Living on traditional land is not a lifestyle choice – it is an obligation
It is clear that Tony Abbott has no idea why Aboriginal people make the ‘lifestyle choice’ to live in remote communities, or God forbid, their […]
Politics
eHealth and the silo culture of medicine
In February SBS Insight broadcast Saving Health. If you missed it, it is worth watching given recent Medicare funding discussions. As a patient seeing multiple […]
Reboots, makeovers and fresh starts
Reading an article in Forbes about leadership, I found some good advice that Tony Abbott would do well to heed. “When money is tight, stress […]
Analysing the latest Newspoll
The latest Newspoll in The Australian shows support for the Coalition back to where it was prior to the Fairfax-Ipsos poll a fortnight ago and […]
Some thoughts on the gender pay gap
Shannon Fentiman, QLD Minister for Communities, Women and Youth, Minister for Child Safety and Minister for Multicultural Affairs has announced today that she supports ’positive discrimination’ […]
Whistleblower goodies and baddies
When Kathy Jackson blew the whistle on Craig Thomson for misusing union funds, she was praised by various members of the Coalition. Tony Abbott described […]
Of Fairy Tales and Sea Stories
The Intergenerational Report has been roundly condemned by most sections of the media, mainstream and social. Edward Eastwood throws in his two cents worth by […]
Hockey shows imagination in his statistics but not his vision
On page vii of the Executive summary of the Intergenerational Report it states that the life expectancies for men and women are “91.5 and 93.6 […]
How can we take them seriously?
The inter-generational report released yesterday is no more than a crafted opportunity for those on the conservative side of politics to scaremonger and justify their […]
The Tragedy of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran
The tragedy of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran is nearly at an end. Do they really deserve to die? Damian Smith reports. I have watched […]
Government without a goal
Everything this government does is designed to achieve one of two goals: to get the budget into surplus or to get themselves re-elected. And that […]
Same Story, Same Mistakes
So we are sending more troops to Iraq. The first question that comes to mind is: Why? PM Tony Abbott says “this is absolutely in […]
Time to fix this unholy mess
With the change of government in Victoria and a promise by Premier Daniel Andrews to make Victoria the education state, is it possible that this […]
They’re here, they’re there, they’re everywhere. So beware!
When the IPA published their wish list of 75 plus 25 ways to “reform” Australia, they conceded that it was “a deliberately radical list. There’s […]
Abbott’s disaster relief payment cuts are a disaster
The town I live in and surrounding areas have just endured a cyclone. The damage is heartbreaking. The stories from people and the hardship […]