Politics
Austerity doesn’t work. The lesson from Greece is clear.
If the Australian Government, the Opposition, the MSM and the common people cannot learn from events now playing out across Europe and the USA, namely […]
The Australia Tree
A metaphor occurred to me today about the Abbott government and I felt it was good enough to share. There’s nothing like a good metaphor […]
The Idiot’s Guide to avoiding Terrorists under the bed
“When Abbott was voted in, various jokes circulated about Australia returning to the 1950s. It seems that these weren’t too far from the truth.” In […]
You don’t stand for me
When Tony Abbot gave his address to the 58th Liberal Federal Council in June he said “From ‘Menzies’ forgotten people’, to the ‘Howard battlers’ and […]
Value for money?
When it was revealed that, on top of his $332,000 salary package and $40,000 accommodation allowance, Human Rights Commissioner Tim Wilson had claimed $77,763 for […]
Abbott caught between a rock and a hard place on marriage equality
One of the more illuminating aspects of Abbott’s predictable reaction to the co party sponsored legislation on same-sex marriage is that it highlights just how conservative […]
One of these things is not like the others
One of these things is not like the others. One of these things just doesn’t belong.
Q&A reaction a sign of panic
When one analyses the furore over Zaky Mallah’s appearance on Q&A two weeks ago it isn’t hard to see what the government is trying to […]
My Thoughts on the Week That Was
Saturday June 27 1 Do you ever wonder what happened to the debt crisis? That time when Abbott and Hockey used every negative description they […]
Andrew Nikolickspittle
When Tony Abbott faced a leadership spill in February, newly elected MP Andrew Nikolic seized an opportunity to ingratiate himself with his boss. In what […]
Tony Abbott: the human face of evil
More than forty current and former workers at Australia’s detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island are challenging Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton to prosecute […]
Do you remember B.A. when the world had a chance?
There was a time, in the days before Abbott, when the world had a chance. Today’s post is brought to you by The Liberal Party. […]
$8.8 million isn’t a lot of money, but apparently $66,000 is!
Refurbishment of the prime minister’s official Canberra residence will cost taxpayers more than $8.8 million – at least $5 million more than originally expected. It […]