The myth of political sameness
We are pleased to offer this piece by Ad astra – the well known and popular writer from the long running blog The Political Sword. […]
Politics
Nothing is free? Depends who you are.
“[The budget] will do for people what they cannot do for themselves, but no more. Nothing is free. Someone always pays.” A common refrain from […]
Tony Abbott doesn’t want another election
Speaking on Adelaide radio yesterday Tony Abbott said that the last thing voters want is another election. Given the shocking polls, the shocking budget, and […]
Just what is this ‘Team Australia’?
Once again, it seems, the Liberal party spin doctors are trying to cloud our minds and muddy the waters with yet another two or three […]
Short memory
I recently spent a day with my extended family, one of whom is a ‘senior government employee’ who has served ministers in several different portfolios […]
An Open Letter to Joe Hockey
Dear Joe Hockey, Back in 2012, when you said the age of entitlement was over, I was so relieved. I was relieved that highly-paid politicians […]
Another Day, Another Blunder
You can smell an air of desperation in the ranks of the Coalition government at the moment. Each week, it seems, we have a rich […]
First Australia, now Scotland – Liberals share their offensive comments with the world
Tony Abbott’s ‘Scottish’ gaffe wraps up what has been another gaffe-ridden week from a gaffe-ridden government, writes Vivien Fleming. In a week when we all […]
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
It wasn’t that long ago that Australia was being praised around the world. Remember when we had an intelligent, articulate, diplomatic leader with a vision […]
The fair go is going … going … gone
In 1967, Prime Minister Harold Holt said that he knew of no other free country where “what is produced by the community is more fairly […]
The Abbott Government has been an easy one to predict
On the eve of the 2013 election I wrote a piece titled, of all things, The 2016 Election. It was my prediction of who would […]
The Decline and Fall of ‘Team Australia’
As much as I struggled to agree with anything John Howard said or did when he was Prime Minister, there is one thing I had […]
Home, home on the range
On August 4th, Minister for Social Services Kevin Andrews launched 2014 Homeless Persons Week where he “reinforced the Coalition’s commitment to help those without safe […]
Multiple Ministers Scoring ‘Own Goals’
Over the past week or so we have witnessed examples of possibly the most mistake prone bunch of ministerial amateurs we have seen in the […]