Pick up the phone
By 2353NM The Conversation, a news website operated and funded by a number of universities, has published a significant number of articles on Prime Minister […]
Politics
“I Do Not Think I Know”: Scott Morrison’s Submarine Deception
When it was revealed that former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison had not only shown contempt for his own government in secretly appointing himself, via […]
Modernising The ‘Seven Deadly Sins’
The so-called Seven Deadly Sins are seven acts (or the associated emotions) that are said to bring about death. I hope to show here that, […]
What angers me most is the bloody secrecy and the belief that you can get away with it
Two weeks ago Labor withdrew the $18 million funding for the governor-general’s favoured charity. What angers me most is the secrecy behind this most unusual […]
The Right Wing disinfosphere and the King
There is set to be some anxiety in monarchist groups in the community as they reconcile the ascent of King Charles III to the throne […]
The Queen is Dead: Long Live…The Republic?
For many years, indeed since the failure of the 1999 referendum on the idea of an Australian Republic, it was predicted that the death of […]
Promises, promises
The problem with the proposed tax cuts, the Jobs Summit, the emissions reduction target or any other policy that Prime Minister Albanese took to the […]
Role of the Opposition under Dutton : Just waste Parliament’s Time !
The current parliamentary sitting has been noteworthy for the attempts by the opposition to ‘ping’ Labor ministers for being in breach of the new code […]
Stage three tax cuts: Are they justified?
The only explanation that the Prime Minister seems to be able to come up with to justify going ahead with the Stage Three Tax Cuts […]
Casting Malevolent Shadows: Liz Truss Wins the Tory Leadership
10 Downing Street is set to be bathed in social media guff with the victory of Liz Truss. Confirmed as Boris Johnson’s successor, the new […]
Australians must not ignore the Religious Right’s global warnings
Australians have begun to see the new face of extreme religion in our “conservative” politics. The international influences are varied and interconnected. These radical forces […]
The downside of lower unemployment
By 2353NM In the middle of the ‘should Morrison go’ or should he stay brouhaha a couple of weeks ago, there was some interesting news to think […]
Asylum seekers languish through the job summit
In the week of the Albanese government’s job summit, the immigration department again sent out a raft of letters to bridging visa holders in Queensland […]
Restoring trust in the political system after a political hatchet job
In his book “The Political Bubble”, Mark Latham said this about the state of our democracy: “Australians once trusted the democratic process. While we got on […]
Stagnating Summit’s Shortfalls
By John Haly Labor is seeking to have business and unions cooperate in spurring wages forward. This is despite decades of companies benefitting from increased […]