The voiceless and faceless public
I was listening to Radio National news this morning and it suddenly struck me – mainstream news media, including everyone from the ABC to Murdoch, […]
Politics
The Minister for Lost Opportunities
You have to hand to him. Joe Hockey would have to be the eternal optimist. He says that we are on the threshold of Australia’s […]
The Magnitsky Act
Sergei Magnitsky was a Russian tax accountant who acted for an American client Bill Browder who went to Russia as a hedge fund trader. He […]
Where is Labor?
The despair at the inaction of Labor is growing louder. The groups they are supposed to represent are under attack and all we hear is […]
Terror alert or political stunt?
There is something quite odd about this latest decision to raise Australia’s terrorist alert level to ‘high’. I can’t see what it is supposed to […]
Chris Bowen misses an opportunity.
Yesterday Chris Bowen addressed the National Press Club to announce a Labor initiative to have the independent Parliamentary Budget Office prepare the forecasts to be […]
Tyranny or Terror? Selling the Politics of Fear.
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last week you will no doubt be aware that ASIO is raising Australia’s terror level […]
How about some other political witch hunts, Mr Abbott?
Tony Abbott promised to do many things if the LNP won the 2013 election. One of these, which was no doubt driven by populism and […]
Time to come clean, Tony
As a matter of public interest it is time for Tony Abbott to tell us whether or not he was holding dual citizenship when he […]
But will China invade Australia?
Jacqui Lambie warns that a Chinese invasion of Australia is a frightening possibility. But is it? Dr Strobe Driver reports. These past weeks have seen […]
Lawmakers or lawbreakers?
The Readers Digest list of the 50 most trusted professions in Australia ranks lawyers at 39 and politicians at 49 just scraping in in front […]
I never said that . . . and if I did I didn’t mean it
“In a week or so the governor-general will swear in a new government. A government that says what it means, and means what it says. […]
Abbott’s first year: the media narrative
Since political journalists so love to talk about Labor Party narrative, I think it’s time we turned the tables and talked about mainstream media narratives […]