Where has all the kindness gone?
By Ad astra Here is another brief offering. It does not need to be lengthy because its message is straightforward. It asks the question: “Where has […]
Politics
COP26, Boris and Scotty’s cop-out, just a lot of hot air in the end?
“Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every […]
Dear Gladys
By John Haly Dear Gladys, Our relationship has curdled, and I am concerned about your mixed messages. Despite maintaining it was finished between us (the […]
The Morrison Government gave $38 billion to businesses – major companies included – that didn’t need it. How can they justify that?
Of all the handouts, in whatever form, be it the Sports Rorts or others, the most blatant has been the $38 billion that went to […]
Elderberries and hamsters, dead cats and climate crimes
Pantalons de merde’s Maccers reprise Remember being embarrassed on behalf of Americans when their corpulent, carrot-coloured BLOTUS attended international forums to gibber his inanities about […]
Lies, Lies and Nuclear Submarines
It looked like something of an ambush, but a coterie of Australian journalists had their man where they wanted him. Between sessions at the G20 […]
Would you please explain, Prime Minister, just what is the Australian way?
Our Prime Minister has been called a liar by the President of France, and the worst thing about that is that it is unsurprising. People’s […]
Middle Powers During Conventional Times in Global Geopolitics
By Denis Bright The big picture of global geopolitics is often obscured by saturation media coverage of grand events like the G7 Summit in Cornwall […]
God’s lonely man: A complete history of the world ignoring Scott Morrison
By Andrew Wicks The images of a lonely Scott Morrison at another international summit has proved how deep the antipathy is toward him… and us […]
Let’s re-open the investigation into Barnaby Joyce
By Tracey Clark In July, we wanted to know how a secret National’s investigation cleared Barnaby Joyce of sexual harassment. Now he’s PM. What happened? […]
Do the crime – do the time
By 2353NM The reason Dominic Perrottet became Premier of New South Wales is Gladys Berejiklian chose to join the select group of Liberal Party New […]
Berejiklian, Morrison and Joyce mugged by reality
“Money makes the world go around?” As Gladys Berejiklian fronts the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption, ICAC – only to be told to stop her […]
And this is the bloke we’re sending to Glasgow!
The Government’s booklet and the entirety of its contents purporting to be a plan the Morrison government has adopted for a mid-century target of net […]
Independent media: a fight for its survival
Amendments to the Federal Treasurer’s media bargaining code will be tabled in the New Year. In a nutshell, if passed, it will mean that in […]
The bastards from the bush
The rustic oiks bent Scooter over a pork barrel The Bastard From The Bush – selected extracts So they took him to their hide-out, that […]