. […]
The government who won’t
The Abbott/Turnbull/Abbott? government will be remembered, if at all, as the government who won’t. They won’t put a price on carbon. They won’t tax mining […]
Is the PM going the full Tony?
As parliament resumes Monday, spectators discover an oddly familiar negativity and intellectual vacuity, not to say a little madness, perhaps even a re-run of that […]
A dirty deal to drown out our inner voice
The Greens, the Xenophon party and the Liberals want to knock down your house of democracy by relying on the voters who are bopping away to “The Shrug” to the tune of “meh, meh, meh, meh.” This is the key to their success and the key to suppressing the independent voice.
An empowered George Christensen has become a law unto himself
This is what happens when you don’t discipline poor behaviour. George Christensen is running wild. Yesterday, on his Facebook page, he began a thread […]
Government Surpluses Threaten Consumers’ Savings.
In politics today, there is too much misinformation associated with economics and too many opportunities for politicians to hoodwink people into believing something because it sounds […]
What shareholders can teach voters
By Anthony Element OAM One accusation that is guaranteed to earn a company board a good smacking from shareholders, especially institutional shareholders, is to be […]
Turnbull sells out young people to the deranged, to save himself
One of the (many) problems I see with religious ideology is that it offers people whose intelligence and experiential curiosity is limited by cowardice and fear, […]