An Open Letter to Peta Credlin
Dear Peta Credlin, First of all let me say that I’m sorry you’re having such a horrible time at work at the moment. Since it’s […]
Politics
Medicare is the wrong target
This article continues from Sussan Ley updates the nation on Medicare. I spent several hours Friday night looking at the Medicare statistics. I came to a conclusion […]
Good news kids, the inheritance is safe, and so are we
I wonder if the Coalition realise just how incongruous their rhetoric is with Tony selling the ‘death cult’ and ‘home-grown terrorist’ angle and trying to […]
No courage, no vision, no plan
In 1946, after World War II, gross debt in Australia peaked at 120% of GDP. Despite this, in 1949, the government of the day had […]
Abbott’s Jack Boot Diplomacy Threatens 11th Hour Clemency Efforts
If Australia has learnt anything from Abbott’s history, it is that Abbott has learned nothing from Abbot’s history. DFAT have been working tirelessly behind the […]
Sussan Ley updates the nation on Medicare
As any regular reader of my work is aware, I have been very vocal about the various changes to Medicare proposed by the LNP government. […]
Ok Joe, let’s talk
In a speech to the NSW business chamber, Mr Hockey promised a “genuine community conversation” about the demographic challenges facing Australia’s ageing population and the […]
Meta data and the effects of surveillance
Proposed mandatory data retention legislation might well see citizens regressing to cold war practices of leaving notes in hollowed-out trees and chalk marks on park benches, […]
Angry Abbott
Tony Abbott is rattled, and predictably is reacting by throwing punches in his ‘whirling dervisher’ fashion. Anyone who upsets him is a target, writes respected […]
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
When Tony Abbott chose his Ministers one can only wonder at his motivation. The Minister for Immigration morphed into Border Security, tasked with stopping those […]
We the People
Hardly a week has gone by over the last year or so where there hasn’t been a petition put to me imploring my signature. Most […]
Are the TPP and TiSA the beginning of the globalisation of health care?
“It’s hard not feel that we are being attacked at from all angles with corporations eying off developing and developed countries public health services for […]
Muzzling the watchdogs
The purpose of journalism is to serve the community and the purpose of political journalism is to give citizens the information they need to participate […]
We’ve been played for mugs
“It’s clear to me, that for too long, we have given those who might be a threat to our country the benefit of the doubt. […]
The government you have when you don’t have a government
Is anybody still listening to Tony Abbott? Jennifer Wilson doubts it very much, and with good reason. I woke up this morning thinking that I […]