Take your coal and shove it
Whilst Abbott, Hunt, Palmer and Newman regale us with their humanitarian effort to lift India out of poverty by selling them coal, the Indians recognise […]
Politics
Words are cheap, but Direct Action sure isn’t.
In an interview on Lateline in October last year, Greg Hunt said that the carbon price “doesn’t work”, “doesn’t do the job” and is “a […]
How Long can Hockey Survive?
For someone whose popularity was the envy of everyone in the new Coalition government earlier this year, Joe Hockey must be wondering what the hell […]
Julie Bishop and the privilege of not self-identifying as a feminist
Originally published on http://polyfeministix.wordpress.com/ Is standing up and proclaiming to be a non-feminist a sign of personal success, or is it an insular subconscious privileged […]
Christians are Terrorists too
It’s a good thing that most Christians don’t believe everything the Bible teaches. If they did then wholesale slaughter and gratuitous violence would be the […]
Gough Whitlam remembered: gallows humour and monumental rages
The second tribute. Race Mathews was Gough Whitlam’s principal private secretary from 1967 to 1972. Whitlam’s principal private secretary recalls tumultuous days punctuated with frequent […]
Pave paradise, put up a parking lot
When Julia Gillard left office we had a carbon price in place, a burgeoning renewable energy industry, and the respect of the world as leaders […]
Whitlam eyed our conscience, not our wallet
First of two guest posts by Race Mathews. Race is former chief of staff to Gough Whitlam and Labor leaders in the Victorian parliament, federal […]
Why remaining silent on the fight for other people’s wages could be bad for your health
Originally published on Polyfeministix Many Australians will shy away from talking about, discussing and signing petitions that fight for the rights of wages and benefits […]
The Liberal’s attack on Whitlam and Gillard 38 years apart: An attack on progressive ideas & a return to mediocrity
Originally published on http://polyfeministix.wordpress.com/ Despite the IPA’s urgency for “Abbott to be more like Whitlam” because Whitlam ‘changed Australia, more than any other Prime Minister ever […]
This is the Dawning of the Age of Consultancy
Before the election the Coalition announced a series of inquiries, reviews and white papers that it would instigate if it were elected. They included: Commission […]
Journalists have questions to answer
Look at this photo of Julia Gillard. Does this look like an innocent person – someone who has just been vindicated by a Judge as […]
More right-wing rubbish
Hardly a week goes by without receiving an email from a right-winger about how boat people, greenies, Muslims, Aborigines (or any non-White, non-Liberal extremist) is […]
The Coalition’s Looming Debt and Deficit Disaster
They’re spending like drunken sailors. When you voted in the federal election last year, were you concerned about Labor’s debt and deficits, and did they effect […]
Australians for Honest Politics set for a revival?
As reported by John Kelly in September, there has been an ongoing investigation into Tony Abbott’s eligibility to enter Parliament as dual citizenship precludes you […]