Staindl v Frydenberg: a pyrrhic victory for Josh?
By Sandi Keane Currently, unless he can find $410,000, Kooyong electorate local climate hero, Michael Staindl, faces bankruptcy and the loss of his house to […]
Politics
If Anthony Albanese hasn’t made a case for change, Scott Morrison certainly has.
Election diary No. 19: Wednesday, 16, March 2022. March 10, 2022: It was the day after our Prime Minister visited the very sodden town of […]
Rehashing the past – badly
By 2353NM Feeling some pain from the self-imposed ‘wedges’ of the religious ‘freedom’ legislation in the middle of February, Prime Minister Scott Morrison changed tack. […]
Don’t expect much – with climate disasters you will largely be on your own
When Scott Morrison chides inundated Australians about expecting too much from the government or the ADF during a crisis, he is not just speaking about […]
The Morrison government is our greatest threat to national security
The Coalition’s boast to being stronger on national security is based purely on throwing so much money at defence that they are wasting it in […]
Climate change has created two very typical states of environmental disasters in the Australian landscape
By John Haly Was Banjo Paterson’s 1889 poem “Clancy, of the Overflow”, acknowledging a country of flooding plains? In not, Dorothea Mackellar’s “Sunburnt country” was […]
The small government experiment has been an abject failure
I don’t profess to understand how other countries operate but, in Australia, we rely on our government to make things work. Or we used to. […]
Obituary for a failure: The political passing of our always late PM
A draft obituary for the election aftermath In anticipation of the political passing of our soon to be ex-PM I thought I’d get ahead of […]
A prime minister devoid of principle, accountability and transparency
Election diary No. 18: Saturday. 12, March 2022 1 On Monday, 7 March, our Prime Minister used a speech to decry “that we face a […]
Foreign Policy Tripe: Scott Morrison’s “Arc of Autocracy”
Grand foreign policy speeches are not usually the specialty of Australian Prime Ministers. Little insight can be gleaned from them. A more profitable exercise would […]
In a week when war raged, the climate denialists fumed. Just ask Tony Abbott.
Election diary No. 17: Wednesday, 9 March 2022 In their seemingly endless twists and turns, the Queensland floods found their way into New South Wales, […]
The Power Syndrome
By Ad astra What a contrast we’ve witnessed on our TV screens these last few weeks. As we tuned into the Winter Olympics we saw […]
Advertising Gimmicks: Australia’s Nuclear-Powered Submarines
Never trust anything that comes out of a politician’s mouth in an election year. Pledges are made to be broken; promises are made to seduce, […]
More Bipartisan Flood Mitigation Projects in Challenging Times?
By Denis Bright Delivering financial support for sustainable infrastructure were recommendations of the Morrison Government’s Inquiry into the future of our cities in 2018. Commitment […]
If the rules are rotten and they don’t change them, so too will be the government
Election diary No. 16: Saturday, 5 March 2022 1 The problem with the government is the system itself. A system that will always remain imperfect […]