Terrorism in Australia
I wonder how I would feel about the title of this article if I lived in Syria or Lebanon, Somalia or Pakistan, Yemen, Palestine, Israel, […]
Politics
Printing Money
Adair Turner is a British Lord as well as a businessman and academic. He is, according to Wikipedia, a member of the UK’s Financial Policy […]
Why do we have a Coalition government?
The obvious answer as to why we have a Coalition government at the moment is that the majority of people voted that way at the […]
Sometimes saying stuff is hard
By Richard O’Brien “France drops 20 bombs on IS stronghold” Sometimes saying stuff is hard. Like when you see a depressingly predictably headline like this, […]
Do your best Scott, we’ll be watching
On Tuesday, I listened to Scott Morrison talking about the respect he has for the Australian voter’s intelligence and that they deserved to be included […]
First rule of war: Know thy enemy
(An update to this article was added on 18 November.) Following the attacks in Paris on the weekend, there is little doubt that we – […]
Turnbull v Abbott: PM in an age of terror
Insofar as personality is a signifier of leadership ability (and like it or not, it is probably the most important characteristic as far as the […]
A little less Lucy in our lives
When Malcolm Turnbull joined Angela Merkel addressing the media in Berlin last week, he praised the work of the Australia-Germany Advisory Group and presented a […]
There must be a better way
Solving the problems in the Middle East is a task we cannot achieve but we can certainly do better in Australia to protect our children […]
You can’t fight an ideological war by shutting physical borders
As news came out yesterday evening that a Syrian refugee passport was found next to one of the terrorists in the Paris attacks on Friday, […]
Does anyone truly believe that violence can lead the world to a better place?
Does anyone truly believe that violence can lead the world to a better place? There can be only one reason for the attacks in Paris […]
Don’t open the champagne just yet
Today saw the release of what, at first glance, seem promising improvements in employment in Australia. The headlines are saying that unemployment has dropped from […]
The top 5 signs that your country’s Refugee Policy is a disaster
Australia’s Minister for Saying-We’ve-Stopped-the-Boats – one Mr Peter ‘PDuddy’ Dutton – was out and about this morning defending what he and his government believe is […]
Skip the work and save part and go straight to invest, you’ll be better off
Today Australian Industry Group chief executive Innes Willox is giving a speech in which he will assert that broadening the base of the GST and […]
Democracy: The Genie is out of the bottle
Equality and freedom are two core component of democracy. Whether it’s me, you or Malcolm Turnbull walking into that polling booth on election day – everybody’s vote […]