Feminism, ignorance, and the Prime Minister for Women
Tony Abbott is far from being the right person to be the self-appointed Minister for Women, writes, Dean Laplonge. Having three daughters – touted by […]
Politics
Gina’s web
In 2011, as reported by Graham Readfern at Crikey, Gina Rinehart held a lunch at her house by the Swan River in Perth, at which […]
Part 4: Arise Scott Morrison, Lord Sixwords of Cronulla!
“The Australian corporate élite is demanding an end to ‘entitlements’ in order to force welfare recipients to take any work available, and drive down the […]
Part 3: Arise Scott Morrison, Lord Sixwords of Cronulla!
Part 3 of George Venturini’s piece cites The Green’s opposition to the draconian legislation Scott Morrison introduced into Parliament in his final weeks as the […]
Democracy at work
Just how powerful are we as voters? Very powerful, writes Sir ScotchMistery. And our power lies not just in how we cast our vote at […]
Part 2: Arise Scott Morrison, Lord Sixwords of Cronulla!
“Consider what kind of power Scott Morrison wanted” asks George Venturini. Part 2 explores the chilling answers. Arise Scott John Morrison, Lord Sixwords of Cronulla! […]
Propaganda and perfidy
AIMN commenter Phi recently said “I’d also like to see some writing in 2015 on the topic of propaganda and its deviant sibling ‘marketing’ since […]
Arise Scott Morrison, Lord Sixwords of Cronulla!
There’s little doubt that Scott Morrison is the Abbott Government’s most notorious minister. We read about him almost daily, largely about his hard-line towards asylum […]
What will Labor Inherit in 2016?
$1 billion dollars a week. That is what the LNP have been “borrowing” every week since they were elected in September 2013. At this rate, […]
Remind me why we got rid of carbon pricing?
We all know that the Coalition’s dire predictions about the introduction of the carbon tax proved false – Whyalla was not wiped off the map […]
Bring on the New Year
We are soon to close the doors on 2014. Am I right in presuming that we’ll all be glad to see the back of it? […]
Murdoch prepares Bishop for Libspill
Abbott must be having a horrible Christmas break. He can’t have missed that his old buddy, his mentor Rupert has completely dropped him and in […]
The Failure of Mainstream Media
The way in which the mainstream media (MSM) chooses to report and discuss the economy, i.e. in conventional neo-liberal terms, reinforces the notion that the economy is some […]
Things for Labor to ponder in the New Year.
I have been writing for the AIMN for about fourteen months. Tony Abbott being elected Prime Minister made me realise it is all hands on […]
Medi-wedon’t-care
In February this year, while refusing to confirm his government was considering introducing GP co-payments, Tony Abbott said, “As a health minister in a former […]