Something stinks in Australia!
By Ross Hamilton The Hon. Bronwyn Bishop, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Australian Parliament has previously made it abundantly clear that she […]
Politics
OK Pollies – time’s up. It’s the end of your age of entitlement
At the time of being elected, the government proclaimed that there was a debt and deficit emergency. They needed to clean up Labor’s mess, they […]
How do you starve a region of jobs? Just vote LNP!
If you want to starve a region of jobs. If you want to punish the unemployed unnecessarily. – Just vote for a Liberal National Government! A look at the decline of job vacancies under the LNP Government in one region in QLD
Our society is not for sale
As many have observed, politics has overtaken policy in this country, and the Abbott version of the game has taken us to the gutter. When […]
So how fascist is Australia right now?
If a fifth-grader can see it, shouldn’t we be paying attention? Earlier this week, a ten year old boy who had been watching WW2 movies, […]
Labor’s plans for a highly skilled, smarter future for Australia
Tonight in front of a capacity crowd at Trades Hall in Sydney, Bill Shorten MP laid out Labor’s plans for a highly skilled, smarter future […]
German Euros and Greek Euros: Are They Really The Same?
By Peter Martin Just like the US dollar, the euro is a single currency which is shared by 19 countries of the European Union. That’s […]
Our Economy no longer the envy of the World
Just in case anyone hasn’t noticed, our economy, the former darling of the OECD, is fast becoming a basket case. We are now far from […]
Greece: friendless and defenceless
The Greek financial crisis has left the country friendless and defenceless, writes David Giles. Watching the news on the mainstream media, the coverage of the […]
Tony Abbott: it’s called the House of Representatives, not the House of Rulers
“Heads should roll“ declared Abbott a few weeks back, after the ABC dared to do what every other TV channel was doing by replaying Zaky […]
The Coalition has stayed true to its word
I generally don’t republish something from our archives but with this piece I come across yesterday – Some reasons why the Libs don’t want you […]
Labor Obsessed
It’s time for the political class in Australia to admit that they’re well and truly addicted to the Labor Party. I’m not just talking about […]
Matthew 7: 3-5
Tony Abbott, when asked if his Royal Commissions were political stitch-ups, said that the RC into the Home Insulation Programme was put in place because […]
My Thoughts on the Week That Was
Saturday 4 July 1 Andrew Robb in response to a question about the Coalition’s attitude to the co-sponsored Private Members Bill on same sex marriage […]
Why we have low Commodity prices
By Gail Tverberg Australia’s economy would be in a lot better shape if commodity prices were higher. Its mineral exports would rise, as would its […]