Six Pillars of Wisdom
Have you picked up on the government’s latest three word slogan, “paid with savings” yet? Each new initiative announced recently, where money is involved, […]
Politics
An Open Letter to Malcolm Turnbull
Dear Malcolm Turnbull As we head into 2016, many people are reflecting on the year that has passed. But I’ve had enough of looking back […]
An afternoon with George Christensen
“Abbot Point adds nothing to Australia’s carbon dioxide emissions. To state the bleeding obvious the coal is being exported out of Abbott point coal terminal […]
It’s all about the money
When Greg Hunt chose Christmas Eve to release the ‘Quarterly Update of Australia’s National Greenhouse Gas Inventory’ it was obvious the news was bad. In the […]
Wave a flag and see who shoots
Scott Morrison has told the Murdoch press he is keen on doing a deal with the states where the federal government gets one third of […]
I’m not as excited as Malcolm
In the Canberra Times, Lisa Cox assessed Malcolm Turnbull’s first 100 days as Prime Minister – his successes and problems. She lists his 5 achievements […]
The truth about the Adani bonanza
We have all heard the oft-quoted figure of 10,000 jobs being created by the proposed Adani venture in Queensland. When the Indian mining giant’s expert […]
Threats to the security of our nation
National security has been an important topic, at least for politicians, but their focus has been all wrong. It isn’t asylum seekers breaching our borders, […]
All aboard the gravy train
Before Tim Wilson was gifted the high-paying job as a Human Rights Commissioner, he hadn’t really worked unless you count “media whore” for the IPA. […]
The jig is up. We’re looking at you
To the Business Council of Australia (aka the Biggest Con Artists) et al: The jig is up. You have been playing the Australian people for […]
Social Welfare: Fact and Fiction
One of the more common complaints made by conservative contributors to social media debates, relates to the issue of welfare recipients, i.e., who is getting […]
That’s politics
On Tuesday night, in an interview on 7:30 report, Scott Morrison made a very ugly confession. When asked about the change in rhetoric from “budget […]
Is this who we have become?
Yesterday Elizabeth Farrelly wrote an article for the SMH titled The Australian fair go is dead: now it’s the strong beating up on the weak […]
Well that went well
Australian delegation to the Middle East Who, in their right mind, would send Christopher Pyne, Bronwyn Bishop and Tim Wilson to the West Bank to […]
A Great Big Failure
Oh boy, Scott Morrison. If you thought your post MYEFO press conference was convincing, you are in trouble. You sounded like you were reading from […]